Writing Ancestral Wisdom
A Free Workshop to Access and Share Your Timeless Knowing
with Award-winning Author Kristin Kaye + Special Guest Medicine Keeper Dianné Jean Aldrich
Nov. 8, 4-6 pm pst/ 7-9 pm est, Live on Zoom
Writing Ancestral Wisdom: A Free Writing Workshop to Access and Share Your Timeless Knowing
Indigenous cultures around the world recognize our integral relationship with the natural world and with ancestors who have passed on. The voice of Grandmother, Hawk or Tree are as vital as any living being.
How do you access this wisdom? And how do you weave it into your writing?
We can shift our relationship to the question of 'who' is speaking and learn how to listen. This opens doors of experience and radically shifts our understanding of who has power, who gets to tell a story and where knowing comes from.
In this workshop we will learn how to access our own ancestral wisdom and how to weave it into our writing.
The Nature of Narrative
A deep dive into core narrative themes that will invigorate any writing project.
Mindful Awareness
Meditation, mindful awareness and creativity exercises to see old stories with new eyes.
Straight-up Writing Craft
Craft tips to help you translate your lived wisdom to the page and a 15-minute Q & A to ask questions about writing and publishing
Ignite insight, transform your truth and write new stories into being. Every workshop includes:
Hi, I’m Kristin Kaye!
My twenty+ years as an award-winning author, ghostwriter and book coach has spanned coasts and industries—from theater in New York and writing interactive TV pilots in San Francisco during the tech boom to completing an MFA/MA in Creative Nonfiction. I have penned a few books along the way: Iron Maidens: The Celebration of the Most Awesome Female Muscle in the World (Avalon/ Thunder’s Mouth Press), Tree Dreams: A Novel (Spark Press) and a forthcoming book, True Wealth: The 7 Essentials of Aligned Living, written with Matt Ludmer.
But when my life as an author and ghostwriter combined with being a meditation teacher, something really interesting happened. I gained intimate access into our very human stories. This is what I teach in all of my workshops, which I’ve had the privilege to share at schools, colleges and organizations across the U.S. I hope to see you in class! Learn more at Kristin Kaye. (Photo by Margot Duane)
Special Guest Dianné Jean Aldrich
Dianné Jean Aldrich is the owner of 4Pillars4Health EcoSpace, a sacred, transformative and inspirational space dedicated to the care of physical, mental and spiritual health in Madison, Wisconsin. She has a dynamic background in the healing and performing arts and shares her passion, expertise and insight with a wide audience through the Ancient Mother MoonLodge, the Vibrant Love Academy, the Vibrant Love VR Academy for Couples and through the Vibrant Love Mystery School in collaboration with Peruvian shaman, Willaru Huayta. Dianné is recognized as a Medicine Keeper within the ceremonial moon lodge. Her matrilineal line is of the Santee, Dakota tribe and her father’s line is a mix of Erie, Cherokee and Celtic descent. In 1997, her Elders gave her the responsibility to walk as a Pipe Carrier and Water Pourer, to pray on behalf of the people, in the tradition of the Lakota.
Tune into yourself and inspiration
“Kristin will help you to write and finish your book or anything you are working on. But maybe even more important—she will help you to find your purpose, understand why you're here and empower you to live your truth. - Sibyl, California
“Kristin's guidance is poignant and helpful in a mindful language that I never knew would be available in this kind of setting.” - Carolyn Anne, Vancouver, Canada
