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Gardening is an act of faith in possibility. When we’re stressed, or during times of great change, our sense of possibility may become compacted. Time to loosen the soil!

In this Amherst Writers and Artists writing group, we’ll have an opportunity to release outdated ideas about ourselves and life and to make room for green shoots of possibility to poke through.

We’ll write twice, for fifteen minutes. I’ll provide us with prompts to get us started but where you go is completely up to you. We aren’t trying to write anything “good”. We’re exploring, loosening the ground, making room for anything that needs to break ground. After we write, anyone who wants to can read what they’ve written.

You only read your work if you want to.
No questions are asked.
We treat everything as fiction so we can write about anything.
We refer to “the narrator” to protect the writer.
Only honest, positive feedback is given—you haven’t had a chance to edit yet.
All work is confidential.

You’ll leave with a fresh draft of writing which will hold potential. You can weed out what doesn’t serve you and nurture what does.

FACILITATOR’s Bio

Janet Johnston is a transformational coach, and an affiliate of Amherst Writers and Artists. She has been leading writing groups since 2007 using the AWA method which was designed to create a safe, healing, creative space for novices, professional writers and everyone in between. You can find her Wildass Writers groups at www.Amherstwriters.org or reach her at jjwriter7@gmail.com.

Writing the Spring Garden

By Nested Integral Coaching Constellation

Writing the Spring Garden

led by Janet Johnston