Lessons from the Heart: Exploring Ways to Enrich Your Life by Giving to Others
How we react to our life experiences determines how we live our lives. Andrew Bienkowski, (author of One Life to Give, a Path to Finding Yourself by Helping Others) believes this and lives it. Drawn from the extraordinary story of his family's survival of Siberian exile, Bienkowski hopes to pass on the gift he was given through the sacrifice of his grandfather.
In this workshop, we will explore ways to put others first---improving our relationships and better understanding ourselves in the process. Visualizations, techniques for listening and letting go, affirmations, dream work and methods of stress reduction will all be discussed and put into practice.
Mary Akers, co-author of One Life to Give, will discuss the creative and healing aspects of writing-from-life (memoir writing) and offer inspiring prompts to get you started. Participants will be encouraged to write about and share a personal, transformative life experience with the group.
Mary Akers' fiction, poetry, and non-fiction have appeared in a number of international journals including Bellevue Literary Review, The Fiddlehead, and Brevity. Her creative work frequently focuses on the intersections between art and science, including such topics as diverse and timely as the environmental movement and the struggle for human and animal rights.
Akers co-founded the Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology, a marine field station and research center located in Roseau, Dominica.
In May 2010 she received the Gold Independent Publisher Book Award for Short Fiction.
Visit Mary's website at www.maryakers.com.
Born in Poland, Andrew Bienkowski is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who served in the Korean War. He has worked as a psychologist for more than 40 years, designing and implementing mental health programs and working directly with patients. He lives near Buffalo, New York.
Mary Akers' fiction, poetry, and non-fiction have appeared in a number of international journals and anthologies, many related to health and healing. She often writes about the intersections between art, science and spirituality. Visit Mary's website at www.maryakers.com.
$60
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