Hollyhock - Island Getaway Health Retreat

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Experience how attentive sitting can kindle your creativity and enrich your expression on the page. Learn meditation techniques that activate your senses and help you write in more fully embodied language. Study the stories we tell ourselves, and investigate reading and writing as practices of wisdom and compassion. In a supportive and nonjudgmental environment, share work, study craft, and talk about your discoveries and challenges. Leave with foundational meditation and writing practices that you can use in your busy life. This workshop is open to writers and meditators who want to explore these parallel contemplative paths. All levels are welcome.

 

Ruth Ozeki is the author of the novels My Year of Meats and All Over Creation. She practices Zen Buddhism, lectures, and teaches creative writing around the world. www.ruthozeki.com

 

Kate McCandless is a poet, Zen priest, and clinical counsellor working in hospice and bereavement care. She was ordained in 1983 and is a resident priest of Mountain Rain Zen Community in Vancouver.

 

TUITION: $545 CDN (meals & accommodation extra) / 5 nights

 

Draft program schedule shown below.  Subject to change without notice.

Friday June 4	7:30pm	Orientation in the Lodge followed by a session
Saturday June 5	9:30am-12:15pm		1:45pm-4:45pm	8:00pm-10:00pm
Sunday June 6	9:30am-12:15pm		1:45pm-4:45pm	8:00pm-10:00pm
Monday June 7	9:30am-12:15pm		Afternoon Off	8:00pm-10:00pm
Tuesday June 8	9:30am-12:15pm		1:45pm-4:45pm	8:00pm-10:00pm
Wednesday June 9	9:30am-12:15pm