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Align Your Story: An Integrative Writing Course

  • All levels
  • 18 and older
  • $569
  • Interactive online classroom
  • 72 hours over 9 sessions

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  • $569
  • Interactive online classroom
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Class Description

Description

What you'll learn in this creative writing class:

Alight Your Story will get you writing with more ease and power. 

It will give you the tools to bring the wisdom of your body to your writing and to tap into deeper sources of creativity.

The course includes not only writing lessons, close readings of great literature, and writing prompts, but also yoga and meditation in video and audio formats. 

The course also gives you lifetime access to a private supportive community, live conference calls and more. 

Students of Align Your Story are:
  • Both beginning writers (in all genres) and professional authors with several books published who want to write with more ease, in a more integrated way.
  • Eager newcomers to meditation or seasoned teachers of yoga and/or meditation wanting to start or deepen a home practice and connect contemplative practices to narrative practices and to writing.
  • People seeking a supportive, engaged community of fellow writers.
The course includes meditation and yoga
  • Meditation helps quiet the static in the mind, be more present and more mindful.
  • Yoga helps you shift your energy and tunes you into the stories your body holds
The course also includes teachings from some of the greatest writers of history

  • Lessons and close readings inspire you to listen to your own truth through insights from skilled poets and writers including Rumi, Toltoy, Emily Dickinson, Zora Neal Hurston, Mary Oliver and many more.
  • Writing exercises guide to you go deeper into your writing, to stretch yourself, to revise and to create a strong, coherent body of work.
  • It also gives you access to a wonderful, ongoing community of mindful writers through the private facebook group
Align Your Story is comprised of eight modules. Each module contains a lesson, close readings of great literature, yoga, meditation, writing exercises, a live video conference call, and access to a private facebook group.

Twice a year, the course unfolds week by week with live conference calls. When you enroll you have lifetime access to the whole course, so you can go through it at your own pace, and come on the conference calls--or listen to the recordings--every time the course is offered. 

Modules:

  • Lesson 1: Free Writing: Learn how to tap into your creativity without judgment and get through creative blocks
  • Lesson 2: Deep Listening: Learn to listen to yourself, trust your voice, body, and process
  • Lesson 3: Resistance, Shame and Judgement: Come out of old patterns that are endemic in our society and held in our bodies so that you can come to a more joyful writing practice
  • Lesson 4: Childhood: Be guided to go back to the deep wells of childhood experience to grow and be inspired by both them--both the good and the bad. 
  • Lesson 5: Joy: Give yourself permission to experience and express joy
  • Lesson 6: Putting It Together, Revision and Beyond: Have the skills to look at your work with more clarity and revise it
  • Lesson 7: Alignment, Narrative Arc, and the Art of the Story Line: Gain the skills to see the big picture and put your work together into a coherent whole
  • Lesson 8: Writing for Life--How to Keep Going; Writing What You Love; Loving What You Write: Get tools and confidence to stay committed to a deep and rewarding writing life
Each module contains
  • Lesson in audio and text format
  • Reading Assignment with online links to reading
  • Close Reading in audio and text format  
  • Detailed Writing Exercise
  • Follow-Up Exercise
  • Meditation in audio and video format  
  • Yoga in audio and video format
  • Weekly Calendar
  • One-Hour Live Phone Meeting (Recorded if you need to miss it)
  • Online Community
What you get in total:
  • Audio Lessons: more than 160 minutes
  • Close Readings: more than 160 minutes
  • Writing Exercises: more than 70 exercises
  • Suggested Readings: Online links to more than 60 diverse and inspiring pieces of literature from the 19th-21st centuries
  • Yoga Video: more than 80 minutes
  • Yoga Audio: more than 130 minutes
  • Meditation Video: more than 70 minutes
  • Meditation Audio: 120 minutes
  • Live Conference Call with Nadia: Eight hours. If you can’t make the calls, you can listen to the recordings (available to you every time the course is taught)
  • Life long access to private facebook community of supportive, engaged, mindful writers around the world
For a limited time, participants also receive a free 30 minute one-on-one session with Nadia.

