Writing the Broken Heart

Many of us carry our grief privately, keeping the words, the memories and the feelings we long to express to ourselves. Yet our grief wants to move through us, to have some practice to engage and honor it. Writing is one of those practices. In this workshop, we'll turn to the page to express our grief through writing. Sessions will include grounding meditations and visualizations, shared poems about grief that help us access our emotions around our own losses, and invitations to write in response to guided prompts. We’ll explore poems about connecting with our loved ones, listening to our bodies and caring for and navigating our grief. Students will have space to be with their grief in a culture that avoids and dismisses grief, while also finding comfort, support, insight and connection. Please bring a journal to write in to class.