The world needs to hear your Dharma: your own spiritual journey,
expressed with truth, humility, and grace.
In deze zes weken durende workshop, we zullen leren hoe we onze spirituele paden schriftelijk kunnen delen: hoe te schrijven met authenticiteit en kwetsbaarheid, hoe je moet zeggen wat we bedoelen, en hoe je anderen kunt ondersteunen en gesteund kunt worden in de scheppingsdaad.
Each session will explore another facet of spiritual writing. We will be writing together, examining the works of renowned writers who write about or lace spirituality through their stories, their essays, their poems. We will hear from contemporary artists writing from a spiritual perspective, and have the opportunity to ask them questions and explore our writing with them.
In aanvulling, we will have weekly time to write together for the duration of the course. Each weekly writing session will start with brief meditation practice, a quote, and an optional prompt.
We will discuss and explore how we can connect with the mind of meditation and our own, essential creative force. This course is a safe and supportive space to take risks with our writing, and to find a warm community of fellow writers.
Live sessions will explore these topics and themes:
Frederik Meyer is a lifelong Shambhala practitioner. He first connected with Shambhala as a participant at Sun Camp, and has followed the Shambhala path through Rigden Abhisheka. Frederick helps lead the Shambhala.org community blog, and is the Director of Schrijvers.com. Hij woont met zijn vrouw in New Orleans, Clara, hun dochter, Anna, and their dogs, Lucy and Beignet.
Nadia Colburn holds a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University. She is a certified Kundalini yoga teacher and an Order of Interbeing aspirant in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village Tradition.
Her poems and creative nonfiction have been widely published in more than seventy national publications including The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, Spirituality & Gezondheid, Leeuwenbrul, Truthout, Slate.com, American Scholar, Grist.org, Literary Imagination, Boston Review, Kenyon Review, Harvard Review, Ja! Tijdschrift, Yale Review, Southwest Review, Boston Globe Magazine, Conjunctions, Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, Women’s Studies Quarterly, LA Review of Books, Volt, Columbia: A Journal, elephant journal, Appalachia, Tiny Buddha, and many other places.
Nadia is passionate about helping students and clients uncover their full stories and unlock the power of their creative voice. Learn more at her website https://nadiacolburn.com/
Brad Wetzler is the author of the new memoir Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing, published by Hachette Go in 2023. A longtime magazine journalist, he has written forDe New York Times, Newsweek, Wired, GQ, Nationaal Geografisch, Outside, EnTravel + Leisure, onder andere. He is a book editor, memoir and nonfiction writing coach, and yoga teacher. Brad holds a masters’ degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Anjie Cho is een feng shui-opvoeder, erkend praktiserend architect, and teacher of meditation and dharma arts. Ze is de auteur van drie boeken: Holistische ruimtes, Mindful Huizen, and forthcoming Bewust leven.
In aanvulling, Anjie is a long time student of ikebana, chanoyu, and a Shambhala Art teacher. She is the owner of Anjie Cho Architect PLLC, co-founder ofMindful Ontwerp Feng Shui School, and co-host of theHolistic Spaces Podcast. Meer informatie over Anjie op anjiecho.com, and follow her on Instagram @anjiecho.
Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D., Vooraanstaand hoogleraar contemplatieve en religieuze studies emeritx aan de Naropa Universiteit, waar zijheeft gedacht voor voorbij 40 jaren. Simmer-Brown is compassietrainer voor het Compassion Initiative bij Naropa. Zij is auteur vanDakini's warme adem: Het vrouwelijke principe in het Tibetaans boeddhisme (Shambhala) en redacteur, met Fran Grace, vanMeditatie en het klaslokaal: Contemplatieve Pedagogiek voor Religiewetenschappen (ZONNIG). Voor Shambhala, zij geeft les in Shambhala-trainingsniveaus, Mahayana- en Vajrayana-onderwerpen, met een speciale liefde voor White Tara, vrouwelijk principe, werken met emoties, compassie en sociale betrokkenheid.