Upcoming Events
Yoga and reflective writing weekend at Swallow’s Bridge, Alton, ON with Monica Voss and Sandra Campbell
Yoga is a reflective practice. Its many techniques encourage us to feel, ponder, observe, remember and assess. Join Monica on a weekend devoted to enriching mind and body connections with days full of yoga practice, breathing, walking, and meditation. Each evening Sandra will offer guidance and explorations in reflective writing. Open to all, especially those who wish to enrich their yoga experience with journalling, wordplay, poetry, and reflective writing.
- Dates:
- July 30-August 2, 2010
- Place:
- Swallow’s Bridge
- Cost:
- $625, Shared Room (3 or 4 per room)
Past Events
Memories into Stories: for those who love wordplay, journaling, poetry and stories
The right way to go easy
Is to forget the right way
And forget that the going is easy
Chuang Tzu
Memories, those elusive patches of colour and feeling collect inside us and invite us to pay attention. Through playful exercises using images and poetry, participants will be led into exercises to reawaken memories, dialogue with them and craft them into stories.
- Dates:
- January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2010
- 6:30 to 8:30pm
- Place:
- The Writer’s Centre, 627 Bloor Street, Toronto @Christie Subway
- Cost:
- $120.00 includes GST
- To Register:
- sradcliffcampbell@gmail.com or call: 416-656-0686
Writing from the Inside Out
The right way to go easy
Is to forget the right way
And forget that the going is easy
Chuang Tzu
Through playful in-class exercises, Sandra offers tools and techniques to unleash your creativity and spontaneity, connect to the writer within and write in fresh new ways.
- Dates:
- 5 Monday nights: 6:30 to 8:30PM
- Sept. 21, 2009, 28, Oct. 5 (Thanksgiving no class), 19, 26
- Location:
- 36 Madison Avenue @Spadina Subway.
- Cost:
- $150.00 includes GST
- This course is full
- sradcliffcampbell@gmail.com or call: 416-656-0686
Yoga and Reflective Writing Weekend at Swallow's Bridge, Alton, ON with Monica Voss and Sandra Campbell
Yoga is a reflective practice. Its many techniques encourage us to feel, ponder, observe, remember and assess. Join Monica on a weekend devoted to enriching mind and body connections with days full of yoga practice, breathing, walking, and meditation. Each evening Sandra will offer (optional) guidance and explorations in reflective writing. Open to all, especially those who wish to enrich their yoga experience with journalling, wordplay, poetry, and reflective writing.
- Dates:
- July 31, 2009 to August 3, 2009
- Place:
- Swallow's Bridge, Alton, ON (Map)
- Cost:
- Shared Room (3 or 4/room) $595
- To Register:
- info@estheryoga.com or call: 416-944-0838
Yoga and Reflective Writing Weekend at Swallow's Bridge, Alton, ON with Monica Voss and Sandra Campbell
Yoga is a reflective practice. Its many techniques encourage us to feel, ponder, observe, remember and assess. Join Monica on a weekend devoted to enriching mind and body connections with days full of yoga practice, breathing, walking, and meditation. Each evening Sandra will offer (optional) guidance and explorations in reflective writing. Open to all, especially those who wish to enrich their yoga experience with journalling, wordplay, poetry, and reflective writing.
- Dates:
- July 31, 2009 to August 3, 2009
- Place:
- Swallow's Bridge, Alton, ON (Map)
- Cost:
- Shared Room (3 or 4/room) $595
- To Register:
- info@estheryoga.com or call: 416-944-0838
Memories into Stories
For those who love wordplay, journaling, poetry and stories
The right way to go easyIs to forget the right way
And forget that the going is easy.
Chuang Tzu
We are writers as we write. Stories collect inside us and arise as memories, elusive patches of colour and feeling which invite us to pay attention. Through in-class writing exercises and weekly assignments which focus on process, not performance, participants learn tools and techniques to reawaken memories, dialogue with them and craft them into stories.
- Dates:
- Thursday September 25, 2008 to November 14, 2008
- Time:
- 6:30 to 8:30 PM
- Place:
- 36 Madison Avenue @Spadina Subway
- Cost:
- $225.00
- To Register:
- sradcliffcampbell@gmail.com or 416-972-6137
Yoga Retreat with Reflective Writing on Salt Spring Island, BC
with Monica Voss & Sandra Campbell
May 23-25, 2008
Yoga is a reflective practice. Its many techniques encourage us to feel, ponder, observe, remember and assess. Join Monica on a weekend devoted to enriching mind and body connections with days full of yoga practice, breathing, walking, and meditation. Each evening Sandra will offer (optional) guidance and explorations in reflective writing.
Open to all, especially those who wish to enrich their yoga experience with journalling, wordplay, poetry, and reflective writing.