Facebook group: unlimited access

By the end of this course you will:
  • Have a strong, coherent body of work
  • Have the tools for life long writing, yoga and meditation practices
  • Better integrate your mind and bodyHave the skill to be your own compassionate witness and quiet your inner critic
  • Retell your story so that it is more comfortable and more powerful
  • Have greater toolset of writing skills and be able to tap into deeper creativity
  • Be ready to commit to your writing life with more skill and clarity for the long term.
Note: The course includes live check ins with the instructor and a community of supportive writers, with whom you can have a life-long connection. And for a limited time, participants also receive a free thirty minute one-on-one session with the instructor.

Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Refund Policy

We offer a money back guarantee after the second module if the student shows me that she has done the work for the first two modules.

Reviews of Classes at Nadia Colburn: Align Your Light (7)

(5.0-star rating across 7 reviews)
  • Align Your Story: An Integrative Writing Course

    Reviewed by Jennie Meyer on 9/27/2016
    At last I discovered a writing mentor, Nadia Colburn, who dares to value both the craft of writing and one’s personal journey of body, mind, spirit and voice. What I did not expect was how intentionally and lovingly Nadia would hold herself, her students, and the world to that vision throughout the class. Her profoundly powerful lessons, readings, supporting yoga movements, meditations, and guidance in the weekly phone conversations, met me exactly where I was on my own path. Her insight and candor reached directly to parts of my own unconscious, which responded with an unexpected and welcome shift in a long-standing, recurring dream. Working with Nadia offers this kind of depth of internal movement and self-integration that infuses new life and strength into one’s path and voice.
  • Align Your Story: An Integrative Writing Course

    Reviewed by Maria West on 9/27/2016
    I was a student in Nadia's Align Your Story: Personal Writing Retreat this past summer. I had taken Nadia's in person writing workshops in the past, and I found this class deepened my connection to my writing and supported me in establishing practices in meditation, yoga, and journaling, which I've wanted to do for years. Having the material available in text, audio, and video form, with lessons, close readings, suggested readings, writing assignments, as well as meditation and yoga, gave me lots of ways to access the course, which I sometimes did while making dinner, other times when I found free time in my day. I was also a participant in several of the conference calls, which were wonderful, and had a productive and enlightening in person coaching session with Nadia to finish off the experience. Now I'm back in the in person writing workshop, I'm hoping to continue with all I learned in the online course Since taking Align Your Story, my writing, my sense of self, and my ability to find my center have all shifted to a place of greater clarity. Thank you, Nadia!
  • Align Your Story: An Integrative Writing Course

    Reviewed by Angela on 9/26/2016
    "I feel deeply grateful to Nadia Colburn for all the thought, care, expertise, and heart she has put into developing Align Your Story, which is evident in every detail of the course content, and which shines through her extremely warm, welcoming, and responsive facilitation and communication, as well. I feel empowered by participating in this course, as it has encouraged me to write with more courage, vulnerability, freedom, and authenticity and to appreciate the ways in which my yoga and meditation practices nourish my writing and creativity, and vice versa, linking mindful expression and reflection in an integrated process. I found my way into the course during a time of navigating several transitions and personal challenges this winter, including the loss of a loved one, the grief that followed, and new beginnings in my life, as well. In the midst of all this, I found that the tools Nadia offered were a helpful way to process what I was experiencing, offering both a chance to look inward as well as to join together with a community of other women, who inspired me through the writing they shared and the recognition that, although we were only connected by email and phone, we were accompanying one another on transformational journeys. I am excited to know that this program will continue to be available to others and hope that all who participate will find it as healing, stimulating, and liberating as I did. Thank you, Nadia!"
  • Align Your Story: An Integrative Writing Course

