I'm sharing the program for the workshop I gave last week on mindful writing to English teachers so you have a sense of how these presentations look. Feel free to contact me if you are interested in a presentation for your school, institution, or group.
The Mindful Moment for Creative Writers and Teachers
2019 North Shore Young Writers Conference
February 1-2, 2019
Alexandria Peary,
MFA, MFA, PhD
Friday:
First Mentor Group
Meeting
I.
Overview of mindful writing approach
II.
Mindfulness, bare awareness, metacognition
III.
Strategies for developing mindful awareness
a.
Activity: Mind List
b.
Activity: Mindful Eating for Description
IV.
Writing Factor #1: Intrapersonal rhetoric (inner voice)
V.
Audience as Māra
a.
Activity: Caricature of a Tricky Audience
VI.
Preconceptions about Writing Ability and Writing Task
a.
Activity: Already Perfect Exercise
Second Mentor Group
Meeting
I.
Intrapersonal rhetoric continued
II.
Audience Proximity and Revision
a.
Activity: No Feedback Feedback
III.
Mindful Writing Factor #2: Impermanence
a.
Activity: Freewriting to Track Change
b.
Activity: Momentwriting
IV.
Mindful Writing Factor #3: Verbal Emptiness
a.
Activity: Prolonging Prewriting
b.
Activity: Disposable Writing
c.
“Corpse” or Relaxation Pose for Revision
V.
Third Mindful Writing Factor: Materiality and the Body
for Writing
a.
Activity: Yoga for Hands
VI.
Wrap Up
Saturday:
Recommended group activities (see handout packet or consult
blog link):
1. Yoga for Hands: http://www.prolificmoment.com/2012/09/yoga-for-hands.html
2. Twenty Five Breaths Exercise
3. Momentwriting
4. “Corpse” or Relaxation Pose for Revision
5. Loving Kindness Meditation for Writers
6. Disposable writing
7. Word Bells
(discuss what could be selected as a bell): http://www.prolificmoment.com/2018/12/start-your-writing-session-with.html
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