Online via Zoom
3-5pm, 4 January 2026 (GMT) (max 8-10)
Workshop Goal:
Zoom Workshop Goal: Reflecting and Rebirthing: Examining the highs and lows of 2025, ways we’ve grown or adapted, things we’ve learnt. Looking at poems of re-birth, reflection, change, courage and bravery. Participants will create, not New Year’s resolutions, but sankalpas (a more affirming and yogic approach to goal-setting) for 2026 by using prompts from poems.
Exploring what we will do with our “one wild and precious life” in 2026.
Things you won’t need to do….
o There are no rules in writing for wellbeing…
o You don’t need to have any writing experience whatsoever
o Just an interest in exploring texts and using writing as a way to explore self
o In fact, poetry therapy is not about creating a fine piece of literature or a poem – (though many people find they are left with a piece of writing they would like to develop further)
o It’s not compulsory for you to share your work with the rest of the group, though people can find connection that way and tend to gain more insights when they do
o You don’t need to prepare for the session
o You can say as much or as little as you like in the group, though it is encouraged for you to keep your camera on.
One of the main goals of Wellbeing for Writing
It’s an insightful way to work with things out of your awareness, and tap into feelings you didn’t know you were experiencing or else as a way to unpick something…..and it can even help to explore experiences both from the past and things in the here-and-now.
What you may take from the sessions
Ways you can work with writing therapeutically
A sense of connection with others in the group
A feeling that you’re given yourself space and time just for you
Often the exercises can lead to integration of self
More self-compassion
And participants learn how to deal more creatively with what can’t be changed
What to bring
• A notebook and pen, or any kind of paper you have to hand.
• (If you like, you may wish to buy yourself a writing journal if you haven’t got one already, and use this workshop as the start of your journalling journey through 2026.)
• A quiet space
• A cup of something warm and comforting, and a blanket, maybe a candle if you wish (all optional).
About your facilitator:
Leah Larwood is a relational gestalt psychotherapist (in the final stages of training and accreditation) (UKCP) and a certified poetry therapist (CPT).
She is also a writer, poet and qualified mindfulness teacher.
She is based in Norfolk.
