Poetry for Parts Work
A moon-guided writing circle that explores identity and inner landscape through Jungian and mythopoetic lenses.
Poetry for Parts-Work is a moon-guided writing circle for those drawn to the quiet power of inner voice. Rooted in Jungian psychology and parts-work, this seasonal series offers a gentle structure for exploring identity, voice, and memory through poetry. With breath, metaphor, and the rhythm of the lunar cycle, you’ll be invited to listen inward, meet the many selves that shape your creative life, and write from the voices that often go unheard. This is a space for deep attention, not performance—a space to bring your inner landscape to the page, one poem’s line at a time.
Over four weeks, we’ll slip beneath the busy, soften into seaweed, and write from the parts of you that want to speak—some clearly, some quietly, and some only when conditions are just so. We’ll draw from parts-work, archetypes, poetry, nature, and the lunar cycle as a way of listening, really listening, to the voices inside and outside that have something to say.
The practices you’ll learn over these four weeks will help you meet the beautiful chaos of the day-to-day with more curiosity, resourcefulness, and gentleness. This is a course for and about writing poetry, but also an invitation into mythopoetic movement that helps us live well, even in the stress of today’s world.
Slow down with us. Be still with us. Translate your place in the world with us. The seaweed is calling, and your dreams get clearer the deeper you dare to swim.
This course is currently underway and registration is closed.
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✨ Structure and Materials
Your registration gives you access to the full 5-Week cohort and a circle of fellow seekers, artists, wanderers, shadow befrienders, and inner travelers.
We meet for two hours each Friday morning and every other Sunday morning at 8 am PST for guided breathwork and visualization, a teaching on that session’s material, poetry prompts, and poem inquiry and reflection with a chance to ask questions.
Between sessions, you’ll receive a curated bundle of poems, writing prompts, and gentle invitations for integration between sessions, and access to the replay.
This is a supportive, trauma-aware space for writing, sharing, witnessing, and being witnessed.
Schedule
🌙 A Tiny Preview
Each gathering follows the rhythm of the moon and includes breathwork, teaching, guided writing, poem inquiry, and optional sharing. Sessions are held Fridays and alternating Sundays from 8–10am PST.
🌕 Opening Circle (Full Moon)
Arrival & Illumination
Soft. Slow. Sacred. Set your intention in ceremony. Breathe. Listen inward. Listen outward. Arrive fully with us. Write beneath the surface.🌕 Lesson 1 (Waning Full Moon)
The Voice Beneath the Voice
Who speaks when you stop performing? Who’s whispering behind your polished lines? Meet the protectors and exiles in your creative system.🌘 Lesson 2 (Waning Moon)
Who Speaks the Poem?
We explore masks, personae and poetic voices that habitually takes the pen. Who waits underneath? What parts of the world entice them?Sunday - Rest & Integrate
No Class. A time for slow integration, walking, dreaming, wandering, or writing on your own.
🌑 Lesson 3 (New Moon)
The Gatekeeper
Meet the part that says “not yet.” The inner critic, the guard at the door. And the one it projects. Write with and through resistance.🌒 Lesson 4 (New Moon Emergence)
The Poem in Hiding
We approach the unspoken gently, following image and sensory detail into the quiet. Give voice to what has never been written. Who wants to speak now?🌔 Lesson 5 (Waxing Moon)
The Fire in the Bones
We let the part that’s been holding it all speak. The loud one without apology, that burns. What happens when you stop editing your voice?Sunday Rest & Integrate
No class. Another quiet moment to walk, sleep, let the poems simmer, or bring them to a boil.
🌕 Lesson 6 (Full Moon)
The Witness & The Weave
We return to the voice that can hold it all with warmth. Begin to integrate. Grasp the thread through the tapestry of this journey and look wide.🌕 Closing Circle (Waning Full Moon)
Integration & Return
We gather one last time to reflect, honor, and come together. We bring our bodies into the practice and support what comes next.
📼 Can’t Attend Live?
All sessions are recorded, and you’ll receive access to the replay folder, slides, and prompts within 24 hours. You are welcome in this circle whether you attend live or listen in rhythm with your own schedule.
💭 Who This Is For
This circle is for anyone who feels the quiet tug to write from deeper within. You don’t need to identify as a poet—or even as a writer. What matters is your curiosity.
This space may be for you if:
You’re drawn to inner work, symbolism, or myth
You suspect there are parts of yourself waiting to be heard
You want to write in a way that feels more alive, intuitive, and layered
You’re processing transition, grief, identity shifts, or creative change
You crave a creative practice that honors both your voice and your nervous system
You’ve written poems you don’t quite understand—and want to know who was speaking
You’re open to breathwork, gentle ceremony, and poetic inquiry as doorways to transformation
No previous writing or psychological experience is necessary—just a willingness to show up and listen.
FAQs
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That’s completely okay. Each gathering is recorded, and you’ll receive access to the replay folder, slides, and writing prompts within 24 hours. You’re welcome to move at your own pace.
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You’ll have access through July 31, 2025, with plenty of time to return to the sessions and write alongside them in your own rhythm.
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Not at all. You don’t need to identify as a writer or have experience with parts-work. If you’re open to exploring your inner world with language and care, you’re in the right place.
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You’ll be directed to the page with the welcome pack including all course materials, Zoom links, session calendar, and gentle invitation to begin preparing.
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Yes they are. Please email me at ash@storybreathschool.com and I will set one up for you.
🌙 Ready to Join the Circle?
If something in you stirred while reading this—if a voice whispered yes, or even maybe—I hope you’ll follow it.
This isn’t just a writing class. It’s a return to your voice, your rhythm, and your inner companions.
We begin under the light of the Full Moon.
Your seat is waiting.
The Math of Grass
Ash Wylder
When a blade of grass decides
it's time to up itself out of earth and
sway in winds strong
enough to topple trees, it hasn't
done the math or
even asked if
upwards is worth the arithmetic.
It just reaches for sunlight
like eyes looking at the horizon
watching for something to add
to the greater sum.
We are like that -
Sometimes we reach for each other
without knowing why,
and when we touch
we forget about
counting altogether.
