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A Bounty of Twenty Four Boons
The Poets’ Way continues on the 14th January
The Poet’s Way explores the potency in words and poetic expression to complement and enhance our spiritual practice. It was formed in 2012 and is inspired by Manjusvara and his books.We do activities based around free writing and meditation. You can bring 4 copies of a poem for appreciation – your own or a favourite published poem Jane Hirshfield describes The Poet’s Way book as offering: “warm-hearted, step-by-step awakening into the possibilities and powers of poems”
Doors open at 5:15pm for a prompt start at 5:30 – ending around 9pm. We have a short comfort break and another longer 30-to-40-minute break for some veggie food we all bring to share.
Venue: Glasgow Buddhist Centre: 72 Berkeley St, G3 7DS. Upstairs from Glasgow Unitarian Church.
Dates for first part of 2024: 14th January, 4th February, 3rd March, 7th April, 5th May, 2nd June.
Plus online sessions on Zoom – near the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes, Summer and Winter Solstices. Dates to be confirmed.
After an interesting and connective few years of trying out the Poet’s Way as an online, then hybrid meeting, we’ve decided to shift back to the core session being in person.
We aim to have quarterly online meet-ups so we can keep some of the thread of that energy.
Jo and I want to emphasise how lovely it’s been to connect with different people and have you all part of the group. It felt especially important during lockdown where it felt so lucky to still be nourished by what we’ve all created in the Poet’s Way – as a whole and in each session. Also to have that powerful sense of opening up to different places throughout the world. Thank you for that.
Many Ways of Moving
one 2 one coaching – classes – partner games – push hands – breath exercises – healing sounds – taiji forms – qikong sets – self massage and partner massage
STEADFAST TRICKSTER – £4.00 until end of January
PSP Publication: Steadfast Trickster tributes to the life and times of Robin Lloyd Jones. NOW AVAILABLE. All profit from sale of this book will be donated equally to Scottish PEN and Autumn Voices
Adore & Endure – rengas by Ratnadevi & Sukhema
When we write rengas during our journeys, retreats and holidays, we celebrate the small moments and creatively weave a record of these treasured times.
first snow this year
shall we climb to the top –
promise of a view
crossing Endtrick burn
the last stepping stone wobbles
£4.00 buy now by placing an order (until end of January)
profit from sales will be donated to
Medicines Sans Frontieres
Dance of the Elements – 4th to 11th October 2024
A retreat expanding our horizons through language: opening to the wisdom of the body and integrating our heart and head. Each move in Tai Chi is a metaphor. The structured forms provide an inspiring backdrop for the creation of rhythmic patterns with words. Tai Chi, writing & poetry have much in common: form, structure, sensitivity and a striving towards wholeness. Clouds like thoughts come and go; inspired by the surrounding mountains, lochs & sky, we will combine writing with movement and mindfulness for our own wellbeing and for all living beings everywhere.
This week of Tai Chi, writing and meditation will trace our intimate relation to the dance of the elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space, and Consciousness – with an overall theme of impermanence. Whatever arises from our practice we will use to play with the reality of our interconnectedness – write about it and share our stories.
Book Recommendation: The Subtle Art of Caring by River Wolton
“Beautifully illustrated and with exercises, meditations, and reflections.”
Substack Recommendation: Startling with Linda France
Linda offers monthly new moon writing prompts on line, plus weekly gems of her own writing. It’s free to subscribe, and you can donate. Award-winning Poet, Climate Writer in Residence with New Writing North & Newcastle University 2020 – 22, Winner of the 2022 Laurel Prize, Environmental Poet of the Year 2022-23 in the Michael Marks Awards.
December / January Sales
PlaySpace Publications – all prices reduced
| TITLE | PRICE |
| 13 Ways of Making Poetry a Spiritual Practice | £2.00 |
| Autumn Leaves by Tom Leonard | £1.50 |
| Bringing Mindfulness to Life | £12.00 |
| Brushes With War | £1.00 |
| bundles of bog cotton | £5.00## |
| Burning Words | £3.00 |
| Bute Poems | £2.00 |
| Butterfly Bones | £5.00 |
| C – Sense Greetings | £1.50 |
| Circuito Sanxet | £3.50 Ψ |
| Covid Comfort | £2.00 |
| Earth Water Fire Air | £3.00 |
| Embrace the Whole card | £1.00 |
| Heartwork by Linda France | £5.00 ΩΩ |
| How Ripples Happen | £3.00 |
| It Takes You a Lifetime to Become Yourself | £2.00 |
| Living on the Edge of Uncertainty | £2.00 |
| Living Our Dying | £12.00 Ω |
| Requiem | £5.00* |
| The Art of Doing Nothing | £1.50 |
| The Earth Is Our Home | £5.00 |
| The Earth Says | £1.50 |
| The Path that Leads to the Whole Wide World | £2.00 |
| The Unfinished Hut | £4.00 |
| Today Today Today | £4.00 |
| Tributes to Tom Leonard | £3.00 |
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