The Deep Shore Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:58:22 +1100 https://thedeepshore.buzzsprout.com en-au © 2026 The Deep Shore yes 212b2e4f-d337-5f3b-bbb7-2e89c86f2d7a Helena Turner episodic false 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.


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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Helena Turner https://storage.buzzsprout.com/hmzdwneqwgk121kabfijxvipymaw?.jpg The Deep Shore IF YOU WERE THE RIVER 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.

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]]> 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

]]> Helena Turner Buzzsprout-18839781 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +1100 202 full false ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD 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. 

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Like this episode? Leave a rating or review on your favourite app. Every time you do a new poem is born! ;)

LET'S CONNECT

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Visit my website here: www.bodyorigins.com.au

]]> 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

]]> Helena Turner Buzzsprout-18551438 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +1100 263 1 4 full false I YEARN TO BE WATER 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

]]> 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

]]> Helena Turner Buzzsprout-17569104 Sun, 27 Jul 2025 19:00:00 +1000 230 1 3 full false BLESSING 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

]]> 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

]]> Helena Turner Buzzsprout-17412662 Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +1000 222 full false INTRODUCTION TO THE DEEP SHORE 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

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Visit my website here: www.bodyorigins.com.au

]]> 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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