2024 Retreats
The Wordless Way - A Mindfulness and Writing Retreat
with Andrew Todhunter and Jonah Willihnganz
June 18-23, 2024
The Wordless Way blends creative practice, contemplation, and engagement with the natural world. Participants learn elements of writing craft, including a series of pre-writing and writing practices that clear mental chatter, enhance awareness, and deepen access to the imagination. These practices help contemplatives, writers and other creatives in a variety of ways, from discovering our true subjects to developing a more direct and transparent voice.
The Muse of the Magyar - A Writer’s Retreat in Budapest
with Jonah Willihnganz and Andrew Todhunter
September 1-8, 2024
In this seven-day writers’ retreat in the heart of Budapest, Hungary, we will explore how contemplative and creative practices can nourish and deepen our written work. Inspired by courses we have developed at Stanford University, the retreat will offer participants a range of exercises to support their creative process and sharpen their writing craft. Through these exercises, group discussion, feedback, and daily periods devoted to writing, the retreat will also give participants a chance to make significant progress on their own writing projects.
2023 Retreats
The Words Beneath the Stones - A Writer’s Retreat from Edinburgh to the Isle of Skye
with Andrew Todhunter and Jonah Willihnganz
August 31 - September 7, 2023
In this seven-day writers’ retreat, taking us from Edinburgh to the Isle of Skye, we will explore how an intimate relationship with the landscape can nourish and inform our creative work. Through walking and writing, we will approach the landscape as a trusted companion that can guide our craft and hold us in the truth of our experience.
Arc of Imagination - A Creativity and Meditation Retreat
with Jonah Willihnganz and Andrew Todhunter
December 11-14, 2023
Imagination is one of the most potent vehicles for more deeply understanding ourselves, others, and the world around us. It has the power to lift us out of trance, shedding entanglements of fear and artificiality, and then translate that clarifying vision back into form. Inspired by courses Jonah and Andrew have designed and taught at Stanford University, this three-day retreat is designed for anyone drawn to the common ground of creativity and contemplation.
