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Laurie Wagner

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Do you feel the call to be immersed in beauty, wonder + soul exploration?

Come join @andreascher and I in Oaxaca!

You’re invited to a one-of-a-kind retreat in the enchanting land of Oaxaca. Step into a world of wonder and embark on a journey of self-discovery amidst a vibrant tapestry of artistry and color.

For 5 nights and 6 days, your stay at the beautiful Grana B&B will include delicious dinners, daily group Wild Writing sessions, getting creative with local artisans, and connecting with like-minded women.

This retreat offers you the opportunity to pause, breathe, and connect with like-minded women, while engaging in creative practices which nourish the soul.

Learn more + register here https://www.wildwonderretreats.com/oaxaca/ or via link in bio.

#oaxaca #mexico #oaxacatravel #oaxacacity #wildwriting #writingpractice by @lauriewagner

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Why we're still going back to Nepal... https://27powers.org/wild-writing-nepal/ or via link in bio. by @lauriewagner

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You're Invited!

27 Powers invites you into an intimate conversation with Lebanese poet, @moudi.sbeity, one of the most deeply reverent and thoughtful poets we’ve had the honor of knowing. Our time together will also celebrate the release of his debut poetry collection, Alhamdulillah Anyway.

Moudi grew up in Lebanon surrounded by grandmothers, cousins, and orchards of olive and fruit trees — steeped from the start in the richness of family, tradition, and land. His poetry weaves through language, homeland, and war, and ultimately the awakening of the human heart in the face of whatever life brings.

During this 90-minute class, we’ll talk with Moudi about the spirit of his work — how he’s used the heartbreak of war in Lebanon to crack open everything he knows about mercy, grace, and wonder. From that place, we’ll do two short guided writes together.

Join us --> https://27powers.org/moudi-sbeity-live/ or via link in bio. by @lauriewagner

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It might get bloody, but you’re still a queen. This is us doing Wild Writing and SoulCollage in Taos this week with a group of 21 women. So good.
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#soulcollage®️#wildwonderretreats #wildwritingintaos #youbethequeen taken in Mabel Dodge Luhan House by @lauriewagner

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18 days ago

Not stranded, just sleeping. SoulCollage©️in Taos with Wildwonderretreats.com
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#soulcollage®️ #wildwonderretreats #Wildwriting in Taos makeartintaos by @lauriewagner

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Why after 5 trips, Nepal still stops me in my tracks >

Interested in joining us? Sign up here https://27powers.org/wild-writing-nepal/ or via link in bio.

#nepal #kathmandu #27powers #wildwriting #writingpractice by @lauriewagner

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22 days ago

What a day on the Nepal retreat actually looks like >>

Interested in joining @jameshopkinsnepal and I and a small group of wild writers this November?

Everything you need to know can be found via link in bio.

#nepal #travelnepal #himayalas #kathmandu #wildwriting #writingpractice #27powers by @lauriewagner

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Two ways to create this fall: memoir and poetry ✍

If you’re trying to decide between the upcoming memoir workshop and the poetry class, we may be able to help you choose.

Choose memoir if: you have a story sitting inside you. Something that happened, something you're still making sense of…and you want help shaping it into a piece with a beginning, middle and end. Tanya’s class is built for that.

Choose poetry if: you already sense that the poem is in there somewhere, buried in your journal pages, and you just need permission and a process to go find it. Susan’s class meets weekly to write together, then shows you how to take that raw material and edit it into something finished. Line by line, week by week, from image poems all the to deciding whether (and where) to submit.

Either way, you don’t need experience. You need to make the time and have the willingness to show up to the page.

One Small, True Thing with Tanya Shaffer — https://27powers.org/one-true-thing/ or via link in bio.

From Wild Writing to Finished Poem with Susan Vespoli — https://27powers.org/from-wild-writing-to-finished-poem/ or via link in bio.

Both small groups are filling up. If one of these has been sitting in the back of your mind, this is your sign. by @lauriewagner

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Winter has a way of asking something of us. To slow down. To notice what we've been carrying. To find our way back to ourselves.

This year, we're offering two ways in.

🏖️ Mar de Jade — December

On the beaches of Mexico, mornings move slowly. The ocean air does something to the noise in your head — quiets it, until you can hear your own thoughts again. This is a retreat built around rest as much as anything else: beauty, writing, and the company of women who understand why you came.

We have 12 women joining us so far, with room for 4 more.

[Learn More & Reserve Your Spot →] https://www.wildwonderretreats.com/mardejade/ or via link in bio.

🚶‍♀️ Oaxaca — January

Cobblestone streets. Cafés made for writing in. Art that pulls something out of you that you didn't know was there. Oaxaca works on you differently than the beach does — it's less about stillness and more about letting a new place loosen something inside you.

This trip is just getting started, with a few incredible women already signed on.

[Learn More & Reserve Your Spot →] https://www.wildwonderretreats.com/oaxaca/ or via link in bio.

You don't have to be an artist. You don't have to be a writer. You just have to be ready to go somewhere that gives a little back to you.

If either of these has been sitting in the back of your mind, now's the time — spaces on both trips are limited.

#oaxaca #mexicoretreat #winterinmexico #mardejade #wildwriting #writingpractice by @lauriewagner

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Our fall Wild Writing classes start next week.

Women-only Mondays with Janet McKeehan-Medina, Tuesdays with Susan Vespoli, Women-only Wednesdays with Dayna and Thursdays with Lorna French.

Ten weeks of writing together in a small, devoted group. If you have been thinking about it, this is your moment.

Register via link in bio.

#wildwriting #writingpractice #27powers by @lauriewagner

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NEW ON THE BLOG: So Many Tender Things

Read and listen to more via link in bio.

#ontheblog #27powers #wildwriting #writingpractice by @lauriewagner

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You know the feeling…you’ve been writing for years, filling pages, following the pen, letting the words come. And somewhere in those pages, there’s something. A story that wants more shape, a line that wants to become a poem.

This fall, we are offering two eight-week workshops built for the moment where you’re ready to take what’s raw and make it into something finished.

➡ One Small, True Thing: Beginning Memoir, with Tanya Shaffer

An introduction to shaping a short piece of memoir (up to 2000 words), with craft discussion, in-class writing, and structured feedback, for both newcomers to the form and experienced writers looking to go deeper. Over the course of eight weeks, Tanya will introduce you to a variety of shapes a memoir piece can take and walk you through the elements that make a story feel whole, including constructing a compelling central character on the page (usually a version of yourself); taking that character through a process of transformation, whether large or small; and selecting the key details that bring the story to life for the reader.

Learn more about One Small, True Thing here :: https://27powers.org/one-true-thing/ or via link in bio.

➡ From Wild Writing to Finished Poem, with Susan Vespoli

For the writer who suspects poems are hiding in their journal pages. Susan, the author of four poetry collections, built this class around her own process: writing wild then finding and shaping the poems from the raw words. Eight weeks of live Zoom writing sessions, weekly prompts (image poems, sensory poems, haiku, and more), and space to workshop your drafts on Wet Ink.

Learn more about Wild Writing to Finished Poem :: https://27powers.org/from-wild-writing-to-finished-poem/ or via link in bio.

Both are small groups, both meet weekly, and both are designed to take you from the page you already have to the piece you didn't know you were ready to write.

Hope to see you soon! by @lauriewagner

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