Writing is about listening. Connecting and tuning in. All of this enables the words to come through the body. “When we only move from the logical mind and we don’t move from the body mind and the heart mind, and we don’t integrate these different parts of ourselves, then it can feel like it’s [writing] taking and not also nourishing us.” What an incredibly special episode to close the season and the show on. The wisdom and generosity that Toni brings to this episode around the power of language through her embodiment as a listener who listens through writing, poems, and the earth - for the stories that help us remember our power and our magic, is precious and invaluable.Toni Giselle Stuart works as a poet, performer, creative writing facilitator & healer. Her work includes Krotoa-Eva’s Suite – a cape jazz poem in three movements with filmmaker Kurt Orderson; Poetry, Paramedics and Film with filmmaker/health researcher Leanne Brady (2018); What the Water Remembers at Woordfees (2020); forgetting. and memory with vangile gantsho & Vusumzi Ngxande, at the Virtual National Arts Festival (2020). She has an MA Writer/Teacher (distinction) from Goldsmiths, University of London, where she was a 2014/2015 Chevening Scholar.Mentions:Connect with ToniWebsite: https://tonistuart.com/IG: @tonigiselle_officialEmail: [email protected]Dot Dot Dot Dance: https://www.dotdotdotdance.com/Anis Mojgani: Shake the dustBadilisha Poetry FestivalD'bi Young: Rivers and Other Blackness Between UsGabeba BaderoonShine Lulu Kitololo Business course for creatives: http://www.lulukitololo.comSpeculative fiction trilogy and verseIn bloom: Poetry with time on the landThe Writers Oasis: https://tonistuart.com/the-writers-oasisRah Nomvula Busby of Divine LotusWaatlemoen konfyt: Watermelon preserveIn Bloom: https://tonistuart.com/_____in-bloomCairn = A pile of stones or rocks intentionally piled up one on top of the other as ways to show the pathConnect with us:Ama Rouge Website: www.wearewildwithin.comIG: @powerup.podcast @ama.rouge @wearewildwithin LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ama-rouge-870b60138FB: AmaRougemovesTwitter: @podcastpowerupElla Mesma Website: www.ellamesma.co.uk, www.mayagandaia.com, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ella-mesma-b6071320/IG: @powerup.podcast @Ellamesma FB:@EllaMesma Twitter: @podcastpowerupMusic by Tomo Carter IG: @tomocarterEverything else brought to you by us, the PowerUp! power team