THE OCEAN MIND 

Yoga, Meditation and Creative Writing Retreat

Saturday 11th March 2023 – 11am to 4pm

The Sanctuary, Queens Cross Church, Albyn Place, Aberdeen

£25

This retreat has been completed. It was super chilled, thanks for coming!

Join us for a new workshop of yoga, meditation and creative writing.

For adults – Complete beginners to seasoned practitioners very welcome

During an event produced independently for The Sanctuary at Queens Cross Church, we’ll explore the synergies between mind, movement and creativity.

Through guided sessions inspired by sound, you’ll gently quieten the mind and open up parts of yourself usually closed to one another for the sake of the everyday. By relaxing into your mind just as it is, you’ll be free to observe all your thoughts and emotions with curiosity – and to create highly imaginative connections, which can be explored further in personal writing, fiction, poetry, spoken word or any other form that best embodies your ideas. We’ll provide writing prompts, pictures, objects and prose guidelines to help you overcome the fear of the blank page or to take your current practice in new directions.

The flow of the day will be guided by the yoga and meditation – we’re structuring the sessions around the chakras from root to crown. It’s a day of self-exploration and discovery through movement and meditation, some of which will be on paper. The writing exercises are very open and relaxed, so there's plenty of space for other kinds of writing to emerge, for example, fiction or poetry, beyond personal or life writing. There’s also absolutely no pressure to produce anything!

With a focus on acceptance and just being who you are, we’ll work both individually and collaboratively. Throughout the day there will be opportunities to share your ideas and reflections on the process, or to perform your creative pieces to a supportive audience, with no pressure to speak or share if you prefer not to.

We’re excited to share this amazing space and to discover what emerges in collaboration with you on the day.

Tickets are fully refundable until 3 days before the event. After this time you can transfer your ticket to someone else, but please let us know their name and contact details.

Please note: We’ll be writing by hand only, to help strengthen the link between mind and body.