Ever find yourself dimming your own brilliance, scared of what might happen if others really see you as the powerful, soulful being you are?
You love to go deep, spark âahaâ moments, hold space for yourself and others.
Your presence is potent. You help people. And you know you have a lot to offer.Â
But you find yourself endlessly preparing, never feeling ready to fully own or share your depths.
Caught in habits of hiding, plagued by âWho am I?â or âWhat will others think?â
The push-pull of wanting to express, but holding back, distracting yourself with busy-work, is draining and exhausting.
You know your soul gifts are needed, even if you canât always see yourself clearly, or own the value you bring.
You feel the nudges, but can find it hard to hear, trust, or follow the clarity of your inner knowing.
Youâre ready to take up more space, to stretch into your vulnerable and powerful edges.
Youâre willing to let your whole human self be seen, your mess and your magnificence.
So you can inhabit your own skin more fully,
coming home to yourself,
cherishing the beauty of your entire being.
Then you can walk through the world
with a clear sense of who you are and whatâs true for you,
speaking the brave words in your heart.
I get it.
Hi, Iâm RĂonach (pronounced rhee-on-ock).
I was forged by bone-deep shyness. I avoided all groups outside of school. For decades, my worst fear was standing in front of people, stumbling and trembling, feeling like I had no skin.
Unexpectedly, it was poetry that opened me to finally wanting to speak. It lit me up, brought me home to myself. And catapulted me into leadership as a CEO, melting the visibility blocks that kept me hiding behind the scenes.
Working deeply with the right poem at the right time rewires your brain, rewrites your old stories and helps you speak your larger self into being.
Now, as a poetry alchemist and soulful visibility guide, I help people see themselves clearly, and share their wisdom, gifts and voice in potent ways.
My childhood was spent running free in the wilds of Ireland. I love wind, swishing leaves, sea-washed pebbles, and making ink and art from wild plants.
What would change in your world, and in our world, if you could see yourself and be seen in the entirety of your human beauty?
This workshop is an invitation to see yourself and be seen in your fullness.
To become a listening heart, holding space for yourself and others, to remember who you were before the world told you who you could be.
In two deep and potent days together, youâll be supported to:
- Find and work with a poem that stretches you to embody a new energy and identity, giving you the courage you need to take your next steps.
- Heal personal and ancestral layers of silencing, so you can express more freely in conversations that matter.
- Step by gentle step, soften the raw edges and layers of protection that kept you in hiding, so you can expand your sense of what's safe for you.
- Activate your fierceness, so you can take up space, trust your truth and be unapologetic about who you are.
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Whether you love poetry, or find it hard to connect with, youâre open to having another experience - a poem moving you as deeply as a song can.
Together, we'll create a container where you can âŚ
- Melt frozen parts, so you can generate your own safety from the inside out, moment by moment.
- Feel safer in your body to show up, connect and express in ways that feel uniquely You.
- Grow your confidence to share your power and vulnerability, so that you touch others with the realness of your presence.
- Be seen and celebrated in your fullness, so you can own the value of your presence, as well as the gifts you bring.
No pushing, only gentle melting. Step by tender step.
The workshop will guide you through a powerful healing and expression process.
WORK WITH A COMPANION POEM
When you register, you'll receive my e-book, Poems for our Seen workshop. This has 50 potent poems chosen especially to support your process in this workshop.
Choose a poem infused with the vibrational medicine you need at this time. You're also welcome to bring a poem, quote, or song lyrics from any source, including in your own language, or words youâve written yourself. Trust what calls you.
During the workshop, you will experience a simple, but potent, process of embodying your poem. This goes deep fast and gently rewires your system on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels.
Your poem, and the listening field in which itâs shared, support you to hear the resonance of your own deeper truth, cutting through the noise and static of your mind. It becomes a container in which you can stretch your edges and inhabit your fullness.
HEAL THE WOUNDS OFÂ NOT BEING SEEN
Your full unapologetic presence has power. For generations, that power has been silenced, oppressed, and persecuted. This suppression is integrated into our culture, including those that raised us to live in this world.
We carry these collective and ancestral wounds in our bodies and minds, distorting our sense of who we are and whatâs possible for us. And the world is still full of critics pointing arrows.
Our poem-work, and the wisdom of our group field, will bring to the surface layers that are ready to be released. Where relevant, you'll be guided through powerful spoken-word invocations to release wounds of patriarchy, systemic oppression, projections, or persecution that live in your bones.
Clearing these layers turns down the volume on the inner and outer voices that keep you doubting, hesitating, and playing small. It liberates you from the paralysing fear of what others think.
And it supports you to reclaim your sovereignty and authority, so you can speak with confident potency, even in the face of those who would disagree or seek to undermine you.
BE SEEN AS YOU ARE
The workshop will strengthen your connection with your deep knowing through guided writing and sharing practices. As you share the words that live deep inside you, and witness how they touch others, you feel the resonance of your own truth more clearly.
The workshop also includes an invitation to speak some or all of your poem to the group, guided and supported every step of the way.
To step forward, be seen, witnessed and celebrated as you share from your fullness and your wholeness. Owning both your powerful self and your vulnerable self - knowing that all parts of you are welcome.
Experience the transformative magic of meeting others in authentic presence to open a space of soul-to-soul connection. Together we forge a new culture of rising, shining and celebrating each otherâs unique brilliance.
