Welcome to Creativity Goes Wild!

WRITING CLASSES

Sebastopol, Sonoma County
Four-Week Classes

Tuesday evenings, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm
July 14 to August 4, $100 by 7/7, $115 after
September 15 to October 6, $100 by 9/8, $115 after
October 13 to November 3, $100 by 10/6, $115 after

Tuesday mornings, 9:30 am to noon
July 14 to August 4, $100 by 7/7, $115 after
September 15 to October 6, $100 by 9/8, $115 after
October 13 to November 3, $100 by 10/6, $115 after

One-Day Workshops, Saturdays, 10 am to 4 pm
Sepember 26, $70 paid by 9/18, $85 after

Learn simple powerful techniques to help you find your voice, tell your stories, calm your inner critic, enter the creative flow, jumpstart your writing and embrace your creative self. We write in class and then have a chance to share what we have written, in a completely supportive environment in which we mirror back what rings true for us or what we want to hear more about as a way of helping you learn to trust your own voice and gain confidence in your writing. Also gain an understanding of the elements of craft and what makes good writing.

One-Day Writing Workshop - Writing in Nature
Saturday, July 25, 10 am to 5:00 pm
$75 paid by 7/17, $85 after
register early limited to 12
Point Reyes, Bear Valley area near Olema

We will engage Nature as a source of creative inspiration and support while working with simple, powerful techniques to help you find your voice, write more freely, calm your critic, find the
stories that are important to you and learn to enter the creative flow. Gain an increased understanding of the craft of writing, the creative process and the workings of the natural world. Small supportive group. Good for beginners and experienced writers as well as all styles of writing. Easy walking on flat trail. (3 miles round trip done at a slow pace stopping along the way)

Weekend Writer's Workshop/Retreat
at Scenic Marin Headlands

Historic Marin Headlands Hostel north of Golden Gate

Dates coming for fall.

Small supportive group.
Good for beginning and experienced writers & all genres

Join award-winning writer and professional naturalist Suzanne Murray for this weekend writer's workshop/retreat where we will engage Nature as a source of creative inspiration and support while working with simple, powerful techniques to help you find your voice, write more freely, calm your critic, find the stories that are important to you and learn to enter the creative flow. Find support, encouragement and a chance to share in community with other writers. Gain an understanding of craft and creative process. Enjoy the opportunity to slow down, breathe fresh ocean air, eat good food and walk along beaches and coastal trails.

ABOUT SUZANNE MURRAY:

A gifted teacher and life and creativity coach, now in her fifteenth year offering classes and workshops she brings to her work a passion for empowering others to connect with their dreams, desires and creativity and bring their gifts into the world. An award-winning essayist and poet, Suzanne's work has appeared in various literary journals including Orion and The Sun. She is the author of a collection of poems “Love Poems to Nature” and also has a background in photography and design. She has kept a journal for thirty years and is currently at work on a memoir about living in southeast Alaska and a second collection of poems. A skilled life and creativity coach, she has trained with Bill Plotkin, author of “Soulcraft” and with Eric Maisel, author of “Coaching the Artist Within.” She is a member of the Creativity Coaching Association and an advanced trained PSYCH-K facilitator specializing in work and limiting beliefs.

COACHING CLASSES
LIFE & CREATIVITY COACHING

Living A Life You Love: Coaching Groups
for Discovering and Creating Your Heart’s Desire

Learn practical, emotional and soulful strategies to help you uncover and express your gifts in the world. Understand how limiting beliefs effect your ability to live a life you love and learn techniques for helping to shift to a positive focus. Learn ways to access the wisdom of your imagination and your natural abilities. Take home tools for coaching yourself through the issues that get in the way including career concerns, creative blocks and relationship issues. Explore the power of the law of attraction and the generative capacity of the imagination in creating what you want. Work with exercises that help prioritize your passions and find what brings you joy. Clarify your desires and create a vision and action plan for you life. Discover the importance of taking action and how to set realistic goals and support yourself in achieving them. Experience the pleasure and joy that comes from moving forward toward the life you really want.

JOURNEYS TO THE WEST OF IRELAND
Experience the Enchantment of the Celtic World
in County Clare, the Aran Islands & Connemara 2009

Friday September 4 to Monday, September 14
(full payment due by 7/1)
limited to eight people

Friday October 9 to Monday, October 19
(full payment due by 8/1)
limited to eight people

Cost: $895 ($200 non-refundable deposit holds space)
includes instruction, guide fees & hostel-style lodging
does not include airfare, meals* & ground transportation
(*cooking facilities available in hostels)

Join gifted writing teacher and soul-based life & creativity coach Suzanne Murray and a small group of travellers on an intentional journey in the West of Ireland, the edge of the ancient Celtic world where Irish (Gaelic) is spoken. Find magic, mystery, and a deep peace in this landscape of stark beauty and rich culture. Step out of time into this elemental world where you can slow down and open to receive the wisdom, insights and experiences that come to us on this journey. Whether you are involved in writing or interested in life or creativity coaching along the way, Suzanne will be available for individual guidance as well as sharing her love for the land, people, culture and history. We will support and celebrate each other’s journey while also enjoying time for individual exploration. We will journey to amazing scenic and historic places,; stay in hostels where we will meet other travellers; and visit local pubs in the evening to revel in the traditional Celtic music. There will also be time to wander on your own and slip into cafe to meet locals. (email me for more information)

"The Aran Islands are amazing. Very elemental, sheer drop coastal cliffs, stone walls everywhere. It’s the kind of place that gets into your head because the Sacred is omnipresent . . . magnificent stark beauty."
-Past Pilgrim

EXPLORE AND SUPPORT YOUR CREATIVE SELF
Coaching Classes & Workshops for All Creative Souls

Classes, Workshops & Individual Coaching
available on request

Good for all forms of creative expression

Experience the pleasure and joy that comes from adding satisfaction and meaning and a sense of well being to your life through creative expression and forming a creative vision for your life. Learn practical, emotional and soulful strategies to help you fully uncover your gifts and support yourself in expressing them. Find encouragement. Gain an understanding of the creative process and its stages. Learn ways to access the wisdom of your imagination. Discover how to set realistic goals and support yourself in achieving them. Take home tools for coaching yourself through the issues that get in the way of your creativity including career concerns, blocks, limiting beliefs, relationship issues and the existential and spiritual questions that can arise from wanting and needing to create.

Testimonials

What her writing students say:

Suzanne is more than an excellent teacher. She is an inspiration. Her writing workshops are not only about the craft of writing, but are a journey into the heart of the writing experience . . . -Jill Cagen

Suzanne has just the right touch; so supportive and gentle as we birthed our little word babies. She showed us how to see the beauty in them. And it wasn’t fake! Once she pointed out the beauty, it was there! -Martha Stedman

A tremendous inspiration. Suzanne offers a nearly endless variety of tools and creates an atmosphere that is both challenging and unconditionally supportive. She showed me how to side step blocks and let creativity flow. No question, it is the best writing class I’ve ever taken. -Ed Richards

What her coaching students say:

Everybody in the coaching class had an amazing experience. Suzanne has a fabulous ability to help you get clear on who your are and where you want to go. -Jody Tucker

Suzanne’s superb leadership, inspiration and open heartedness helped me, in a very short amount of time, rekindle my confidence in myself and my dreams. -Francine Krause

The life-coaching class was fantastic! Suzanne is an amazing teacher. -Margaret Glynn