There are many winter nights when the wind comes up the Ogwin Valley below and threatens to blow my caravan away.

I am not easy on myself beneath that wind.

I am having a really difficult time and feeling very, very sorry for this young man who wants to become a writer.

I need help. I remember saying, I need help. Visible and invisible help.

Invisible help is the help that you do not as yet know you need.

Sometimes that help appears and you walk right past it,

and other times you actually recognize it.

And this invisible help is one day suddenly made visible right outside of my caravan.

As a poet, David White uses words to bring light to our deepest human feelings and impulses.

Poetry, he says, is language against which we have no defences.

He is the author of ten poetry collections, as well as celebrated non-fiction, addressing the transformative nature of work, heartbreak, and identity.

In today's meditative story, David shares experiences from a magical time when he lived in the Welsh mountains,

when he was just coming into his own as a poet, sharing stories of truths that are both ethereal

and yet wholly grounded in the wisdom of the land and its people.

In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories and breathtaking music

with the science-backed benefits of mindfulness practice. Music In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories and breathtaking music with

the science-backed benefits of mindfulness practice.

From Wait' To What, this is a meditative story.

I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed.

The body breathing.

Your senses open. Your mind open. Open Meeting the world

I'd like to take you back in my mind

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