In this workshop, participants will learn how to combine mindfulness practices, intersectional feminisms, and practical stress reduction techniques to live and write with more joy and energy. Each exercise will begin with a poem from the new poetry book, Swimming in Gilead, forthcoming in October from Yellow Arrow Publishing. All writing prompts will be inclusive and body positive, and no one will be asked to share their writing. Come join us to infuse your life with a spark of energy this spring!

yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/spark-in-spring-2023

When: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm EST

May 3

$25

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 20 participants

About the instructor:

Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D., is a lesbian, ecofeminist, mother, poet, novelist, and essayist whose writing focuses on the themes of trauma, healing, creativity, mindfulness and the environment. She is an award-winning author of 16 books and audio programs ranging from novels to poetry and nonfiction and scholarship. Her newest book, Swimming in Gilead, is forthcoming from Yellow Arrow Publishing in 2023. We Heal from Memory, her scholarly work published by Palgrave, advanced ideas about the power of poetry to heal individual and collective trauma twenty years before these ideas were introduced into the mainstream. Her novel, The ReSisters, was a #1 bestseller on Amazon in the category of books for young people combating prejudice and racism. Her nonfiction book, Earth Joy Writing, published by Ashland Creek Publishing in Oregon, is available for sale at Congaree National Park, where she leads seasonal forest journaling workshops. And her poetry has won numerous awards, including the Archibald Rutledge Prize named after the first Poet Laureate of South Carolina, where she lives with her wife.  Her website is www.cassiepremosteele.com