In-Person! Workshops & RETREATS 2025

 2025 Retreats    2025 Retreats   2025Retreats    
   "If you write it, it will come."

☆New! IN PERSON!☆SUMMER 2025 Catalogue! ☆

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Writing Across the Generations/Writing About Aging 

Writing Across the Generations

Thursday Mornings 10am-Noon  

( July 31, September 4, October 9, November 13, December 11)  $40/sliding per session

Hearing yourself wistfully “talkin' about my generation" lately? Complaining about what hurts? Wondering where you put your (        )? Nostalgic for answering machines? Does 50 seem really old? Really young? Tired of being too mature for your age? Hungering for some elderly (and youthful) wisdom? You're not alone! Join us monthly for an ongoing conversation in writing, swapping wisdom, honoring and welcoming all ages about aging across the ages!  

Juicing the List Poem

Tuesdays June 24, July 8   11am-1pm Lenox Center, St Louis Park

Did you know that writing a poem is as simple as writing out your "to do" list? Not only that, but the little known "List Poem" is your generous gateway to your creativity, inspiring endless flow on the page that will keep you writing for days! In addition to being fun, simple, and creative, List Poems make exquisite stand-alone poems and can also provide outline and inspiration, revealing hidden rich enlivening details for your new and existing creative writing pursuits, such as your memoir, novel, book of poems and more.  

Register @ 

https://slp.ce.eleyo.com/course/8968/adult-enrichment-2024-2025/juicing-the-list-poem

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Write Where You Belong

Thursdays Jun 26-July 24   11:00 AM - 1:00 PM   Lenox CommunityCenter

Feeling left out? Like you don't belong? Like to write, but don't feel like a "real" writer? Longing for a new community? Writing is for Everyone! Everyone is a writer! Come out and meet your neighbors near and far, make new friends, and recharge your writing practice at this totally safe, dynamic, supportive workshop where writing is offered and received as a gift. 

REGISTER: 

 https://slp.ce.eleyo.com/course/8724/adult-enrichment-2024-2025/write-where-you-belong

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Workshopping Your Book-In-Progress

Manuscript Intensive for those wishing to refine/finish/edit/get back to their manuscripts for completion and/or publication if that is your goal.

Dates/Times Coming Soon!

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Fall 2025  

Checking IN: A Writing Retreat for Healers and Caregivers @ THE LOFT

You ask thoughtful questions. You listen deeply. You research and reflect. You empathize, encourage, and root for their well-being. But when was the last time you checked in with yourself? How are you doing?  Have you become negligent in caring for the one relationship foundational to all others? This retreat invites you to take a break, slow down, check in, offer and receive from yourself the same compassion, time, commitment, and space you provide to countless others. Simple writing and sharing with prompts to guide you toward deepening your relationship with yourself to build trust, safety, voice, play, and presence within and without. 

 DATES COMING SOON! 

 

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Writing is Not What You Think     

You are so much more than you think                                                                        

You empathize more than you think                                                                                           But sometimes you have to write to know and write to remember                                             You have much more—endlessly more—to write about than you think.                                   Writing is not your thoughts. Writing is not what you think. Writing is writing.

Writing is life. Writing is love.

Writing is so much more than you think.

Don’t believe me? Stop listening to your thoughts. Give yourself a break and let the writing do the talking.

 

Thursday, Nov 21, 2023   10a-1p   $50

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Wild Woman (12th Annual!) Writing Retreat

Time to raise up those pens, once again! Come home to your beloved Wild Woman Writing community and write into the light once again! Write where you always belong, connect to your joy, rekindle your fire, and celebrate your solstice at this beloved holiday festival of writing wild! 

