This group will complement the existing Mindfulness & Poetry for Wellbeing group. It is open to anyone, whatever their previous experience, who wants to explore mindfulness practice and a mindful awareness of poetry, and how these two complement and enhance each other. Mindfulness and poetry, like dreams, speak directly to the heart. We will be exploring our moment-by-moment experience of a wide range of poems, old and new and how they work on us physically and emotionally. It is not a formal lit crit group. Each session will begin and end with a short mindfulness practice based on the theme for that session. The theme for the first session is Poems We Love, and group members can feel free to bring poems to share if they wish. Annie is a retired Breathworks mindfulness teacher, who used to lead courses for people with long-term illnesses. Her life is enhanced and supported by her own mindfulness practice and her poetry reading – and it's good to share. Please contact Annie for further information – all enquiries are welcome.

The first meeting is on Thursday, 29 May 2025.

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