NEXT SESSIONS: September 17 and 29, Florence, Italy
A series of sensory and meditative exercises for writers, performers, artists, or anyone interested in hearing what their body might have to say. However you express yourself, this workshop will offer you another entry into inspiration, and new ways of withdrawing material from your inner world.
Unlocking Stories from the Body offers a gentle process to bypass the mind and enter the body, while immersing fully in the environment around you. To discover what memories, stories, images, and dreamings are contained within and without. Every time you open the senses and enter the body, it will tell you something new. We learn how to listen to the language of your body, and the language of place. When deep memory speaks, even stones awaken to listen.
The process works with free writing or drawing, to connect expression with feeling. We feel, using our senses to open up the universes within and around us, listening deeply to the inner and other worlds, and then we record what we find. These workshops are the perfect complement to self exploration, or to any creative practice.
Newcomers can experience the introductory exercises, while regulars have the option to explore new sensory experiences. Come once, or come regularly.
“What happens when people open their hearts?”
“They get better.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
Giardino del Bobolino is a beautiful park on the winding road leading up to Piazzale Michelangelo. It has a pond with a fountain in the centre, which is where we meet. Google maps link. **If the weather isn’t pleasant, we shift to St Mark’s English Church on Via Maggio.
By Donation: 35 euro
SPACE IS LIMITED: So confirm your place at marisa@garreffacreative.com
Please Bring: Pen, paper, and warm and comfortable clothing.
Please arrive on time.
To arrange these workshops as a single session or full course for your students or organisation, please contact Marisa Garreffa: marisa@garreffacreative.com
We are proud to be a part of the St Mark’s Cultural Association program, and to be supported by Expat Women in Florence.