Come and Create with Us!
Gather up your journal and a pen and join us for the
JOURNAL WRITING SERIES
with Pat Robinson/ Dancing Heart
“What we find and how we find it is our wisdom.” from Womanwisdom
Feb 6 Workshop 1: The Art of Journal Writing
Mar 5 Workshop 2: Writing Stories of Your Life
Apr 2 Workshop 3: Journal Writing as Self Care & Reflection
Apr 30 Workshop 4: Journal Writing as Healing
Thursdays 6:30pm to 8:30pm
$40 each or $140 for all 4 (plus GST)
Note that 10% of the fees from these workshops will be given to Ninos del Sol, a revolutionary and life-giving Children’s Home in Peru’s Sacred Valley. (ninosdelsol.org)
10% discount on journals purchased at the evening of the workshops
The journey begins and never ends… it’s a beautiful path when I walk with intention. Journal Writing helps me to live beyond and to see with my heart what cannot otherwise be seen.
May we be deeply moved by our connection and the experience of life itself. Pat Robinson
Thursday Feb 6 - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Session 1 The Art of Journal Writing
“Journal Writing is… an invitation to engage with your writing process over time in a way that allows you to discover strength, power, wisdom, depth, energy, creativity, soulfulness and wholeness.”
Louise de Salva in her book Writing as a Way of Healing
Wanting to Explore?
The what, why, where and when of Journal Writing
Personal benefits while setting your own intention
Longing to Experience?
The creation of safe, nurturing space in which to write
The power of group Journal Writing
Creating supportive rituals to develop or expand a practice of Journal Writing
Thursday March 5 - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Session 2 Writing the Stories of Your Life
“No one can tell the story of your life. You are the only one who can tell it and say what it means.”
Author unknown but thanked!
Wanting to Explore?
Inspiration for writing the Stories of your Life
Why the stories of your life are important and how to honor them
Your story as part of history
Longing to Experience?
Using metaphor in creating rich writings
Seeing the Stories of Your Life in new ways
Connecting threads in your Life Stories
Thursday April 2 - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Session 3: Journal Writing as Self Care & Reflection
“To take quiet, private moments in our days, signals we have put our well-being ahead of life’s demands. It’s a way of self caring.”
Louise de Salvo
Wanting to Explore?
Secret Script .. having a Voice
Personal perspective and intention for Self Care
How writing in a journal is an act of Self Care
Longing to Experience?
Guided Meditation as an invitation to write
How Journal Writing creates well-being
Creating a practice of Journal Writing as part of Self Care
Thursday April 30 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Session 4: Journal Writing as Healing
* Note: For this session to have true meaning, it is suggested that you take session 3 or have prior journal writing experience.
“Walk softly through this. You know the way.” Pat Robinson
Wanting to Explore?
What healing really is
Finding the gems in the most challenging of times
Journal Writing as part of a healing journey
Longing to Experience?
Challenges & illness from a different perspective
Your own wisdom & knowing arising from adversity
The Power of Myth & Metaphor in Healing