Ronda, City of Dreams

Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. ~ Rilke Rainer Maria Rilke statue in Ronda In April, when Radical Restoration goes to Spain to write, a one-day excursion to this magical city is planned. After a day of literary and historical...

Writing & Yoga in Spain

Within a month of announcing it early this year, the April 2020 writing and yoga retreat in Spain filled up. But plans change, especially when you consider that there were sixteen of us planning that trip so far in advance. Regrettably, four people have had to...

Why We Retreat

We’ve been to Costa Rica, Italy, and of course, Canada offering luxurious days of guided writing practice and gentle yoga. Until now, these exotic extended retreats have been organized by me and facilitated by Sue Reynolds and Esana Lotfy. Although I’ve...

Darkness and Light and the Space Between

I’ve begun to write approximately a dozen blog posts in the past weeks. Most recently I wanted to share my deep delight at being able to write with my peers for six straight days. Skilled, perceptive, honest, and supportive critiquers are hard to find. I wanted to...

A restorative weekend retreat of writing & yoga

I was thrilled when Elaine Rodaro invited me to host a writing retreat at her lovely Muskoka Rose Guest House , so we eagerly set about to co-create a rich weekend getaway. Esana Lotfy and I have been facilitating retreats and workshops since 1998 in Canada, Costa...