Write Your Way Home: Creative Writing and Meditation (AC1M23)

Registration closes at 9:00 am (Pacific Time) on Saturday, July 8, 2023. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. A recording* will be available following the program.

Open to: Everyone

Description:
Inspire your imagination and unleash your stories in an immersive weekend of creative writing, meditation, mindful movement, and embodied energy practices. Like meditation, writing is a powerful way to wake up to the ordinary and extraordinary moments of our human lives. We’ll use embodied meditation in movement and stillness to settle our minds and open our hearts so we write from a deeper place. Through sharing our stories, we connect with ourselves, each other, and the heart of what it means to be alive.

This weekend retreat will include:

1. Mindful movement to increase sensitivity, develop inner listening, and open pathways of creative energy.
2. Guided meditation to settle the mind, open the heart, and connect with your deeper nature.
3. Writing prompts that awaken imagery, memory, and story.
4. Inspirational poems and quotes.
5. Practical teachings to make your writing more vivid and powerful.
6. Sharing your writing in small groups without judgment or critique.

Online Only: We are offering this program online via Zoom for you to join us remotely.

Sliding Scale: Our sliding scale options for this program include financial support for our teachers. Please consider paying at the highest rate that you can afford: your generosity supports the teachers as well as Spirit Rock, staff, and your fellow practitioners.

Benefactor – $600
Sustainer – $450
BASE – $250
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $50

Tentative Schedule (subject to change):
10:00am-12:30pm: Meditation, mindful movement, and creative writing
12:30-2:00pm: Break (rest and journal)
2:00 pm-4:00pm: Meditation and creative writing

All are welcome! No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. For more information, please email Registration@spiritrock.org.

*Recording Note: You will have ~90 days from the original program date to view the program. If you would like access to the recording, you must register by the deadline above. The recording will be available in ~10 days after the program.