The Elixir Poetry Podcast
British poet Helen Wing has spent the past 20 years living between the UK, China and the Middle East, experiencing first-hand the human impact of poetry across borders. On The Elixir Poetry Podcast, she asks anonymous individuals from around the world to read the poem that has touched them the most, and to unveil why. (Each episode includes original music)
The Elixir Poetry Podcast
16. Sitting With Your Emotions: "Each Has Been Sent as a Guide From Beyond" (with Nicole)
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Nicole about a Persian poem called ‘The Guest House’ by Rumi.
They discuss:
- Sitting with your emotions
- Living a richer fuller life
- Does suppressing your emotions make you sick?
- ‘Being busy’ is a way to deflect from your emotions
- Teaching emotions in schools
- Yoga: locating emotion in our body and breathing into it
Discover poetry through the heart of another…
Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!
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The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
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