Moving Poetics: Yoga Based Movement Classes Exploring Poetry

Yoga-based movement classes offering a somatic experience of poetry, at the level of blood, bones, and skin. For a one-time fee you will have unlimited access to 49 classes guiding you through movement, breath work, and visualizations centered on a poem selected for a moment on the calendar. Practice each class as many times as you'd like for as long as you'd like!

Each practice includes:

-a 60-minute practice with demonstrations by various beautiful movers

-a music playlist lovingly chosen to capture the poem's ambiance (crafted to match the arc of the physical practice, so you can choose to practice with music)

-a link to the poetry, and a short reflection capturing the most striking phrases, themes, and imagery.

-a distilled skeleton of the sequence (poses, breath exercises, and visualizations) for your reference

In an embodied approach to language, the goal is to generate a spontaneous, authentic experience of a poem that you can hold on to (or, if you're a teacher, one you can share)! When we linger with poems not with our rational "thinky" brain, but with a more primal gut layer of our being, we can absorb their truth and beauty deeper into the psyche. When poems live there, they pop up more regularly in our everyday lives, suffusing our days with new meaning and presence. And isn't this the goal behind any practice?