Writing as a Spiritual Practice
A 28 day creative journey
- Online retreat
- Self-study, start anytime
- Move at your own pace, in your own place
- Lifetime access
Registration Fee: $120 USD
Program Description
This 4-week program begins with a 2-hour recorded webinar led by Christine Valters Paintner who will guide you through different exercises to help you yield to the process of writing as a journey of discovery, rather than holding too tightly to the end product.
In this way words become maps and help you to encounter new parts of yourself, your calling, and your relationship to the divine. You will engage in both free writing and poetry writing, and are welcome regardless of level of experience.
This is a generative program, you are not here to edit your work, but to show up for the Creative Source when you slow down and listen to what is erupting in the silence. In addition to the writing exercises Christine will include lectio divina, silence, reading of poems, and gentle movement invitations to shift your energy and focus.
Following the opening recording there will be 27 days of writing prompts designed to take about 20 minutes a day to cultivate a writing practice.
Each day you will receive a link to a video where Christine will introduce a theme in creative practice and connect it to one of her poems, giving a brief reflection about how the poem was inspired. Then she will invite you into a lectio divina practice with the poem through listening to her reading and then sharing a video version of the same poem. Repetition means you have a chance to let the images work on you. This is followed by a writing prompt and 5 minutes of quiet music to help hold the space for you.
In addition to the daily recordings there will be two additional writing prompts included each day if you have some extra time to explore.
Closed captions and downloadable transcripts are available for each video.
Would you be nourished by a 28-day commitment to writing as a spiritual practice?
Do you long for some guidance and structure to get you into a sacred rhythm?
What's Included
Each day you will receive a link to a video where Christine will introduce a theme in creative practice and connect it to one of her poems, giving a brief reflection about how the poem was inspired. Then she will invite you into a lectio divina practice with the poem through listening to her reading and then sharing a video version of the same poem. This is followed by a writing prompt and 5 minutes of quiet music to help hold the space for you.
* 1 Opening, recorded 2 hour webinar led by Christine Valters Paintner
* 27 days of recorded writing prompts designed to take 20 minutes each + 2 additional writing prompts included each day
* Closed captions and downloadable transcripts
* Ongoing access to the materials in our private and easy-to-navigate retreat platform on Ruzuku.
Weekly Themes
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Your Guide for the Journey
Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, REACE
Christine Valters Paintner is the online Abbess and director of AbbeyoftheArts.com, a virtual monastery exploring contemplative practice, creative expression, and ways to nourish an earth-cherishing consciousness. She is a spiritual director, teacher, pilgrimage guide, Benedictine oblate, and author of numerous books on spirituality and the arts. Her deepest belief is that the earth is the original monastery–a wisdom guide and mentor in living a soulful and vibrant life. Visit the “About Christine” page for more information.
Praise for the Course
Registration
$120
Registration Fee
If you need a different payment plan or a scholarship to make this program accessible, please get fill out our scholarship request form.
Terms and Conditions
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