I have just returned from the first of four transformational inner leadership retreats and am feeling thankful for such an awe-inspiring experience. After one of our grounding morning ritual sessions, I wrote the following poem which I felt it only right to share today both in written and video form!
Earth’s Blessing
The sacred soil will hold you
Lean in, allow, release
Don’t take on what they told you
Within deep roots; your peace
This is your evolution
The ground can hold your weight
Within the sky; solutions
Fall into what’s innate
So many different branches
Reach up and reach within
Each morning ripe with chances
The choice to re-begin
The magma, it won’t scald you
And mysteries never cease
The sacred soil will hold you
Lean in, allow, release
Love this.❤️
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Thank you, this means a lot! 🙂
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Beautiful, Sam. When you are at peace with yourself, there really isn’t anything to be afraid of. Retreats are great for getting reacquainted with ourselves and nurturing that peaceful place inside. Be well. Keep the poems coming! 🙂
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Thank you Joan. It was a very powerful experience and there are three more retreats to come in the next 9 months!
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That’s superb, Sam..I can really relate to this. Although not a retreat, I attended a poetry day, recently, & it was a wonderful experience, exploring a subject in a fantastic setting, with like-minded folks. Glad to hear your retreat was such a positive experience.
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I bet that was wonderful. You have just given me an idea actually. I would love to run a poetry retreat..
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It was, Sam..you really should run a poetry retreat, especially with all your experience, it would be fantastic! I wrote about the one I attended, if you get chance to read about it, it’s on my blog with the title, “The Song Of Life” which was the poem I wrote on the day. I wrote the post on the 26th April. Hope you get to run the retreat, & good luck! 😊
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Thanks so much Debbie – it feels like something I would enjoy leading. Watch this space and I will look at your post too!
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Dear Debbie I have just read your lovely post and want to say a big thank you for sharing this with me. I loved your mindfully melodic poem and I have to admit you have given me some real ideas here for a potential poetry workshop. As part of my ten month inner leadership programme, I am required to deliver a workshop with a fellow participant. If I can find an artsy type, I think this could be a goer! Thank you so much! Have a lovely day 🙂
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Ahh thank you so much for taking the time to read my post, Sam & I’m so glad it’s given you food for thought! I hoped you would get the chance to take a look, as it also shows you how much I got from the whole experience, you can probably tell, haha! It’s really stayed with me, so I’m sure your potential attendees would gain similar feelings too. I do hope you can find someone to deliver a workshop with, & would love to read all about it!
Many thanks for your very kind words about my poem. It was a special experience to read it out loud to the other folks there, & get instant reactions. Thank you, once again, Sam & I’ll keep my fingers crossed that your poetry retreat takes place! ☺️
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It sounded amazing. I
liked hearing about the setting, the emotional response to the activities and how the day was structured too!
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It’s funny, despite the subject matter & emotion that was evident, I felt so wonderfully uplifted afterwards. The setting, & even the weather added to the ambience. The sharing of the writing exercises, especially with regard to the special objects, leading up to our final poems definitely set the mood to get the best out of us. I’d have no hesitation in going to another one.
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Bet it was lovely to be in such wonderful settings and to get creative as a group 🙂
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Indeed it was, but there were quiet places to go indoors, if required, as well as the lovely setting outdoors, so we could think & create our poems or prose alone, before sharing.
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