Writing for the Self: A Creative Writing Workshop (VIRTUAL)

There’s a strong correlation between writing and meditation. Writing – whether journaling or creative – is a way to know the self, heal the self, and move the self forward. As a team of writers, we always love teaching the creative writing workshop that’s part of our 200-hour meditation teacher training, and the students love it and find it to be completely transformative, too. So we decided to put together this series of workshops for you, our community!

Writing for the Self is a creative writing workshop series where you can take one class on its own or more than one – even all four! The structure of each class is the same while the writing work will be different and the teacher will be different each time too.

You do not have to consider yourself a writer to take this workshop, in fact, it’s even more powerful if you don’t. This class is for anyone who is curious about writing, hungry to connect more within your own creativity, excited to play, and willing to do something brave.

Bring yourself, something to write with, and something to write on. We’ll take care of the rest.

Date & Time:

• Sunday, August 14, 2022
• 4:00 PM 7:00 PM

About the instructors: Sarah Hyde

I became a yoga student in 2012, at a time when anxiety and depression were taking over my life. I’ve always enjoyed a good, sweaty workout, but I was looking for something more contemplative, something physically challenging that would also support me on my inward journey of healing and growth. My sister (who is a yoga teacher) convinced me that yoga could help, and it hasn’t just helped, it’s changed me and made my life so much richer in ways I could not even have predicted. When nothing else can quiet the mind or still the body, coming to your mat can. All you have to do is show up.

Despite a fear of being upside-down (I didn’t even do cartwheels as a kid), I signed up for the Sangha Yoga Sat Guru 200 hour teacher training. Becoming a teacher has deepened my practice and given me the opportunity to share my love of yoga with others, many of whom may never have tried it or had access to it before. I practice vinyasa, hatha, yin and restorative yoga and am currently enrolled in Sangha’s Yin Yoga 50 hour training. I teach a strong physical practice, rooted in all eight limbs of yoga, with a focus on breath and body connection and listening to and honoring your own body and what it needs. Also, I will laugh in my class, and I hope you laugh with me!