The Wild Words retreat for 2022 takes place in Puivert, the home village of the co-facilitators of this retreat
The day will focus on transforming personal experience into poetry, and will include many examples of the inspiring words of others. We'll use 'found verse' as a gateway into learning techniques and exploring block and flow in writing. All skills are transferable into other genres of writing.
Bring your own drinks, snacks and lunch. Some parts of the day will take place outdoors, so come with cold-proof, waterproof clothing. Also bring writing materials – laptops are welcome but please also bring hand writing materials.
No previous familiarity (or confidence) with words is required! The day is suitable for your own creative/therapeutic exploration as well as for therapists/teachers wishing to develop skills for client, student and patients groups.
If you need accomodation for the night(s) before or after the workshop, let us know, and we can arrange that for you. And if you’d like any individual tuition while you’re here, Bridget would be happy to talk about that.
Thursday 17th until Tuesday 22nd September 2020: A retreat for writers/storytellers/poets…
Words and the Body Retreat- Finding flow and creativity in writing/spoken word and Chi Gung
A retreat for writers/storytellers/poets who wish to engage primarily with guided group activities. Morning movement practice, four hours a day of tuition, peer support group, evening talks, and 1-1 time with a tutor.
A retreat for writers/storytellers/poets who primarily wish to work on their own projects. Morning movement practice, one hour a day of inspirational tuition, peer support group, evening talks, and 1-1 time with a tutor.
Join Bridget for a week-long writing and storytelling escape in the wild Pyrenean mountains of the South of France with a group of like-minded people and on-hand tutor support. These relaxed immersive retreats are forays deep into nature and your imagination, set against a background of good food, sunny days, blazing camp fires under starlight nights and comfortable accommodation. Experience the thrill of a shared exploration of some truly wild places. Every level of experience. All writing genres, including spoken word.
http://www.wildwords.org/retreats/
Join Bridget for a week-long writing and storytelling escape in the wild Pyrenean mountains of the South of France with a group of like-minded people and on-hand tutor support. These relaxed immersive retreats are forays deep into nature and your imagination, set against a background of good food, sunny days, blazing camp fires under starlight nights and comfortable accommodation. Experience the thrill of a shared exploration of some truly wild places. Every level of experience. All writing genres, including spoken word.
Le Presbytere, Bugarach, Aude, France.
a week-long writing escape in the wild Pyrenean mountains of the South of France with a group of like-minded people and on-hand tutor support.
These relaxed immersive retreats are forays deep into nature and your imagination, set against a background of good food, sunny days, blazing camp fires under starlight nights and comfortable accommodation. Experience the thrill of a shared exploration of some truly wild places.
Further information available here.
I’m not promising you’ll master Occitan lyric poetry from the high middle ages, but, in the spirit of the troubadours, we’ll explore how to bring words alive on the page and in oral storytelling.
Subjects include: movement, rhythm and rhyme in poetry and prose. How music and poetry, as well as spoken and written words, inform each other. Our themes will be chivalry and courtly love - what else!
The workshop is suitable for anyone who loves words in any form. No experience necessary. You don't need to book- just turn up. English and French speakers welcome. The workshop will take place in English, with simultaneous translation into French.
Join Bridget for a week-long writing escape in the wild Pyrenean mountains of the South of France with a group of like-minded people and on-hand tutor support. These relaxed immersive retreats are forays deep into nature and your imagination, set against a background of good food, sunny days, blazing camp fires under starlight nights and comfortable accommodation. Experience the thrill of a shared exploration of some truly wild places.
The residential writing weeks are facilitated by Bridget and expert guest teachers.
Suitable for fledgling and experienced writers – learn skills and techniques to support all types of fiction, non-fiction and storytelling.
Further information available here.
A week-long writing escape in the wild Pyrenean mountains of the South of France
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