Haiku for Healing

Service Description

Monday July 28 - 6-8pm | 2 hours $55 per person Connect with words and themes from the natural world as you express what’s in your mind, heart, and spirit through the art of haiku. Whether you consider yourself a creative being or not, haiku is a healing and accessible outlet to utilize to help you validate and move through your experiences and emotions. Inspired by nature, practicing haiku gives you a beautiful healing platform with which you can root yourself mindfully and connect with the world around you as you express what's on your mind and heart. Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that generally consists of unrhymed words totalling 17 syllables in 3 lines. The first line is 5 syllables followed by a second line of 7 syllables and then a final line of 5 syllables. In this workshop you’ll learn about the rich history of haiku, engage in exercises to help you begin to create your own haiku, and have the opportunity to share and enjoy in the creations of others. Mary brings imagination, playfulness, and love to this experience helping you feel open and ready to express the words within you. You may even find yourself thinking in haiku for days to come! Mary is an artist and creator, Certified Addiction Recovery Coach and Certified Peer Recovery Advocate in the state of New York and a Nationally Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist. Mary loves meeting people on their healing journeys, learning about their passions, and helping connect them to practices that welcome harmony to mind, body, and spirit. Bring your favorite writing instrument and journal, if you have one!