Poetically, Therapeutically, Spiritually, Dancing Your Way Out of Despair
Overcoming Trauma
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Author started this book over 30 summers ago from collected notes in a journal to release mental block from a trauma, months later organized on an antique typewriter on a journey of self-healing, several years following being retyped from its original papers onto a computer app, read and self-edited several times over several years while I was struggling. I cope and dance, just as the book does, its way out of despair. The dance I did in my childhood bedroom with dreams at heart, the songs and poems I wrote then, this is all in the book. The trauma dance I did as a troubled young girl to release or hide the fear and shame. The joyous dance with my baby boy in celebrating motherhood. The hopeful dance as a woman of faith with a new purpose in life, this dance I continue to dance.
Are you a river or a lake? Does your life flow with the choices you make or that naturally occur, or do you stay in the comfort of the one design that never accepts changes in life? A river continues along as a stream, flowing fast or slow just as in the movement of life. Sometimes-rough currents in life's travel, but with continuation in the journey. Flowing with the movement of change. Which turn do I take, what choice do make? The adventure awaits with the natural flow of a river. A lake you enter a place where there is an edge of containment. The circle of life and its shape is like revisiting familiarity. The comfort of knowing where you are, where you will stay. Calming waters of a lake feels like home. Where peaceful waters flow and the contentment of never changing. Peacefulness awaits with the still waters of a lake.
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Since childhood, Hannah Oswine loved to sing, dance, write songs and poems, play piano, and collect music. She dreamed of sharing her interests professionally. But at age nineteen, part of her soul was silenced. In Poetically, Therapeutically, Spiritually, Dancing Your Way Out of Despair, she tells an intimate and revealing story of how a frightening and traumatic experience, coupled with many other painful tragedies, sent her into deep despair.
Oswine candidly tells how her life was transformed by turning negative experiences into positive outcomes through her genuine way of living. This spirituality book took root from more than thirty years of journal entries where she worked through her battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) caused by multiple traumas in her young life. She established strength through writing inspirational poetry, spending therapeutic time in nature, practicing her spiritual beliefs, and expressing her emotions through dance.
Through her personal journey of healing and restoration chronicled in Poetically, Therapeutically, Spiritually, Dancing Your Way Out of Despair, Oswine seeks to uplift and encourage others who might be trapped in similar battles. She hopes you find the peace and tranquility you’ve been seeking.
About the Author
Hannah Oswine started writing in her youth. A woman of strong faith who lives in Montana, she is adventurous, unique, insightful, and sometimes quirky. Oswine has entrepreneurial ambition, a certification in photography, and an associate degree in environmental science. She enjoys spending time with her son, listening to music, teaching water aerobics, kayaking, sharing her bold espresso, and a glass of wine.