Reconnect with your Creative Muse
— And then put pen to paper.
All participants will receive video links for each recorded session.
Virtual Program
3 CEUs available upon request to: info@thesophiainstitute.org
We all know the feeling. Like something inside is begging to come out. Like you have a story that needs to be told, but there’s a disconnect between you and your ability to release it. How do we reconnect with our creative process when the wellspring is dry?
Natalie Goldberg has been writing for the past fifty years. But at the beginning of the pandemic, she suddenly wasn’t able to write anymore. Her imaginative source had dried up, and she was forced to ask herself: what do I do when what has always worked for me doesn’t work anymore?
In this inspired writing workshop, Natalie invites you on the harrowing journey out of creative paralysis and back onto the page. This is for anyone striving to reconnect with their own creative source, whether you consider yourself a “writer” or not. The workshop is virtual. Write with us from anywhere!
“Natalie Goldberg is a sensualist. She lives life deeply; sight and sound, taste and smell. She takes the reader on a felt journey, exploring the odd corners of her mind and their own. Writing on Empty reveals a life richly led—it invites the reader within us all to explore and expand their particular human experience.”
—Julia Cameron, New York Times bestselling author of The Artist’s Way
“A refreshingly honest look at the struggles of the creative mind. Writers waiting for the muse to strike will find comfort and plenty of useful tips.”
―Publishers Weekly
Speaker Bio
Natalie Goldberg is the author of fifteen books, including Writing Down the Bones, which has sold over one million copies and revolutionized the way we practice writing in this country. Her most recent book, Writing on Empty, has been translated into 20 languages and 2 million books have been sold. This is the sixteenth book that she’s published.
In her latest memoir Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home, she shares her experience with cancer grounded in her practice of zen and writing. Her other books include The Great Spring: Writing, Zen, and This Zigzag Life, the novel Banana Rose, and the beloved Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America, a memoir about her zen teacher Katagiri Roshi.
For more than forty years Natalie has practiced zen and taught seminars in writing as a practice. People from around the world attend her life-changing workshops, and she has earned a reputation as a great teacher. The Oprah Winfrey Show sent a film crew to spend the day with Natalie for a segment on Spirituality that covered her writing, teaching, painting, and walking meditation. She lives in Northern New Mexico.