Poetic Journaling - by Carolyn Ziel

COURSE

Poetic Journaling

With Carolyn Ziel

In this four-day course, students will explore Poetic Journaling, the practice of taking your daily journaling practice and using it to not only to explore your emotions and begin to heal difficult past experiences but also find deep meaning in your life. Each lesson will focus on something different. Together we’ll explore the idea of what it means to be vulnerable, not just on the page but in life. We’ll play with the idea of meaning and how sometimes you can extract deep meaning from objects that might seem unimportant and from the most simple and seemingly mundane experiences. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn how to use poetry to begin to move on, release and maybe even heal from those more painful memories and experiences in your life. I'll share poetry, writing prompts, and something new for you to learn in each lesson.

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Meet your Teacher

Carolyn Ziel
Torrance, CA, USA

Carolyn Ziel is a writer, poet, and teacher. She teaches Jack Grapes Method Writing©, guiding her students through concepts and exercises to uncover their authentic voices, innate genius, and creativity and, in the process, transform their lives on and off of the page. She graduated from UCLA with her Bachelor's in Literature and has studied with Ellen Bass, Pam Houston, Richard Jones, Jack Grapes, and other writers. Her work has been published in Diverse Voices Quarterly, CRATE Literary Journal, Cultural Weekly, The Los Angeles Review of Los Angeles, Edgar Allen Poet, ONTHEBUS, FR&D, The Huffington Post, and Thrive Global. She is the author of the poetry book, As Simple As That. She is currently finishing a novel. We invite you to join her group Creative Mindfulness with Carolyn Ziel.

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4 Days

2.4k students

4.9 stars

15 min / day

Creativity

English

Lesson 1

Lesson One, Vulnerability

In Lesson One, I'll share an overview of this four-day class with you. I'll offer some insights on poetry and bust a few myths about poetry, hopefully making it more accessible. Then, together, we'll explore vulnerability through writing. You won't necessarily write about vulnerability but instead access those softer, more vulnerable places within yourself and write from those places. You might be surprised that it is in your vulnerability that you can find strength in writing and life.

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Lesson 2

Lesson Two, Finding Deep Meaning in the Simple

Lesson Two of Poetic Journaling will surprise you! Today we explore the idea of meaning and how you can find deep meaning in the most simple and seemingly mundane things, like items in your home, and experiences, like going to the market. I'll share some poetry, guide you through a short meditative process and then you'll have the opportunity to write.

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Lesson 3

Lesson Three, Poetic Writing For Healing

In today's lesson, you'll learn how to use writing, specifically, poetic writing and poetry to heal (or begin to heal) the more painful experiences you've experienced. You will see that you don't have to write about the painful experience but tap into that place of hurt, pain, physical or otherwise and write from that place and release it onto the page, thus creating space in your body, for more joy, more creativity, and/or more ease. I'll read some poems and offer some writing prompts in today's lesson.

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Lesson 4

Lesson Four, Let's Play With Poetry

Today's lesson gives you more opportunities to write. I will offer writing prompts. I will read some poems, and you'll see that no topic is off-limits. That you can write poems about anything, doll houses, oranges, sardines, painting, anything. Let yourself be free on the page, surprise yourself and have fun with the writing prompts offered in class.

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