Forest Walk & Writing: Joy

The forest in early June is almost overwhelming in its aliveness. Notice how the Douglas fir keeps making needles whether anyone witnesses it or not. This is joy without agenda, without performance, without needing to be anything other than what it already is.

We'll practice writing from this quality of attention—not to capture joy or explain it, but to participate in it. Not joy about something, but joy as the state of being awake to sensation, to breath, to the temperature of air on skin, to the exact quality of light filtering through leaves. You'll learn techniques for accessing joy through the body, through the senses, through the simple fact of being a sensing animal in a world full of things to sense.

This 90-minute experience welcomes anyone who's forgotten how to feel without purpose, anyone carrying heaviness who needs permission to set it down for an hour, anyone suspicious of their own aliveness. You don't need to arrive happy. You need only to arrive willing to notice what your senses are already receiving.
A note: If you're in a season of grief, loss, or difficulty, you're especially welcome here. Joy doesn't require the absence of pain. In fact, joy often teaches us that we can hold both—the ache and the aliveness—at the same time. The forest holds both. So can we.
What to expect:

• Invitations to explore the senses
• Guided writing practice
• Slow walking with extended pauses
• Optional Sharing with Others
• Tea & Conversations
  

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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