Nature-inspired poetry, spiritual reflection, and embodied wisdom to meet you in the sacred rhythms of your everyday life
Hi, I’m Melinda, an author, poet, yoga teacher, and contemplative practitioner. Through books, poetry, and my online journal, I offer you spiritual companionship rooted in embodiment, creativity, and compassionate presence.
My new book Elements of Being: A Spiritual Memoir in Verse will take you on a journey of motherhood from grief to delight, from earth to spirit, and into your own sacred heart. These poems guide you through the full spectrum of being. Immerse yourself in this contemplative, soul-nourishing collection—available now.
The Journal of Elements and Seasons
A nature inspired newsletter for those longing to slow down and listen.
For anyone who has known deep loss, this joyful, honest spiritual memoir in verse is the story of getting back what matters and makes life worth living.
A luminous poetry collection exploring motherhood, mental illness, grief, and joy through the elemental voices of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. These poems invite you into an earth-centered spirituality that embraces both sorrow and delight as essential to wholeness.
Beautifully paired with Melinda’s evocative landscape photography, Elements of Being is a contemplative journey for anyone seeking depth, reflection, and connection to the sacred in everyday life.
Restless
Unravel skin and sinew.
Strip me down to bone.
Make me nothing but marrow
so I can slip between the particles
of this known world and
inhabit mystery.
~ Melinda Emily Thomas, from Elements of Being
Named a Best Spiritual Book of 2020 from Spirituality & Practice
An exquisite, lyrical, and practice-oriented exploration of the path of spiritual balance. ~ Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
In Sacred Balance, Melinda Emily Thomas invites you to align body and spirit through two timeless traditions–Benedictine spirituality and yoga practice.The conversation between these wisdom practices creates a powerful integration of body and spirit–one that offers wholeness and connection to the Divine.
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