Poetry In Motion at Esalen

Making her 4th appearance at the Esalen Institute, Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo accompanied by musician David Franz will be presenting an Artistic Offering of empowering poetry and music. Iyeoka is one of the leading presenters of this hybridized genre of music intertwining spoken word. Themes for the evening will include work from her newest Cd and her latest collection of poetry that speaks of her learning journey’s to Oaxaca Mexico, Hawaii and to her homeland of Nigeria.

The Esalen Institute is a center in Big Sur, California, in the United States, for humanistic alternative education and a nonprofit organization devoted to multidisciplinary studies ordinarily neglected by traditional academia. Esalen offers more than 500 public workshops a year in addition to invitational conferences, residential work-study programs, research initiatives, and internships.

“Iyeoka embodies such a unique gift, which she beautifully and willingly shares. It is the gift of transmuting one’s personal experience into a collective expression of the human condition. She bears witness to experience with her riveting presence, her vulnerability, her joy and her sublime artistry. Her voice stirs the soul to remember what it is to be human and we become connected to all other human beings through her stories and songs.”

Margaret Wheatley, author, “Leadership and the New Science” and many other writings