ERIC MAISEL AT THE OMEGA INSTITUTE

Join Dr. Maisel at the beau­ti­ful Omega Insti­tute in upstate New York—easily acces­si­ble from New York City—for his pow­er­ful work­shop The Cre­ativ­ity Coach­ing Expe­ri­ence.

Through live coach­ing ses­sions in a safe envi­ron­ment where every­one is encour­aged to learn and grow, you explore the unique chal­lenges that cre­atives face. You have the oppor­tu­nity to exam­ine and resolve long­stand­ing issues around com­mit­ting, plan­ning and doing, gen­er­at­ing men­tal energy, achiev­ing a cen­tered pres­ence, mas­ter­ing anx­i­ety, uphold­ing your dream, and main­tain­ing a cre­ative life.

The dates of the work­shop are Sep­tem­ber 11 – Sep­tem­ber 16, 2011

In addi­tion, you get to expe­ri­ence the Omega Insti­tute and its many free daily offer­ings (and won­der­ful meals!). This year, think about spend­ing an autumn week in Rhinebeck, New York with America’s fore­most cre­ativ­ity coach.

CLASSES

Dr. Maisel is teach­ing two classes with the Acad­emy for Opti­mal Liv­ing, an online learn­ing envi­ron­ment, YOUR BEST LIFE IN THE ARTS and NOIMETICS: BRING MEANING TO LIFE! Enroll­ment is now open.

Learn more about YOUR BEST LIFE IN THE ARTS

Learn more about NOIMETICS: BRING MEANING TO LIFE!

DEEP WRITING WORKSHOPS

This year Dr. Maisel’s Deep Writ­ing work­shop was held in Paris from June 13 – 17. No other Deep Writ­ing work­shops will be held in 2011. Sev­eral are planned for 2012, includ­ing at Esalen and the Omega Insti­tute. Please see the 2012 work­shop page for fur­ther information.

WORKSHOP INFORMATION

Give your writ­ing life a dra­matic boost by spend­ing a week with your writ­ing close at hand. Dr. Maisel’s Deep Writ­ing work­shops are sim­ple in struc­ture and pow­er­ful in effect. See what past par­tic­i­pants have said:

“This week in Lon­don rep­re­sented a won­der­ful lux­ury and a truly safe haven in which to write. For what­ever rea­son, I was able to work with min­i­mal anx­i­ety through­out. Hav­ing the writ­ing not com­pete with the usual demands at home has made a big dif­fer­ence. And hav­ing time left each day to explore Lon­don made for a per­fect week!” – Jen­nifer T.

“Rather than being a chal­leng­ing, gru­el­ing week of hard work it has been a week of flow and relief that I can do this writ­ing thing and that my story is good. I’ve fallen in love with my book and with dis­cov­er­ing my char­ac­ters and I had a blast. Thank you, Eric, for hold­ing the energy so well!” – Ruth P.

“I’ve learned this week that any­thing that inter­feres with sit­ting down and writ­ing is a ‘dis­trac­tion’ and can be dealt with or addressed. Doing our own writ­ing allowed us to wit­ness our process and learn how to address dis­trac­tions, all made pos­si­ble by Eric’s even, non-attached, but-always-ready-to-laugh voice and pres­ence. A bril­liant expe­ri­ence.” – Amanda L.

“This was a great work­shop. I really enjoyed it and looked for­ward to each day. This work­shop has helped to kick start my novel, which had only been in my head until this week. Thanks so much!” – Ralph M.

“I found the work­shop very use­ful as it actu­ally got me writing—and got me back into the thrill of writ­ing. I will most prob­a­bly fin­ish both the projects I recon­nected with this week. At least it feels like it’s going to be easy now! Thanks for help­ing me focus. You are an inspi­ra­tion.” – Sophie L.

“The work­shop was direct, sober­ing, steady, safe, open, and respect­ful. It does not get much bet­ter than this.” – Bob C.

“This was a great, focused expe­ri­ence and you gave very solid, pos­i­tive direc­tion – and your pres­ence was the main thing, the way you sup­ported the group and each of us so qui­etly, steadily, and with so much good will.” – Judy S.

“I loved your Zen-like style and the fact that there was lots of time to write and keep writ­ing so as to go deeper. It was a great reminder to myself that this is like med­i­ta­tion, that the real work is to keep sit­ting and notic­ing and writ­ing, and I felt a big shift in the direc­tion of finally embrac­ing the process. I got every­thing that I came here for.” – Claudette V.

Work­shop hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mon­day through Thurs­day and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fri­day. There is also an optional social gath­er­ing on the Sun­day evening before the work­shop begins and optional addi­tional activ­i­ties dur­ing the week.

Dur­ing the work­shop you relearn how much writ­ing means to you and you make real progress on your cho­sen project. A gen­uinely safe envi­ron­ment is cre­ated because par­tic­i­pants’ writ­ing is nei­ther shared nor cri­tiqued. Rather, the group receives per­mis­sion to spend time con­nect­ing with and falling back in love with their own writing.

Eric Maisel’s Deep Writ­ing Work­shop is ideal for writ­ers of every level of expe­ri­ence, from pub­lished authors to writ­ers who have yet to begin writ­ing. It is like­wise ideal for writ­ers who want to dis­cover what they want to write, for writ­ers who want to get back to a beloved project, and for writ­ers who are immersed in a cur­rent project. Give your­self the gift of a week in the embrace of your writing.

To enroll, con­tact Dr. Maisel at ericmaisel@hotmail.com