Soul Writing Daylong Retreat

• Form lasting connections with other creative, soulful humans
• Listen to and express yourself in profound, life-changing ways
• Trust your voice and the importance of its message (nope, you are not crazy!)
• Give and receive the medicine of kindness and generosity
• Express your grief, your gratitude, your longing, your love… whatever wants to make its way through
• Take a day off from your inner critic

Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite or directly on my website: soulwriting.org/daylong

This moment in history finds us in something of a paradox: it is abundantly clear that old ways are falling apart, and there’s very little we can do to stop the destruction.

Have you noticed, though, that in the midst of all this, how so many of us are starting to ask how we can bring light to our corner of the world?

What are the kinds of messages, love, and support that only you can deliver?

Soul Writing is a means to discover this, or deepen your understanding of what you are starting to see.

… a place high in the Oakland hills, photos of which do it no justice whatsoever.

You’ll be encouraged to make use of the grounds—the labyrinth, gazebo, and other cozy outdoor and indoor spaces—to aid your reflection and bonding.

We will write, and we will share.

We’ll do several sessions of timed writing in response to prompts that invite you to explore your inner and outer landscapes, then we’ll share our work with each other.

We’ll do some of this in a big group, and break into smaller ones for more intimate sessions. You’ll get to know the other hearts in the space in different contexts and varying depths.

With each round we’ll become more trusting of ourselves and our fellow writers. It is truly amazing how quickly this happens.

This is not a ‘writing workshop’ in the traditional sense.

We’re not working on our writing, not trying to improve it. Instead, we’re responding to what is most alive and powerful in us—and having that witnessed and reflected by our friends. Writing is merely the vehicle for this powerful work.

Bring pen, paper, your lunch and some snackie-poos.

Beyond that there is nothing to prepare. You’ll be guided the whole way.

*Though the venue is a church, this is not a religious event. Spiritual, obv., but not religious.

Soul Writing groups come to love and trust one another very quickly. (You’ll see.)

It is into this space of genuine kindness that you will bring your voice, your expression.

Before long, you may find yourself wanting to go deeper into your soul, mining for the truth that is there. The courage you find to do this is a genuine, heart-sourced longing to be known, and to know others.

You get the space to connect with your medicine and let it spill forth, and—the really powerful part—be witnessed by others who love you. (You’ll see!)

Depending on where folks are coming from, some of our smaller groups may be geographically based so that you can start writing with folks in your neighborhood and maybe set up an ongoing practice of this.

Host or Publisher Joy Reichart