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Sunshine Coast Writers Workshop

 

This past weekend I attended a Writing & Nia workshop called "Writing from the Body". It was held at Jan Jensen's beautiful home in Secret Cove just a half hour drive up from Sechelt.

 

   

 

Jan led the group in Nia inspired gentle movements, then Claire Robson guided us in writing exercises. I was surprised at how easy it was for me to write after the Nia moves. It was as if the movements sparked a memory of an experience, and the story flowed from the movement onto the paper with the greatest of ease.

 

  

 

The women who attended were very interesting and the vegetarian menu was very tasty. The big table we all sat around to eat provided the perfect setting to get to know one another better and savor the tasty food sensations we were given.

Definitely I will mark next February on my calendar and take off for another inspiring weekend with Jen and Claire!