Follow the Pen: A Two-Day Journey to Fearless Writing
May 5-6, 2012
Montreat Conference Center
Montreat, NC
Montreat is tucked in a mountain cove twenty miles east of downtown Asheville, North Carolina
This is a non-residential retreat.
Commuters Welcomed!
This retreat is limited to 24 women.
Registration Deadline: April 16
To ensure your space, payment must be received by April 16, 2012
Explore your writing in a supportive group of women using Centered Writing Practice™, a unique process of freewriting to prompts, sharing and listening, and supportive responding developed by Peggy Tabor Millin.
Whether a beginning or experienced writer, you will leave with a reliable tool for a writing practice that will inspire your writing and enrich your life. Your body’s yearning for respite and soul’s desire for speaking your truth will find nurturance and communion as you explore this particularly feminine approach to the writing process.
To gain maximum benefit from this retreat, Peggy suggests you read her award-winning book Women, Writing, and Soul-Making: Creativity and the Sacred Feminine prior to arrival.
What participants have said:
The retreat was just what I needed to get past a big stuck place in my journey as a writer, an experience that was gentle and powerful at the same time. Peggy's Centered Writing Practice is a wonderful tool for all women who write. In a circle of generous, funny, supportive women, I again have embraced my writing and am on my way...
...Peggy T Millin was a facilitator in the true sense of the word. She guided us into a safe space as writers which helped to unleash responses to prompts that were amazing.
Peggy's gentle support and humor create a space of safety, allowing participants to express their truth. She has developed the technique of Centered Writing Practice™ over 25 years of leading spiritual growth and women’s writing classes and retreats. The practice combines body awareness with free writing to prompts. Read more about Peggy Tabor Millin here.
Location
Montreat, North Carolina, is located twenty miles east of downtown Asheville near Black Mountain. Spring is a perfect time to explore this community with its wide variety of native flora and fauna, gently flowing streams, and colorful mountain vistas. 
Multiple trails wind through hundreds of acres of wilderness surrounding the town, along creeks, across rustic bridges, and through preserved woodland areas. If you are flying in, please see the Visiting Asheville page.
Our retreat will be held on the first floor of the Katherine & Thomas Belk Center at Left Bank on the shores of Lake Susan. This facility is part of Montreat Conference Center, which along with Montreat College, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA).
*ClarityWorks is not affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) or any other religious or spiritual organization.
Meals and Accommodations
Two lunches are included in your retreat fee. Be sure to note your need for a vegetarian option on your registration.
Commuters are welcome to this retreat. If you need accommodations, rooms are available at the Assembly Inn on the Montreat Conference Center grounds. You can reserve a room when you register. The town of Black Mountain has many B&Bs, privately owned motels, and national chain motels and offers a variety of restaurants.
Time and Agenda
This retreat will begin and end on time. Please allow time for parking and check-in. Bring a notebook and pen; we will not use tables, so you may want a clipboard, lapdesk, or a stiff-backed book to use as a writing surface. Handicap parking is available at the drive just past Left Bank on the right. A ramp provides accessibility to the first level where the retreat will be held.
Saturday
8:30 to 9:00: Check-in
9:00 to 12:00: Writing in Circle
12:00 to 2:00: Lunch at Assembly Inn, time to explore Montreat and/or write on your own
2:00 to 4:00: Writing in Circle
4:00 to 4:30: Q & A
Sunday
9:00 to 12:00: Writing in Circle
12:00 to 1:00: lunch at Left Bank
1:00 to 2:30: Writing in Circle
2:30 to 3:30: Closing and Q & A
Fees, Registration, Deadlines, and Refunds
Cost: $295*
Final date for registration: Monday, April 16, 2012.
This retreat is limited to 24 women.
*Cost includes the program, two lunches, and a free copy of Peggy's NEW edition of Mary's Way: Cultivating a Peaceful Heart in Trying Times.
Registration and Payment
Montreat Conference Center is handling registration for the retreat and also give you the option of reserving accommodations at Assembly Inn. Register here.
Can't attend this event? See the complete Calendar of Events for all upcoming writing opportunities with Peggy Tabor Millin.
Jump start your creative journey! Order Peggy Tabor Millin's award-winning book or audio workshop here. Gift certificates for classes or retreats also available!
