Stefanie Lipsey

What Inspires You?

Great poetry and literature, music and art, nature and travel, are wonderful sources of inspiration for living a full life. Explore!         

Some of my Favorite Poets and Writers

• Addonizio, Kim
• Andrews, Ted
• Boland, Eavan
• Bruchac, Joseph
• Cameron, Julia
• Campbell, Joseph
• Chang, Tina
• Chopra, Deepak
• Chrappa, Karen
• Coelho, Paulo
• Colum McCann
• Cooley, Nicole
• The Dalai Lama
• Dickinson, Emily
• Darwish, Mahmoud
• Doty, Mark
  
• Dove, Rita
• Dyer, Wayne
• Ellis, Thomas Sayers
• Espada, Martin
• Flynn, Keith
• Girmay, Aracelis
• Goldberg, Natalie
• Gonzalez, Rigoberto
  
• Hahn, Kimiko
• Harjo, Joy
• Hay, Louise
• Hoagland, Tony
• Hoffman, Alice
• Howe, Marie
• Krapf, Norbert
• Kumin, Maxine
• Lamott, Ann
• Lee, Li-Young
• Linn, Denise
• Maisel, Eric
• Myss, Caroline
• Null, Gary
• Nye, Naomi Shihab
• Rich, Adrienne
• Richardson, Cheryl
• Robbins, Tom
• Samms, Jamie
• Scafidi, Steve
• Sexton, Anne
• Sheeler, Jackie
• Smith, Tracy K.
• Sri Chinmoy
• Starhawk
• Strand, Mark
  
• Teller, Gayl
• Thiele, Cheryl
• Yee, Rodney
• Yolen, Jane

 
Some of My Favorite Musicians and Artists

• Beethoven
• Buena Vista Social Club
• Chou Wen-Chung
• John Coltrane
• Counting Crows
• Gamelan Dharma Swara
• George Crumb
• Krishna Das
• Tan Dun
• Roisin Fitzpatrick
• River Guerguerian
• Indigo Girls
• Antonio Hart
• Billie Holiday
• Michael Lipsey
• W.A. Mozart
• Susan McKeown
• Joni Mitchell
• Princess Peapod
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Shantala

photo by Carrie Wesolowski

Stefanie with Artist Roisin Fitzpatrick 

In June, before leaving to spend my summer in Bali, I went to Omega in Rhinebeck, NY for a retreat. I had the pleasure of meeting this inspirational artist before she returned home to Dublin, Ireland. Here we are in NYC at her opening. Click here to visit her site.

Thank you, Roisin! 

Great Websites and Blogs!

• Daily OM - Daily inspiration and online classes.
• Ozone Park - A new journal from the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation at QC, CUNY.
• Life on the Highwire - The witty and insightful blog of writer Deonne Kahler - subscribe today!  
• KaTransfomations - Website of Kat Katsanis, a personal transformation business.
• Hay House Radio - Stream talk radio by authors dedicated to healing and self discovery. 
• get angry WITH me! Jackie Sheeler's blog, "balls-to-the wall social and media commentary by a writer with no P’s and Q’s to mind"

Yoga Studios

• Bonda Yoga, Great Neck, NY
• Jivamukti Yoga, NYC
  
• Om Yoga Center, NYC
  
• Yoga Flow Studio, Glen Head, NY
• Yoga Shanti, Sag Harbor, NY

Inspirational Places and Resources that I have used in my writing 

NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND

• Dreams East, Sea Cliff
• The Creative Arts Studio, Sea Cliff
• Garvies Point, Glen Cove
• Long Island Poetry Collective
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• MOMA
• Montauk Lighthouse, LI
• PPA (LI Poetry Group)
• Walt Whitman Birthplace

USA

• Omega in Rhineback, NY
• Orchard Beach, Bronx, NY
• Rowe Retreat and Conference Center in Western Massachusetts 

WORLD

• Avebury, England
• Stonehenge, England
• Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia 
• Ubud, Bali, Indonesia