GROWING NAI POETRY
Journeying Through Poetry With Nai
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England
WHO WE ARE
Performance Poet | Spoken Word Artist | Writer
Short Film Producer | Community Workshop Facilitator
Growing Nai has featured on BBC Radio 6 (Steve Lamacq and Mary Anne Hobbs), BBC Three Counties (Kerrie Cosh, Radio 1 DJ), New Style Radio, and with Live Sets at Camper Calling Festival 24, Birmingham Music Festival 23, Back to the Roots Festival 23 and Kaya Festival 21
Growing Nai was born out of Nai’s need to ‘grow’ her circumstances after being left a single mother with CPTSD after an incredibly abusive relationship. Nai instinctively took to poetry, journaling and artistic expression to outlet/process the memories and experiences overwhelming her system.
Poetry brought Nai a connection to her inner best friend and compassion instead of being dominated by the voice of abuse that lived on after the abuse had ended. Nai journeys through her poetry, breaking through chains of limiting self talk and finding deeper purpose and meaning in all she experiences.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
- Carl Jung
"Is life a journey to enlightened perfection, or is it a journey to compassion for the innocence of imperfection?"
From the Poem Figuring it Out,
Growing Nai
