The Modules

Module 1 (April ) - Arriving in yourself

Connecting to the world with joy and lightness

Week 1 - 9th April - Impermanence – nothing lasts, all is change in the great cycle of birth/rebirth, growth, decay and death/rebirth. How can we express our relationship to this great turning in ways that can guide and strengthen us while accessing our tender vulnerability.

Week 2 -16th April - Mindfulness – what happens and what can arise from us  when we are present and aware?

Week 3 -23rd April - Joy – we can fully tap into awe every day through not being attached. Exploring the expression of wonder and sharing the joyousness that emerges when we untether from outworn stories of what is true.

Module 2 (April - May) - Deep, direct encounters with the natural world

Poetry as alchemy

Week 4 - 30th April - Grief – how do we respond creatively and purposefully when we feel natural distress, and a profound sense of loss,  in response to the destruction of the earth? We will find ways here!

Week 5 – 7th May - All Beings - what arises in our encounter with the ‘more than human’ realm, beings of the earth, air and water – and how can we express this in impactful ways.

Week 6 – 14th May - Resistance – the power of rebellion – what emerges when we tap into our regenerative rage with compassion?

Module 3 (May - June) - New ways to be human

Poetry as revelation

Week 7 – 21st May - Human-size – what clues can we find in our everyday experiences which on the surface may be mundane or ordinary. Here we find that moments of magic can often be missed, unless we learn to pay close attention, and we will elevate these and share the heightened sense of aliveness this can evoke in us.

 Week 8 – 28th May - Prayer, care and comfort – we will explore poetic expressions of sanctuary within us and in the unseen.

Week 9 – 4th June - Dissonance – how can we inhabit a world of contradictions and apparent dualities, we explore expressions where all dimensions of life can co-exist and unite.

"What I know, I know through making poems" - Adrienne Rich

"Poems do not simply express. They make, they find, they sound...things undiscoverable by any other means." Jane Hirshfield

So how do you get to know yourself so well that you are excited about encountering the world with so much awareness and presence that you meet yourself in wonder and delight?

Over a period of my 64 years on the planet, including 38 years as a mother and teacher, I have discovered that 'now' is a moment of great potency, and we humans waste so much energy worrying and creating false narratives that take us into a false past and non existent future. I believe in the power of direct experience, and that earth is a school where we study an individual curriculum designed uniquely for us. Some lessons are easy, some extremely challenging.

I have always been a seeker and discoverer. But over the past five years I have had a series of powerful 'wake up calls' or 'initiations' which have taken me deeper into myself, teaching me the purpose of my life and the nature of reality - completely changing my life and my relationships. I have worked with a series of teachers and mentors who have helped me to navigate my way and see clearly the way forward.

I have been a poet and in love with poetry all of my life. I fell in love with language as a child listening in wonder to my father's made up stories. English was always my favourite subject at school because there was nothing I loved more than to listen to poetry read aloud by a great teacher. Later to write my own poems and stories felt to me like pure magic, but this began in one special moment when I was given permission to write, and a possible audience. My life began at 17 with that invitation to write a poem. Later I went on to teach poetry in schools and my own alternative education projects, specialising in using poetry to connect once anxious teenagers to their true selves. I have more recently studied poetry to Master's level and worked with some of the best English poets writing today.

What I now know is that poetry is the soul expressing itself. It's a place where you can find the perfect container to hold your truth, and in finding new ways to express this to then grow in confidence, take up the space in the world that is yours. Coming Home is to come home to yourself, to feel a sense of belonging, safety and confidence - to love yourself, and to feel unity with all of creation.

'When the student is ready the teacher appears'. We cannot do this alone. Well, we could, but this would not lead to knowing, and is actually the way of struggle.

I am dedicated to providing experiences which allow me to work my special magic blend of teaching, guiding, challenging, understanding and sensing so that others - and right now this is women like you - can find themselves and do things their way. This is where the fun and flow begins to be a main feature of your life and not a distant dream. It is my life's purpose to guide you to this place.