The core of my being is the ultimate reality
& an invitation to join me for a free poetry workshop about your skin this coming Wednesday September 18, 2024 @ 7 pm ET
It was 2020… can we talk about those years now?
The uncertainty, the confusion, the fear, the anger, the sadness, the bravery, the losses, the awakenings, the discoveries, and the deep shifts some of us felt within?
I was on my automatic pilot of survival, numbness, suppression, and forging forward when I was sent a text by an old classmate Melylah for a 21-day Deepack Chopra meditation challenge.
I almost refused because she did not invite me to her wedding. This is where I was at… attached to narratives and identifying with my pain. Letting my ego run the show. I am glad that my intuition was stronger than my deep fear that no one really likes me and I said yes to the challenge.
On day two, I listened to Deepack Chopra’s voice say, “The core of my being is the ultimate reality….” and I had a moment. You know those moments? When I was honest with myself and realized that I not only did not connect with my core, but I ignored it, hid it, and said mean things about it without knowing that—
the
body
listens
to
us
.
.
.
and
the
body
speaks.
And I thought to myself that if the core of my being was the ultimate reality and this was my relationship with my core, then what was my reality?
Oh.
Woah.
And the journey to heal my relationship with my core and to get to know myself on a deeper, ancestral, inner child, junk drawer of the mind level… began.
I became dedicated to practicing yoga every day, learned techniques to regulate my nervous system, studied compassionate communication, and wrote and wrote and wrote until the stories were in front of me. Out of the shadows and into the light. Less and less sticky. I became my own witness, my own mother, my own first love.
How This Lead to the Bodylove Poetry Workshop
If you know my work, you may know that I thrive on categories. I mostly post my yoga poems here, but before that, it was my body and not just my body, but each and every part of my body.
I have written about my skin, my toes, my thighs, and my core…. a lot about my core.
Many of the poems were about passed down trauma, stretch marks, postpartum muscle damage, childhood memories of being punched, and my old tendency to overeat, gorge, feel sick, and then feel shame. Lots of shame. And then finally love. Lots of love.
Is this work easy?
No.
But is it worth it?
Yes.
And yes, again.
This is why I am offering this poetry writing workshop. To help give you a space to practice self-love, self-care, self-respect, self-expression, self-connection, community and chance to hone your innate poetic skills.
The Details for the Free Workshop this coming Wednesday, September 18, 2004 @ 7 pm ET
I am excited to offer a free sample of the Bodylove Poetry Writing Workshop. where you will practice breath and bodywork, discover the wonders of your skin, learn solid poetry craft skills, be given generative writing prompts, the space to write, and the chance to share your voice in a safe and compassionate space.
This workshop used to be for women only since that is what spoke to me at the time, but now, I am pleased to be offering it to everyone because we are all embodied and could all use some time to write and rewrite the story of our lives.
Here are the details for this coming Wednesday —
Bodylove Poetry Writing Workshop
A free sample workshop + Q&A live online via zoom
topic: shedding skin
Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
7:00 - 8.30 pm ET/ 6:00-7:30 pm CT (find your local time HERE)
I’m so thankful I participated in Corie Feiner’s Bodylove workshop! The mixture of body movements, mudras, poetry, and sharing is beautifully woven and I’m looking forward to joining again!
— Angela Bigler, author of The Mother Tree
The free sample workshop is just a taste of my 6-week Bodylove Poetry Writing Workshop that will be starting in November. Whether you are interested in joining me for a 6-week journey to write about your hands, feet stomach, hips, thighs, and whole being, or just joining me for this free one time workshop, I highly encourage you to register now and join me this coming Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 7 pm ET.
Whatever you decide to do, I am grateful that you are here, reading this, and for your support.
The core! 2020 was the downfall of mine! Four years later I am getting it back.
This is beautiful. Thank you for the reminder, I am due for a visit with my core 💜