At Mount Madonna, she meditated
twice a day or more for an hour each time. 
She practiced yoga morning, noon, and night –
learned how to teach others the positions. 

Her diet there was vegetarian:
warm kitchari from an earthenware bowl,
curried leafy greens with golden raisins. 
Alcohol and caffeine were forbidden. 

After a month of this, she felt divine.
Then in autumn, a return to her job;
high school English is more than full-time work,
a mom as well with family to support. 
Now she yearns for that transcendence she attained,
           and wonders when she’ll find it again.