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Schedule

Here is the 2012 schedule.

The items bolded are times Jen would really like you to be there.

There is free time every afternoon and that is the time for shopping, hiking, hanging out, napping, walking the labyrinth, and more writing. The morning writing times are not.

July 22

3:00 – 7:00pm Check In
4:00 – 6:30pm Chair massage (off main living room in the room with the tear shaped door – come early for less waiting)
4:30 – 5:30pm All-Level Gentle Loving Yoga with Marianne (this is a great way to unwind; no previous yoga experience necessary)
6:00 – 6:30pm Un-Cocktail hour
6:30 – 7:30pm Dinner at Mabel Dodge Luhan
7:30 – 9:15pm Opening/Getting Grounded/Loving Yourself Up

July 23

7:00 – 7:30am Dance Yourself Awake (free form dance w/ Jen) (often people’s very favorite part of the retreat)
8:00 – 8:45am Breakfast
9:00 – 10:45am Writing Warm Ups with Jennifer and Marianne
10:45 – 11:00am Very brief check-in with your small group
11:00am – 12:30pm WRITING TIME (If you find you can’t write, please use this time to ‘be’ with your writing, thinking, making notes, pondering, or journaling; Jen’s under the pergola for coaching.)
12:30 – 1:30pm Lunch (You can write during this time or carry your lunch to wherever you want–including your room. You don’t have to be social!)
1:30 – 3:30pm Working with the Inner Critic (Writing exercises, small group discussions and lecture about learning how to deal with the voices in your head.)
4:30- 5:45pm All-Level Yoga with Marianne
6:00 – 7:00pm Dinner
7:00 – 8:00pm Evening Council
8:00pm on Free time, hanging, games, reading, connecting!

July 24

7:00 – 7:30am Dance Yourself Awake (free form dance)
8:00 – 8:45am Breakfast
9:00 – 9:45am Writing magic starter stuff
9:45am-10 am Very Brief Check-in with Your Small Group
10:00am – 12:30pm WRITING TIME (Letting yourself stay with the process with tender self-regard)
12:30 – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 – 3:00pm Feel the Fear, and Move it Anyway with Marianne (insights and exercises into seeing the fear and not letting it stop you with special insight for memoir writers)
4:30- 5:45pm All-Level Yoga with Marianne
6:00 – 7:00pm Dinner
7:00 – 8:00pm Evening Council
8:00pm – on Free time, hanging, games, reading, connecting!

July 25

7:00 – 7:30am Dance Yourself Awake (free form dance)
8:00 – 8:45am Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30am Writing magic starter stuff
9:30 – 9:45am Very brief check-in with your small group
9:45 – 11:00am WRITING TIME (Come ask for help if you need it!)
11:00am – 12:30pm Writing Naked (with your clothes on): How to connect through your body and heart to find your writing truth and the courage to write that truth; replacing shadow comforts and time monsters with creative aliveness.
12:30 – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 – 3:30pm Collage Your Writing
4:30- 5:45 pm All-Level Yoga with Marianne
6:00 – 7:00pm Dinner at MDL
7:00 – 8:00pm Evening Council
8:00pm – on Optional time to share your writing with each other

July 26

7:00 – 7:30am Dance Yourself Awake (free form dance)
8:00 – 8:45am Breakfast
9:00 – 9:45am Writing magic starter stuff
9:45 – 10:00am Very brief check-in with your small group
10:00am – 12:30pm WRITING TIME
12:30 – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 – 3:00pm The Most Important Craft, Structure & Writing Tips Jen Knows
4:00- 5:15 pm All Level Yoga with Marianne (note different time)
5:30 – 6:00pm Evening Council (note different time)
6:15pm Dinner on Your Own (venture into town)
8:00pm – on Optional time to share your writing with each other

July 27

7:00 – 7:30am Dance Yourself Awake (free form dance)
8:00 – 8:45am Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15am Very brief check-in with your small group
9:15 am – 12:30pm WRITING TIME
12:30 -1:30pm Lunch
1:45 – 3:00pm To be decided – maybe a field trip, maybe an art project, maybe be a group nap!
4:00 – 5:15 pm All-Level Yoga with Marianne
6:00 – 7:00pm Uncocktail Cocktail Hour
7:00 – 8:00pm Dinner at MDL

July 28: Closing

8:00 – 9:00am BREAKFAST / Check out (pack up and return your key before we begin; for those of you using the shuttle, it will pick you up at the classroom)
9:00 – 11:30am Taking the Mojo Home Closing

(Please try to stay for final session if at all humanly possible.)

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