Yogabud

Your perception is your reality But reality is not your perception It'd be a hubristic deception to disagree Like the tragedy to seek only perfection It's like society is tailor made to deceive Disquieting, the messages we daily receive Negativity plasters our news feeds While marketers hack our hierarchy of needs And what does the new day bring? A new song for doomsayers to sing But have you ever had an ounce of doubt About the way these apes dance and shout? It's all for attention Scratch that, for money It's an unfortunate thing to mention.. But the future still looks sunny With tech progressin And life gettin longer Life is anything but depressin When you focus on you gettin stronger ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

American introvert Made to feel Like my brain don't work It ain't a fair deal.. I need time alone Will you please understand I need time alone It's a fundamental demand I'm not myself Without time to breathe My pleas are heartfelt But the truth, you refuse to believe.. I used to idolize you While I was outside - watching.. You socialize like it's your fuel And patronize my quiet - mocking.. You think you understand me And put me in a box Anti-social with anxiety Cursed with mental blocks.. For some, that is true For me, it is not I am neither sad nor blue Likely just deep in thought But I need time alone To sort those thoughts out I need time alone Why is my truth so easy to doubt? My brain is different than yours It's so easy to see I dream of solo hikes outdoors While you might a prefer packed party Come at me with deep conversation Together, we talk and grow I don't want complete isolation I just need some time alone. ✌️ S

Poetry makin Without it My mind is forsaken Don't doubt it No if's, and's or but's Without it I'm nuts And suddenly I'm out of a rut It was meant to be! For all to see! The essence of being Lies in to "be" To be alive To be breathing Crickets crick And birds are singing That's the trick It's the battles you pick! The ones inside your head So don't be a prick One day you'll be dead And when you look back I hope it's not said "If only I did that instead.." ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

From travel, you've returned Think back to what you've learned And all that money burned And how that page has turned For, you see, you're back And life is back to normal All you had was in a pack Now life is so formal New chapters to be written With new opportunity By your passions, be smitten Share this love with your community ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

Whether its anger that drives you Or hunger pangs You gotta do you And see what your future brings But if the truth of your nature you fail to see You conform to the masses The future isn't necessarily Better than the past is This is something we've become accustom to In the past century or two But the norm, it is not Oh how fast history is forgot Or forgotten The way we perceive the past is rotten Like it's something we have magically transcended But Empires have fallen with that same logic defended Good ideas Should be befriended Like breathe with ease And don't be so quickly offended Study history And how they used to dream Of the way things used to be With ancient technology And now what do we see? A future brighter than ever In our species history And yeah, we could be doin' better It's scary times The news is plastered with Countless political crimes How did we get to this... Hating each other Like the last time our nation Pitted brother against brother But we've g

How many times can I say sorry For acting like a grinch.. I can easily see my flaws being Internal tears I must constantly stitch For these flaws are reoccurring Rationality blurring Happiness burning And I end up worrying.. What have I done? How can I fix this? And what has become Of my spirit of Christmas I can only ask forgiveness And pledge you bear witness To the growth of my mental fitness And so I'll end with this: I'm sorry.. I'm sorry ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

The room was mine A canvas to play with. My dark heart would shine As we flowed through my playlist A curated collection A certain rhythmic flow Where once I sought perfection I am now I scarecrow. Lost without a heart For my muse has been censored. Should have known from the start That the belly of the beast, I have entered These faceless corporations With their rules and regulations For art, they have no patience But the fact I have to face is... Teaching yoga doesn't pay Financially, at least Until of course I find a way To find my heart and slay the beast. ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

I have such a blessed life And a big parts cuzza you These memories are sharp life a knife I reminisce on that last year of school Those times I miss, with young you and me We have our own little history How are we still together? It's no mystery We're birds of a feather Flyin high together Always laughin Jokin' and grab ass'n Beautiful times in the past and Beautiful times to come May our relationship last and Continue shining like a celestial sun. ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

What is it that motivates And fascinates? What lights your fire? What defines your desire? Is it your subject matter Or the end that matters? Suffering now for a better tomorrow Flexing that discipline you can build but not borrow Dreaming up a path that you can follow Aiming like a master bowman's arrow You fuck with that? Listen then. Be your own best friend Cuz you're with You from beginning to end So what loving message would you send If you were your own best friend ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

The science of outrage Poignant in these times Where we're always on stage And everything's a hate crime When we punish bad behavior Dopamine rewards the striatum This evolved to be a savior When did justice become, "Those bastards! I hate em!" Overly sensitive or not That's up to you to decide Another scandal caught Another injustice decried And then comes a new day With new battles to be fought And the moral outrage of yesterday Is suddenly forgot Or forgotten This cycle is rotten And corroding our core But we keep clicking, so we get more See what your future has in store With a life like that When you're always at war Finding new enemies to attack Our world has problems That of course we must fix But we will not solve them With outrage and clicks. ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

Free writing How does it work? Creatively igniting Imagination goes berserk You go deep into your mind One word at a time You let yourself sink And limit your time to think You let your thoughts flow Like your body in motion Writing fast or slow Dive deep in your own ocean Vast are ideas In width and in breadth Free writing to me is Where reason's allowed to rest. ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

