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With Open Hearts and Minds:

Meditation and Journaling
2023-01-28 10:00:00 2023-01-28 11:30:00 America/New_York With Open Hearts and Minds: Join YDL and YpsiWrites in a meditation and journaling exercise that allows participants to explore and expand their feelings and thoughts with open hearts and minds. Virtual -

Saturday, January 28
10:00am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2023-01-28 10:00:00 2023-01-28 11:30:00 America/New_York With Open Hearts and Minds: Join YDL and YpsiWrites in a meditation and journaling exercise that allows participants to explore and expand their feelings and thoughts with open hearts and minds. Virtual -

Join YDL and YpsiWrites in a meditation and journaling exercise that allows participants to explore and expand their feelings and thoughts with open hearts and minds.

Join YpsiWrites and YDL for the first of two writing workshops exploring intersections of writing, mental wellness, and self-care. In this first workshop, poet and clinical social worker David Boeving will guide participants in a meditation and journaling exercise that allows participants to explore and expand their feelings and thoughts with open hearts and minds. This workshop reflects our theme of Writing for Change, in this case on a personal level. For teens and adults.  

The second workshop, A Story Worth Writing: Self-Care and Autobiography, will take place on Saturday,  Feb 25th at the same time. You can register for that workshop here.

You can register for one or both workshops. We'll send you the Zoom meeting information a few days before each program date.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Writers | Health & Wellness |

TAGS: | YpsiWrites | Writing | Self-Care | Mental Wellness | Meditation | Journaling |

Virtual
Phone: 734-482-4110
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