Writing The Body

Writing The Body is an online workshop that centres our bodies and the stories they hold in the creative process.

Writing The Body

Writing the Body is a transformative workshop that guides writers and creatives on a journey to reconnect with their bodies. In a world dominated by logic and intellectual pursuits, this workshop invites participants to embark on a revolutionary act – embracing the wisdom that arises when we inhabit our physical selves.

I designed this workshop because I wished someone would have designed it for me a few years ago. I have found myself so often feeling like a floating head when I was writing (a lonely one at that!). I want to share with you what helped me get into my body, and write from a different part of the body.

Writing and creating require a lot of headwork, and so many of us know how to do be in our mind very well. But it is through emotions that we create, and emotions live in the body.

If you’ve ever felt creatively stuck, overthinking every sentence, or like a floating head disconnected from your own work: I will teach you the tools to get unstuck.

Writing the Body is a rare workshop I now offer only once a year. It has been taught to more than 100 people across countries and festivals, and again and again the response has been the same: this changes how I create.

During this online gathering, we will delve into various aspects of body-related writing, exploring different writing techniques, tips, and engage in dialogue and community.

You will come out more creative, and more present.

The event will take place on Sunday, April 12th, 2026, starting at 18:00 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time).

Your Facilitator:

Virginia is a writer, editor, and curator. Her work weaves together tenacious inquiry, writing, and the hosting of conversations that bring artists, thinkers, and activists into collective exchange. She is the author of the Substack WAVES, read by thousands, and her words have appeared in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The New York Times, Atmos, Vice, and World of Topia. She has curated and hosted numerous conversations and led workshops in Berlin, Barcelona, Ibiza, and online, exploring the transformative power of storytelling, creativity, and collective inquiry. She is the Chief Curator at advaya, a leading education platform with a mission to re-enchant the way we view the world and ourselves, featuring courses on ecology, mythology, psychology and more.