Rediscover your Creative Self
A Special Online Writing Workshop for Scholars*
In this special workshop especially for research students, academics, independent researchers and other scholars*, you will explore with friendly colleagues practices that help you remember your natural creativity and the joy of learning and researching. This course will be especially helpful for those suffering from stress and fatigue or those who wish to avoid such experiences and maintain a certain vitality in your work and in your whole life. Sound good?
As kids, we all know how to be creative. We tell all kinds of stories, create works of art, invent new games and so much more. In our culture, we seem to forget that as we learn to be ‘serious’ and fit into the systems that we are part of. And yet we all know that creative spirit is essential for life! Without it, we get stuck in an uncomfortable rut. For us scholars, in particular, we can get so caught up in the rules and expectations of our various disciplines, we might forget what drew us to want to read, write and teach in the first place.
So let’s come together and remind ourselves of the joy of gentle, playful, and creative exploration. In this session, you will get to experience practices of heart-centred meditation, writing for wellbeing exercises and space to connect and discuss with fellow scholars the challenges and delights of writing.
All you need to bring is bring is an object from nature that calls to you, a nice cuppa, a notebook and pen (or keyboard), and an open mind and heart.
* As you may know, the word scholar refers to someone who teaches and learns. In a way, we’re all teach-learners, of course. Life is like that. This course is especially for those of us who dedicate a great deal of our time to teaching and learning in whatever way that may be for each of us.
Workshop Facilitators
Dr. Roshni Beeharry is a London-based Portfolio Medical Educator, former Neurorehabilitation Consultant in Neurological Rehabilitation Medicine, poet, short-form writer and Writing for Wellbeing & Personal Development facilitator. Roshni undertook the MA Creative Writing & Personal Development, Sussex University in 2005 in order to help others, including her patients, experience the therapeutic benefits of writing and works with the public,organisations and those in the Caring Professions including those in academia. You can find out more about her and her work at Storied Selves.
Vishwam Heckert, PhD is a Shetland-based writer and yoga minister, teacher & teacher trainer. His scholarly work explores issues of interpersonal relationships, ecology, spirituality and social transformation. Over the past two years, Vishwam has been running online heart meditation & creative writing courses which have been life-changing for all involved. You can find out more about him and his work on here on his website, Flowing with Life.
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