“Yoga and writing are soulmates.” ~ Stephanie Renée dos Santos
This is one of my most favorite workshops to teach. I’ve lead it in various settings, outside upon a circular labyrinth, day hiking in deep forest, and in sacred yoga studio space. And I am excited to announce I’ll be offering this workshop again on Sunday, September 8, 2019 at Inspire Studio in downtown Bellingham, WA.
In this yoga and writing workshop we will stretch our body and unleash creativity working with ancient yogic wisdom of the five elements which coincides with the five elements of strong descriptive writing. Also, we will align with and learn to invoke a yoga goddess of creativity to support our creative effort. We’ll open to and energize our being to invite the muse to awaken within for our creative writing to naturally unfold.
Yoga reveals insights; Writing is the recorder. Yoga balances the rhythms of breath; Writing surfs breath through oceans of language. Yoga taps the unconscious; Writing transcribes the wisdom within. Writing requires work; Yoga is the assistant. Writing is an offering to the world; Yoga helps cull forth the gift. Writing is a solo act; Yoga provides community.
Yoga relieves body and mind tension; when the body is at ease, so become constrictions of the mind and creative spirit — opening space for your writing to: flow, seep and burst forth.
This workshop is open to everyone: fiction writers, memoir, non-fiction, poets, journalists, those that journal, and other storytellers and creative artists of all sorts and levels of experience. The workshop explores and combines Hatha Yoga (postures), mantra (sounds), the chakras (energetic centers), mudra (hand/body gestures), Yoga Nidra (guided meditation), wisdom mythology, writing exercises, small-group interaction and sharing, encouraging antidotes and practical yoga-writer wisdom.
The yoga practices in this workshop will spark your creative fire, liberating your authentic voice and deepest truths while we attune to the five elements of yoga and their power to empower descriptive creative writing. When we stoke the five elements within and align with a yogic goddess of creativity we open ourselves to a well-spring of inspiration and tap into its unlimited potential.
For more information and to register click here.