Sacred Writing Retreat
A day of connection and creative flow
in the San Francisco Bay Area
Join us at the serene and inspiring
Skyline Community Church in Oakland
Next offering TBD
10am-4pm
This daylong retreat in a seriously breathtaking setting will help you:
Form lasting connections with other creative, soulful humans
Listen to and express yourself in profound, life-changing ways
Trust your voice and the importance of its message (especially now!)
Give and receive the medicine of kindness and generosity
Express your grief, your gratitude, your longing, your love… whatever wants to make its way through
Take a day off from your inner critic
The plan
We’ll gather at Skyline Community Church*…
… a place high in the Oakland hills, photos of which do it no justice whatsoever.
You’ll be encouraged to make use of the grounds—the labyrinth, gazebo, and other cozy outdoor and indoor spaces—to aid your reflection and bonding.
We will reflect, express, and share.
We’ll do several exercises that invite you to explore your inner and outer landscapes, then we’ll share our work with each other. You’ll get to know the other hearts in the space in different contexts and varying depths.
With each exercise we’ll become more trusting of ourselves and our fellow writers. It is truly amazing how quickly this happens.
Writing is the vehicle, but not the point.
We’re not working on our writing, not trying to improve it. Instead, we’re responding to what is most alive and powerful in us—and having that witnessed and reflected by our friends. Writing is merely the vehicle for this powerful work.
Bring pen, paper, your lunch and some snackie-poos.
Beyond that there is nothing to prepare. You’ll be guided the whole way.
*Though the venue is a church, this is not a religious event. Spiritual, obv., but not religious.
The benefits
These groups come to love and trust one another very quickly. (You’ll see.)
It is into this space of genuine kindness that you will bring your voice, your expression.
Before long, you may find yourself wanting to go deeper into your soul, mining for the truth that is there. The courage you find to do this is a genuine, heart-sourced longing to be known, and to know others.
You get the space to connect with your medicine and let it spill forth, and—the really powerful part—be witnessed by others who love you. (You’ll see!)
It’s also a chance to build community with others who want to keep doing this.
Join us at the serene and inspiring
Skyline Community Church in Oakland
Next offering TBD
10am-4pm
Directions, parking and other specifics will be included in your confirmation, but please email joy@joyreichart.com if you have any questions before you register.