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November 10–15, 2013 Sunday–Friday 5 nights
Continuing Education Credits
find your authentic voice

How to Hear Yourself: A Proprioceptive Writing® Immersion

Creative Expression > Writing Do Something Different Self-Discovery
Presenter(s)
Linda Trichter Metcalf and Tobin Simon
Linda Trichter Metcalf

Linda Trichter Metcalf, PhD, author and educator, has been hailed as "an original thinker in the field of creativity." She created the practice of Proprioceptive Writing® (PW) in the mid-1970s, and in 1982, she and…
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Tobin Simon

Tobin Simon, PhD, poet and educator, received his undergraduate degree from Washington and Jefferson College, his master’s degree from Stanford, and his doctorate from New York University. While a professor of English and humanities at…
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Program Details
Proprioceptive Writing helped me forge the connections between my intellect, my heart, and my pen that eventually became Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom, a work that I couldn’t have dreamed possible when I started Proprioceptive Writing.

—Christiane N., MD

For everyone; no prior writing experience required.

For the last 35 years, Linda Trichter Metcalf has been a pioneer of writing as a way to access inner thoughts, explore them with impassioned curiosity, and set them free.

Through the simple and pleasurable practice of Proprioceptive Writing® (PW), Linda teaches writing as an activity not unlike yoga or meditation. Everyone thinks, but many thoughts dwell below the surface of expression. When you “hear yourself think” by slowing down the expression of thought through writing, thoughts evolve. Personal intelligence expands. You become more knowing, more useful to yourself.

Deep Thinking through PW is a creative way to come face-to-face with the thoughts that influence your life profoundly. Like prayer, Deep Thinking demands openness and undivided attention; it requires the different facets of the mind to work together as a whole, producing a healthful, life-affirming attitude and a sense of greater mental space.

Recommended reading Linda Trichter Metcalf and Tobin Simon, Writing the Mind Alive: The Proprioceptive Method for Finding Your Authentic Voice (Ballantine Books).

Note Tobin Simon will offer optional mini poetry-writing workshops in the evenings.

CE Credits
This program is eligible for
  • 23.5 credits for Social Workers (SW), $20 additional charge