February Freewriting Mini-Series
Write to release, renew, and return to a place of love that you are
Sometimes, we are tired, not of the other, but of how we are relating with the other. And often, it can be really scary to face these things ourselves.
Let this last month of winter be an opportunity to release and cleanse what weighs us down, so we can plant new dreams in the new season.
Join us for a mini-series of 3 writing sessions to free whatever trapped or tired energy there is in you, and approach spring with fresh openness.
Write to release, renew, and return to a place of love that you are.
Facilitator: Rosslyn Chay
Rosslyn is many things, relaxing and expanding as a Poet x Author x Healer x Integral Coach x Knitter x Designer x Omg, so much more! A series of punctuations: she is a still point; a living question; a radiant…pulsating…being…of light…. At her core, she is an Inquirer—an eternal mystery unfolding, ripening into her ongoing question of Who x What sits as the intersection point.
Author of The Weight of My Soul: Uncovering My Significance, and weekly newsletter The Dandelion Notes. Through writing, she invites you on an adventure with her to discover and truly know: You…are…so…much…more…
Writing the Spring Garden AWA Workshop
Gardening is an act of faith in possibility.
When we’re stressed, or during times of great change, our sense of possibility may become compacted. Time to loosen the soil!
In this Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) writing group, we’ll have an opportunity to release outdated ideas about ourselves and life and to make room for green shoots of possibility to poke through.
We’ll write twice, for fifteen minutes. I’ll provide us with prompts to get us started but where you go is completely up to you. We aren’t trying to write anything “good”. We’re exploring, loosening the ground, making room for anything that needs to emerge. After we write, anyone who wants to can read what they’ve written.
Facilitator: Janet Johnston
Janet Johnston is a transformational coach, and an affiliate of Amherst Writers and Artists.
She has been leading writing groups since 2007 using the AWA method which was designed to create a safe, healing, creative space for novices, professional writers and everyone in between.
You can find her Wildass Writers groups at www.Amherstwriters.org or reach her at jjwriter7@gmail.com.
Participation Details
About AWA Writing:
About AWA Writing:
About AWA Writing:
- You only read your work if you want to.
- No questions are asked.
- We treat everything as fiction so we can write about anything.
- We refer to “the narrator” to protect the writer.
- Only honest, positive feedback is given—you haven’t had a chance to edit yet.
- All work is confidential.
You’ll leave with a fresh draft of writing which will hold
- You only read your work if you want to.
- No questions are asked.
- We treat everything as fiction so we can write about anything.
- We refer to “the narrator” to protect the writer.
- Only honest, positive feedback is given—you haven’t had a chance to edit yet.
- All work is confidential.
You’ll leave with a fresh draft of writing which will hold potential. You can weed out what doesn’t serve you and nurture what does.
Fees:
About AWA Writing:
About AWA Writing:
Individual participation in the Writing the Spring Garden AWA Workshop is $25.
During registration there is an option to become a Supporter and include an additional $74 donation to support the REPAIR Program by selecting the $99 option.
If you would like to Sponsor additional guests, registration for 4 guests is $100; (we will email you
Individual participation in the Writing the Spring Garden AWA Workshop is $25.
During registration there is an option to become a Supporter and include an additional $74 donation to support the REPAIR Program by selecting the $99 option.
If you would like to Sponsor additional guests, registration for 4 guests is $100; (we will email you to register your guests).
If you are unable to attend, and would like to make a donation in lieu of participation, please use the "other" button to write your own donation amount.
Schedule:
Preparations:
Preparations:
2nd Saturday in March (2.25 hours)
- March 8, 2025
10am PT / noon CT / 1pm ET
Preparations:
Preparations:
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What's Required?
Pen, paper, and you. Come, as you are. No prior writing experience required. A journal/notebook dedicated to this practice is highly recommended.