Upcoming Writing Events
Following is a chronological listing of our scheduled Writing Events that are open to the public:
- From Life to Life Story: Transforming Self, Family, and Community Through Story, Kripalu Center, Stockbridge MA
- Making a Story of Your Essential Goodness, Online Retreat
- The Self as the Source of the Story, Whidbey Island WA
- Self as Source Alumni Group, Whidbey Island WA
- Other Writing-related Events
THE SELF AS THE SOURCE OF THE STORY
with Christina Baldwin
Next Session:
June 16-22, 2010
Whidbey Island, Washington
This remarkable 5-day seminar is designed for people ready to move beyond the unstructured creativity of journal writing to tackle a portion of their life experience by writing memoir, autobiography, essay or fiction.
"Inside I know I will never be the same since that beautiful week. For the first time, I am thinking of myself as a writer."
--Jeanne Robinson,
Self as Source participantSession topics include: articulation, metaphoric reality, and structures of creative nonfiction, writing about time, place, self, and others. The seminar is held within a circle that invites conversation, supportive critique, open reading and celebrations of the word.
Christina has taught this course for twenty years, and dozens of books have been published by former students. The seminar is open to both men and women at varying levels of experience. Held in serene retreat settings, this is a special time to honor your creativity and experience exponential growth in your writing capacities.
"Writing has opened up the window to my soul and given me the voice that I have been seeking. Thanks so much for assisting me on my journey."
-- Dianne McCoy, Winnipeg, Author, Story Coach and Speaker
Location:
Located 30 miles north of Seattle, Whidbey Island provides a delightful retreat setting for this seminar. Participants will be housed in the lush green stillness of the Maxwelton valley in a facility of gardens, nooks and crannies, great food and the support of tall trees. Full travel information is available upon registration.
Cost:
$1275.00 includes tuition, individual consultation, room and board. Early bird registration of $1225.00 is available -- contact the PeerSpirit office for more information.
Registration:
Class size limited to 16. Writers at various stages of project development and confidence welcome.
Please register for Self as Source through the PeerSpirit office.
2010 Dates Scheduled:
Summer 2010 session: June 16-22, 2010
More info:
Download a PDF flyer for more information.
SELF AS SOURCE ALUMNI GROUP
With Christina Baldwin
Self as Source Alumni Group is an opportunity to revisit the content of this fine memoir class now that alumni writers are deep enough into their projects to have encountered the challenges that were theoretical at the beginning.
This seminar is an opportunity for long, uninterrupted periods of writing, interspersed with creative and problem solving sessions using each other's manuscripts to learn from. The days will start with a circle of checking-in and responses to questions we are living with, writing time in a community of supportive silence, late afternoon sessions, and evenings by the fireplace listening to each other's words.
Please call the PeerSpirit office to set up a brief interview with Christina and placement into this luscious circle of writers. We generally meet on Whidbey Island at the Marsh House, in lush, green, sweater-weather winter.
Next Dates:
To be announced
Location:
The Marsh House on Whidbey Island, Washington. Located 30 miles north of Seattle, Whidbey Island provides a delightful retreat setting for this seminar. Participants will be housed in the lush green stillness of the Maxwelton valley in a facility of gardens, nooks and crannies, great food and the support of tall trees. Full travel information is available upon registration.
Registration:
Limited to 12 alumni of Self as the Source.
Cost:
$1275.00 includes tuition, lodging (single or double rooms), and all meals. Early bird registration discount available. Please register through the PeerSpirit office.
FROM LIFE TO LIFE STORY: TRANSFORMING SELF, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY THROUGH STORY
With Christina Baldwin
offered by the Kripalu Center
February 7 - 12, 2010
The quality of our lives is largely determined by the story we make of what happens to and around us. People have a profound capacity to live through challenging experiences with resilience and grace once they have constructed a story that offers them meaning and purpose.
Through journaling and other writing exercises, collage and simple body practices, you will be guided into the art of making meaningful stories of your life experiences.
Sessions will focus on:
- The nature and history of story
- The use of journal writing to surface life themes and provide a map for healing
- How to work with experiences to gain integration and wisdom
- Healing family and influencing social networks through story
You will be offered opportunities to read your work, but will not be required to share. Bring a journal; notebooks and laptops are welcome.
Info:
For more information on this workshop, please download an event flyer.
Required reading: Storycatcher, Making Sense of our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story by Christina Baldwin (New World Library)
Dates: February 7-12, 2010
Location: The Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Stockbridge, MA
Cost: Tuition is $295, room and board is extra. Kripalu has a variety of accommodation options available.
REGISTRATION: Kripalu (http://www.kripalu.org) is handling all registrations. For more information, or to register, please contact them by phone at 800-741-7353, or via this link to Christina's workshop on the Kripalu website: http://www.kripalu.org/presenter/V0005595/christina_baldwin.
MAKING A STORY OF YOUR ESSENTIAL GOODNESS
Hosted by Christina Baldwin
February 14, 2010: 7 am Pacific / 8 am Mountain / 9 am Central / 10 am Eastern
Working with long-time acquaintance and well-known "comfort queen," Jennifer Louden, Christina is offering an hour on integrating life story into self-care during an upcoming Virtual Retreat, featuring a roster of world famous teachers. This is NOT another talking head tele-summit but an interactive experience that's all about taking care of yourself so you can share your unique message with the world.
Each of the 12 mini-retreats lasts an hour – with teachers like Mary Manin Morrissey, Bill Baren, Patti Digh, Tama J. Kieves, and of course, Christina! You can dip in and out of retreat mode all weekend. All sessions will be recorded and transcribed so you can participate in some live and some later – and all of them in your pj's!
You can get more info here: http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1118490
We are open to both self-sponsoring and offering writing seminars through the sponsorship of other organizations and venues. Please contact us to discuss possibilities.
