tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2021-11-15T10:34:56+08:00 Peatix Poetry Festival Singapore tag:peatix.com,2020:event-1587531 2020-08-30T11:00:00SGT 2020-08-30T11:00:00SGT

Have you ever wanted to try out yoga but were afraid to take that first step? Not sure how yoga can be applied to your creative endeavours? Join Vicky Chong for the second edition of Yoga and Poetry, a workshop especially brought to you as part of Poetry Festival Singapore 2020!Learn more than just movements and poses. Find out how yoga makes us more attuned to our own minds and bodies, helping us be more conscious and deliberate not just as writers and creators, but as individuals.This workshop will be conducted ONLINE by Vicky Chong and Eric Tinsay Valles, who will provide yoga-themed poetry and writing prompts. WHAT IS YOGA?Yoga is a union of mind and body, primarily using the breath. So anything we do - even poetry - can be yoga as long as we put awareness into it. A "yoga flow" involving physical movement and poses is a continuity of a constant conscious state of mind, usually achieved, aided or enhanced by breath control.EVENT DETAILSLIVE-STREAMING EVENT URL link will be given to attendees.Date: 30 August 2020, SaturdayTime: 11:00AM to 12:00PMTicket Pricing:Pay-as-you-wish: $2, $5, $10, $15, $20. Or $35 to receive a mystery poetry book (limited to 30). Event outline:11:00am to 11:30am - Introduction to yoga including breathing exercises, warm ups, and basic poses. Participants will be guided through a 5-7 minute yoga flow, accompanied by music11:30am to 11:45am - Participants to each share a favourite poem of theirs with the class11:45am to 11:50am - Participants will attempt to write a poem on the spot. Don't worry - it can be as short or as long as you like!11:50am to 12:00pm - Participants to share their 'yoga poems' with the class. There's no pressure to share your work if you are uncomfortable doing so!IMPORTANT NOTES:- Suitable for ages 13 and above- No prerequisites and attendees are to prepare their own Yoga mat, towel, paper and pen- Attendees to state during registration if they have done yoga and general medical condition- Attendees are advised to prepare a favourite poem to share if attendees don't feel they could write one after Yoga.PLEASE READ THIS ONLINE YOGA PRACTICE SESSION GUIDELINESABOUT THE INSTRUCTORVicky Chong graduated with Master of Arts - Creative Writing at LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore in September 2018. Her works have been published in Readers' Digest, The Graduate and Singapore Marketer.  Her creative non-fiction stories were published in two anthologies by Singapore's National Library Board.Her first book, Racket and Other Short Stories, has been accepted for publication by Penguin Random House.Other publications include: - 'Chun Kia' was one of the ten selected for 2017 George Town literary Festival Fringe Publication The Zine.- ‘The Uber Driver’ recently won third prize in the 2018 Nick Joaquin Literary Awards Asia-Pacific.- A 200-word short story was published in The Sunday Times on 10 February 2019 in celebration of Valentine’s Day.- Short story ‘Harvey Crescent’ was published in Business Mirror, Philippines, on 24 February 2019.- Short Story 'Camel's Tears' was published in Business Mirror, Philippines, on 29 April 2019.Vicky Chong writes in UK English and her story may contain Singlish.ABOUT THE HOSTEric Tinsay VALLES has published the poetry collections A World in Transit and After the Fall: dirges among ruins as well as co-edited Get Lucky: An Anthology of Singapore and Philippine Writings, Sg Poems 2015-2016, Anima Methodi and The Nature of Poetry. He has won a Goh Sin Tub Creative Writing prize. He has been invited to read poetry or commentaries at Baylor, Melbourne and Oxford Universities as well as the Kistrech Poetry Festival. He is a director of Poetry Festival (Singapore).--Yoga and Poetry II is part of the Singapore Poetry Festival 2020. Check out the rest of our exciting lineup of events here!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or visit our website to find out more!--

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