Is it time for a shift?
“Change rooms in your mind just for a day.” --Hafiz
Some months ago I worked with a writer who was frozen when it came to his goal of writing a novel. As we talked, I discovered that he had been telling himself from a very young age that he needed to be a writer . . . or else.
Or else he wasn't worth anything.
Or else he had nothing to show for his life.
Or else he was living a meaningless existence.
"Or else" went on and on. We talked about what it might look like if he could dissolve that thought. What would it feel like for him to write without feeling his life depended on it?
Giving yourself an ultimatum locks you into a small space, chains and bars the door.
If you would like to free the most creative and capable part of you, a new thought is needed. It may be time to approach your work in ways you've never considered.
Reaching for this space and freedom is a lifelong process. It is the reason I am writing to you this morning from the Berkshire mountains. I've spent nearly a month here in a yoga teacher training immersion, so that I have even more tools at my disposal for helping people get creatively unstuck.
I am excited about the new exercises, awarenesses and ideas I will be bringing to workshops as well as classrooms, to desks and yoga mats, and to my own kitchen table.
If you are afraid or stuck or confused as to why you're not moving forward, come with me and let's change rooms in your mind, even if just for a day.
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Journey Dance and Creative Writing. Check out my video with Jenna Abernathy about our Stories in the Body workshop. This is the first thing I get to do when I come home from Massachusetts! Offering encouragement, validation, and wild inspiration, this workshop challenges you, centers you, restores freedom, and builds confidence. You can't do it wrong. Even those with no dance experience will discover ideas and stories longing to be danced into the world. Sunday, November 15, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Motion Massage Studio in Northeast Portland, 1829 NE Alberta Street, Suite 12, Portland, Oregon 97211.
To register for Stories in the Body, email me at christi@christikrug.com or join us on Meetup.
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Wildfire Writing class at Clark is taking the form of a special one-day workshop. Think of it as a flash course in Wildfire Writing. Saturday, November 21, 9 - 4 pm at the Columbia Tech Center. Sign up at www.clark.edu. We will visit all five stations of the writing process in a sweet day of writing immersion.
I can't wait to see you in the next astonishing space of our creativity.
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