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Tir Na Spideoga, Inchigeelagh, Co. Cork, Ireland
July 5, 2009

We are slowly settling into our new home in Tir Na Spideoga, and our apartment's worth of 'things' that has been in storage in Toronto for 7 years has just arrived.... A specific writing website is 'in the works', but until then this website serves as an archive of the kind of personal guidance work I used to do. However this page is always 'up to date'.

I'm working on finishing up a book of short stories, and I will be giving Diving Deeper writing workshops here and elsewhere in Europe. Please check below for details. If you are interested in a Diving Deeper workshop in your area, let me know. I also offer mentorship for writers and give readings of my work. Contact me for details.

You can also find me in the Gaia community; once known as Zaadz. Here is my profile, and my latest blog is here: http://sandrajensen.gaia.com/blog

Love,
Sandra

 

You can read some of my other short stories here:

Sou'wester Magazine - War (available as an excerpt in PDF download)
Versal Six - La Llorona (only available in print)
Santa Fe Writers Project - A Walk In The Bush
Word Riot - Judgment Day
The Dublin Quarterly - The Sandman
r.kv.ry. Quarterly - Sixty-Nine Dollars
verbsap.com - Sunrise Café

Stories are forthcoming in print in: Takahe, PRISM international, Chautauqua and AGNI

Diving Deeper Writing Retreats and Sessions 2009

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Diving Deeper: A Writing Workshop
At Gaia.com: http://groups.zaadz.com/creativewriting
This is an ongoing online workshop.

Diving Deeper - weekend writing retreat
Tir Na Spideoga, Co. Cork, Ireland
March 13 - 15, 2009
For more information, please download the PDF &
extra details (Word Doc)

Diving Deeper Masterclass
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Autumn 2009 - TBA.

Diving Deeper - weekend writing retreat
Tir Na Spideoga, Co. Cork, Ireland
Autumn/Winter 2009 - TBA

Diving Deeper Masterclass
Berlin, Germany
Winter 2009 - TBA


Diving Deeper is a form of 'soul-yoga'; a writing process that encourages you to take a risk and write from your darkest and your brightest places. You will be supported to write from state of deep presence and awareness - without preconceived ideas about what or how you “should” write. You will discover how fear and uncertainty is a source of inspiration and strength and not a hindrance to creativity; you will learn how to make friends with the 'blank page'.

Whether you have 'writer's block', are in the writing flow, are a complete beginner or simply looking to explore your creativity, the sustained focus of this workshop will encourage a radical shift in your relationship to your creativity.

Sandra blends a variety of approaches to her teaching including the Freefall writing principles of Barbara Turner-Vesselago, the deep listening of David Hykes’ Harmonic Chant and Paul Lowe’s “sharing inner dialogue”.

“The Diving Deeper workshop enabled me to re-enter an almost forgotten 'place' of wonder and luminosity...to 'freefall' into staying present and focused. I felt that Sandra, gently and clearly, gave each of us exactly what we needed in terms of encouragement and guidance and the space to listen to ourselves and each other. The weekend was intense and enjoyable and completely revelatory. I loved it!” Rosemary Taylor, painter

“For me the Diving Deeper writing process is pure magic. We take what is very ordinary, that which I would normally discard, and turn it into pure gold. It has helped me to stop thinking about writing and to become a writer.” Andrew Fawcett, writer

“I have been writing as part of my job for many years, yet it seemed I could never "just write". What amazed me most about this workshop was that without much drama, it gently pushed me into just doing it. It was the ride of my life!” Anka Suckow, Marketing Consultant

“The workshop was a surprising encounter with myself. I experienced layers of my own depth I wasn't aware of before.” Volkhard Roeseler, astrologer

“It is not too much to say that Sandra’s Diving Deeper retreat has changed my life.” Gabriele Stehle, writer

Diving Deeper Irish Examiner interview about Diving Deeper. Friday, March 16 2007

 

Writing Mentorship Programs with Sandra Jensen
Sandra also offers writing mentorship programs via email and telephone for those of you who want more in depth support and feedback on your work.
Please contact her directly for details: sandra@sandrajensen.net

 

 

 

Planet Meditation
Since late December of 2005 I have made a weekly date with our planet, to sit with her in meditation. Others join me, and my sense is that there is a powerful possibility if we sit together like this.

I don't know what our Planet (or my own body-planet) needs or how it 'should' or shouldn't be. I just lie or sit and be as total with my body / being as I can, bringing full awareness into all the parts and the whole; feeling what comes up. Doing nothing, just being with.

If you would like to join me, here are the details:

Every Sunday:
Berlin: 9 pm
London : 8 pm
New York: 3 pm
Vancouver: 12 noon
Sydney: 7 am
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If you want to find out the time for where you are, go to: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html

Health

A page about my physical state

If you wish to be emailed when this page is updated, please send me an email.

 

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