Some days I hate what I've created To read what I've written And see consecrated The darkness inside not smitten And yet there it lives Right next to the love The light, I just want to give Darkness, I push you away with a shove Go back to your corner Where I know you'll just grow A monster to slay with a sword or.. Are you the muse that allows me to flow? You've taught me so much Nightshade in my brain Are you poison to the touch Or the only part of me that is sane

Thanksgiving day Let's split that down the middle "Thanks" is the first thing we say It's meaning is no riddle You see, thankfulness is gratitude And foundational to a life lived well Truly a transcendent attitude And without it, life is hell Our second half is "giving" This too is key to living As a human being And as essential as loving So with love, here's a thought Whether you're American or not I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

I'm getting stuck in my head again I fucked up I'm supposed to be my best friend And now the thoughts got my gut tightenin up.. And excuse comes like, but... Shut up. You dug yourself into a hole But nothing's accomplished by feeling woe As in woe is me Fuck that Nows the time to show your teeth A lesson from this I learned, you better believe Temper your passion; remember to breathe Imagine the goodness yet to be received Trust me When you get your shit together You'll be doin so much better IF YOU DO IT If you actually learn from your mistake Failures happen, and now the onus is on you Here's a bonus: I love to lose Because now I have something to prove A chip on my shoulder To keep me soldierin on And when I live in Boulder I'll be so fuckin strong Bet against me; big mistake A cakewalk it won't be, but that's the journey we're all on. ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

When all you are is beautiful... Is the life you live suddenly full, Like the images lead us to believe? Or do the marketers deceive... Oh, to be a specimen of the human race with a face that graces ads Perfect lighting on your abs Living a life the masses think they wish they had And the followers you amass! 100,000 likes just for your ass You're living a life charmed by Narcissus Be careful not to drown Because as the years pass What you realize is The water keeps rising around You see, beauty is sculpture of ice And the heat of time melts you down. Never developed behind your eyes Always hidden by your perfect disguise. The warnings were given but you preferred the lies Echos of the past Whisper in your ear Nature may laugh last But a beautiful soul? That doesn't disappear. ✌️ Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

Compared to my peers I was fatter and sadder With loneliness, possessed The thoughts that consumed me made me depressed To this day it sometimes seems irrelevant how I've progressed In the last few months Since I got back I haven't been smokin' blunts But the bud has still got my back Basically been vapin on the daily to cure the maddness But the sadness made me I may be crazy But this miracle cure is amazing The side effect is creativity And seeing life through a new lens Neurons fire electricity And they sure love the cleanse This stuff, it makes me smile And sink deeper into poses Greener than a crocodile As you inhale, breathe through your noses Feel the expansion First in the lungs and then in the mind It's like cleaning your mansion For all you have to be grateful, use the bud to remind

For better or worse You can be your greatest curse Or most benevolent ally But I can spoil the end: you're gonna die This is not to sound morbid But offer more thoughts assorted Beyond the perpetual happiness reported By the highlight reels we look at when we're bored No wonder so many are neurotic At best Psychotic at worst What is one man's "patriotic" Leaves another in a hearse But let's stop here You see what that did? Fear? That's what the mind loves to hear. We're wired for survival How do you think we evolved? Physically compared to beasts We are no rival Still our greatest of feats: That we've withstood this time trial Not you as in You But the atoms that comprise 13.82 billion years Consciousness is our greatest prize ✌️Subscribe if you wanna see this podcast thrive

A sativa to get ya movin once every day  Is better than life with work and no play So I say Know thyself Or should I say echo Because this wisdom was known long ago   If you need medicine for your mind, it is not a sin  But if you abuse what you use it becomes a poison  You define use  You define abuse  It is not up to me But the power to decide should always be free ✌️Subscribe if you wanna keep this podcast alive

I believe in the power of bud  To help and to heal To dichotomize what's fake and what's real  To realize that behind your eyes lies a world waiting to be discovered  A world unlike any other  A world that my mother once said no one can take away  A world whose other side you can see with a puff every day Or every other  Or once a week or once a month or once in a blue moon  But don't be a buffoon  Or a dumbass if I'm crass Only you can find your limits My brain is not yours  My body is my own  Alone I must get to know myself  So get off your phone  Learn to know thyself  ✌️Subscribe if you wanna keep this podcast alive

We educate our youth For an Industrial Age You can hate the truth But thats like lockin' yourself in a steel cage Forced to sit down and learn things that don't benefit you And we're still not patient so that was useless too Essentially They said it'd help make me a better me Learning these things that now barely Exist on my mind's periphery Because I studied for a test Then promptly forgot But worry not Here comes another regurgitation test And we believe our system of education is the best? I think not Twenty years I spent in that system Facilitated the building of fears Because I cared about the opinions of peers And now that I'm gone, I don't miss them But the system was made For a different era I'm not trya scare ya I just wanna make my point clearer So now what do we do? You gotta make your own school You must understand what you think is cool Enjoy writing? Then write Coding? Then code The system was made for you to learn to be told To show up and bide your time