January 7, 2015

Haiku Workshop with Robin Izer

Haiku Writing Practice
Celebrating What Is

Haiku writing practice is a form of meditation / insight practice.

Haiku writing employs the skillful shaping of alive, compressed language inspired by delight, wisdom, and immediacy of present moment awareness.

In this interactive class we walk, sit in silence, place our attention, and write. Prompts will be suggested to stimulate the practice of haiku mindfulness and haiku writing. We will share our writings & insights with each other.

The purpose of this class is to demonstrate that “catching haiku” and writing them into life is training in present moment reflection. Composing haiku is an affirmative art of spirit which acknowledges and embodies gratitude for being alive and awake in this time, this place, this now. In some, writing haiku can be a cause of happiness, compassion, and insight.

Be advised: writing haiku may renew your life force, your mindfulness practice, and your delight in being alive!
Where:
Rocky Mountain Insight Center
2525 West Colorado Ave. Suite A
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
(Free Parking)
Co-Sponsors:
Rocky Mountain Insight and Springs Mountain Sangha
Facilitator:
Poet Robin Izer of Rocky Mountain Insight
Guest Presenter:
Sensei Andrew Palmer of Springs Mountain Sangha

 

When:
Saturday, February 28th, 2015
9:30am to 12:30pm
Healthy snacks provided for breaks
Pre-register:
Limited to 20 participants. Please register early
Please call 634-1441, Robin Izer to register
Cost:
Suggested donation of $20 to be collected at class
50% of donations after food and copying costs will go to RMI for use of the space

NOTE:
This is a writing practice workshop; no previous writing experience is required. Suggested reading previous to this class: Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness & Open Your Heart by Patricia Donegan. Bring writing paper, pads, pencils/pens…