Workshops & Courses
All the workshops and courses listed below approach writing as an embodied practice. If you are looking for a self-compassionate way to get back into writing, a way to work around distractions or tiredness, or a way to experience more joy and delight in your writing… your body has more to offer you than you know.
Upcoming
Carrying on with your Writing
A free 90-min workshop to find power and energy for your writing by working with the body
to be announced
Writing as Embodied Practice
A course to accompany your daily work on a writing project for 7 weeks
Past events and appearances
Looking your writing in the eye
A 90-min workshop for facing writing that is hard to face (02 November 2020)
Carrying on with your Writing: Possibilities in Movement
Workshop at The Embodiment Conference, the largest-ever gathering of embodiment teachers in the world (14-25 October 2020). Conference website here.
Moving Past Paralysis in Times of Uncertainty
Workshop for #HireHigherEd event to help academics transition to non-academic jobs (06 August 2020). More info here
Negotiating visibility and invisibility in online seminars
Presentation at online e-learning symposium, Tembusu College, National University of Singapore (17 July 2020)
A Boost for your Summer Writing
A 90-min workshop for members of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, UK Chapter (June 2020)
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“This workshop and the previous one have radically changed how I write as an academic and how I feel about writing. I've moved past a writer's block that I did not know I had. I no longer dread that moment of sitting down to write and the fear that the words will not come, or the right words will not come. I have found my flow and my confidence and am now experiencing writing as something playful and creative (and something for me rather than for others).”
Sue WaltersSenior Lecturer, University College London
“In her Embodied Writing Workshop, Catelijne created a very productive series of practices to approach the challenges of writing. Writing is not only a practice of intellect and mind but can be approached more holistically to include the body. Using the four elements as a metaphor for these embodied practices created openings to enter the writing process for me and I find that I now have a new palette of tools at my disposal to utilize in my writing practice. I enjoyed this workshop immensely and appreciated the spirit of empathy, care and community that was generated during the process.”
Kristy Kangpractice-based researcher in Singapore
“As a seasoned movement teacher, I thought I stood on solid ground as far as body knowledge was concerned. My writing, however, remained estranged, a clumsy dance partner that lacked interest and sparkle. Catelijne’s course offered a new encounter, one where the meeting of body and mind unlocked doors to deeply buried habits. Gentle, yet disciplined, structured, yet flexible, Catelijne’s method helped me squarely face the unknown and risk taking that next step towards writing freedom.”
Glenna Batson
"Catelijne’s workshop introduced us to ways of writing that became experiments in living. I found my feet and gut as I wrote. Then we played. I wanted to create space for my fear and frustration; others helped me. I re-drew some boundaries in who I write for and why I write. These possibilities turned out to be ready to hand. Through daily exercises, weekly reviews, and shared stories, Catelijne joined us with insight and humour."
Chin Chuan Fei lecturer in philosophy/trainee counsellor
“This workshop helped me to go back to poetry writing and I even won a local poetry competition. It also gave me the extra strength to finish the proofs' revision of a journal article and of an outreach article. They will both come out this month."
Dr. Cristina Blanco Sío-LópezMarie Skłodowska-Curie Senior Global Fellow and Principal Investigator (PI), University of Pittsburgh / Ca' Foscari University of Venice
“A transformative experience that bleeds into every aspect of your writing practice.”
Hélène Mialet,Philosopher and anthropologist of science and technology
"I've been to several writing workshops and read quite some books on writing, but this really offered a fresh, new experience. I was pleasantly surprised!"
Nikki MulderPhD Candidate
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