This retreat will immerse you in fruitful writing practice, help you ignite your creative spark and feed your soul. You’ll be lead in both generative writing workshops (where you get fresh words on the page) AND feedback-oriented workshops (where you’ll receive guidance on your work in a practical + positive way). We’ll explore yoga, meditation and breathwork meant to help you connect deeper to your creativity and use the light +inspiration of the city itself to fuel our work! (expect city walking meditation + creativity tours). You’ll leave this week with significant writing work done and a whole new connection to your inner muse. This retreat is open to experienced writers and newbies—-same goes for the yoga part——and will be an open-genre community (meaning you can be working on a memoir, novel, poetry, or not-even-sure-yet). All exercises will be designed to meet you where you are.

About me: My students have published work in the New York Times, LATimes, NBC, Salon, have won literary mag awards, finished manuscripts, book proposals and sold books. My own writing has appeared in the New York Times, Poets + Writers, Slice, Oprah mag, the LATimes and I’m the author of four books, working on another. I hold MFAs from NYU and Lesley U. In addition to all the writing I’ve been teaching yoga and meditation for 14 years. (but you’re on my site so you can click around for more on that)

I can’t wait to join you on this adventure!