Retreat at The Inn at Cedar Falls October 31-November2, 2010!

[edEyeball to Eyeballit]

THE NATURE OF LIFE: INNER VOICE~INNER LIGHT

[Finding the Place from Which to Write Poetry]

with STEPHEN W EMERICK and SHAWNA R EMERICK
October 31
(Sunday 3 PM) through November 2 (Tuesday Noon), 2010

At The Inn at Cedar Falls, Logan, Ohio

For Reservations: Call 1-800-653-2557

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Come listen to the sounds of your heart and its words ~ And the movement of the body and its stories ~ In order to discover a new vocabulary ~For daily life, and for deeper Self-discovery.

Come join Stephen (Dayton Ohio’s Poet~Psychologist) and Shawna (one of New York’s finest Yoga Instructors and Thai Bodyworker) for this one of a kind experience. This father-daughter team invite you to their three day retreat October 31 through November 2, 2010. The retreat is for those seeking to experience, explore, and expand that sacred place from which poetry is written. This experience brings an emerging understanding of the Self while nurturing the physical, and expanding the lingual! This retreat was a sell out in 2009.

Stephen will share from poetry he wrote at The Inn (Poems from The Inn at Cedar Falls) as well as poems written in southeastern Ohio (Poems from Deep Woods). Shawna will share from her expertise in Yoga. Sessions are focused on the participant. Sessions begin with mild Yoga movement as well as meditation. Time for writing and sharing one’s own expression of poetry is provided within a supportive environment. Using the Hocking Hills beauty and the workshops environment at The Inn, Stephen and Shawna create the space for exploration of the nature of one’s inner environment.

This experience of 2010 will include a Concert by Stephen and Shawna. Stephen will be performing with a number of Native American flutes, as Shawna presents yogic poetic movement in Dance.

Sunset Ridge by Jim CrottyAbout Shawna and About Stephen

Stephen’s educational background includes a PHD in Psychology and a Seminary degree. He is a Licensed Psychologist and is in Private Practice in Centerville Ohio.

Shawna’s educational background includes a BS in Dance. She also has multiple Yoga Teacher Training as well as two Thai Yoga Massage Certifications. In 2009 Shawna completed a month long trip to Thailand both volunteering with children and finishing her second Thai Yoga Massage Certification. She has shared her training experience with the Spa staff at The Inn at Cedar Falls. Contact The spa for information and Thai Body Massage.

Stephen and Shawna’s role model for change has been Dr. Rev. Samuel Emerick. Sam is now 93 years old and resides in Port Charlotte, Florida. Sam was one of the original persons in the early stage and development of a Fund for Humanity, which eventually became Habitat for Humanity. Stephen and his father traveled to Zaire, Africa for Samuel Emerick’s consultation with Habitat projects. Stephen and Shawna carry on the family tradition of honoring one’s voice and body in service as the sacred nature of life.

Shawna has lived for the last seven years in New York City where she continues to teach yoga, offer Thai Yoga Massage and perform by dancing throughout all boroughs.

This two day father-daughter workshop begins on Sunday at 3 PM and concludes Tuesday at 12 Noon. Cost includes: Two nights accommodation in a room (shared or single charged differently), 2 dinners, gourmet brown bag lunch Monday, breakfasts, taxes, gratuities, concert and instructor time. The workshop is limited to 18 people to allow for individual instruction.

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Lips of the Night

by admin on March 8, 2010

Night's Prayer

I know not how it happened,
or when.
Or if it was closer to now,
or then.

But there at the top of the hill:
Sitting under the moon…sitting za zen,
I heard the words from
the lips of the night:
“You are loved…you are my friend”.

(And I hope you find it too, my friend,
there upon the hill, just up from Old Cotterman’s glen).

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The Planet’s Birthing Shelf

by admin on March 8, 2010

An Interesting Thing About Forested Mountains

Early this morning, long before dawn…
As I climbed my mountain of worries
I could hear from atop the Andes, the
Flute of an earlier life,
Speaking to me, “No worries”, “be not afraid”, “no strife”.
And I am standing among
Peru’s cloud forests…
And there myself I find…
Standing on the seismic stretch marks of
our planet’s birthing shelf…
I remember:
Sometimes one must clash, grind, break, and
monumentally shift in volcanic disarray
To find the New Self…
To find…the New Day.

