Poems | Sheila Collins

What’s in This Time of Year?

by Sheila Collins | Aug 1, 2024 | Art & Life, Community, Family, Gatherings, Our Children, Personal Stories, Poems, Women, Girls & the Feminine, Writing

As we turn the page to the month of August, I note that August is what summer is known for. The month of hot, dry, weather broken up sometimes by extended draught, or late afternoon thunderstorms – weather that provokes lethargy sometimes referred to as the “dog days...

The Art of Dancing on Behalf of Peace

by Sheila Collins | Feb 22, 2024 | Art & Life, Dances, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Poems, Resilience, Songs

In the midst of these contentious and challenging times, the non-profit organization I have belonged to for over 30 years, Body Wisdom, has joined with other peace-building non-profits and artists to host Dances On Behalf of Peace, an 11 day, half-hour virtual...

How Do You Self-Care?

by Sheila Collins | Aug 23, 2018 | Book Excerpts, book promotion, Dances, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Play, Poems, Self-Care for Caregivers, Songs, Stillpoint, Story-telling, Writing

When I wrote the first version of my book on self-care 25 years ago the big issue around self-care, especially for women, was giving ourselves permission to do it. Wasn’t it selfish to focus on ourselves? Wasn’t the goal to forget about ourselves and selflessly serve...

The Cost of Our Current Conveniences

by Sheila Collins | Nov 22, 2016 | Poems, Uncategorized

Here just before Thanksgiving, a national holiday that encourages gratitude for the gifts of plenty most citizens enjoy, I’m reminded of the First Peoples who lived here before European refugees, settlers, and immigrants arrived.This past fall representatives of over...

Getting Back On The Horse

by Sheila Collins | Oct 14, 2015 | Health and Wellness, Poems, Story-telling

It’s nearly 5 months since my fall and it feels important to notice how far I’ve come. I can raise my left arm into the air almost as high as the right one. When my left hand is behind me, I can raise it slightly above my waist. There was a time when I couldn’t even...

Spaces In Our Togetherness

by Sheila Collins | Oct 31, 2012 | Gatherings, Poems

My husband and I were asked to give a talk at a neighboring Alanon meeting last evening. We’d given talks before separately, but never together. There was no time to prepare and I knew there wouldn’t be when I accepted the invitation. But I knew to say yes to this...

Learn the Many, Magical Ways Art Transforms Grieving!

(No art skills required.)

Loss is inevitable, yet too often we bury our grief, pretending we're OK when we're not.

In my new book (COMING SOON), I'll share some uncommon notions about grief and how the arts, and art-making, have transformative powers that take us to the heart of the matter.

What’s in This Time of Year?

The Art of Dancing on Behalf of Peace

How Do You Self-Care?

Getting Back On The Horse

Spaces In Our Togetherness

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