is a journey back to the home of our hearts. Through reading and writing poems, we use a gentle process to listen to, and hear, our hearts' whispers and shouts; support them to open; and, begin leaning into their guidance.
The reality of our daily lives means we often ignore our hearts, shut them off, or silence them in order to survive. We may be living outside, and away from, our hearts without realising it.
Over 9 months, we use poetry to carve a path back home to ourselves.
We connect with our bodies: writing with them, and from them, to discover and express the stories and truths within us. We craft these into poems, using a range of poetic forms. We use different creative and writing exercises to do so.
This course offers the dual focus of: writing as heart expression and learning to work with poetic form and structure. It demystifies poetry forms and supports you to remove any fears or blocks, you might have around working with them.
You do not need any previous writing experience, only the desire to explore, learn, write, and the commitment to make the journey back home to yourself.
Registration is open until the end of March. If you happen to miss the March live workshops, you can catch up via the recordings.
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– Gaby Beyers, 2022 Writing Ourselves Home participant
March
Sat 11th, 9am—11am SAST
Wed 15th, 6pm—8pm SAST
April
Sat 8th, 9am—11am SAST
Wed 12th, 6pm—8pm SAST
May
Sat 13th, 9am—11am SAST
Wed 17th, 6pm—8pm SAST
June
Sat 10th, 9am—11am SAST
Wed 14th, 6pm—8pm SAST
July
Sat 8th, 9am—11am SAST
Wed 12th, 6pm—8pm SAST
August
Sat 12th, 9am—11am SAST
Wed 16th, 6pm—8pm SAST
September
Sat 9th, 9am—11am SAST
Wed 13th, 6pm—8pm SAST
October
Wed 18th, 6pm—8pm SAST
Sat 21st, 9am—11am SAST
November
Sat 11th, 9am—11am SAST
Wed 15th, 6pm—8pm SAST
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— pay monthly —
ZAR 2,500 per month, which includes:
2 live online classes, reading pack, writing pack, and monthly playlist
Payment is made on the same date, each month, as your first payment. By signing up, you are committing to all 9 payments. Please purchase mindfully, as no refunds will be given.
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— pay-in-full upfront —
ZAR 22 500 includes all in the Protea Package
PLUS free registration for The Writer's Oasis in June 2023 (valued at R 3,500)
AND 1 x 1-hour individual feedback session on your poems
Please purchase mindfully, as no refunds will be given.
IMAGE: Courtney Koopman
If you feel called to join the course, but finances make it difficult, there are scholarships are available.
These are between 20% and 50% of the full price, and are only avaiable on the pay monthly option.
If you would like to use the scholarship opportunity, please email me: mail@tonistuart.com
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