This is an online workshop to celebrate Earth Day and Poetry Month in collaboration with Monterey Bay Meditation Studio.

Like meditation, poetry has long been a vehicle for creating greater presence and connection to ourselves, others and the world. In this online workshop, you will explore with others your relationship to the climate crisis through a series of poems that will evoke the myriad of feelings that the topic brings up: lack of understanding, anxiety, helplessness, grief, guilt, ambivalence as well as aspiration, hope, a sense of emerging possibilities, renewal, and may be, a new commitment to engagement. Join us to experience how you can use poetry to reflect deeply on this important topic of our time, and take a first step towards acting for the Earth. Be prepared to read the texts aloud to the group or in break-out sessions, reflect individually and share authentically and courageously.

Length: 1 hour 1/2

Media: Zoom

Number of participants: 3 minimum- 15 maximum

Materials/Setting: Paper and pen in a quiet, reflective space

Cost: $40

Date: Saturday April 24 from 10am-11:30am

Registration is through the Monterey Bay Meditation Studio (until April 23 at noon)