The Deep Shore

Helena Turner

Welcome to The Deep Shore—a podcast that offers short, immersive episodes that seek to translate the soul of the living world through poetry and meditations.  These episodes are designed to act as companions throughout your day, offering a moment in time, dedicated to beauty, language, connection, and the often left-untended landscape of our inner worlds.  From poet and wilderness guide Helena Turner, The Deep Shore is an invitation to slow down and pay attention, to see clearly the nature of our own lives as mirrors of the world around us, to be willing to live and to feel. Follow or subscribe to receive all new episodes. 

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    ROARING

    This week on The Deep Shore—Roaring. This poem came from Roaring Beach on turrakana/tasman peninsula. It was so windy that day I couldn't stay down by the water for long and so I found a warm nook in the sand dunes to tuck myself away from the strong easterly. I wrote this poem after waking up from a deep afternoon nap nestled into the safety of this place. It's one of those poems that seemed to rise up from the land already formed, written in collaboration with all the woven elements in a creative relationship. In the background, is a recording of the mighty winds here and the ever-ongoing waves at roaring beach. Words by Helena Turner.  Music by Cat Bednarski and wind and ocean. Enjoy The Deep Shore? Hit the follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to  receive all new episodes and take a moment to connect with the world around you.  Like this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favourite app. Every time you do a new poem is born!  LET'S CONNECT I offer in person sessions, programs and events in Southern Tasmania.  Visit my website here: www.bodyorigins.com.au  Enjoy The Deep Shore? Hit the follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to  receive all new episodes and take a moment to connect with the world around you.  Like this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favourite app. Every time you do a new poem is born! ;) LET'S CONNECT I offer in person sessions, programs and events in Southern Tasmania.  Visit my website here: www.bodyorigins.com.au

  2. Mar 13

    IF YOU WERE THE RIVER

    This week on The Deep Shore—If You Were The River. This poem was written at the creek during the years I lived in a community in the Huon Valley in Southern Tasmania. I wrote many poems inspired by this little river and my growing relationship to it. This one has always remained a simple but precious reminder of how to tend gently to grief and nature, and how all things are a mirror for us, and perhaps we are a mirror for them too.  This episode includes a recording of the Common Eastern Froglet, recorded on the Tarn Shelf in Mount Field in February. This is a tiny species of frog and grows up to only 3cm in length. They might be small, but their song is mighty and dominates the alpine landscape. I love hearing their familiar call when I'm hiking and I hope you like it too.  Words by Helena Turner.  Music by Cat Bednarski and the Common Eastern Froglets. Enjoy The Deep Shore? Hit the follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to  receive all new episodes and take a moment to connect with the world around you.  Like this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favourite app. Every time you do a new poem is born! ;) LET'S CONNECT I offer in person sessions, programs and events in Southern Tasmania.  Visit my website here: www.bodyorigins.com.au

  3. Jan 22

    ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD

    This week on The Deep Shore—All The Time In The World. This poem was written recently, in November 2025. It was the last day of a wilderness rite of passage program in Southern Tasmania that I facilitated with my dear friend Cat, whose flutes feature as the intro/outro to this podcast. I wrote this poem to welcome back the brave humans who spent 4 days and 4 nights alone in the wilderness on a journey of remembering their true nature. It speaks to anyone who has traversed the many wildernesses that a life can encounter — grief, loss, pain, trauma, aloneness, depression and all other myriad ways we become unmoored from a sense of belonging — and the power of the force that brings us back to life again and again. What is that? May you find solace in the reminder that you are welcomed here, Old One, and that someone or something is always looking back at you with eyes of love and recognition. Words by Helena Turner.  Music by Cat Bednarski.  Enjoy The Deep Shore? Hit the follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to  receive all new episodes and take a moment to connect with the world around you.  Like this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favourite app. Every time you do a new poem is born! ;) LET'S CONNECT I offer in person sessions, programs and events in Southern Tasmania.  Visit my website here: www.bodyorigins.com.au

  4. 07/27/2025

    I YEARN TO BE WATER

    This week on The Deep Shore, I yearn to be water. This poem was written in a haven-of-a-home in Deep Bay, Southern Tasmania.  This poem is a love song to the uncontained yet steady power of the natural world, and how the elements we are in relationship with can represent traits that we as humans can long to feel, though at times feel so unattainable to embody in their purity and ancient origin.  How do we belong among these elements? Can we be in conversation with the other-than-human and hear the clarity of these voices in their own essence and simplicity?  Words by Helena Turner.  Music by Cat Bednarski.  Enjoy The Deep Shore? Hit the follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to  receive all new episodes and take a moment to connect with the world around you.  Like this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favourite app. Every time you do a new poem is born! ;) LET'S CONNECT I offer in person sessions, programs and events in Southern Tasmania.  Visit my website here: www.bodyorigins.com.au

  5. 06/28/2025

    BLESSING

    This week on The Deep Shore, a poem of blessing. A poem to bless your life and bless your way.  This poem is inspired by John O'Donohue's 'Beannacht', which is the gaelic word for blessing.  The ocean soundscapes in this episode were recorded on wukaluwikiwayna (Maria Island) on the East Coast of Lutruwita, Tasmania, a place of deep remembering and heartache. May the spirit of the ocean touch your heart and bring a moment of peace to your day. Words by Helena Turner.  Music by Cat Bednarski.  Enjoy The Deep Shore? Hit the follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to  receive all new episodes and take a moment to connect with the world around you.  Like this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favourite app. Every time you do a new poem is born! ;) LET'S CONNECT I offer in person sessions, programs and events in Southern Tasmania.  Visit my website here: www.bodyorigins.com.au

  6. 06/01/2025

    INTRODUCTION TO THE DEEP SHORE

    This first episode is an introduction to 'The Deep Shore' Podcast, an entryway into solace, rest, and remembering. Theme music by Cat Bednarski.  Cover art by Kate Ryder.  Words by Helena Turner. The Deep Shore is recorded on Muwinina country, in Nipaluna, Hobart.  Enjoy The Deep Shore? Hit the follow button wherever you listen to podcasts to  receive all new episodes and take a moment to connect with the world around you.  Like this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favourite app. Every time you do a new poem is born! ;) LET'S CONNECT I offer in person sessions, programs and events in Southern Tasmania.  Visit my website here: www.bodyorigins.com.au

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About

Welcome to The Deep Shore—a podcast that offers short, immersive episodes that seek to translate the soul of the living world through poetry and meditations.  These episodes are designed to act as companions throughout your day, offering a moment in time, dedicated to beauty, language, connection, and the often left-untended landscape of our inner worlds.  From poet and wilderness guide Helena Turner, The Deep Shore is an invitation to slow down and pay attention, to see clearly the nature of our own lives as mirrors of the world around us, to be willing to live and to feel. Follow or subscribe to receive all new episodes. 

Information

  • Creator
    Helena Turner
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Deep Shore
  • Show Website
    The Deep Shore