Hermitage

During the fall and winter, Jeff is in hermitage with his own practice. He also works one-on-one with a few writers on their projects, process, and career.

TO SEE THE UNKNOWN: From Vision to Re-vision The 3rd Annual Yoga As Muse Retreat at the historic Mabel Dodge Luhan House

Join Jeff as he opens his teaching season with this annual retreat - a growing favorite among writers of all stripes. What happens to our stories and poems when Yoga awakens our outward perception & inner gaze, our underground imagination & the deep memory of our heart's eye? What happens to our writing when we draw or paint - and what happens to our art when we write? More. WAITING LIST.

Journey from the Center to the Page at the Block Island Poetry Project

Jeff returns for a fourth year to gently lead us into the depths of our souls, awakening us to the wonder of the worlds within and around us. We'll work with sound, silence, and rhythm to move from the center to the page. Poet Jen Lighty's workshops will focus on the voice as the center of personal and universal truth. She will use a variety of methods to open the voice, as well as addressing the fears which stop us from accessing our truths. Register soon.

Book Launching Party at Mirabai Books

Come celebrate the release of the updated and revised edition of The Journey from the Center to the Page. Jeff will share specific Yoga practices and principles that have helped thousands of writers to achieve a deeper purpose, sustained concentration, fearless authenticity, and access to the subtle imagination. Jeff will lead group exercises as well as demonstrate how a Yoga As Muse practice can be customized. Find the muse, breath by breath.

Following the session, Jeff will be on hand to sign copies of the newly released second edition of The Journey from the Center to the Page.

Yoga As Muse

You don't have to wait for the muse to show up. Join Jeff to discover practical ways that Yoga can help you achieve deeper creative purpose, sustained concentration, fearless authenticity, and access to your subtle imagination. Jeff will lead group exercises as well as demonstrate how a Yoga As Muse practice can be customized. Find the muse, breath by breath.  Register soon.

Weekly Yoga As Muse Labs for writers, artists, & more

The WEN Experience Yoga & Nature classes

In 2008, Jeff & Hillary extend the WEN season at their small farm.

Visit www.wenbarn.com and read about their space in Chronogram.

THE JOURNEY FROM THE CENTER TO THE PAGE  The 4th Annual Hudson Valley Yoga As Muse Retreat  

NEA Fellow and award-winning memoirist Daniel Asa Rose joins Jeff this year to offer a deep journey into the tricky terrain that informs memoir, fiction, and poetry. We will engage Yoga, the outdoors, other texts, and our own faculties to find the right mix for truth in our writings. Lifebridge Sanctuary is treasure of a place that holds space for writers and artists to muse, move, and roam. Register soon! Spaces are filling up.

TO SEE THE UNKNOWN FROM VISION TO RE-VISION: Writing, Yoga, Consciousness

When we enter writing’s dark terrain (memory, imagination, insight), pre-conceptions can narrow vision more than we realize. Characters act predictably. Plots plod. Verse has no verve. But what happens to our writing when Yoga hones outward perception and inner focus and also grants us access to our underground imagination and deep memory?

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This class typically fills up and fills up quickly, so register soon if you're interested.

Stone and Flesh: The Yoga of Lucid Writing at Tatamagouche Centre

Join Jeff at this fabulous centre in Nova Scotia. Being awake to "the dialogue of stone and flesh" can lead to lucid writing, a way of writing full of surprise, insight, and a little challenge. Through lucid writing, we attempt to know through our senses what is real without the smudge of preconceptions and judgments.   Each morning will include a half hour of lucid yoga, appropriate for anybody (& any body) plus a two-hour to two-and-a-half-hour session that will blend yoga tools with writing experiences.  Each afternoon will include a two-hour Soul of Craft workshop in which we will discuss facets of craft and share our writings in a safe, honest environment. Join us at this fantastic centre.

Hermitage

During the fall and winter, Jeff is at home writing and tending to his small farmland and woods.

He also works one-on-one with a few writers on their projects, process, and career.