Writing Your Lead Into Gold

The Transformational Power of Your Story

with Mirabai Starr

February 23-25, 2023

A writing practice journey that carries you beyond catharsis to luminosity, lucidity, and true transformation

Join Us

What would happen if you intentionally offered your words into the cauldron of beauty, transmuting the base substance of your personal pain into something luminous?

The metaphor of alchemy maps onto the process of writing with stunning accuracy.

When you embark on the journey of telling your most compelling stories and your most ordinary memories, your shattering losses and your enduring epiphanies, you are casting the lead of your personal experience into the flames of creativity and they are rendered golden.

That is, they reflect light back to you and cast your light out to a darkened world.

This isn’t a curative methodology. It’s a beckoning. Come close to the heat, melt.

Join Us

How do you, as Michelangelo said, “see the angel in the marble and carve until you set them free?”

Join us for a weekend of alchemical writing, February 23-25, in Zoomland.

We begin on Friday evening with a ritual to open the way to radical truth-telling and beauty-making, as well as an evocative writing prompt, small group sharing, and time for questions and responses.

Saturday and Sunday mornings will brim with stimulating prompts and writing sessions, sprinkled with quintessential teachings on the nexus of literature and spirituality. Small group conversations help galvanize community in a time when folks might be feeling isolated. This is a space of refuge, and also transformation.

Expect the unexpected and prepare to blow your own mind.

Join Us

What would make your writing serve not only as a therapeutic exercise for you, but also an offering of beauty to the world?

What if you give yourself permission to move beyond journaling and allow your free-writing to be lyrical and provocative?

It is wonderful to get your feelings up and out onto the page, to process your experiences through writing and winnow some sense from what may have previously seemed senseless.

And there’s more. More to be discovered, to be shared.

Join Us

This gathering is for you if...

-You are laboring under the myth that “spiritual” writing is mutually exclusive with “artistic” writing

-You may have been feeling isolated in your writing process, and this is a space of community

-You think that “journaling” is the only way to write through your fears, traumas and longings

-You have a sense that no one would be interested in what you have to say

-Your concern about hurting or alienating the people you write about keeps you from authentically telling your own story

Join Us

What to expect during our weekend together...

-Guided writing practices with Mirabai woven with “Lectio Divina” (sacred reading) and poetry

-Quintessential teachings on the nexus of literature and spirituality

-Intimate small group sharing with writing companions

-Guided and silent meditation to hear the words that long to be written

-Live Q&R with Mirabai

-Community connection in our private Facebook group

-Lifetime access to Writing Your Lead Into Gold recordings

Bonuses

-Mirabai's excerpt "The Alchemy of Art" from her book, Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics.

-Mirabai’s written piece “Writing Through the Fire”

-Lifetime access to "Free Your Authentic Voice" recording

Join Us

The Weekend Flow

Dancing With Your Memories

Friday Feb 23rd 5-7pm Pacific

Maybe it happened; maybe it didn’t. Today we explore the fertile space between memory and creativity. You are not expected to be a historian of your life. Rather, you are invited into a co-creative dance with the things you remember and the way your imagination quickens them into story, into revelation, into art.

The Wisdom of Your Broken Heart

Saturday Feb 24th 8-11am Pacific

Our sorrows are intermingled with longing. Today we reclaim the sanctity of desire. Hard things have happened to you. How have they unraveled and rewoven you? Your losses are a portal to greater aliveness. Let writing carry you across that threshold.

Reclaiming Your Origin Story

Sunday Feb 25th 8-11am Pacific

Your past contains an endless fountain of writing material. Today we dive in and scoop it up. You do not need to belong to a prominent family who took you on unforgettable adventures or broke you beyond repair to be worthy of writing about your people. The most ordinary experiences are imbued with transformational power when you tell them with your own vivid and authentic voice.

All sessions will take place on zoom and you will have lifetime access to recordings.

Join Us

By the end of our weekend together you will...

-Have a collection of vibrant personal writing you can edit and refine later

-Generate ideas for your own writing prompts to move your practice forward

-Discover the transformational power of writing with authenticity and specificity

-Embrace writing as a valid spiritual practice

-Revitalize your journaling practice, transforming the raw material into art

Join Us

Meet Mirabai

Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. Her latest book, WILD MERCY: Living the Fierce & Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics, was named one of the “Best Books of 2019”. She lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico.

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Be not afraid of the fire.

Writing is prayer. It is praise and lamentation. It is alchemical.

This event has ended

Join us for a weekend of alchemical writing that carries you beyond catharsis
to luminosity, lucidity, and true transformation.

What to expect during our weekend together...

-Guided writing practices with Mirabai woven with “Lectio Divina” (sacred reading) and poetry

-Quintessential teachings on the nexus of literature and spirituality

-Intimate small group sharing with writing companions

-Guided and silent meditation to hear the words that long to be written

-Live Q&R with Mirabai

-Community connection in our private Facebook group

-Lifetime access to Writing Your Lead Into Gold recordings

BONUSES

-Mirabai's excerpt "The Alchemy of Art" from her book, Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics.

-Mirabai’s written piece “Writing Through the Fire”

-Lifetime access to "Free Your Authentic Voice" recording

What others have to say about writing with Mirabai...