 Saturday December 16, 2023   10am-4p   $95

 

Monthly Series! @ Studio Inside Out: Creativity as an Act of Love

UPCOMING Thursdays, 1-3 pm
October 26th - Creativity in Letting Go
November 30th - Creativity in Conversation
December 21st - Creativity in Generosity 

https://www.studioinsideout.org/classes/uss0ldio85rfbsrkw9ik08cli16hij

Retreats of Yore (Yet Evermore Available for your Private Event)


Date Night Writing

Thursday May 21, 2015

6-8:30pm                  $65/pair

(5th Annual!) Wild Woman Writing Solstice Retreat

SUMMER   Saturday June 13, 2015 

10am-4pm                   $75/$125 (both)

WINTER   Saturday December 12, 2015

Writing and Psychodrama Series: Letting go (The Stories We Carry)

Wednesdays monthly, beginning April 22, 2015

9:30am-noon                  $45 

Come experience the healing and transformative power of psychodrama paired with writing. Whether you are new to psychodrama, writing, or both, this healing workshops will add depth to your writing practice and your life, leaving you with inspiration to live and write more authentically, mindfully, and fully alive. 

WHAT IS PSYCHODRAMA? Introduction to Psychodrama and Sociometry

Get on your feet, into your body, and out of your over thinking, over achieving head as you dive heart first into this playful, energizing, integrative workshop. This experiential workshop introduces students to the basic foundations of psychodrama and sociometry—including Warm Up, Enactment, and Sharing—through organic movement, intuition, role play, and improvisation, inviting you to release old patterns/conflicts, embody your authentic self and truth, step into the whole life you wish to live, and connect to your flow/spontaneity, in a safe, supportive group setting. Ideal for therapists, healers, teachers and anyone hoping to add new life and depth to their personal or professional practice.

Louis Jenkins Prose Poetry Workshop 

Saturday September 26, 2015 10a-4p   $125

at The Beach! 

Shimmering Images: A Journey of Moments

@ The Loft Literary Center 

Saturday August 8th   9a-4p   

Shimmering Images: Intuitive Writing Writ-a-thon Writalong!

Saturday October 24, 2015

9:30am-1pm                  $65 

Silent Write   Yoga, Meditation, Writing

Saturday November 7, 2015

9am-1pm                  $65 

Intuitive Writing & Painting Workshop

Wednesday Evening, September 17, 2014

6-9pm @ Studio InsideOut

Introduction to Psychodrama and Sociometry

Thursday Evening September 18, 2014 

6-9pm  @ Normandale Community College

Wild Woman Writing Solstice Retreat!

Saturday December 14, 2013 

10am-4pm                   $65

New! First Pages for Adults: Your Journal is a Creative Goldmine

Saturday October 12, 2013 

2-3:30pm    Free!  

Eden Prairie Library
Register Online or call 612-543-6275.

Do you want to start writing but feel like you have nothing to write about? If you’ve been keeping a journal – personal or creative – you already have dozens of story ideas. Learn how to mine your journal for literary gold. 

New! Fourth Annual Fall Women's Writing Retreat 

On the lake in Spicer, MN!

Friday October 25-27, 2013 

Noon Friday-1 pm Sunday    Call for details!  

NEW! Couples Writing Retreat

Saturday August 17, 2013 

1pm-6pm   $125/pair

NEW! Writing and Mindfulness: Coming Home to Your Writing Practice 

Saturday July 13, 2013

9 a.m.—3 p.m. at the Loft Literary Center 

Is your writing feeling a bit scattered? Have you lost sight of your writing intention? Wonder why you ever started writing in the first place? It may be time to reclaim your writing spark by remembering your authenticity and presence in the writing process. This single session class is a safe, creative, calming retreat from the ongoing demands of a fast-paced, chaotic lifestyle. Whether you are seasoned or new to writing, come experience the soothing simplicity of writing in the moment, breath-by-breath, word-by-word. We’ll sit. We’ll breathe. We’ll write. We’ll laugh. We’ll get enlightened. Then we’ll go back to our writing. You’ll receive handouts, resources, and inspiration to take into your writing (and non-writing) life. Readings will include Zen poets Basho, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jane Hirshfield, and others, plus Natalie Goldberg, Dinty Moore, Ram Dass, and more. $3.00 copy fee payable to the teaching artist. 

