Holistic Writing Program

The Words & Bodyworks Holistic Writing Program engages the mind, body and spirit to enhance and inform the writing process. This unique approach blends traditional workshop methodologies with holistic techniques like journaling and meditation to maximize each attendee's creative potential.

Program offerings include a variety of on-site workshops and classes and off-site retreats and excursions. Example workshops include A Holistic Approach to Fiction and Journaling for Wellness. The program includes workshops for both literary and therapeutic writing designed for new and existing writers, professional writers, those who write as a hobby, and non-writers. Some workshops that focus on the more therapeutic aspects of writing may be open to everyone, depending on the theme.

Featured Event:

A Holistic Approach to Fiction

Saturday, Nov. 12. 10am-4pm

Workshop fee: $75/person

(Includes lunch, refreshments & 10-minute chair massage)

Christina Deka, Writing Instructor

Rebekah Delling, Holistic Facilitator

This inaugural workshop of Words & Bodyworks' Holistic Writing Program is designed to immerse writers into the heart of their story using holistic techniques such as journaling and visualization and an intensive workshopping session. Writers will focus on the aspect of their story that needs help. Attendees are asked to bring a chapter or story in progress.

To register: Call 412-378-0652 or click HERE and search for the date of November 12.

Workshop to take place in the Meditation Room at Terra Place. Please call 412-378-0652 if you require a vegetarian lunch option. Workshop fee due at time of registration. You will receive an email with payment options after registering.

About your facilitators:

Christina Deka

Writing Instructor: Christina Deka will be graduating with an MFA in Creative Writing from Chatham University in December, 2011. At Chatham she studied fiction and the teaching of creative writing. She is interested in magical realism, fairy tales, feminism, small towns in Western Pennsylvania, and writing about the female body. She is currently teaching creative writing at the Allegheny County jail and is in the process of getting a few of her stories published. In her spare time, Christina enjoys traveling, doing yoga, and hanging out with her cat.

Rebekah Delling

Holistic Facilitator: Rebekah Delling is a recent graduate of Chatham University where she completed her MFA in Creative Writing. Rebekah has been writing since the fourth grade and began her first novel in the sixth grade. In her teens and early twenties she published a few poems in small journals. In her mid-twenties she obtained a Bachelor's degree in Professional Writing and began writing articles for both print and web organizations. She has worked as a press relations specialist for Venture Outdoors, acted as Outing Editor for the Sierra Club and completed an PR/Marketing internship with local author and life coach, Lisa Spahr. She recently completed a memoir and has started seeking publication for both her long and short creative writing pieces. Rebekah is also the owner of Words & Bodyworks Massage Therapy and has been practicing holistic modalities like meditation and journaling for over fifteen years.

Upcoming Events:

Ongoing Fiction Class – Coming this spring
Ongoing Nonfiction Class – Coming this spring
Journaling for Wellness – Coming this spring
Writing Retreat – Coming next year