Friday, January 16-Sunday, January 18
Emotional Healing through Expressive Writing Retreat
Many of us are turned off to poetry because a high school English teacher thought poetry is about answers. Poetry is not about answers, it’s about questions. And the kind of healing verses discussed during Peter Yaremko’s January poetry weekend can go a long way toward smoothening some of life’s rough edges.

Numerous studies have shown that writing poetry has exceptional healing power over emotional trauma, enhancing immune system function, reducing physical symptoms and pain, and improving sleep.

The healing poems discussed in the program are easy to understand, beautiful, uplifting, and helpful in easing the stresses of a bad diagnosis, a divorce, death of a loved one – just about any emotional trauma we face.

Participants will do their own writing throughout the program and share if they want to. It’s a supportive, no-critique, safe space – not an academic class about writing better, but more a contemplative approach to feeling better.

Topics covered during the weekend include:
• The science of Expressive Writing & its therapeutic benefits
• Poetry versus journaling
• Writing to heal: three secrets
• Loneliness and healing poetry
• Writing poetry for self-discovery, self-healing, and self-reliance
• Life’s silver linings – Humor, Gratitude, Hope
• Cherishing yourself

Here’s what some past participants have said about their experience in Mr. Yaremko’s programs:

• “Your workshops unlocked something inside me that yearned to come out!”

• “Your class has opened a new world to me, and I’m so appreciative.”

• “I will treasure these memories in the future, and plan to continue on this path of self-discovery and appreciation for everyday life.”

• “Writing poems has been a great outlet for me and I thank you so much for introducing me to this. It’s very therapeutic and healing.”

$335 | PRIVATE BEDROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH
$305 | PRIVATE BEDROOM WITH HALL BATH
All meals are included: Dinner on Friday through Lunch on Sunday

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center
229 E Litchfield Rd
Litchfield, CT 06759
https://www.wisdomhouse.org/program-calendar/expressive-writing