Resonant Frequency: The Healing Power of Parkinson's

Resonant Frequency is a workshop based on a program created by the Institute for Poetic Medicine to integrate poetry and poem-making into mental health and wellness programs. No prior experience with poetry is necessary. Workshop participants will read, write and share poems in a creative and safe environment to explore relevant life-skill themes:

1. Poetry as a Tool for Wellness

2. Listening to Self and Others

3. Understanding, Self-Compassion, and Empathy

4. Making It Real with Healthy Choices

5. Overcoming Obstacles, Generating Forgiveness

6. Riding the Waves of Change: Creating Hope and Transformation

7. Moment-to-Moment: Being in Gratitude

8. Practicing Self-Care

Our premise is that poem-making can help people living with Parkinson’s to live better and with more wholeness in our lives.

We will meet on Zoom for 8 sessions beginning in October 2025. Meeting dates: 10/21, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2, 1/13, 1/27, 2/10, and 2/24. We will meet at 1pm Eastern (noon central, 11am mountain, 10am pacific) for 90 minutes.

Cost: $40 for the full 8 sessions (fees may be reduced or waived upon special request to The Quiver).

Co-facilitators:

Tara Broderick, Practitioner of Poetic Medicine, has facilitated healing poetry workshops for The Quiver since 2022. Tara was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2014.

Ashley Romberg, Poetry Editor for thequiver.org, is a trained facilitator (by the Institute for Poetic Medicine) for Poetry as a Tool for Wellness. Ashley was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2021