Words Hold Us Together

A facilitator training day in bibliotherapy with Valerie Gillies & Sukhema Butler, plus guest Ted Bowman
Saturday 7 September 2024, 10am – 5pm
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR

The workshop will encourage writers and storytellers to find the tools they need to increase their powers of facilitation, and to deepen their understanding in how to use words for wellbeing. They will experience how poetry and story can refill the reservoir of health. Moreover, they will be able to observe how words can become a life-raft in stormy seas. The workshop offers an opportunity to learn how to facilitate in a way which is both therapeutic and creative. Click on the link above for more details and application form.

Moon Tell Me Truth – children of Gaza poems

Moon Tell Me Truth. Art and Poems from the children of Gaza-Exhibition extended until the 22nd of July. I recommend this exhibition in the Scottish Poetry Library.

“Wipe out that sadness and weave the dress of impossible from the tears” (Roaa Al-Masn, 13)

Alice Oswald in her foreword wrote: “. . . now I will always think of poetry as the dress of impossibility.”

dance of the elements: poetry and tai chi

This 7-day residential retreat is nearly fully booked. 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.