CREATIVE WRITING AS YOGA Workshop
with Adrienne Jamiel and Nina Robertson
About
The yoga of writing is a process of revealing the truth in whatever form it wants to take – poetic, autobiographical, fictional or journal. Beginning and experienced writers alike will find a supportive, encouraging environment in which to write from the deepest self. Using the Amherst Writers and Artists Method, we write in response to prompts that are offered or we write by responding to whatever moves us.
We then have the opportunity to read our work aloud and to receive positive feedback from the group about what is already strong and memorable in the writing. There is never any pressure or expectation to read your work out loud. Yoga poses and Yoga Nidra Meditation are used to tame the inner critic and to open the mind to a place of receptivity.
This workshop is suitable for all, no prior writing or yoga experience is necessary.
Cost + Tickets
$25 Minimum Donation. Please note 100% of all proceeds go to benefit Brooklyn Yoga School! Please join us and support your creative voice while supporting the BYS. Due to limited space, we recommend purchasing tickets in advance for this event. Buy your tickets through our secure online store HERE.
Teachers
Nina Robertson is a fiction writer and writing group leader. Her stories have been published in anthologies, magazines and on the web in Britain and the USA. She is an affiliated member of Amherst Writers and Artists. Learn more HERE.
Adrienne Jamiel is a certified instructor of Yoga and Yoga Nidra Meditation with a private practice in NYC for more than 20 years. She has written a weekly health and wellness column for a daily newspaper and uses journal writing as part of her spiritual practice.
Nina and Adrienne have been writing together since they met on a writing retreat in Wales in 2009.
What to Bring
Bring a notebook and pen.
Please come dressed to move. Wear layers so you’re warm enough when we sit to write.
You are welcome to bring your own yoga mat or use those provided by the Brooklyn Yoga School.