Writing to Awaken: Memoir as a Path of Transformation

Writing to Awaken: Memoir as a Path of Transformation

Workshop
Sunday, July 9, 2017 - 10:30 to 17:00
Personal Growth
Spiritual
Wellbeing
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An intimate exploration of personal identity through expressive writing
Description: 

“When you tell the truth, your story changes.
When your story changes, your life is transformed.”

This transformational workshop introduces students of all levels to spiritual memoir and writing as a path of transformation and self-discovery. When you learn to tell the whole truth about experience and to discern your own soul’s journey, you come to understand the mythic dimension of personal struggles, triumphs, confusions, longings, digressions, and so-called mistakes. Liberated from the myth that your story is you, and aware that every life narrative is a work of fiction, you are freed of the unnecessary limits these fictions impose

Through writing exercises and group dialogue, you will examine your inner life as a doorway to transpersonal wisdom, beginning with early biography, through emotional maturity, adult and family life, rites of passage, loss and growth, as well as treasure troves of must-tell stories. The objectives of this workshop are radical truth telling, increased mindfulness, and increased skill in writing.

About the speaker, Mark Matousek

Mark brings 35 years’ experience as an author, teacher, seeker, and survivor to his transformative work with students. The founder of Inquire Within: The Writing to Awaken Community, he is the author of eight books, including Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story, Emerson, the Stoics & Me: Timeless Lessons for an Authentic Life, When You’re Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living, and Writing to Awaken: A Journey of Truth, Transformation, and Self-Discovery

He created a 21-session “Journaling for Insight” series for Sam Harris’s Waking Up app and has contributed to numerous anthologies and publications including The New Yorker, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. His Writing to Awaken method has helped thousands of people around the world to reach their personal, professional, and spiritual goals.

Timetable: 
10.30am
Workshop starts
5pm
Workshop ends
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