Slow Presence Through Somatic Writing

This workshop offers tools to engage deeply with one's own soul, nurturing one's presence through contemplative somatic writing. By the end of this workshop, you will have connected with a true secret of writing, which lies in showing up for deep practice and sincere effort of open acceptance. Dive into a moment-by-moment relationship with silent sitting and writing practice. Learn by doing—sitting meditation, writing, reading, and listening deeply to yourself and others.

Dr. Neera Malhotra is an educator and somatic contemplative practitioner. She offers contemplative healing spaces through somatic writing, movement arts, silent sits as somatics practices, and education on the neurobiology of trauma and healing. She has earned a doctorate in education (performative ethnography on women’s sexuality, trauma healing), post-doctoral work in somatic energy, somatic writing, Interpersonal Neurobiology, contemplative practices and 300 hrs of Yoga teacher training. She is also a student in Upaya Zen Center’s Chaplaincy program, in Santa Fe, US.

Writing tools such as journal/ notebook

Colored pens (if desired), crayons, pens