Enter the threshold of autumn with a weekend dedicated to poetry and embodied practice. Drawing on Mary Oliver's poetry, prose, and life experience, we examine themes of the season—presence, harvest, and loss—in her work and through the lens of our own lives.
Engage in various embodiment practices, including guided meditation, yogic movement, walking, memorization, recitation, and writing prompts.
Carry home:
- A deeper, more personal relationship with Mary Oliver's poems, including exclusive biographical insight that makes her work feel vivid, relevant, and usable as a contemplative companion.
- Integrative embodiment practices to regulate your nervous system, ground in the present moment, and access your creative essence.
- A clearer sense of the "season" you are in—both in the thematic tones of the natural season and through personal inquiry and reflection.
- A handful of contemplative and writing prompts to reflect on change, grief, beauty, and devotion.
- A felt experience of how poetry, movement, and meditation can work together as a daily ritual of attention, presence, and integration.
Who Should Attend? This weekend is appropriate for all levels of yoga and meditation experience and welcomes new and longtime readers of Mary Oliver.
