Melissa Word's guest appearances

Melissa Word

The Creative Ritual Podcast

home—body podcast: conversations on astrology, intuition, creativity + healing

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Hi sweet listeners, I am delighted to bring you a charming, inspiring and joyful conversation with the wonderful Melissa Word. I have loved her Grief Threads program so much and could listen to her talk about bodies, grief and art forever. Here is some of what we explored:  Approaching dance &amp; movement in a totally new way Listening and learning from our grief Opening our arms wide wide wide to what art can be Finding secret information inside ourselves  Melissa Word is an artist, dancer, writer and somatic facilitator. Her work takes the form of live performance, workshops, textile collages, drawings and newsletters. She specializes in creating transformative group experiences for people who want to feel more creative and connected to themselves–quilting classes for grief, movement classes for anxiety relief and body image repair, voice work for expanding consciousness. She is a current arts educator with the Alliance Theatre, and formerly with the High Museum of Art and Boys and Girls Club of Atlanta. Her pedagogy is based in somatic inquiry, presence and mindfulness practices, experimental voice work, intersectional discourse, liberatory social movements, and the perennial power of play. https://www.melissaword.com/ https://www.instagram.com/melissawordstudio/ Thank you so much for listening! 

Hi sweet listeners, I am delighted to bring you a charming, inspiring and joyful conversation with the wonderful Melissa Word. I have loved her Grief Threads program so much and could listen to her talk about bodies, grief and art forever. Here is some of what we explored: <ul> <li>Approaching dance &amp; movement in a totally new way</li> <li>Listening and learning from our grief</li> <li>Opening our arms wide wide wide to what art can be</li> <li>Finding secret information inside ourselves</li> </ul> Melissa Word is an artist, dancer, writer and somatic facilitator. Her work takes the form of live performance, workshops, textile collages, drawings and newsletters. She specializes in creating transformative group experiences for people who want to feel more creative and connected to themselves–quilting classes for grief, movement classes for anxiety relief and body image repair, voice work for expanding consciousness. She is a current arts educator with the Alliance Theatre, and formerly with the High Museum of Art and Boys and Girls Club of Atlanta. Her pedagogy is based in somatic inquiry, presence and mindfulness practices, experimental voice work, intersectional discourse, liberatory social movements, and the perennial power of play. <a href="https://www.melissaword.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.melissaword.com/</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/melissawordstudio/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/melissawordstudio/</a> Thank you so much for listening!

#167 Weaving grief threads with Melissa Word

Sewing as a way of holding grief and mending our hearts. Join artist + facilitator Melissa Word as we dive into embodied ways of reconciling and creativity as a powerful way to be together and move through grief.Melissa Word is an artist, dancer, writer and facilitator. Her work takes the form of live performance, workshops, textile collages, drawings and newsletters. She specializes in creating transformative group experiences for people who want to feel more creative and connected to themselves–quilting classes for grief, movement classes for anxiety relief and body image repair, voice work for expanding consciousness. Her workshops can be found on her website, and her writing can be read regularly on her substack publication, Trust Fall.we discuss —embodied ways of reconciling differencescreativity as medium for moving through griefembracing our personal complexitythe value of a marginal perspectivesewing as meditationworking with textiles as a mode for connecting to the Earth, ancestors, one another and our selvesLINKSIf you enjoyed the episode, check out —Episode w— Rachelle RobinettEpisode w— Octavia RaheemMore about our guest —Melissa’s websiteMelissa’s IG @melissawordstudioMelissa’s substackFree Resources —Expand Your Intuition — free mini courseStay Connected —Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens.Mary Grace's websitejoin the free home—body portal and talk about the episode!This podcast is produced by Softer Sounds. ✨Support the show

Sewing as a way of holding grief and mending our hearts. Join artist + facilitator Melissa Word as we dive into embodied ways of reconciling and creativity as a powerful way to be together and move through grief.Melissa Word is an artist, dancer, writer and facilitator. Her work takes the form of live performance, workshops, textile collages, drawings and newsletters. She specializes in creating transformative group experiences for people who want to feel more creative and connected to themselves–quilting classes for grief, movement classes for anxiety relief and body image repair, voice work for expanding consciousness. Her workshops can be found on her website, and her writing can be read regularly on her substack publication, Trust Fall. we discuss —<ul><li>embodied ways of reconciling differences</li><li>creativity as medium for moving through grief</li><li>embracing our personal complexity</li><li>the value of a marginal perspective</li><li>sewing as meditation</li><li>working with textiles as a mode for connecting to the Earth, ancestors, one another and our selves</li></ul> LINKSIf you enjoyed the episode, check out —<a href="https://www.home-bodies.com/podcast/139" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode w— Rachelle Robinett</a><a href="https://www.home-bodies.com/podcast/137" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode w— Octavia Raheem</a>More about our guest —<a href="http://www.melissaword.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Melissa’s website</a>Melissa’s IG @melissawordstudio<a href="http://melissaword.substack.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Melissa’s substack</a> Free Resources —<a href="https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62b61a96b892e3b3e9c52cd6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Expand Your Intuition — free mini course</a>Stay Connected —<a href="https://pod.link/1481461156" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens.</a><a href="https://www.mgallerdice.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mary Grace's website</a><a href="https://home-bodies.mn.co/share/E8ZUA3p8iB4LS8tn?utm_source=manual" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the free home—body portal and talk about the episode!</a> This podcast is produced by <a href="https://www.softersounds.studio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Softer Sounds.</a> ✨<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hbpodcast" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>