Wendy Brown-Baez
Writing for Healing: words to light our way
Groups and Workshops
Tending the Garden: Poetry as Seeds
of Hope and Inspiration
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Tuesdays, April 30, May 7 & 14, 2024
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6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CST/ online
Let’s use the garden as metaphor to explore cycles and seasons, including planting seeds and tending, abundance and decay, beauty and nourishment, weeds and herbal medicine, Grandmother wisdom and Mother Nature. We’ll play with the belief in a paradise and fall from it and how Mother Nature is a maternal instinct. We will discuss how to mix sensual details and metaphor in a way that feels organic and urgent. We’ll read poems by Ada Limon, Toni Morrison, Jack Gilbert, and Joy Harjo to inspire our own. We will contemplate how not all gardening attempts are successful and yet we can always try again.
All levels of writers are welcome as well as all levels of gardeners!
No writing or gardening experience required!
Register at Wisdom Ways
$110 for all 3 sessions
Being Present with Grief is on May 20 and June 17 at 7:00 PM
We are present with each other and any grief you are experiencing--loss of a loved one, a pet, a job, a home, a dream, or a physical ability. We use ritual, words of inspiration, silence and sharing. We end with a somatic practice to ground ourselves. This is not a typical support group but a way to feel supported. You are also welcome to come and just BE. We meet at the temporary home of Unity which is in the Robbinsdale Parkway Church of Christ which is at 4200 Lake Road, Robbinsdale, MPLS
FREE and open to the public. Love offerings welcomed. Please arrive on time in consideration of how we begin each session. Pre-registration is not required.
Spiritual Journaling
First Wednesdays 4:00-5:15 PM in person
Deepen your spiritual practice through self-reflection. We will be inspired by poetry from spiritual and contemporary poets. Each month will focus on a specific topic. Each session begins with mindfulness practice. All materials provided; bring your favorite notebook or journal.
FREE: Drop In and open to the congregation and the public.
Stay after to break bread and attend the 6:00 PM Meditation Service.
At Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1200 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403/ 612/332-3421
Our final writing is on May 1: gratitude and blessings
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www.westminstermpls.org
WHERE I CURRENTLY FACILITATE WRITING WORKSHOPS
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Mn Prison Writing Workshop
Pathways: A Healing Center
Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality
Unity Minneapolis
The Loft Literary Center
community spaces where I have facilitated writing workshops
The Aliveness Project
Cornerstone
Harriet Tubman
Face to Face Academy Charter High School
El Colegio High School
Bridge for Youth
Shingle Creek Commons
Banfill Locke Center for the Arts
Lennox Community Center
Saint Paul Almanac
Eastside Freedom Library
Minneapolis Central Library
Walker Branch Hennepin Library
Saint Louis Park library
NE Wellness
Healing Elements
Santa Fe Community Yoga
Black Dog Cafe
Opposable Thumbs Books
Eat My Words Books
Amazon Bookstore Co-operative
MCTC
Women & Spirituality Conference
Bay to Ocean Writers Festival
Madeline Island Celebration of Women
Celebrate Yourself Women's Retreat
All About the Journey
Resource Center of the Americas
Springhouse Spiritual Center
Wellstone Center
UMN Oncology Ward
Abbot Northwestern Hosptial
Saint Louis Park Friends of the Arts
Elephant Rock
Presentations
Youngstown Lit Festival
Jacob's Well
Rosemount Writer’s Festival
CHOICE staff development
Split This Rock Poetry Festival