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Savages

by admin on March 8, 2010

Luminous Places

Some called savages

Stephen W Emerick

Some called savages

Were said to be the God-less

But standing here today we know

They worshiped in Cathedrals of wonder

Long before we arrived with fancy hand-carved

Alters of supplication and marbled seats for the profound

And it all pales before this one moment as we know

They worshiped here and worshiped

The origin of the planting of the seed of wonder

And perhaps it is not their purpose to shame our arrogance and stiffness but rather it is simply the

overwhelming magnificence of

The One here whom we now with them worship in adoration

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Margins of the Day Photography Book by Jim Crotty

by admin on December 19, 2009

Cover

Cover for "The Margins of the Day" by Jim Crotty

New Publication by my colleague Jim Crotty!

 The most recent self-publishing project featuring landscape photographs taken from late summer through autumn of 2009, “The Margins of the Day” is a 50-page, 8×10 coffee table-style book that comes in both soft and hardcover versions. All the images within the book are full-color. The introductory text describes my creative approach toward capturing landscapes in those times of day when the “good light” is apparent and the subtle tones and textures of foreground and sky compliment one another for resulting photographs that are serene, peaceful and calm. Many of scenes represented in the book are from the Hocking Hills of Southeastern Ohio, however, landscapes in the Colorado Plateau of Utah, the Great Smoky Mountains of Eastern Tennessee and the coastline of the Carolina Low Country are also included in this book which is a photographic celebration of the haunting beauty of natural light at dawn and dusk.

via Calm Photos » Margins of the Day Photography Book by Jim Crotty.

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Hope by Stephen W Emerick

by admin on December 17, 2009

 

Hope

A singular flickering light—
In the darkness—shining Bright!

Evening falls at the Inn at Cedar Falls by Jim Crotty

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That Which Flows Within by Stephen W Emerick

by admin on December 17, 2009

Stream at Old Man’s Cave by Jim Crotty

All that flows within me
Knows the direction of home…
Recognizing itself as visitor,
Passing ferns, and hollows, and stones.

With emerging faith in its currents,
Even when winter is bitter;
Even when water is ice…
Life’s simplicity doth suffice!

As flow pays homage to host,
By residing only for a while
The brevity of the visit
Seems eternity’s elegant style.

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Tonight I Walked on Water

by admin on December 15, 2009

Tonight I walked on water
Following the trail of the sun

Tonight I walked on water
And the lake and I are one

Tonight I took the glimmering path
That became the hearth to heart

Tonight I lingered long enough
To see it melt to dark

Tonight I took the shadow path
Into the bed of the lake

Tonight I walked the darken path
Thought terrors I knew would awake

Tonight I walkewd the bed of the lake
Following the trail of the moon

Tonight I walked in the path of God
And dreamt of the glistening sun

Tonight I breathe the breath of God

And God and I are one

3V1265 Moonlight on the Beach by Jim Crotty

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The God of the Mountain’s Sworn Covenant

by admin on December 15, 2009

The Central Andes with the
Peruvian cordillero
Like all great mountains
Keeps me awake until mornings light

For what is most sacred
Comes down from the mountain tops
And is written on the tablets of our hearts
Around the fires of the night

And so it is, and
So it was with Moses on
Mount Horeb and here
Tonight sleeping at the foot of Machu Picchu

If you too had been here you would know
Why I have sworn a covenant with
The God of
The Mountain

That I shall never grant hospitality to fear
That I shall entertain caution but briefly
And I shall always and forever
Open my hearth to the heart
Of the God of the Mountain

Zion National Park by Jim Crotty

Being here in forest

You ask me to be tree,

For you.

And you are twig
Broken,  not yet free,
We two.

And I will always remember

Those words
In such sacred moments few.

When I wonder–
Who will be tree for me? For thee if I am gone?  For us?
The answer is in the dew.

Covering us all in deep forest,
Baptising all that we are, we are the forest,
And we are more than two.

Forest will be here for you!
Forest is here, now,
For you!

Ah! Couples tree pose.
No more fuss!
Forest is here for us!

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