Monica Voss has been studying yoga for 30 years and teaching since 1981. In addition to co-owning and teaching at Esther Myers Yoga Studio in Toronto, Monica conducts workshops, retreats and teacher training in Canada, the U.S., Great Britain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Costa Rica.
Sandra Campbell, a student at Esther Myers Yoga Studio for more than ten years, has been exploring the connections of bodymindspirit for many years through her writing and her workshops, Writing into Balance. Her first novel, Getting to Normal was selected as one of NOW’s ten best books of 2001. Sandra also teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto.
- Cost:
- Single with ensuite bath: $535
- Single with shared bath: $465
- Shared room (pp): $395
- Commuter: $195
For more information or to register, contact:
esther myers yoga studio
390 Dupont Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5R 1V9
tel 416 944 0838 fax 416 944 9151
email info@estheryoga.com
For information about the facility, contact:
Salt Spring Centre of Yoga
355 Blackburn Road, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada V8K 2B8
tel 250 537-2311 email: yoga@saltspringcentre.com
Writing into balance
Winter 2007 classes
Sandra gave me the inspiration and the tools I needed to get in touch with my self, fend off my inner critic, and begin writing again!
Joanna Axiak
We are writers when we write. As we write from the inside out we reflect on our lives and discover the messages of our bodymindspirit about who we are and the path we're on. Through in-class exercises, the author will share her ways to awaken the writer within and to dialogue with memory.
- Part One:
- Four Tuesdays: February 6th to 27th, 2007 6:30-8:30 PM
- Part Two:
- Four Tuesdays: March 6th to 27th, 2007 6:30-to 8:30 PM
- Location:
- 36 Madison Avenue at Spadina Subway.
- Cost:
- $100.00 per session.
To register call 416-972-6137 or contact me through my website
Summer Yoga Retreat with Reflective Writing
- Dates:
- August 3rd to 6th, 2007
Winter 2006 Classes: Writing into Balance
August 4-7, 2006 Summer Yoga Retreat with Reflective Writing with Monica Voss and Sandra Campbell
As well as yoga, breathing practice and meditation, this summer's retreat offers guidance in reflective writing. For anyone interested in journalling, wordplay, poetry (not just for writers). For more information see: www.estheryoga.com
Beautiful country setting (www.swallowsbridge.com). All meals, classes and shared Room (3-4/room) $495.00
Session One (4 Evenings)
As we write the stories carried inside us within our memories we come to feel more balanced. Through in-class exercises, Sandra will share her ways to awaken the writer within and to dialogue with memory.
“Sandra gave me the inspiration and the tools I needed to get in touch with my self, fend off my inner critic, and begin writing again!”–Joanna Axiak
Dates: Four Mondays Evenings: 6:30 to 8:30 PM. January 6 through February 6, 2006
Location: 36 Madison Avenue @Spadina Subway stop
Cost: $107. 00
Session Two (6 evenings)
Six Monday Evenings: 6:30 to 8:30 PM. March 6 through April 10, 2006
Location: 36 madison Avenue @Spadina Subway stop
Cost: $160.00
Writing From the Inside Out: Memories into Stories
6 Monday Nights: October 24 to Monday, November 28.
Memories are elusive patches of colour and feeling which are carried inside us. Through in-class exercises we’ll deepen the exploration of ways and means to discover your memories and turn them into stories.
6:30 to 8:30 PM
36 Madison Avenue @Spadina Subway
Cost: $175.00
Writing into Balance
with Sandra Campbell
We are writers when we write. When we write from the inside out we reflect on our lives and discover the messages of our body, mind, soul about who we are and the path we're on. Memories offer a means to discover and dialogue with these messages. When we write the stories carried within our memories we come to feel more balanced.
Through in-class exercises, the author will share her ways to awaken the writer within and to dialogue with memory.
2005 Winter Classes, Four Monday evenings:
January 10th to 31st, 2005
and
February 21st - March 14th
6:30 - 8:30 PM
For more information visit www.espritpublications.ca and click Events.
Tuesday March 23, 2004, 6:30-8:00pm
Sandra Campbell will read from her novel and talk about the writing process.
Gilda's Club Greater Toronto
2004 Reading Series
110 Lombard St., Toronto, Ont., M5C 1M3
Space is limited, so please RSVP to Elaine at (416) 214-9898, ext. 500
Writing Into Balance: with Sandra Campbell
Dates: Monday May 3rd, and May 17, 2004. 6:30 to 9:00 PM.
We are writers as we write. When we write from the inside out we reflect on our lives and discover the messages of our body, mind, soul about who we are and the path we're on. As we honour these messages we come to feel more balanced. Through in-class exercises, the author will share some of the ways she connects to the writer within.
Location: Wonderworks, 79A Harbord Street, Toronto M5S 1G4
Cost: $50.00
To Register call 416-972-6137 and leave a message.