Workshops

To learn more about Writing Therapy and how it works, click here.

Inkwings workshops are structured to meet the needs of the specific individual or group. Programs are available for general wellness, women’s issues, men’s issues, chronic illness, eating disorders, trauma support, grief, depression, life transitions, and stress relief.

Writing therapy is an empowering, effective wellness strategy. Research shows that when people write their deep thoughts and feelings about their experiences, they gain a more positive outlook, feel a general sense of well-being, and their bodies are better able to fight infection. Therapeutic writing cleanses body and soul.

Please inquire to discuss how writing therapy can complement your social, spiritual, educational, recreational, and therapeutic activities.

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Programs possibilities...

SOUL TRACKS: Creative Journaling to Reduce Stress
This course offers imaginative structures and techniques to explore your unique life experiences through journaling. Discover how journaling can help you relieve stress, clarify choices, and cope with personal issues as well as find meaning and a sense of celebration in your life. Sharing what you write is optional. No special writing skills are necessary.

Workshop availability:
Group: 1-hour, 2-hour, 4-hour, or 6-hour program
Ideal for conferences and conventions
Group: 2-day Weekend or Extended weekly series
Privately: by appointment
To inquire or to book:
e-mail: linda@inkwings.com

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LIFE STORIES: Expressive Writing for Women
To be human is to have the creative impulse. Everybody has something to express. In this course we’ll use poetry, prose, pictures, guided imagery and gentle movement as lifelines to contact your inner wisdom and explore your true self. Sharing what you write is optional. No special writing skills are necessary. For women of all ages. NOTE: Bring a cheap 8.5”x11” spiral notebook and a fast pen.

Workshop availability:
Group: 2-day Weekend or Extended weekly series
Privately: by appointment
To inquire or to book:
e-mail: linda@inkwings.com

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WRITING WITHOUT ARMOR: Expressive Writing for Men
If it’s on your mind, it’s in your body. Here is your chance to let down and get it out. In a safe, supportive community, we will use expressive writing activities to help you cope with stress, rage on the page, and resolve some unfinished business. A piece of paper can hold anything you are dealing with. Come and write your way through it. Sharing your writing with the group is optional. For men of all ages. No writing experience is necessary.

Workshop availability:
Group: 2-day Weekend or Extended weekly series
Privately: by appointment
To inquire or to book:
e-mail: linda@inkwings.com

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DEVICES & DESIRES: Writing Your Own Words for Calligraphy, Mixed-Media and Book Arts
Words belong to everybody. The combinations and arrangements into lines make them mean something original and personal. Do you want to write your own words? In this workshop you will explore dozens of poetic devices as techniques to reveal how form generates content. You will play with poetry’s key elements -- imagery and rhythm -- and learn how to express them verbally. In the process, you will discover that language is a pliable, living substance full of surprises that can be mined and shaped into a personal voice of wit, memory and celebration. Beginners welcome.

Workshop availability:
Group: 2-day Weekend or 5-day Extended or Extended weekly series
Privately: by appointment
To inquire or to book:
e-mail: linda@inkwings.com

All letters began as signs and all signs began as images.
— Victor Hugo

From the twenty-six letters we can reach any point. Some combination of those letters will spell out any detail of human reality that we can notice, and any new reality can be accommodated within those same letters.
—Philip Fisher

Do the thing and you will have the power.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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EVERGREEN: Poetry Therapy for Elders
Creative activity combats anxiety, inspires generativity, and restores a sense of hope. In this workshop, poems, word games, music, pictures, historical events, and symbolic treasures act as catalysts for well-being through creative engagement. The self-directed and personal-choice aspects of my approach protects their dignity and empowers people to express strong emotions, reclaim forgotten memories, bear difficult circumstances, and complete some of life’s unfinished business. This program exercises long-term memory, assists with a life review process, helps individuals maintain their identity and provides social support.

Workshop availability:
Group: Extended weekly series
Privately: by appointment
To inquire or to book:
e-mail: linda@inkwings.com

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To discuss your unique program needs and requirements, please contact Linda Lanza at linda@inkwings.com