**"To be brought to the table, sat down and ready to listen, to share and to write, is a very powerful medicine."**

-Julie W.

"The music, the rituals, the safe space you created was beautiful and filled me with peace."

- Paulette F.

“I had no idea what to expect and I was apprehensive about the writing. When Mirabai explained to write from your entire being it began to make sense."

-Lisa F.

**"This is a space filled with the healing feminine face of the holy. It is so needed and such a balm."**

-Sarah P.

Writing Your Lead Into Gold

The Transformational Power of Your Story

with Mirabai Starr

February 23-25, 2023

A writing practice journey that carries you beyond catharsis to luminosity, lucidity, and true transformation

What would happen if you intentionally offered your words into the cauldron of beauty, transmuting the base substance of your personal pain into something luminous?

The metaphor of alchemy maps onto the process of writing with stunning accuracy.

When you embark on the journey of telling your most compelling stories and your most ordinary memories, your shattering losses and your enduring epiphanies, you are casting the lead of your personal experience into the flames of creativity and they are rendered golden.

That is, they reflect light back to you and cast your light out to a darkened world.

This isn’t a curative methodology. It’s a beckoning. Come close to the heat, melt.

How do you, as Michelangelo said, “see the angel in the marble and carve until you set them free?”

Join us for a weekend of alchemical writing, February 23-25, in Zoomland.

We begin on Friday evening with a ritual to open the way to radical truth-telling and beauty-making, as well as an evocative writing prompt, small group sharing, and time for questions and responses.

Expect the unexpected and prepare to blow your own mind.

What would make your writing serve not only as a therapeutic exercise for you, but also an offering of beauty to the world?

What if you give yourself permission to move beyond journaling and allow your free-writing to be lyrical and provocative?

It is wonderful to get your feelings up and out onto the page, to process your experiences through writing and winnow some sense from what may have previously seemed senseless.

And there’s more. More to be discovered, to be shared.

This gathering is for you if...

-You are laboring under the myth that “spiritual” writing is mutually exclusive with “artistic” writing

-You may have been feeling isolated in your writing process, and this is a space of community

-You think that “journaling” is the only way to write through your fears, traumas and longings

-You have a sense that no one would be interested in what you have to say

-Your concern about hurting or alienating the people you write about keeps you from authentically telling your own story

What to expect during our weekend together...

-Guided writing practices with Mirabai woven with “Lectio Divina” (sacred reading) and poetry

-Quintessential teachings on the nexus of literature and spirituality

-Intimate small group sharing with writing companions

-Guided and silent meditation to hear the words that long to be written

-Live Q&R with Mirabai

-Community connection in our private Facebook group

-Lifetime access to Writing Your Lead Into Gold recordings

Bonuses

-Mirabai's excerpt "The Alchemy of Art" from her book, Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics.

-Mirabai’s written piece “Writing Through the Fire”

-Lifetime access to "Free Your Authentic Voice" recording

The Weekend Flow

Dancing With Your Memories

Friday Feb 23rd 5-7pm Pacific

The Wisdom of Your Broken Heart

Saturday Feb 24th 8-11am Pacific

Our sorrows are intermingled with longing. Today we reclaim the sanctity of desire. Hard things have happened to you. How have they unraveled and rewoven you? Your losses are a portal to greater aliveness. Let writing carry you across that threshold.

Reclaiming Your Origin Story

Sunday Feb 25th 8-11am Pacific

All sessions will take place on zoom and you will have lifetime access to recordings.

By the end of our weekend together you will...

-Have a collection of vibrant personal writing you can edit and refine later

-Generate ideas for your own writing prompts to move your practice forward

-Discover the transformational power of writing with authenticity and specificity

-Embrace writing as a valid spiritual practice

-Revitalize your journaling practice, transforming the raw material into art

Meet Mirabai

Be not afraid of the fire.

This event has ended

Join us for a weekend of alchemical writing that carries you beyond catharsisto luminosity, lucidity, and true transformation.

What to expect during our weekend together...

What others have to say about writing with Mirabai...

"To be brought to the table, sat down and ready to listen, to share and to write, is a very powerful medicine."

"The music, the rituals, the safe space you created was beautiful and filled me with peace."

“I had no idea what to expect and I was apprehensive about the writing. When Mirabai explained to write from your entire being it began to make sense."

"This is a space filled with the healing feminine face of the holy. It is so needed and such a balm."

"Thank you so very much for blessing us with your wisdom, experiences and love."

Questions?

When do we gather live?

Are gatherings recorded?

Do I need to attend all of the live sessions?

Do I need to be a good writer to join?

Do I need to have Facebook?

How do I find out about future offerings?

Is financial support available?

How can your writing illuminate yourself and cast light on the world?

Writing Your Lead Into Gold

Join us for a weekend of alchemical writing that carries you beyond catharsis
to luminosity, lucidity, and true transformation.

**"To be brought to the table, sat down and ready to listen, to share and to write, is a very powerful medicine."**

**"This is a space filled with the healing feminine face of the holy. It is so needed and such a balm."**

**"Thank you so very much for blessing us with your wisdom, experiences and love."**