Writing Class on Gaia and Narrative Healing

What is narrative healing?� How does it relate to Gaia theory?� How is it accessed?� How does it work?� Why is it good for you?� Why is it part of a global healing experience?�

Narrative healing is based on the Ayurvedic principle that establishes that finding one's own unique voice is what makes one whole.� This voice is the"Stradivari" of every human being, the unique violin that brings out the melody of a musician.� It is a source of creativity that connects one to one's own inner being.� According to Ayurvedic traditions, accessing this voice is the path to balance, health, and vitality.� Finding the sound of one's own voice involves reconnecting with one's memories, revisiting the stories that play out in our subconscious and define us as sexual, erotic, and amorous beings.� This enhances one's inner strength and immunity and those of one's communities.� For each human cell in Gaia's body that accesses the sound of its own violin, other cells resonate with its authenticity, thus expanding the process of narrative healing to a global dimension.� Multiple vibrations resonate with each other and align to produce balance and well being for oneself, for one's communities, and the biota as a whole.�
The workshop will guide participants in the process of accessing their inner "Stradivari," of playing the violin of their unique experience, and tapping into this source of healing creativity.�

Notes About the Workshop

• This class is based on the contents of the books Gaia and the New Politics of Love and Eros: A Journey of Multiple Loves by Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio

• This class is a body/mind educational experience

• Its topic is interconnected with the three topics in the series Gaia, Eros, and the Sacred

• The class can be taken alone or in conjunction with that series

• The class includes

• an INTRODUCTION to narrative healing (with open Q & A period) -- 45 to 60 minutes

• a WORKSHOP to practice and experience it� -- additional 60 to 90 minutes

The Books

Gaia and the New Politics of Love.� Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2009.�
Eros: A Journey of Multiple Loves.� New York: Routledge, 2007.� A memoir and a Lambda finalist.

A participant's comment:
"Thank you so much for a fabulous workshop and reading.� I enjoyed it very much and it has continued to spark interesting and soul-searching conversations with friends and partners.� I am also enjoying your book.� Meeting you was an inspiration to me as a writer, queer person, and woman." Celeste, NCSU, February 2007