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 Kellie Paroginog My name is Kellie and I am 27 years old, if you count by years. I started Bikram yoga in 2003. I graduated with my BFA in Dance from Stephens College in Columbia M.O. I was dancing professionally in NYC for two years and was maintaining a steady bikram practice at 72nd St. I started to volunteer at the studio and the more I was there, the more my heart started to turn. My path slowly started to change and it was there that I made my decision to become a bikram yoga instructor. I graduated from training in Spring 2005. My love for traveling seemed more relevant once I completed training. I believe my real degree is the study of life and the people in it. The faint humming became a loud roar and I found my journeys traveling across the world to Hong Kong in early 2006. I taught in Hong Kong for one year. It was there that fate collided and I met my match, Ed. Being polar opposites, he came to Edmonton to study computer technology at Nait. I followed, with no expectations. BYE has been my living savasana. Talk about taking your practice from the mat to your life. Always comfortable living in a big city as my guide, I was stripped of all I knew. The fast paced city, dancing on all street corners, teaching full time and, of course, the stress of starting fresh…it all felt like slow motion. I was able to hear all the chatter in my mind, the yearning of my heart and the frustration of what it was all saying. I stayed with it, it has been a year and I have learned the most about myself. Learning that in slow motion, if given the opportunity and staying in savasana pose, I could watch, listen, remember, learn and grow. Facing my biggest fear. It doesn’t matter if you practice everyday. That is only one component. It is what you do with your practice. If you believe it for what it is, not what you think it is. Taking your practice from the mat and transitioning it to your life. Quality verses quantity. That is true success. DO YOU HAVE A TITLE FOR YOUR POETRY? It happened suddenly! I saw water, went from empty to flooding. Repeat, rewind, the inside world exposed, elastic lungs breathe, expand helping the inside world survive and withhold. Bones to the skin. Skin soft, smooth, pale, extra baggage, lines under my eyes reading stories to tell. The night like a blur... emotions giving birth to a storm. I'm fanatic, where is the weatherman? Where is my sun? A warm room, sunrays shining down, cover my skin, heat my spirit. Enter my blind 2 eyes, awaken my 3rd eye, elevate my mind beyond this emotionless time. Dance with my thoughts, tango with my heart, travel the labyrinth maze, realizing the end is the same as the start. There is nothing to search or find. It's beneath me, within me, being wide-eyed alive. I’ve retired from fantasy, stopped chasing false dreams and realities. Fantasy is what we want, reality is what we need. Reality right now presented to me like a gift unseen. Create poetry in motion, paint the world rainbow colors, I'm unleashed locomoting. Graffiti this planet with my spirits potion, so there is no need for preconceived notions. Save lives through infinite lessons, recognizing true blessings. Live life ocean deep, swallow tides of honesty, tatoo my spirit to my tongue, exhale words of truth and perform music created by innocent youth. Resembling Buddha’s gong, I seem to be intrigued and follow that song. 105 degree room, my 2 eyes focused and zoom in tune with my inner cocoon. Give birth to angel butterflies, it's me who flies, solving puzzles of riddled skies. I like the attention span to meditate, but I often journey and feel alone.... I tried, I sigh, no regrets, I am feeling high. I stopped retreating, brought this experience to remember believing. I'll never abandon myself, I see souls, that is true wealth.  |
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