Golden Nuggets filled with emotion
Last HYDRATE online workshop of 2024 + a special sanctuary space
Today is December 1st! The final month of the calendar year when ‘things’ can get a little chaotic.
But, fear not! I created a little sanctuary bubble for you - a place to pause, take a breath, reflect on your year, connect with yourself and your experiences of 2024 and discover creativity in the stories you have lived.
I’m unable to hold a live online class at the end of December this year, so I’ve created a workshop and ritual in advance for you to do when the moment feels right.
What is it? REFLECT-CONNECT is an end-of-year self-paced online reflective writing workshop exploring 15 different life themes with prompts that cover the spectrum from light and joyful to stimulating deep thought and self-inquiry. You can learn more about what’s inside here.
When? I love doing my ritual between Christmas and New Year; there’s something about the energy of that week that calls for reflection. But you can also start gathering your stories, items and images and begin right now (the workshop is only available to purchase until January 2025).
Why? It can be easy to forget all the details, the subtle moments, and the many lessons as we rush headlong into a new year with promises of change and a clean slate. These details, moments, experiences and stories may dissipate as we transition from one year to the next before we have gleaned learning from them.
Golden Nuggets for Creativity- There are golden nuggets in our years experiences - something potent to discover in them. And within those nuggets, there lies deep creative pockets filled with emotion, senses, colour and learning. These are the creative pockets from which we can dig deep and pull out new stories - inspiration for our writing and creative lives that can be woven into a new year in any way we choose.
REFLECT-CONNECT will invite you to reflect-gather-explore-create-release-create again and accept. Discover more here: REFLECT-CONNECT.
We had a creatively hydrating evening earlier this week when a group of us gathered for HYDRATE online creative writing workshop to rehydrate your writing life.
Two people wrote a poem for the first time in their lives!
And another participant got the idea for his next book!
Other participants were surprised at how much they wrote and what stories the prompts unlocked.
You never know what will open up when you intentionally sit down to write with the support of a structure, a theme and an experienced creative guide.
I'm offering one more HYDRATE class online before the end of the year on Tuesday, December 10th 7-8.30pm (UK).
It's open to people 18+ with the desire to write or explore themselves through writing. Each class has its own unique theme which I’ll announce closer to the date. I offer this class on a sliding scale of £10-£25.
Come with an open mind and heart, a pen and a journal...
I hope to see some of you there!
Sunday love,
Jane x
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