EPISODE · Apr 12, 2021 · 32 MIN
WRITE: My 8 Week Writing Retreat With Natalie Goldberg
from Viral Mindfulness the Podcast · host Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher
I'm in an 8 week online writing retreat with Natalie Goldberg and it's awesome. I'd love to share what I'm learning with you. Have you read WRITING DOWN THE BONES by Natalie Goldberg? She inspired the connection between my writing practice and sitting meditation. What make a writer? They write, and write, and write, and read literature, and listen to others read their words. Be the verb, not the pronoun! Writer's write. Today's episode will inspire your writing practice. Natalie’s book, ‘Writing Down the Bones,’ was gifted to me in my late twenties. My Aunt wrote a few words in the cover: “Find your passion: enter the flow.” Years later, with a different virus as my intimate teacher (HIV-positive since March 17, 2003)— I know my passion and consistently put myself in the flow one-day-at-a-time. I obsess less over what I’m creating these days, with words, paints, notes, and podcast episodes; and focus on the space that opens within me through the process of creating. Natalie’s words and essence have inspired my path for decades. I’ve read all but two of her 15 books. She connects writing practice to sitting meditation in a brilliant manner. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to sit and write, and learn and listen, and observe the nature and quality of MIND with my beloved Natalie.
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I'm in an 8 week online writing retreat with Natalie Goldberg and it's awesome. I'd love to share what I'm learning with you. Have you read WRITING DOWN THE BONES by Natalie Goldberg? She inspired the connection between my writing practice and sitting meditation. What make a writer? They write, and write, and write, and read literature, and listen to others read their words. Be the verb, not the pronoun! Writer's write. Today's episode will inspire your writing practice. Natalie’s book, ‘Writing Down the Bones,’ was gifted to me in my late twenties. My Aunt wrote a few words in the cover: “Find your passion: enter the flow.” Years later, with a different virus as my intimate teacher (HIV-positive since March 17, 2003)— I know my passion and consistently put myself in the flow one-day-at-a-time. I obsess less over what I’m creating these days, with words, paints, notes, and podcast episodes; and focus on the space that opens within me through the process of creating. Natalie’s words and essence have inspired my path for decades. I’ve read all but two of her 15 books. She connects writing practice to sitting meditation in a brilliant manner. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to sit and write, and learn and listen, and observe the nature and quality of MIND with my beloved Natalie.
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