Letters from Before

Poetry, Ancestry, & the Internal Field

This generative workshop invites participants into a slow, sacred space of breath, memory, and imagination. Through guided visualization, gentle movement, and poetic prompts, participants explore their internal heritage and connect with the ancestral presences — real or imagined — that shape their voice.

Together, we write from the body, from intuition, and from the deep field of memory that lives beneath language. This workshop creates a container for revelation, restoration, and creative agency, offering a space many people don’t realize they’ve been longing for until they’re in it.

This offering is accessible to all mobility levels, and writing experience is not required. If you would rather record yourself speaking instead of writing, this space welcomes you. All that’s needed is openness.

Testimonials

“I appreciated the way you made sure every piece was accessible to everyone regardless of ability.”

“Thank you for giving me new tools to tell my story, a way to decolonize my approach to my story.”

“Thank you so much for this deep swim in ancestry and land. My being is in a different place.”

“Often in workshops it seems as though there is too much to cover or too much empty time, but this workshop felt just right.”

“That was so revealing and so much I could relate about family here in the UK.”

“I found myself caught between my ancestral homes in southern Africa and my new home in Australia, but then in meditating about my surroundings I’ve found surprising, uplifting connections and understanding.”

“I’m not a real writer, and I enjoyed this very much. I’m going to write more after I leave, and I can do this while I’m at work!”

“I’ve noticed myself taking deeper breaths, longer walks since we started this series.”

“I had a dream after our workshop. It blew my mind!”