In this workshop we craft words as a gateway to spiritual growth.
Reading inspirational sacred poetry and short prose from many traditions, we’ll look at how the writers create those portals to the divine.
There’s a guided writing meditation, based around a simple writing subject, to support you to use words to go beyond words.
If you wish, you can then choose to share your words in the respectful space of the group.
Exploring the creative process, we allow words to arise from the ground of Being. Challenging memories and experiences are brought out into the light and dissolved. We enjoy the play and the paradox of using words to express what is beyond words.
Preparatory Work/ Follow-up: Before the session, you’ll receive an email with an optional writing ‘experiment’ to undertake and bring with you on the day. After the group, you’ll receive a follow-up email summary with links to the material shared in the session.
5.30pm - 7.30pm CEST - Europe/ 4.30pm - 6.30pm BST - UK (See below for other time zones.)
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The only prerequisite for taking part is an interest in words and a love of truth (in any spiritual, religious or philosophical tradition). Novice and experienced writers are equally welcome.
Skills learnt can be taken into all genres of writing, spoken word and story-telling.
Along the way, be inspired by quotes from many spiritual traditions (Advaita/Non-duality, Zen, Christianity, Sufism, Buddhism, Tantra, Dzogchen, Taoism, Hinduism, Judaism and Islam), contemporary teachers (Rupert Spira, Ekhart Tolle, Thich Nhat Hahn) and writers (Mary Oliver, Rumi, Rupi Kaur, Rilke, Blake, Sylvia Plath, John Donne, Virginia Woolf).
Bridget Holding is a writer, editor, psychotherapist, and creative writing tutor. A Quaker by birth, order member of Thich Nhat Hahn’s zen community and practitioner of non-dual Advaita, her recent work includes on the editing of Rupert Spira’s book You Are the Happiness You Seek.
When and where…
Online via Zoom.
Saturday 24th June 2023
4.30pm - 6.30pm BST - UK/ 5.30pm - 7.30pm CEST - Europe/ 11.30am - 1.30pm EDT - Eastern North America/ 8.30am - 10.30am PDT - Western North America/ 1.30am - 3.30am AEST - Australia (the following day)
Please enter the Zoom waiting room before the start time. Latecomers might not be admitted.
There is a fee for this group on a sliding scale of between £10 and £40 per session according to what you feel you can afford.
Please come with writing materials (notepad or computer).
You’ll receive a Zoom invite by email about a week before the day of the session.
The Zoom session will be recorded for my personal reference only before being wiped. In order that personal material can be shared confidentially, the recording will not be shared or made public.
These are small group workshops with limited numbers. You are advised to book early. Assuming the group isn’t full, booking closes 2 hours before the session begins.
For further information, or to ask to be informed of upcoming workshop dates please email hello@wildwords.org.
