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The Art of Life: Journaling as a Form of Self-Therapy
Do you realize that you have the power and knowledge within you to overcome obstacles in your life, to reduce your stress, to slow the maddening pace of life to reflect, and to find the inspiration you need to live a meaningful and rich life?
Research on the practice of journaling overwhelmingly illustrates the power we have to heal ourselves and cultivate our mental, physical, and emotional health. Dr. Edward J. Murray, professor of psychology at the University of Miami said he initially didn’t believe that merely writing about emotional experiences could do as much as psychotherapy. But after he conducted his own study, he said, “writing seems to produce as much therapeutic benefit as sessions with a psychotherapist.”
The practice of journaling–of using pen and paper to give form to the voice of our souls; of entering the unknown of our lives with intention and awareness; and of filling a blank page with our thoughts, experiences, emotions, and dreams–is a powerful and transformative mind, body, and spiritual practice.
“I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.” -Anne Morrow Lindbergh
During your individual session in the Zen Adventure Treehouse, you will be guided through a sequence of journaling exercises customized for your situation-whether you need clarity within your career, relationships, health, well being, or identifying your highest aspirations– to enable you to write your way toward insight and action so that you may begin to create the life you are meant to live.
“To write honestly and with all our powers is the least we can do, and the most.”-Eudora Welty
As a by-product of our individual sessions together, you will learn how to face the blank page and unstick yourself in the future through the powerful art and practice of journaling, and in effect, become your own therapist.