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Carolyn Chilton Casas
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Carolyn Chilton Casas is a practicing Reiki master and teacher whose favourite themes to write about are nature, mindfulness and ways to heal. Her articles have appeared in energy and wellness magazines in several countries. Carolyn’s poetry has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, including The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal and Thin Spaces & Sacred Spaces. More of Carolyn’s work can be found on Facebook or Instagram and in her newest collection of poetry, Under the Same Sky.
Otter swimming on its back - "Metaphorically Speaking" and 3 More Poems That Honour Words

POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Essential Language, Metaphorically Speaking and more

Carolyn Chilton Casas·May 2, 2025
Essential Language – After Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, The Unfolding Why can I find no words in Englishfor elevated, rounded landscapeslarger...
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Tree stumps around a pit for a Mayan woodless fire -The Mayan Fire Ceremony: 4 Circles of Spiritual Growth

MAYAN FIRE CEREMONY: Growth and learning during 4 circles around a woodless fire

Carolyn Chilton Casas·October 30, 2024
On my second trip to Guatemala, I was able to combine my love of Spanish with a connection to Indigenous...
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Owl outside wooden barn - 3 Powerful Heartfelt Poems, Including "Yellow Brick Road"

POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Because I Brought You Here, Yellow Brick Road and more

Carolyn Chilton Casas·June 14, 2024
Because I Brought You Here – After “First Fall” by Maggie Smith there is so much I hopefor you to...
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Cursive writing in Spanish - Read 3 Poems About the Creative Process, Including ”My Muse”

POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: My Intention, Dreaming in Poems, My Muse

Carolyn Chilton Casas·October 6, 2023
My Intention May the poems be like windin the tops of eucalyptus,remembered long after,even in the calm swellsof a still...
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A doe and two fawns - 3 Poems About Our Impermanent World, Including ”The Blues”

POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: The Blues, Accepting Love and Fear and more

Carolyn Chilton Casas·July 7, 2023
It’s a Practice, They Say We’re never as good as we’d like to be.All this time here, and I am...
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Transparent bubble on beach showing reflection of beach - 4 Poems About Spiritual Possibility, Including ”What We Want”

POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Becoming, Enveloped by the Tides and more

Carolyn Chilton Casas·March 3, 2023
Becoming Source of light that we are,learning to appreciatethe magnificence of existence. It isn’t nothing,the beingswe are becoming— portals of...
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Red sunset - 3 Poems About Life’s End, Including ”What Goes Unsaid”

POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: What Goes Unsaid, A Doorway and more

Carolyn Chilton Casas·October 8, 2022
To Leave This Plane Gently This morning, what wasn’t a signleading to our destination?As I’m shown howto leave this plane...
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POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Paradox, The Real Me, I Am

Carolyn Chilton Casas·September 2, 2022
Paradox I am captivated by signs and wearyof constantly searching for them.My pockets are plenty full and empty of the...
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