Register with the Loft:

Phone:

Office: 612-215-2575, Fax: 612-215-2576, Education: 612-379-8999

Email:

loft@loft.org

Writing and Mindfulness 

Thursday, August 15, 7:00pm - Magers & Quinn Booksellers (map)

FREE WORKSHOP! Intuitive Writing for Creativity, Mindfulness, and Happiness

Want to feel more creative, more alive, more present and joyfully awake for the life you are living? Join Roxanne Sadovsky for an intimate evening of writing and sharing as you explore a powerful new writing practice in a safe, supportive, playful community with writing therapist, writer, and teacher, Roxanne Sadovsky www.writingwithrox.blogspot.com

Discussion, writers tips and recommended reading list to enhance your personal writing practice will follow community writing.

Wild Woman Writing: Loving Your Wild!

Saturday June 15, 2013  10am-4pm       $65

Writing Together through Grief

Saturday, January 19, 2013                        Free!

9:30 am

Downtown Coalition for Grief Support  

St Mark's Cathedral  519 Oak Grove St, Minneapolis, MN 55403           

Writing and Psychodrama: Rewriting your Personal Mythology

Friday February 15, 2013                      

6:30pm-9:30pm                            $15

AMANAE CENTER, 2324 37th St East, Minneapolis, MN 55406

Level 1  INTUITIVE WRITING TRAINING

Intuitive Writing with Clients 

February 22 & 23, 2013

Friday evening 6PM-8:30PM                $225

Saturday 10 AM-4:30PM

Powerful and awakening training retreat! Learn basic tools for applying intuitive/raw writing to your healing practice!

Writing and Gentle Yoga Retreat         

Saturday March 23, 2013 10am-2pm      $65            

NEW! Intuitive Writing & Collage with special guest artist, Elizabeth Wexler

Saturday April 20, 2013

10 a.m. — 4p.m.                                  $85

Mother-Daughter Writing Retreat Brunch

Saturday May 4, 2013

10am-3pm                                $125/pair

Do you know what your mother’s favorite color is? What does your daughter like most about work or school? Does she prefer to go barefoot? What are her wildest dreams? Am I really turning into her?

When was the last time you spent some quality time with mom? Join other mothers, daughters, granddaughters, stepmothers, and in-laws in any combination on a special retreat dedicated to nurturing, reconnecting, and celebrating the maternal bond.  Whether you seek a day of creative fun with other mothers and daughters as you discover new ways of building a more meaningful relationship, or simply a few relaxing hours to wax nostalgic about old stories and memories, you’ll discover how writing together connects mothers and daughters of all ages, backgrounds, generations, and legends. All are welcome! 

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2012 RETREATS

CUSTOM DESIGN YOUR OWN WRITING PARTY 
YOUR SPECIAL EVENT, SOCIAL GROUP, WORK RETREAT, GIRLS' NIGHT OUT, AND MORE!

ALL CURRENT AND PAST CLASSES/GROUPS/RETREATS AVAILABLE FOR 
PRIVATE GROUPS, WRITING PARTIES, SPECIAL OCCASIONS, HEALING GATHERINGS, RETREATS, TRAININGS, AND WHATEVER YOU DARE TO DREAM UP! IF YOU WRITE IT, IT WILL COME!

PROJECT 25: Call and Response Retreat Series

10 a.m. – 10 p.m. $125

Deeply healing, collective raw writing creates powerful and unique stories of wisdom and self-expression, connecting us to our immediate and intuitive truths. Participants limited to 8.

A CALL AND RESPONSE TO GRieF

Saturday November 3, 2012

10 am-10pm             $125

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Writing and Gentle Yoga a day of nurturing

September 15, 2012    10am-4.30pm  $99

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Writing and Creativity writing into bliss

October 13, 2012         10am-2p       $50