    Reviewed by Maria on 9/19/2016
    When I first saw the Nadia's advertisement I knew I had to be in this course: it spoke directly to me, to my present moment and feelings. Nadia's dedication is amazing, she always encouraged us to develop an own personal voice, without any judgement. She accompanied us through this, sometimes hard, but always rewarding path. Diving into yourself is always a challenging task, however, Nadia was there to help you and to spread an invisible net to hold you. She leads us through roads that were unknown for me. The combination of readings, writing exercises, yoga practices and meditation, made me unfold layer by layer until I found me, my real me, myself. Moreover, she gave us the opportunity to join an unforgettable journey that have brought me bliss and peace. I now know that I can not only be creative but also a conscious citizen with a lot of to offer to the world.
  • Align Your Story: An Integrative Writing Course

    Reviewed by Angel J. on 9/16/2016
    I joined your course at a time when I was experiecing a bottomiess pit of intense grief related to the traumatic abortion of my family life and the excruciating pain related to the quasi loss of my beloved daughter. My flow was frozen and writing had not happened for a long time. I was overwhelmingly overwhelmed and doubted that any writing group experience would offer me much, and so it was a sweet surprise when after the first class my frozen river began to thaw and writing began to flow once again :-) Oh, what a relief! Nadia, your writing course is unlike any I've ever participated in. You seem to take a holistic approach to writing and in this holistic approach every aspect of my being was attended to. When I met you at a meditation retreat I immediately sensed in you a generosity and kindness that touched me deeply. Standing next to you I sensed an angelic presence that was soothing and healing. It was my experience that your course is infused with this healing energy. I had participated in writing courses in the past, though none as healing as this one. Your patience and your reverence for my inner guidance allowed for a deep resting within and from that place of resting the frozenness began to thaw and my writing flow returned. Oh what a joy! It was my experience that you provided an exquisitely personalized container - a womb of sorts - within which I could begin to write of my harrowing experiences. You were attuned to my particular needs, and honored my pace even when it appeared that I was lagging behind. Thanks to you and the warm and nutrient-rich womb, three new blogs were formed, one more cathartic than the other :-) I hope to participate in more of your writing courses in the future, as a few more blogs are longing to move from the darkness within to the light without :-) Much gratitude for holding me with such reverence and grace in my time of need.
  • Align Your Story: An Integrative Writing Course

    Reviewed by Alison on 9/16/2016
    This was a really great class--such a wonderful selection of readings and lessons. I listened to them several times, and it really helped me commit with new energy to my own writing. I highly recommend this course!
  • Align Your Story: An Integrative Writing Course

    Reviewed by Mikki on 9/15/2016
    "Align Your Story" was the first online course I've ever taken, and I am so glad I took that leap. Nadia is an amazing facilitator - so warm, welcoming, and inquisitive. Her generous style lends itself well to learning and inner growth. I felt completely held by the group, even though I never met anyone in person! I am deeply grateful for having had this opportunity to combine my interests in writing, meditation, and yoga. I now have a new way to approach all three.

Review Summary by CourseHorse

Students who took the Align Your Story: An Integrative Writing Course found the class to be impactful in their personal growth and writing abilities. The course, led by Nadia Colburn, focuses on both the craft of writing and personal development, incorporating elements such as readings, yoga movements, meditations, and weekly phone conversations. Students praised Nadia's intentional and loving approach to teaching, which met them exactly where they were on their own paths. They found that the course deepened their connection to their writing and supported them in establishing practices in meditation and journaling. One student mentioned that the material being available in various formats allowed for easy accessibility. Three direct quotes that reflect what students learned include: 1. "It encouraged me to write with more courage, vulnerability, freedom, and authenticity and to appreciate the ways in which my yoga and meditation practices nourish my writing and creativity, and vice versa." 2. "Diving into yourself is always a challenging task, but Nadia was there to help you and to spread an invisible net to hold you." 3. "It was my experience that your course is infused with this healing energy."

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Nadia Colburn: Align Your Light

Nadia holds a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University, where her studies were supported by the prestigious Mellon Fellowship and a Jacob Davits Fellowship, and where she won the Bunner Prize for Best American Essay and a B.A. from Harvard where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She...

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