An Invitation to a Night of Poetic Self-Care -- Guest Post by Sarah Heffner

Dear Friends, 

Please join me in celebrating the Leo New Moon, with a night of Poetic Self-Care, a virtual workshop event, 7/28 @ 7:30 PM ET. Details below. 

TLDR: Write to your heart!

The virtual workshop is an embodiment and writing practice using poetic form (anaphora, syllabics and the ghazal) to articulate what is blocking our path towards pursuing what it is we authentically want as we close out the last 6 months of this year. 

We are taught to comprehend a poem, but the truth is poetry is meant to be felt, experienced. Poetry is the language of our hearts. 

And so, with this upcoming New Moon in Leo, Poetic Self-Care is the perfect ode to write our intentions and ask ourselves how we truly authentically want to close out the rest of this year. 

The Leo Moon will give us the courage to pursue it and, or, clear the path of what fear, what memory, what narrative is blocking us from it. 

In this one night workshop, we will listen to our heart beat, for the messages it has for us. Poetry is medicine, and poetic form is the the stethoscope.

Writing with poetic technique and form, can get us past the skin, without breaking it, and the many layers we go up against when seeking our authentic wants and desires. Writing with poetic form gives us a scaffold for navigating our emotions. Writing with poetic form makes working with our feelings an equation. 

You do not need any proficiency or background with poetry to succeed in this space. You just have to be inclined to have a conversation with your heart, but that’s totally scary too! 

Which is why our warm up will be distance reiki (embodiment) followed by guided dialogue writing.  Our heads will meet and greet our hearts. 

Then we will practice using the figurative language tools anaphora and syllabics, as a way to dig into ourselves even further, to articulate what it is that is blocking us or to define our authentic wants. 

Lastly, we will cover the traditional ghazal and practice writing it together, as a way to become our own lullaby.

The energy of a New Moon in Leo invites us to take up space, into the spotlight and be brave. This is the time to self-soothe our indecipherable hearts.

20$ for the virtual event <3

Register at www.littleshaco.com

See you there,

Sarah