A day of nature, creativity, and yoga with Emma Conally-Barklem
Join us for a relaxing day of nature, creativity, and yoga in the inspiring and picturesque Brontë village of Haworth.
Led by yoga teacher, author, and poet Emma Conally-Barklem, this day is suitable for all abilities, with no writing or yoga experience required - just a willingness to join in!
Here's what you can look forward to:
• 9.30am: Welcome and breakfast drink and snack
• 10am: Morning yoga and meditation wellness session
• 11am: ‘Nature as Muse’ sensory walk and note taking
• 12pm: Lunch break (you're welcome to bring your own lunch or join us at Cobbles & Clay café in Haworth)
• 1pm: A talk on the Brontës and their love of nature, followed by a guided practical writing session with journaling and writing tips
• 2.30pm: Yoga relaxation session to end the day
Please wear suitable clothing and bring water, walking shoes, and waterproofs.
Date: Friday 15 November, 9:30pm - 3pm
Tickets: £50
Location: The Brontë Event Space within the Old School Room, adjacent to the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
Please note, places are limited, so early booking is advised. Book in advance via this webpage or by calling 01535 640192.
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Emma Conally-Barklem (she/her) is a yoga teacher, author, poet, and grief worker based in North Yorkshire. She’s an ambassador for accessible and inclusive yoga, teaching workshops and retreats around the world. She has a YouTube channel, EmmaLiveYoga, teaches yoga for grief for Good Grief UK, and is part of Marie Curie UK’s ‘Legacies’ campaign, which spotlights end of life care and will-writing and is currently showing on UK television and across various media outlets.
Emma was a lecturer in English Literature for thirteen years and has an MA in Victorian Literature. Pushcart Prize nominated, Emma had a summer residency at the Brontë Parsonage Museum and was named one of Ilkley Poetry Festival’s New Northern Poets 2022 and 2023. She was commissioned to write a poem after Ted Hughes for the fiftieth anniversary of the festival which was filmed around Ilkley.
Her first poetry collection, The Ridings at Written Off Publishing, was curated into her first photography and poetry exhibition, The Ridings: Bradford Working-Class Family Life, Loss and Landscape 1970s-1990s at South Square Gallery, Bradford. Most recently, Emma has filmed an episode of Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes for the BBC as she leads Robson and actress Laura Norton in a nature poetry workshop. Her collection on the Brontë sisters, Hymns from the Sisters, is out now at Querencia Press.