Awaken Your Inner Poet.

Welcome to the Poetry Vessel.

Join Malibu’s Poet Laureate for private and public poetry workshops to guide you through meditations backed by ambient music and herbal scents to help you open your inner poetic eye.

You are invited to attend Nathan’s events or hire him privately to lead a poetry workshop at your retreat, business, studio, university, home, or other location.

Meditation & Poetry.

Meditation and poetry go hand in hand. Meditating and contemplating, allowing images to unfold and converge, relaxing and synthesizing, and opening the dreaming eye: each of these helps contribute to a poetry practice.

Find Calm.

By calming your body, you allow the chatter of your egoic mind to fade, allowing you to recover your Self’s poetic guidance and wisdom. When connected to poetry, you can find the language of the heart, which, if you listen closely enough, sings in transformation.

Write Poetry.

With prompts that invite exploration and exercises that loosen the grip of self-doubt, Nathan guides poets to trust the words that come when they least expect them, discovering fresh expressions and perspectives. In these settings, you will find ways to open your imagination and find and follow your unique voice.

FAQs

  • These workshops are curated to open your inner creative eye. Through the poetry writing process, we gain access to self-knowledge and wisdom. With the writing guidance, you learn to write freely and creatively, without inhibition, which is soothing to the body, mind, and soul.

  • Yes, workshops are generative — meaning we write new poems together.

    Typically, we write three poems in any two-hour workshop and five or six in four-hour workshops.

  • Workshops include but are not limited to:

    • Guided meditation to open your creative eye

    • Printed poetry packet

    • Option to share your poems aloud with the rest of the attendees.

    • OPTIONAL aromatherapy (palo santo, sage, essential oils) 

    Special Add-ons include:

    • ADD-ON Special notebooks for your guests to have a memento for the event, write in after and keep for life.

  • Workshops are typically offered either for two hours, or four hours. 

    For multi-day retreat and workshop packages, please contact us directly.

  • Themes include but are not limited to:

    • Awakening Your Inner Poet

    • Exploring the Shadow

    • The Four Elements (Earth, Fire, Air, Water)

    • Eco-Poetry

    • Repetition & Variation

    • Ego & the Unconscious

    • Self-Love & Romantic Love

    • Custom Theme of your choosing (w/additional fee)

    Enquire for more details. 

  • Yes, we offer individual and group workshops that can be booked for your bookclub, an intimate gathering, a wine and cheese poetry night, a birthday party, an anniversary, and more. 

    These can either take place from the comfort of your home, business, or event venue.

    Enquire for more details.

  • Yes, some of the topics I frequently lecture on include but are not limited to:

    • Poetry and meditation

    • The craft of poetry

    • Poetry as an alchemical art

    • Busting creative block

    • Writing nature poetry

    • Shadow exploration and poetry

    • The elements and poetry

    • Custom Topic (w/additional fee)

  • Private workshops are offered at a flat rate of $150 per hour + $25 per guest attending the workshop.

    • Additional payment is required for expenses if traveling more than 20 miles from the center of Malibu. 

    • Payment is collected via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, and cash only.