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Ted Hughes Birthday Weekend: Poetry & Wellbeing
Event description
The Elmet Trust’s annual celebration of Ted Hughes’s birthday
takes place over the weekend of 16-17th August. Join them on Saturday 16th August for a morning of nature, poetry, walking, yoga and meditation in Mytholmroyd, the birthplace of Ted Hughes.
Itinerary for the day …
9.30am – 10am: Welcome and meet and greet at Mytholmroyd Community and Leisure Centre.
10am – 11.30am: Set off for our nature and poetry inspired walk led by Ruth Crossley, Ted Hughes Academic and Elmet Trust Trustee.
11.30am – 12.30pm: Back to the community centre for an inspiring yoga and meditation session, led by Emma Conally-Barklem, Yorkshire based yoga teacher, poet, author and Ted Hughes poetry enthusiast.
What to bring: Ideally participants should bring along their own yoga mats and anything they need for a relaxing yoga/meditation session. Please wear clothes suitable for a nature walk and yoga. Some refreshments will be provided on the day but please bring along your own refillable water bottles, and any refreshments for the walk itself.
Lunch is not included but participants are encouraged to bond and then possibly go for lunch together in Mytholmroyd or bring packed lunches along with them on the day.
To book click here
Event details
- This event is at Mytholmroyd Community & Leisure Centre
- Tickets are £30
- This event runs from 16 Aug 2025 - 16 Aug 2025.
- www.theelmettrust.org/revisiting-ted-hughess-poetry-in-place-with-yoga/