Writing the Journey: Reflect and Prepare - Workshop with Dan Simpson

Reflect and Prepare

As we mark a new year in much of the Western world, we may consider the nature of endings – and turn to new beginnings. Let’s bring some consciousness to that process through the power of writing.

In this first of two standalone workshops, you will have space to think and feel about the past year, bringing into focus your experiences and the inner changes that may have happened. This will lay the groundwork for your next chapter, as we set intentions and look forward.

Through meditative practices, practical writing exercises, and a chance to share your journey with others, this will be a reflective and thoughtful workshop to help support integration of the year just gone. Say goodbye to 2022 with a sense of closure!

We recommend that you also attend the workshop ‘Create and Plan’ the following week, but attending both is not essential. We will not be recording the workshop, so as to create an intimate container in which attendees feel able to share.
 

Facilitator: Dan Simpson

Dan Simpson is a writer, facilitator, and coach who has been holding spaces for the Psychedelic Society since early 2021, selling out multiple ‘Writing the Journey’ reflective writing courses, leading one-off workshops, and hosting the PsySocial.

Dan is a warm, welcoming, attentive, and insightful guide. With a CPCAB Certificate in Counselling Skills and trained in Authentic Relating (Level 3), he is passionate about supporting people in their lives – particularly in creativity, authenticity, and communication.

As an artist with over a decade’s professional practice, he has been Poet-in-Residence at Glastonbury Festival, Imperial College, St Albans Cathedral, and National Trust Stowe. His two collections of poetry are Applied Mathematics and Totally Cultured (Burning Eye Books). Dan has performed around the world including at Glastonbury Festival, Chicago’s Uptown Poetry Slam, Sofar Sounds Auckland, and on the BBC.

Dan is an educator, delivering work for the Poetry Society, First Story, and masculinity charity Beyond Equality. He creates pioneering work using community and roaming poetry for organisations such as the Royal Academy of Arts, National Museum of Scotland, Imperial College, and the European Commission.

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