#53 Resilience Through Writing & Yoga Practices with Nadia Colburn

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In this episode I chat with Nadia Colburn. Some of the topics we cover include:
  • How we can hold suffering and joy at the same time
  • Nadine's process of writing I Say the Sky
  • How meditation and yoga influence her writing
  • How poetry can build bridges
  • Getting clarity and speaking your truth
  • How practices fortify us and enable us to take action
  • Meditation with writing prompt

Nadia's Bio:
Nadia Colburn is the author of the poetry books I Say the Sky and The High Shelf, and her poetry and prose have appeared in more than eighty publications, including The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Spirituality & Health, Lion's Roar, and the The Yale Review. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University, is a yoga teacher and serious student of Thich Nhat Hanh and is the founder of Align Your Story Writing School, which brings traditional literary and creative writing studies together with mindfulness, embodied practices, and social and environmental engagement. The school has a community of over 30,000 mindful writers. Nadia lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and two children. Find her at nadiacolburn.com, where she offers meditations and free resources for writers.



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