David Whyte
Presenter
David Whyte, poet, author, and speaker, grew up with a strong, imaginative influence from his Irish mother among the hills and valleys of his father’s Yorkshire. The author of nine books of poetry and four books of prose, David 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 Himalayas. His life as a poet has created an audience in three normally mutually exclusive areas: the literary world of readings that most poets inhabit; the psychological and theological worlds of philosophical inquiry; and the world of vocation, work, and organizational leadership. David holds honorary doctorates from Neumann College in Pennsylvania and Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia.
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Upcoming Programs
David Whyte—Courageous Conversation
Resources
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Gratitude
Gratitude is not a passive response to something we have been given, gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us.
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The Lessons of Poetry
Lately, I’ve found a remarkable key in that journey to be poetry, specifically that of poets like John O’Donohue, Mary Oliver and David Whyte.
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Opening to the Horizon’s View
There are times when my world contracts to only a few square feet—the distance to my computer screen, the car in front of me, the bills on my desk, the cereal boxes in the grocery aisle. As my view shrinks, I feel pinched and puckered, a too-big Alice stuffed in a very small Wonderland. With creativity squeezed out, minutiae and minor indignities loom large.
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Four Ways of Looking at “Wild Geese”
Writer and Kripalu presenter Lara Tupper reflects on the resonant words of Mary Oliver and David Whyte.
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