[Verse 1 — Pada] Begin where the body first bargains with earth, Where heel, ball, and toe learn the language of worth. Pada says stay when the whole world says run, Press into earth, let the grounding be done. There’s wisdom in weight, in the pull downward, In trusting the ground when there’s nothing to hold. Before I can rise, before I can grow, I have to belong to the ground below. [Pre-Chorus] The body speaks first In a language this old: Here is what carries you. Here is what holds. [Chorus] Ground me at the feet, Gather me below, Guard what rises upward At the doorway of my throat. Three locks, one current, From the earth into the air— I am learning how to hold myself And still be everywhere. [Verse 2 — Mula] Mula is quieter, hidden and deep, The root underneath what the surface can keep. Draw gently inward, a gathering thread, A strength at the place where the rising begins. A root doesn’t weaken by holding its ground; It steadies the tree while the branches reach out. I spent years mistaking release for being free— Now I know what stays rooted Can still become a tree. [Pre-Chorus] The body speaks first When the mind doesn’t know: Here is what anchors you. Here is what grows. [Chorus] Ground me at the feet, Gather me below, Guard what rises upward At the doorway of my throat. Three locks, one current, From the earth into the air— I am learning how to hold myself And still be everywhere. [Bridge — Jalandhara] Jalandhara— Chin bows toward the heart, And suddenly the silence Isn’t emptiness or dark. The throat becomes a threshold, Not a prison for the sound; I can choose what leaves my body Because I know my solid ground. Feet say here. Root says stay. Throat says choose What you give away. And somewhere in between them, Breath becomes a kind of proof: I can open without emptying. I can bend and keep my truth. [Final Chorus] Ground me at the feet, Gather me below, Guard what rises upward At the doorway of my throat. Three locks, one current, From the earth into the air— I have learned to hold myself And still be everywhere.
