Embodied Writing: A First Draft Practice

How are you, dear writer, dear thinker, dear creative? We are in tumultuous times and it is good to take time to express our yearnings, our hurts, our joys and triumphs. I offer this class as a safe space to gather and feel. How much time do you take to listen to the wisdom of your body? Have you considered how much the messages of your body, your vessel through this life, can inform your writing. Writers are often told to fill their writing with visceral detail to engage with their readers. Well, what is more visceral and real than the truth of your body today. What stories does your body hold? What prompts and guidance toward a poem, a flash essay about your life or lives you know, even stories and dreams? Join us for this gentle creative writing class. It is appropriate for all who write, those who…