Writing Retreat at the Lotus Temple
Channeling onto the page
an experience of creative flow at the
Creative Healing Center
in Livermore, CA
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You know how to channel.
All channeling is is tuning into something deeper, bigger, or extra-sensory, and communicating it into the here and now. There’s nothing remarkable about this—except for the healing it brings.
In our writing circles, we connect to truth that lives anywhere in time and space—our pasts, our intuition, nature, a memory, a hope—and give it voice. Let it spill onto the page.
You don’t need to any writing skill or experience to benefit from this workshop. You don’t even have to particularly like to write. You just need to put pen to paper, stir up the life force in you, move it through you. It’s astounding what medicine that is.
What you can expect
We will write, and we will share.
We’ll do several sessions of timed writing in response to prompts that invite you to explore your inner and outer landscapes, then we’ll share our work with each other. With each round we’ll become more trusting of ourselves and our companions. It is truly amazing how quickly this happens.
This is not a ‘writing workshop’ in the traditional sense.
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.
Nor do you have to be a ‘writer’ already (whatever that even is).
Whether you’ve been writing your whole life, don’t believe you can write at all, or fall anywhere along that continuum, you will benefit from the magic of this session.
Bring pen, paper, and an open heart.
Beyond that there is nothing to prepare. You’ll be guided the whole way.
This retreat in the deeply grounded, serene setting of CHC’s Lotus Temple will help you:
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
Form lasting connections with other creative, soulful humans
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!)
Mini-Retreat add-on
Participants in this workshop are invited to attend a Mini-Retreat (2-hour Zoom workshop) before or after the event for $25 (regular tuition is $80). It’s a great way to keep your practice alive. Coupon code and other details will be provided in your confirmation email.
