To Call Back Home the Parts of Ourselves We’ve Lost Along The Way
Dear Beloved Community,
I am writing to let you know of an upcoming offering that I am about to unleash on our wild world.
I recently returned from a weekend long retreat where I was facilitating poetry writing workshops for women who are survivors of breast cancer. We ambled down to the Blackfoot River, the yellowing Aspens and Cottonwoods our guides, the crisp October blue of the skies our giant welcome mat.
When we found our magical writing area, I used various poems as starting points for uncovering. We wrote together, shared our words, and, in a relatively short amount of time learned new truths about ourselves and one another. Fueled by this powerful experience, as well as many years teaching in both classrooms and wilderness settings, I’ve decided to expand my offerings to online workshops.
The pilot series is named: To call back home the parts of ourselves we've left along the way. I hope this theme will help us uncover and delve, reflect and renew. The plan is as follows: You will receive a theme for the session, as well as a few poems embracing that theme in your inbox a few days before the scheduled session. You will read them, become familiar with them, or ignore them – whatever works for your schedule, your learning style, your spirit.
From there you will jump on the established Zoom call where we will read the pieces together and use them as springboards for our own writing. I will provide exercises and prompts to get you moving.
Sharing will ensue. Perhaps some tears. Definitely some laughter, some disclaiming, some vulnerability. In the end, I hope we’ll find a safe space where we can dip our toes into our creative selves and help fill up our own spiritual wells.
I intend to limit the group size so that we can connect with authenticity. The group will fill on a first come, first serve basis.
If this idea sounds as delightful to you as it does to me, please let me know and I will send you more information. The nuts and bolts are:
Sunday afternoons, 4:00 Mountain, every six-ish weeks -
10/27/24, 12/15/24, 2/9/25, 3/23/25, 5/11/25
90 minute sessions via Zoom
Pay by the session at $45
Or pay for all five sessions at $200
Would you like to join me? I would so very much love to have you. You can register right here!
Do reach out with any questions!
With gratitude,
Gillian
