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Tahlia Newland

Editor, Author & Artist

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My Poetry

In some ways I have always been a poet, seeing the world through a poet’s eyes, a contemplative lense. As a teenager I wrote poetry to express my passions, and now I write poetry that reflects my view of the world around me – nature through a contemplative lense, inspired often by my photography.

Integrity, nurture and beauty are important to me. I make beautiful things with my maskmaking and gardening, and show my appreciation of beauty with my photos; I nurture my clients, my friends and family, and my permaculture garden. And I nurture myself by living a healthy life and taking time for contemplation. All this I express in my poetry, and instead of putting it in a book that no one will read, I create videos with music and imagery – often the images that inspire the poetry.

See all my published poetry on my Poetry Pinterest Board

My Contemplative Past

I spent twelve years in partial home retreat while I studied Buddhism and completed the Tibetan Buddhist Vajrayana preliminaries and further practices, and I try to always live a life of awareness and integrity. I’m a trained meditation instructor and was the Teaching Services Director of Rigpa Australia’s Distance Education Centre for 12 years. I left Rigpa after revelations that our teacher, Sogyal Rinpoche, was physically, emotionally and sexually abusing his close students. I wrote a book called Fallout: Recovering from Abuse in Tibetan Buddhism about the subsequent learning I and others went through in the wake of the revelations. 

During my twenty years as a Tibetan Buddhist, I did a lot of meditation. These days, I just turn my mind inwards at various times throughout the day and take time for quiet reflection. Poetry writing is my contemplation. And if I’m inspired to write on anything related to psychology or spirituality, I publish it on the Beyond the Temple website. That blog began talking about the issues raised by abuse in Buddhist communities, but has evolved from there into a wider range of topics related to conscious living. I also have a You Tube Channel dedicated to the same kind of content, and a Beyond the Temple Facebook page.

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Hi I’m Tahlia Newland

I can help you express yourself and share your story with the world.

 

Do you want to write a really good story and have it professionally polished and published?

As an editor, I help you be the best writer you can possibly be. I strengthen your voice, support your vision and can assist you all the way to publication.

On my blog you’ll find book reviews, writer’s tips, contemplative articles on meditation and working with your mind, and occaisonally pictures of my Burmese cats.

If you’re interested mostly in my contemplative articles then  Sign up to the Living in Peace & Clarity Newsletter to get those articles delivered by email. And check out the resources on my Living in Peace and Clarity Page.

I do a lot of community work involving blogging and general support for Buddhist students processing revelations of abuse in their spiritual communities.  Please consider supporting me to continue this work.

Occiasonally, when inspired and not too busy with community work, I make masks.

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Fantasy Book Review: The High Priestess by Val Tobin

Fantasy Book Review: The High Priestess by Val Tobin

The High Priestess: Persephone’s Return is the third book in Val Tobin’s Tales from the Unmasqued World Series, and in it she deepens and expands the stories from the previous two book. The book has two central story arcs based around characters we’ve met before. One arc follows Kelsey (a human) who is with Josh […]

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Renovated Website & Cute Cat Series

Renovated Website & Cute Cat Series

Yesterday I did a photoshoot for my renovated website. Take a look around, particulary at the home page (Click on my name at the top to go there). It’s designed for editing clients with my books secondary because I need to focus on the part of this publishing business that actually earns me more than […]

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