MOVING WRITERS FROM THE CENTER
TO THE PAGE
WHAT WRITERS SAY...
ABOUT THE YOGA AS
MUSETM PROCESS & EXPERIENCE
"The Yoga As
Muse
Retreat has changed the tone of my days. I'm much calmer
and can focus better. My body
feels so revived! I've realized that I must create the
beauty and the space within that will allow
me to 'retreat' whenever I desire. I have kept to my schedule,
several mornings rising early for yoga
and writing. The practice works so far. I'm excited that my
poetry notebook is filling. A life-changing
experience - both physically and spiritually! Now I actually
understand the body-mind connection and how it relates to
writing. . . . Yoga combined with writing somehow has changed
my essence."
Muse
Retreat has changed the tone of my days. I'm much calmer
and can focus better. My body
feels so revived! I've realized that I must create the
beauty and the space within that will allow
me to 'retreat' whenever I desire. I have kept to my schedule,
several mornings rising early for yoga
and writing. The practice works so far. I'm excited that my
poetry notebook is filling. A life-changing
experience - both physically and spiritually! Now I actually
understand the body-mind connection and how it relates to
writing. . . . Yoga combined with writing somehow has changed
my essence."
- Claire Robin, writer & teacher, Ft. Worth, TX; participant at
Taos Retreat '07
"I have made time for the
3x a week for 45-minutes commitment of writing with my muse
since I have
returned from Taos, so I celebrate (I've been pleasantly
surprised.)."
- Diane
Viscio, Poughkeepsie, NY; participant, Taos Retreat '07; Hudson
Valley '08; Woodstock '06
"The workshop was wonderful
- generative and supportive, a community brought swiftly
together by a deeply committed facilitator. Through the Yoga as
Muse process, I generated twenty pages of writing. Yoga
generates a quiet space and a mind-body connection that allows
writing to flow."
- writer from the UNM Taos Conference
"The subject matter was incredibly compelling...relevant,
practical, and inspiring for both my writing and yoga
practices. This was one of my favorite seminars."
- MFA in Creative Writing student,
University of Southern Maine-Stonecoast
My muse and I did well the first week after the retreat - I continued work on the cemetery chapter that I shared, and I am enjoying the unexpected twists and turns that have emerged. ...
What's been very fun for me is finding ways to weave Yoga As
Muse into my academic life. While I always set an intention
before teaching a yoga class, I've never done it before
teaching my university classes. So the last couple of weeks
I've gotten to class a few minutes early and spe
nt
a few minutes meditating and setting an intention for my
teaching.
I've also incorporated Yoga As Muse into my research writing. I keep a yoga mat in my office, and before working on a grant or paper draft, I've done a few minutes of yoga and focused on my intention for the project. I've found that I'm more productive in a shorter amount of time. What an unexpected gift!
nt
a few minutes meditating and setting an intention for my
teaching.
I've also incorporated Yoga As Muse into my research writing. I keep a yoga mat in my office, and before working on a grant or paper draft, I've done a few minutes of yoga and focused on my intention for the project. I've found that I'm more productive in a shorter amount of time. What an unexpected gift!
Another shift I've experienced is that I'm literally looking
up more. I'm often so in my head, that as I walk around
campus I look down, watching my feet as I think about to do
lists and research ideas. Students joke that I'll walk right
by them, because I'm in another world. When I was in Taos,
the sky was so expansive and beautiful that it constantly
drew my gaze upward. I realized when I got home that Taos
and Lexington share the same sky. So I've been looking up
and around and taking in as much wonder as I can.
Thanks for being such an inspiration.
- Dr. Leigh Ann Simmons, professor at the University of Kentucky, yoga teacher, novelist, and blogger of Women's Health Matters; participant at Taos Retreat '07
"The retreat was the
perfect balance of yoga and writing. The regimen kicked ass,
too!"
- Angela, writer and freshman at NYU; participant at Taos Retreat '07
"I trusted the retreat
would bring me what I needed if not what I wan
ted.
And as far as I can tell, it has. I feel reconnected to yoga and
at peace with my muse. Now it's up to me to carry it home and
carry it off."
ted.
And as far as I can tell, it has. I feel reconnected to yoga and
at peace with my muse. Now it's up to me to carry it home and
carry it off."
- Amber Polo,
yogini & writer, Sedona, AZ; participant at Taos Retreat '07;
NOTE: Amber published her first novel Romancing Rebecca
in the summer of '07 -
www.amberpolo.com
"This is the first time
that I really understood and appreciated what Yoga is all
about. I gained the confidence that I can write, that I can
tell a story that will engage an audience."
- Rose Havron,
storyteller and pharmaceuticals employee, New York; participant
at Taos Retreat '07
"The concentration yoga
sequence (and other sequences) before writing was amazingly
effective."
- writer from the UNM Taos Conference
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
"Jeff Davis walks the walk.
He brought an understanding to his audience of the connection
between the movement of our bodies and this 'dance among mind,
matter, and language.'"
- MFA in Creative Writing
student, University of Southern Maine-Stonecoast
"Your heartfelt presence
creates a magic that is quite extraordinary ~ I think it is the
ease with which you do this that ultimately invites everyone
into their authentic knowing and then express
ion."
- Grace
Welker, writer & editor, New York; participant at Hudson Valley
Retreat '07
ion."
- Grace
Welker, writer & editor, New York; participant at Hudson Valley
Retreat '07
"sensitive, compassionate,
thoughtful, strong"
- writer from the UNM Taos Conference
"Your joyful presence
truly helped me regain my confidence as a writer, a yogini, and
a breathing being."
-Michele Fajkus, writer, teacher,
founder of
YogaFreedom, Austin,
TX; participant at
Taos Retreat '07
Taos Retreat '07
"Jeff's delivery was calm and very
charming. He obviously lives what he teaches and that brought an undeniable
authenticity to his workshop." - MFA
in Creative Writing student, U. of S. Maine
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