Moving Poetics: Weekly Yoga Classes Exploring Poetry
Weekly yoga classes with poetry reflections, links & music playlists, offering a felt, embodied experience of poetic language
Weekly yoga-based movement offering a somatic experience of poetry, at the level of blood, bones, and skin.
*First week is free* - cancel subscription at any time.
Each week you'll find:
-a 60-minute accessible practice guiding you through movement, breath work, and visualizations that give an embodied experience of poetic language
-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? I hope you'll join us!
*please note that after your free trial week, action is required to unsubscribe yourself to avoid being charged!
Your Instructor
Katy Hawkins, PhD, is a professor at Bryn Mawr College, Creator of Moving Poetics, and Director of Shiné: Mind/Body/Spirit in Philadelphia. Moving Poetics courses represent the culmination of her 27 years of teaching, in universities (Comp Lit and Gender and Queer Studies) and in her work of the last decade, teaching poetry through somatics. This cutting edge pedagogical inroad to critical thinking incorporates the urgent need for mind/body integration among students today.
Course Curriculum
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StartCourse Introduction
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StartSeptember Week 1: Back to School (65:15)
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StartSeptember Week 2: Cool Nights (66:57)
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StartSeptember Week 3: Autumn Equinox (55:34)
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StartSeptember Week 4: Lengthening Light (55:06)
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StartOctober Week 1: St. Francis Self-Blessing (59:32)
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StartOctober Week 2: GEESE! (59:16)
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StartOctober Week 3: Forgiveness (61:42)
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StartOctober Week 4: Lightening (61:31)
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StartNovember Week 1: Halloween/Elections/Time Change (57:17)
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StartNovember Week 2: Veteran's Day (66:35)
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StartNovember Week 3: Thresholds (54:08)
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StartNovember Week 4: Lamp Day! (66:35)
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StartDecember Week 1: Heart Histories (52:33)
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StartDecember Week 2: Body and Spirit (57:57)
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StartDecember Week 3: Winter Solstice Restorative (90:37)
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StartDecember Week 4: Pre and Post Holiday (59:11)
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StartJanuary Week 1: Burning the Old Year (62:13)
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StartJanuary Week 2: Bye Tree - Abyhasa & Vairagya (56:42)
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StartJanuary Week 3: MLK Day (62:40)
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StartJanuary Week 4: Absolute (chair) Surrender (59:06)
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StartFebruary Week 1: Life Principle (59:17)
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StartFebruary Week 2: Aimless Love (55:49)
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StartFebruary Week 3: Pisces Season (60:46)
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StartFebruary Week 4: Spiritual Struggle - 3 Models (53:05)
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StartMarch Week 1: Happy Spring New Year! (58:37)
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StartMarch Week 2: Changing Times (55:05)
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StartMarch Week 3: Equinox - Saluting the Spheres & Star-Stuff (64:10)
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StartMarch Week 4: Annunciation Creativity (61:19)
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StartApril Week 1: Greening the Trees (60:08)
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StartApril Week 2: Un-Hibernate the Animal Bod (60:45)
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StartApril Week 3: Ross Gay, Buttons, & Granthis (58:00)
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StartApril Week 4: April Showers - Gentle Slow Down (59:53)
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StartAries to Taurus Season: Beyond Ambition and the Horse's Mane (102:51)
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StartMay Week 1: May Day Sensual Watery Flow (57:43)
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StartMay Week 2: Mother's Day Ensorcelling (59:37)
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StartMay Week 3: Shadow Radiance (60:14)
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StartMay Week 4: Memorial Day (61:15)
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StartJune Week 1: Unsprung Rest - Post-Spring Restorative Practice (63:53)
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StartJune Week 2: School's Out - Grassy Freedom! (107:21)
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StartJune Week 3: Summer Solstice, Juneteenth (55:33)
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StartJune Week 4: Midsummer Love after Love (60:26)
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StartJuly Week 1: The Eye of Horus (60:13)
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StartJuly Week 2: Fireflies (59:11)
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StartJuly Week 3: Cicadas (119:00)
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StartJuly Week 4: Heat Lightning (57:33)
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StartAugust Week 1: Summer Air and Laundry Breathing (56:40)
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StartAugust Week 2: Reptilian Hindbrain (59:50)
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StartAugust Week 3: Body, Unapologetic (57:54)
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Start2 Models of Feminine Power (56:22)