Poetry Healing

Many of us turn to poetry in times of grief and heartache, but poetry can be helpful as an everyday practice, too. In this course, you will be guided gently into learning how listening and writing in response to poetry can be a regular ritual that brings about calm and clarity. Each class session includes two poems from an award-winning poet and two timed writing prompts based on her twenty years of work as a writing coach. These are lessons that you can use regularly to bring about your own Poetry Healing.

Lección 1: Poetry Helps You Remember

In this lesson, you will listen to the poems, "Ruin" and "The Body Remembers" from Cassie Premo Steele's book, RUIN published by Finishing Line Press, and then write in response to each with timed writing prompts.

Lección 2: Poetry Helps You Return to the Light

In this lesson, we will listen to the poems, "Creating" and "What Light" from Cassie Premo Steele's poetry book, THIS IS HOW HONEY RUNS, published by Unbound Content. After each one, we will write for four minutes in response to suggested writing prompts.

Lección 3: Poetry Helps You Awaken

In this lesson, we listen to the poems, "Here Is the Woman Awakening" and "Wishes" from Cassie Premo Steele's book, THE POMEGRANATE PAPERS, published by Unbound Content. After each poem, we will write for four minutes in response to suggested prompts.

Lección 4: Poetry Helps You Heal

In this lesson, we listen to the poems, "In the House of the Sun" and "You Write What You Cannot Say" from Cassie Premo Steele's book, TONGUES IN TREES, published by Unbound Content. We write in response to each one for four minutes, and as always, take a mindful break to express gratitude to our bodies halfway through the lesson.

Reviews

What a beautifully designed course! Not only I could write to powerful prompts like I "have healed" and "I write because" but had a chance to listen to Cassie Premo Steele's empowering poems, and to feel grateful for my body, and rest in between writing and taking in the poetry. I really really appreciate this Healing Poetry course, Cassie. Thank you! 🙏🏽✍️📖🌟💛💜

This was an absolutely amazing course that brought me so many insights. I didn’t want it to end!!! I wanted more!!! Thank you so much for this experience and the start to opening my emotions and inner feelings. Just awesome 🥰🥰🥰🙏