meditation & writing go hand in hand

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connect with yourself

connect with others

let your voice grow strong

Breathe/Read/Write is a welcoming circle where people meditate, free-write, and share together.

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To sit with Lisa and quiet down, then write, is a great feeling….no one knows what will surface, and the sharing is such a relief from the noise of daily nothings. Highly recommended for poets and for all those who feel. – P. Brown


Upcoming BRW Events

December 10

Tea Time BRWs

Clear your mind. Give the censors a break. Let your words come. Connect with your writing companions from all over the U.S. and beyond.

December 12, 19

BRW on Thursday Mornings Meditate/Generate New Work/Share

Clear your mind. Give the censors a break. Let your words come. Connect with your writing companions from all over the U.S. and beyond.

December 15, 29

BRW Studio Time ~ Get Centered and Do Creative Work Together

Starting with the meditation and freewrite helps everybody focus and bring a clear, receptive attitude to their creative work.

Saturday Morning Meditation and Freewriting

Breathe/Read/Write turns to poetry to help us take in and respond to the world with all its torment and kinship.


Lisa’s BRW Story…

photo by Jennifer Wortham

Lisa started Breathe Read Write after the 2016 election. Trump’s victory stunned her, and she wanted a way to gather with like-minded people to process the new reality. BRW was not a cure-all, but people appreciated the chance to get quiet for a moment and work with others to integrate what was going on. 

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BRW grew out of Lisa’s need to do something, and she was glad to bring her years of teaching and meditating experience together to offer a calm place in the political storms… 

Read more on the About Lisa page…

Coaching

The way BRW weaves meditation and free-writing together also works in the context of one-on-one writing coaching. LISA FREEDMAN has 18 years of experience guiding writers of all kinds through the projects that call to them. 

These days, many of her clients welcome the brief meditation breaks that Lisa offers in their coaching sessions. They find that these pauses generate a sense of possibility and a clean sense of confidence. To see more about Lisa’s work as a writing coach, click https://lfwritingcoach.com/.

Read more on the Coaching page…

What people say about BRW…

Alma C.

"Your method of teaching -- as well as your encouragement -- has inspired me to start writing poetry again, which I used to do years ago."

Veronica P.

"I'm ever so grateful to you and the marvelous people of BRW who not only inspire and support my writing, but give me a contaminating sense of joy. Such magic you midwife."

Rochelle S.

"In BRW, there is no limit set on your imagination. The bonds developed between students and teacher and self are the richness of these free-writing circles."