Building on David's monthly Back In Your Body workshops, which embody a holistic approach to creativity in all forms as a route to mindfulness, this session takes some of those tools to hone in on creative writing, specifically first person stories. With Kya bringing a wealth of experience both writing personal essays as a freelance writer and as founding editor of Aurelia Magazine, we hope that this workshop will help you feel safe enough to be vulnerable on the page and support you to build the confidence to tell and share your stories in an engaging way.

As people who both write about our lives, we understand how nervous you might be. It's vulnerable! We also know people will join with varying degrees of experience - that's okay because it's open to ALL levels. There will be the option to share some of your writing in the session, but only if you feel comfortable. In our experience sharing in a safe environment can be a powerful tool - it can inspire and encourage us as well as serving as a reminder that we all have our own voice and that we should lean into it.

The session will be very relaxed and laid back, cameras can stay off for the entire workshop if that's what you want, and there will be time to ask us questions or even just have a chat at the end!

Accessibility is important to us so we are running this session on a pay-what-you-can basis. Donations are not required but are welcomed and can be sent to https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/davidatkinson5 to support both Kya and David.

A lil bit about us - we originally met online but truly believe our coalescence was written in the stars! This is our first workshop together but have many plans for the future, including adapting one of David's short stories for screen. We often text each other at *exactly* the same time. As best friends we are so excited to be co-hosting our first event and we hope it will be the first of many. We can't wait to have you join us!

Love,

David & Kya x