y o u r s t o r y

a 6-week Gateless Writing salon
on personal narrative

(this salon is for people of all genders, LGBTQ+ friendly)

Tuesdays 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
June 27th - August 1st, 2023

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Tell us, friend, tell us your story.
Tell us of the places your feet have walked, the raptures your body has sung, the hundred different ways you have died.

Tell us, oh glorious being, which nameless chasms did you fall into, sudden and dreadful, in that soft, violent spring of childhood? Tell us, how did you split open? how did you bleed?

Tell us, beloved, where did your tears fall?
what blooms did your weeping grow? what temples within yourself did your anger erect? Where did your heart break in a thousand pieces only to grow back inviolable again, or to still be recollecting?

Tell us, friend, what joys are lapping against the shores of your skin? What hands are pulling you forward towards the sweet song of yourself? how are you getting reborn?

In the seedbed of your biography lives a hundred persons waiting to be known, fed by the nourishment of witness: of being known in the paths you have walked, the skins you have shed, the lovers and kin you have buried, the whole person you have become and are becoming.

Come, friend, come sit by the fire of your soul and tell us your tale, that we may all be blessed by the gift of one person’s real, beautiful life.

Gateless writing is a writing method inspired by ancient wisdom lineages and creative science to support you to drop beneath the conditioned critical mind into that ‘sunless sea’, 'under sleep, where all the waters meet' — the interior womb where all creativity springs (Coleridge; Eliot).

We cannot force creativity, however we can recreate the most fertile conditions that creativity naturally flows from. This involves, like the oracles and prophet-healers of Ancient Greece, leaving our ‘above world’ ordinary state of consciousness (the linear rational mind) and entering a non-ordinary, subterranean state. In Gateless we do this with the help of guided meditation, authentic movement, music, and incubation, as well as through creating a safe, critique-free atmosphere. In Gateless methodology we only give and receive supportive feedback about what we genuinely loved and appreciated about each other’s writing so that your creative-genius-inner-child can frolic in the fields of experimental play, free of the fear of judgement.

We will gather for ~2 hours each week online to write in this salon’s theme. Each call will include a Gateless meditation to drop you into yourself, a writing prompt, writing-time, and nourishing Gateless (only appreciative) feedback. These salons are for all people (writers and non-writers alike) who want to use writing as a tool for your healing and becoming.

Mondays 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
June 27th - Aug 1st, 2023

Online via Zoom**

Limited to 8 participants of any gender identity
LGBTQ+ friendly

$250 until Summer Solstice Wednesday June 21st,
$275 thereafter.

*Bring a friend who has never heard of Gateless before and receive $50 off. Email me for this discount.

Gateless Writing Registration 2

Name

First Name

Last Name

Number

If this is your first time in my Gateless salon, did someone refer you here? If so, who?

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I have read the cancellation & refund policy (please read carefully)

"Cancellation & Refund Policy: A full refund is possible if cancellation is made 3 days before the start of the program. Afterwards, the registration fee is non-refundable. If for some reason a participant must leave the group program before the 3rd session has been conducted, a credit towards future programs can be applied (space permitting) equivalent to the pro-rated unused salons, less an administration fee of 15%. After the 3rd session has been conducted, no credits may be applied."

Yes

I understand these calls are not recorded to maintain a sacred private space for writers, and that if I miss a salon I can contact Brielle to receive the prompt via email. I have verified that I can attend all or most of the calls.

Yes

In the case you are not automatically redirected to the payment page you can click here or send via Venmo (@BrielleMartinez)

**Please note: due to the vulnerability of the space, the calls will NOT be recorded. Please ensure you can attend all or most of the calls beforehand. If you cannot attend a session please write to me in advance to let me know and to receive the prompt via email.

y o u r s t o r y

a 6-week Gateless Writing salon on personal narrative