Join Raheema Sayed for this free, 2-hour, online workshop!

Please be mindful when booking. This is a workshop for Black writers and writers of colour based in Scotland (or normally resident in Scotland, outside of Covid-19 circumstances).

Meditation & Writing Practices

Meditation is a practice of coming back to your breath. This workshop explores how your writing practice connects with the idea of breath, and coming home to your body. What are the different ways we can come home to ourselves? Meditation can remind us that writing helps us reclaim our power. It can help us become more aware of our bodies and surroundings. Meditation helps us pave a way toward expressing our emotions through writing, and connecting more deeply with our feelings.

The Details

• A max of 15 spaces, open to writers in all genres at all levels!
• This workshop will be hosted online using Webex (instructions will be sent to participants closer to workshop date)
• We will practice different ways of attending to breath
• The facilitator will share creative pieces and we will discuss these as a group
• The workshop will include creative prompts, and time to write and share writing
• The workshop includes a 10-15min comfort break
• Please respond to the RSVP 4 days before the event to retain your ticket*
• All SBWN events will adhere to our safer spaces policy. You can learn more about our policy here.

Access

To participate in the online event, you will need:

• a good internet/wi-fi connection
• a laptop, computer, tablet or mobile phone to join by audio and video
• Please email us your access requirements: ScotBAMEWriters@gmail.com

About Raheema

Raheema Sayed is a writer and poet, raised in Edinburgh, with origins in India and South Africa. Her poetry has been published in YWCA Scotland's RISE anthology, and she is currently working on creative writing and poetry, which explores her roots and experiences.

*RSVP: Our free events are very popular and have a waitlist. We will email you 4 days before the event to confirm your attendance. Please respond by the 24th July to confirm your attendance, otherwise we will release your ticket to our waitlist. Thank you!