Poet Body: Unbridled

The Year of the Yang Fire Horse
Generative Workshop for Qigong and Writing

When: Tuesday, February 17, 1-4 PM
Where: The Kiva at Mama, 3588 Main St, Stone Ridge, NY 12484

Join us for our second Chinese New Year gathering that combines Qigong and Writing. The Yang Fire Horse rides into our lives as a symbol of nothing less than liberation of the spirit, with hooves pounding and hearts racing. It doesn’t enter gently; it will burst into our lives demanding that we move quickly, not away from something but towards ourselves.

The Ancient Chinese movements of Qigong allow the body to sense, cultivate and release energy. This gives us access to emotions and a quiet mind, opening pathways for written expression. We will provide prompts for writing in all forms, supportive space and embodied exercises for relaxed awareness.

Together we will:

• cultivate mind body flow

• open channels of energy, intuition and imagination

• learn gentle movements for power, strength and stamina

• leave the the critical voice in the dust

• practice healing meditation and specific movements for the heart, triple heater and liver

• read example poems to invoke thought & draw inspiration

• use various free-writing techniques to explore unbridling in all its meaning and measure

Led by Bobbi Esmark, Tai Chi and Qigong teacher, painter, printmaker, & Lissa Kiernan, poet, founder and director of the Poetry Barn.

Register early: Limited small group.