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Clear Mind, Wild Heart

Finding Courage and Clarity through Poetry
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"In the middle of the road of my life, I awoke in a dark wood, where the true way was wholly lost." When you find yourself without bearings, as Dante Alighieri voiced so well centuries ago, where will you look for guidance? 

Throughout the ages, teaches David Whyte, the language of poetry has held the power to lend us courage, to give us the vision of those who endured, and to hazard ourselves boldly at the fierce edges of our lives. On Clear Mind, Wild Heart you will join this acclaimed poet and teacher to engage with the poetic imagination as your companion and guide for the difficult terrain we are all traversing.

Poetry, teaches Whyte, offers immediate and powerful tools unique from any other tradition. It can help us to see beyond the fragile surfaces of our lives, open us to the universal cycles and patterns that shape our lives, and awaken our conversation with what has been called the Untouchable, the Numinous, or the Eternal.

Clear Mind, Wild Heart guides you into the wellspring of this living poetic tradition through six hours of exploration and poetry with David Whyte, including the verses of such inspired voices as Emily Dickinson, William Blake, W.B. Yeats, Marina Tsvetayeva, Rainer Maria Rilke, Antonio Machado, and others. Through their words, you will discover how to apprentice yourself to beauty and find a place of belonging where you can hold loss and grief, the challenges of change, and the wonder of new discovery and adventure.

The language of poetry takes us outside of our small selves and calls us to look at ourselves and the world with open eyes, teaches David Whyte. Whether you are a lifelong poetry lover or new to its insights and pleasures, Clear Mind, Wild Heart is an inspiring guide to answering that call.

Learn More About:

  • Finding the courage to hazard yourself in the world
  • Emily Dickinson on the alive-ness of words
  • Conversing with the unknowable
  • The harvest of your attention
  • How the language of poetry teaches us a relationship with silence
  • Goethe's Holy Longing
  • Apprenticing yourself to beauty
  • Blake's reflections on innocence and experience
  • Creating a house of belonging through speech and imagination
  • Work, the pilgrimage into identity
  • Who are you? How presence shrives you of your old identity
  • Encountering the visitations of loss, grief, and defeat
  • The poetic spirit in marriage, parenting, and friendship
  • Six hours of exploration, as taught in David Whyte's acclaimed seminars and retreats
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Contents Digital Audio (6 hours) 6 CDs (6 hours)
Dimensions 5 x 5 inches
Product Code AF00633W AF00633D
ISBN Number 978-1-60407-029-3 978-1-56455-995-1
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David Whyte

About David Whyte

David Whyte grew up with a strong, imaginative influence from his Irish mother among the hills and valleys of his father’s Yorkshire. He now makes his home in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The author of twelve books of poetry and four books of prose, David Whyte holds a degree in marine zoology and has traveled extensively, including living and working as a naturalist guide in the Galapagos Islands and leading anthropological and natural history expeditions in the Andes, Amazon, and Himalaya. He brings this wealth of experience to his poetry, lectures, and workshops. David’s life as a poet has created a readership and listenership in three normally mutually exclusive areas: the literate world of readings that most poets inhabit, the psychological and theological worlds of philosophical inquiry, and the world of vocation, work, and organizational leadership.

Author photo © Bodi Hallett

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Reviewed by Joyce G.
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I like this program very much. David Whyte is articulate and insightful, and I find much wisdom in his poetry. Hearing him read it makes it even better. I love the way he repeats many lines as he reads, as if this is important and he wants the listener to really hear it. I also have his program "What to Remember When Waking." This one is wonderful too.

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Reviewed by Diane G.
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Love the content. HOWEVER. He says so many things twice - why? - that over time the repetition has a cumulative negative effect and I haven't been able to go back and listen because it's simply annoying. Simply it's annoying. Annoying.

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Reviewed by Jeri L.
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Got cut off on my first attempt, so here we go. I love David Whyte's use of poetry to bring us to awareness about the meaning, the potential focus, and the synchronous and revealing events of what passes for "ordinary" life. He's an amazing teacher of finding one's spirit and soul amidst all the trite, upsetting, or just crappy pieces of advice generally available. When in doubt or trouble, let's not shop!

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Reviewed by Anne O.
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Very good. I've listened to it a good bit. Especially during a sad night.

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Reviewed by Kevin A.
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It was fun to have immediate access to the digital content. I really enjoy and value David Whyte and his work

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