Our wounds around being seen were formed in relationship with others and are healed in relationship with others. This is the power of community.
"As a human being, we cannot accept a part of ourselves that we haven't shared with another human being and had validated, rather than violated." ~ Kurt Wright
This work expands your capacity to:
- See and cherish who you naturally are, so you can say whatâs real, and let go of trying to be someone youâre not.
- Feel more confident to share the fullness of your humanity, both your brilliance and your imperfect edges.
- Stop proving your worth and ask for what you really need.
- Lift the pen or brush or mic, allowing whatâs in you to come out and be shared.
- Express with greater ease, rooted in yourself, even with more eyes on you.
HOW IT WORKS
2-DAYÂ IN-PERSONÂ RETREAT - Sunday + Monday 22-23 June 2025
Venue: Isis Sofia, Dalfsen, Netherlands
- Daily: 9.30-17.30
- Vegetarian lunch included (dietary needs catered for)
- Option to stay on site or join an evening meal (not included)Â
WORKSHOPÂ BONUS
- Poems for Seen workshop - find a poem to support your process in my selection created specifically for this workshop.Â
- Bonus integration call -Â 3 weeks after our workshop, on Monday 14 July 19.30-21.30, we'll gather again on Zoom. This is a space to reconnect with each other and your poem, share celebrations & challenges, and support your integration of the workshop.
I want this work to be as accessible as possible to those who need it. Payment plans and limited low-cost spaces are available. If you need this in order to attend, please be in touch.
YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING ...
Why poetry?
Brain scans show that poetry actually rewires your brain. Scientists discovered that the rich language and imagery of poetry acts like rocket-fuel for the brain, firing up new neural pathways. It activates parts of the brain linked to language, memory and emotion, helping us to rewrite old stories.
Poetry uses the language of the senses and the language of the soul, plugging you into your deepest knowing and grounding that into your body.
Poetry is not for me
I get it. Lots of people feel this way. Mostly down to how we were taught poetry at school. I've never heard anyone say: 'Music is not for me.' Just like songs, there'll be some poems that speak to you, and some that don't.
Here's what others have found ...
"I had no inkling that poetry would ever work for me. I'd never in my life read a poem that touched me. When I received the poems from RĂonach, I was completely blown away. I was immediately hooked on poetry, which I didnât see coming."
~ Lucienne van der Linde
"I was never into poetry, but this work with Rionach was a revelation. The poem I worked with acted on very deep levels. Affirmations never worked for me, but the right line of the poem comes to me at the right time, like a mantra."
~ Valerie Collins
"I hadnât used poetry before, so I was a bit sceptical. Thereâs something very special about it. My poem is such a gift to have. It gives me a fast drop-in point to go deep when Iâm rushing around. It talks to all parts of me together, out through the cosmos."
~ Joan Buckley
"My poem helped me to feel my own energy and begin to love and honour myself, which has been my hardest life lesson. I feel a deeper presence of my soul that's constantly flowing through me. I'm grateful to be walking my talk - it's rippling out to so many people."
~ Simeon Bridge
"I had no idea poems could rewire our brain and emotional landscape with such grace and determination. It gave me the confidence to engage with the world in a different way. Iâm okay to show up in all my different facets. I feel so calm and sure about myself and have a real sense of being me."
~ Fra Panella
"Working with my poem was powerful and felt incredibly sacred. It brought me a deep intuitive sensing, beneath the mental to more feeling, discovering and knowing. The process released blocks within me that kept me stuck for years, but it felt like such a safe space."
~ Judith Salentijn
"Working with Rionach, I experienced a huge clearing of ancestral blocks that kept me in hiding. This work melted the walls around my heart. I felt the power within me and saw that people really want to listen to what I have to say! Before I didn't feel safe. Now I can drop into my heart and radiate from there. Such a gift!"
Sandra von Schmeling, Germany
"Working with Rionach helped me to melt a frozen trauma wall and let go of a lot of armoring and protection. I felt really safe throughout this vulnerable process, which was really important for me."
Cynthia McGrath, USA
"IT BUILT GRADUALLY IN SMALL STEPS, WHICH FELT SAFE BUT OPENED UP HUGE PARTS OF ME."
"I was scared at first, but the group was such a safe space. Now I can focus less on what words I should use, and know the right things will flow from me. IÂ have a sense of protection I didn't have before. I feel liberated being all of me and Iâm now bringing all pieces of me into my work."
Marloes Nierop, Netherlands
"I WAS SO AFRAID OF MY GREATNESS, TO FILL UP WITH ME. THIS IS WHO I REALLY AM. LIVING MY FULL SIZE!"
"The most transformational part for me was to stand up in front of an audience and say out loud: âI'm a woman, phenomenally!â Every time I did, it got more powerful. I was brought up hearing: âDon't be tall, don't be your full size.â Working with Rionach helped me to stand in my truth and become even more visible with that."
Levina Kaarsemaker, Netherlands
"IâM SHOWING UP IN WAYS I NEVER DID BEFORE, IN FACEBOOK GROUPS, ON CAMERA, DOING LIVES AND INTERVIEWS."
"I was lacking confidence around who I was here to serve, what my message was and speaking on camera. Now I own the fact I am a transformational artist, leader and visionary. I feel clear in my message, more relaxed in my nervous system, more anchored in my body and rooted in my purpose. After being in hiding for two years I made my first offer and got it out there."
Jenny Kiely, Ireland