Come and Join me in the Alchemical Writing Circle
This is a 9-month transformational adventure for women who want to journey together in mutual support and learning.
We will meet twice a month to explore the shared themes of the transformative process and to develop a regular writing practice as a tool for transformation.
The group, your clear intention, the deep discovery conversations, and your writing practice will be the vehicles for your healing and transformation, for your expansion of consciousness and creativity, and your capacity to say YES to life.
Whatever your level of experience with writing you are welcome. Whether you are passionate about writing and ready to increase your confidence and skills or you don’t see yourself as a writer at all but you want to develop writing as a consciousness practice, this Circle will catalyse your transformational process and is an opportunity to take a big step forward in any aspect of your life, authentic expression and wellbeing.
I have places for ten women who are willing to commit to participating in the group meetings and the writing practice – even when you feel resistant!
The Alchemical Writing Circle was seeded last year when I ran a nine month Circle called, Write Your Way Through Grief. Toward the end of that group I began a new piece of writing, Gathering Wisdom from the Edges of Uncertainty in which I explored a difficult transition I was going through and how writing keeps me sane and inspired even through troubled times. Here is an example of what I wrote about writing:
“When I sit down to write, the act of bringing myself present and receptive becomes a doorway into this bigger, interconnected world of Soul. And here I am, a hunter-gatherer walking through the ghostly world, and my words and awareness can illuminate thin space and bring it to life. In committing this intentional act I become magician, sorceress, priestess, committing acts of redemption and transfiguration.”
And
“Writing has long been my sanctuary, my vehicle for healing and transformation, my playground. Without it I am brought down to earth with a crash. Inspiration comes through me from – wherever it comes – the mystery of the interconnected world and universe, from dream and vision, from the collective consciousness, from the intelligence of the Earth. Whether it comes as an idea, an image, a memory, a feeling, it enters my mind and flows into my heart, through my arm and into my hand, and here this ephemeral inspiration is translated into words, the invisible becomes visible, the ethereal becomes physical.”
You can see how, for me, writing is an alchemical process through which I take my raw experience and make it into something full of meaning and magic. I would love to share with you the endless possibility and joy within this simple act of writing, and to invite you into these secrets of alchemy.
This is how the Alchemical Writing Circle will support you:
A women-only group
Last year, I didn’t set out to offer a women-only group but it was women who showed up and, during our time together, several of them expressed gratitude at having a group of wise, evolving women with whom to share some of their vulnerable experiences. Because we were writing about grief we were diving deep into our experiences of trauma, shame, living in an aging or otherwise physically compromised body, and many other losses. We co-created an unconditionally loving container in which we could take risks, be witnessed, held and encouraged. This is what I would like us to co-create in this new Circle. I have also been very interested for decades about women and our creative process and how we have a particular part to play now in bringing Feminine, or soul-led consciousness into balance with the more Masculine, action-led consciousness – these are skills we can practice through writing.
- A nine-month journey
This is a significant period of time in which to build trust and confidence. It is also of course the same timeframe as a pregnancy and the incubation of a new life. This Circle will be the incubator for your transformational process. We start in spring, when you will plant the seed for your transformational process and the next chapter of your life, and we finish shortly before Christmas when you will birth yourself into the new and gather the gifts from your journey.
- Weaving light through the shadows
Any transformational journey will take you through the darkness as well as the light. The deconstruction of old limiting conditioning, healing, and integration are all part of the process. Our exploration will include taking time and space to look into the shadows and to sit with death. I will also encourage you to use writing skills which will enable you to touch into expanded consciousness and find sources of inspiration, self-nurturance and regneneration, even through troubling experiences.
- Challenging your limiting patterns
Nine months is also long enough to reveal any interruptions in your creative flow, such as difficulties in following through with your intentions, or deep rooted doubts in your abilities. Developing this awareness is important if you want to fully receive and contribute your creative gifts in any sphere of life. One of my lifelong loves is to help others to become more aware of their creative process and to move through resistances gently and patiently. I will hold you in a compassionate space, give you the opportunity to change limiting patterns, and fulfil your desires and intentions, so that you can experience the joy and deep satisfaction of your creative empowerment
This is how we will work together
In the first of our two, 2-hour, monthly meetings we will use explore our own experience of a transformational theme through a deep discovery conversation. We will use Gathering Wisdom from the Edges of Uncertainty and other resources as stimulus material.
The themes we will explore are are: Transformation; Healing and Transition; Soul, the Soul Journey and Soul Work; Sitting with Death; The Creative Process; Conscious Evolution; Wholeness and Oneness; Choosing Life, and any others that arise.
In our writing practice we will focus on the following skills and in our second monthly meeting you will have the opportunity to share your writing and anything arising in your process.
- Writing from Presence
- Writing as Inquiry
- Writing as Relationship
- Opening to the Imaginal World
- Writing into the Shadows
- Writing at your Growing Edge
- Developing Soul-led Consciousness
- Balancing Receptive and Active Skills
- Holding Creative Tension
- And any questions and concerns you bring or that arise between us.
The first four of these skills will be covered in The 22-Day Writing Challenge which begins on Monday March 13th .
We will start the Alchemical Writing Circle on Monday April 17th at a time to suit all members and time zones.
The fee is £44 per month.
Please register your interest on the form below and if you have questions or you would like to discuss whether this is right for you, please let me know.