Class

Writing from the Heart

Feeling disconnected from your body? Do you treat your body like a stranger? Curious what it’s like to feel and tell your story from the point of view of your toes? Your bones? Your heart? What would your soul say if you asked for its memoir?

We’ll write to all of this and more through simple and safe body-informed prompts, sharing, discussing, and response writing, with plenty of resources to take home for continued exploring on your own.

This 4-session class is suitable for new and longtime writers, and for anyone wishing to connect more intimately to their life story as told from the point of view of the body. It takes you on a slow, gentle tour through your inner ecosystem, plush with sensation, memory, and vitality. We’ll traverse forgotten memories, joy, forgiveness, vulnerability and elation, detouring in the rivulets of metaphor and innocence, the islands of wisdom and peace, pausing to give voice to and dialogue with lost or forgotten parts of yourself and cultivating harmonious friendship between you, your body, and your writing practice.

Students can expect to write across the genres with plenty of prompts, inspiration, and direction for new and ongoing projects.

All Classes listed on the Loft website take place in Central Time.

Instructions for Accessing This Online Class

In order to access live class meetings, you must have the Zoom application downloaded to your computer. You will also need a WiFi/Internet connection throughout the duration of your scheduled meeting and a computer with audio and video capability. The information to join your Zoom classroom will be provided in your confirmation email upon registration. Please check spam folders if you do not see this email upon registration. For more information on how to use Zoom, please see our training manual here.