Saturday 10am: Embodied Poetics with Laurel Silberman
Saturday 10am: Embodied Poetics with Laurel Silberman
Embodied poetics is an invitation to the poet within to bear witness to and embody the poetry that unfolds when we tune our innermost hearts to the Song of the Earth. This class is a space for all who feel called to be with the land and to write poetry with the Earth as our muse and guide. We will journey deep into the Earth and awaken more fully to the already written poem that is alive in every cell of our body. Together, we will reach into the soil of our hearts and emerge with the jewels that only we can find. We will work with a flower essence to help facilitate connection with our creative process. We will weave our own poetic self-healing into the web of our relations and emerge with a foundation to continue exploring both our poetic voice and our connection with the Earth. All are welcome to participate in this communal weaving.
Laurel Madeline Silberman is an intuitive herbalist, flower essence practitioner, song weaver, and devotional poet dedicated to reweaving the body of Self with the body of Earth. She was certified as a Clinical Herbalist in 2018 through Self-Heal School of Herbal Studies and Healing in San Diego, California. She received her BA in Contemplative Psychology from Naropa University in 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. She returned to Naropa University in 2025 and is currently completing her MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics. Laurel sees clients for 1:1 sessions, focusing primarily on the vibrational medicine of flower essences and re-establishing kinship with the living world. When she is not working with clients, Laurel can be found cultivating rest among tree kin in the forest where she lives, singing and playing her guitar, writing poetry, making art, hosting the Boulder Community Grief Circle, and collaborating with the plants for her herbal shop Artemisia Atara Apothecary.