Free webinar: How to create a meditation & writing practice

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Have you ever wondered why it is so hard to get to your writing desk? (Or sofa or bed or wherever you like to write and create?)

I wish I could tell you exactly why, but I do not know.

However, I do know what helps.

I want to share with you the tools I have created to support the writing process. The first person I tested them out on was myself and over the past decade I have shared them with hundreds of students at the meditation and writing retreats I have led all over the world.

I discovered these tools by accident when I was on a month-long meditation retreat in the Colorado Rockies. Our schedule was intense. We practiced sitting and walking meditation from around 7:00 am to 9:00 pm (including breaks for meals and an afternoon work period). It took a lot of commitment! (By the way, if you ever have the opportunity to go on such a retreat, DO IT. It is the best thing, ever.)

Before I went, I requested from the retreat leaders special dispensation to write for a few hours each day of the final week. I was on a book deadline and unless this was granted, I would not be able to meet it. They very kindly gave permission to do so.

I was shocked to find that it was the best writing experience of my life. I approached my work without hesitation. Ideas flowed. When I returned to the manuscript each day, I was able to recapture the exact moment where I had left off and re-enter the flow without obstruction. Most notably, writing, which had always felt difficult and uncomfortable, had an element of joy. I was not afraid. It was awesome.

I remember walking across a field of July wildflowers one afternoon to rejoin the retreat. (Yes, it was extremely idyllic.) I felt overwhelmed with happiness. Writing was so wonderful! Words were pouring out! I was meditating for hours each day! In my everyday life, I struggled to practice for 30 minutes a day and write 1000 words. In this setting, I was meditating for hours and words were just
cascading onto the page. I thought, it can’t just be me for whom this combination—meditation and writing—works. I bet it could work for others.

Now, a decade later, I can report to you that repeated anecdotal evidence has confirmed that insight time and again.

On June 13th at 6pm et, I’m hosting a free webinar to talk about how to combine meditation and writing into a practice that works for your life.

Register to save your spot here.

All who register will receive the recording.

Whether you think you’re a “writer” or not, if you have a longing to say something…share something…craft something…express yourself in some known or unknown way…rest back into your creativity—this gathering is for you.

I look forward to talking with you.