Fertile Ground Writing Studio’s Transformational Writing Classes

Women in Transition – Climbing into your Authentic Self
Writing, Yoga and Ritual Taught by Suze Allen & Jnana Gowan

Writing Your Life through the Mythic Journey
Taught by Suze Allen

Women in Transition – Climbing into your Authentic Self
Taught by Suze Allen & Jnana Gowan

Your house is on fire. Your boat is sinking. What do you want take with you? What are you willing to watch sink or go up in flames? Making these decisions can help you navigate change and rediscover your most authentic self.

Living in a culture of advanced technology, time-starvation, overwhelming career and family obligations along with economic and emotional uncertainty often prevents women from taking the time to address and acknowledge life’s vital transitions.

This workshop gives you the time, the space, and the tools to ride the wave of change. Turbulent times are a call to adventure. Embark on the mythic journey with a transformational blend of hatha yoga, purposeful writing, deep relaxation and guided meditation. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of your life in transition and find strategies and rituals for dealing with intense change and daily discomfort. And research shows that expressive writing, guided imagery and hatha yoga have a profound healing and transformational affect on people undergoing significant upheaval. Forward bends deepen your journey into your core; standing poses help you to climb into your power, and restorative poses help you to hear the still and quiet yearnings of your real self. Purposeful and expressive writing brings you clarity and wisdom. Music, movement, and ritual bring you catharsis and joy.

This Women in Transition workshop helps you to approach your life with acceptance, intention and integrity, so you can grow stronger and more authentic. In this space of creativity, bodywork and ritual, you can choose what you desire rather than what you think you’re supposed to do and break free from what others want from you.


To paraphrase Joseph Campbell, when you accept the adventure of change you ride on the back of everyone that’s gone before you. You are not alone. Take the ultimate of feminine journeys.

Women in Transition Mini Urban Retreats Vara Healing Arts Albany, California February 12th and April 30th 2011 from 1 – 5:30pm www.healingarts.us

Women in Transition Two-Day Retreat Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California June 17-19, 2011 www.esalen.org

Writing Your Life through the Mythic Journey
Taught by Suze Allen
Do you find yourself needing to make some sense of your life to find out where you fit in the bigger picture? This workshop, based on a 10-step process of the feminine and masculine journey, gives you the perfect structure to mine the depths of your reality. Writing your life from a mythic perspective gives you clarity and helps you to process whatever you are going through. Using a combination of Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” and Christopher Vogler’s “Writer’s Journey” and Suze Allen’s approach for Women in Transition you’ll explore ways to understand your life in transition. It’s a timeless and exciting way of telling your story and revealing your life’s journey.

January 15 – February 5 Saturdays 10:30-12:30
Fertile Ground Writing Studio 149 Prospect Ave SF, CA 94110 To Register: suze.m.allen@gmail.com or call 207.205.0636