The relationship between mindfulness and creative writing is bi-directional; writing exercises can cultivate mindfulness and presence, and mindfulness techniques can be used to support a writing practice by developing helpful mental habits, overcoming writers’ block, encouraging creativity, and facilitating fruitful self-discovery.

In this workshop, we will discuss ways in which mindfulness principles can be brought to bear on each stage of the writing process, with a special focus on the deep creative dive of generating new material. We will experiment with different mindfulness practices that can increase creativity, focus, and flow, and we'll discover how courageously befriending ourselves and cultivating a state of awareness can transform our relationship to the writing process and to our own creative nature.