... off with the words ...
Writing From the Body: Activating the Chakras for Creativity
9-11am Saturday 3 December Dome 2
9-11am Sunday 4 December Dome 2
... off with the words ... will host a series of writing workshops centred on the chakras. These workshops are focused on producing creative works that draw from and reflect collective and individual experience. Numerous techniques and exercises will function to prepare the mind for writing from a variety of states of consciousness. These workshops will be relevant and useful to the experienced and emerging writer alike. The workshops will be delivered in such a way that writers may choose to participate in one or several sessions over the four-day festival. Each workshop will offer a range of activities tailored to produce specific results, and will culminate in the production of writing for personal or public appreciation. Above all, these writings will be both an experiment and a record produced within and of the conference. If possible, participants should bring yoga mats and meditation pillows.
Tara Goedjen, M.F.A., is currently a candidate for a Doctorate of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong. She has taught creative writing and other writing courses at the University of Alabama and the University of Wollongong. She also has an RYT 200 certification in Hatha Vinyasa yoga, and has been a yoga instructor in the U.S. and Australia.
Bronwyn Lang (BCA, Grad. Dip. Ed., MCA) is a poet currently completing a PhD at the University of Wollongong. Her research project combines a theoretical and practical investigation of poetry and entheogenesis. She has taught Drama and Creative Writing to young people both within Australia and overseas. She has also completed basic Yoga Teacher Training through the Sivananda Institute / Gujerat University in India and spent some time living and working in the Intentional Community Auroville.