UPCOMING SEMINARIA POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP with Gaylene Denford-Wood

Have fun with words and syllables while building your foundation for Seminaria Poetry potential

In this workshop you will be introduced to the Mindfulness of Seminaria. There will be opportunity for questions. You will be given evidence of its use and efficacy as a mindfulness tool. In a safe, respectful social setting you will be given the opportunity to learn the rudiments of practice that will enable you to make it your own ‘fit-for-purpose poetry app,’ for which there are a number of useful, practical applications.

Stress reduction, a sense of groundedness, calm, creative insight and wellbeing are but a few of the valuable findings.

Date and time: Sunday 6th June 2021 10am to 12.30pm
Venue: Hearing House, 354 Trafalgar Square, Nelson
Cost: CANZ Members $20 and non-members $40

To secure your place in this workshop, please book by May 31st 2021

What is Seminaria?

Seminaria is the name I have given to a poetic form after writing a doctoral thesis on what people discovered from using it as a daily mindfulness practice.

Seminaria is a 27-syllable, seven-line form divided into the following syllable line pattern:
(2) (3) (5) (7) (5) (3) (2)

Developed as Seminar Verse by J-P Linde in 1988/89. In his words,“I was searching for a form shorter than a sonnet, more comprehensive than haiku.”

For more information check out Gaylene’s website at https://www.themindfulnessofseminaria.co.nz/

Kind regards from you CANZ ToTs committee Nelson Branch Liaison