Get Away with TinaO
Remember summer?
tripping through the grass
letting the sprinkler beads
cool your pinking shoulders
how at the end of the day
you can’t tell
the difference
between the days dirt
and a tan
Retreat into Story
Some of us are immersive. We love to get away.
We hear the moon, taste the stars, and remember the rumble of our own narrative.
All weekends are designed to be offered as personal one on one retreats, or as a private group of 6-12 participants. Locations: Bowen Island, Enso Retreat Centre on Saltspring Island, or at a venue of your choosing). Four retreats to choose from.
#1 – Story from the Core with TinaO & The Writer’s Adventure Retreats
4x/year – $1250/person
Join our core group of writers who have been writing together through a five draft process for the past two years. Each weekend centres around a core story principle which can be applied to all forms of story writing: novel, collection of poetry, editorial pieces, a solo-show, movie script, keynote or whatever else you may be creating.
Storytelling is simply the narrative
we attach to a communication
about a transformative journey
Each writing retreat is themed around one of these core principles:
Core Principles
The Engine Room (Core Theme / Conflict)
Work it Back from Impact (Structure + Turning Points)
Out on the Skinny Branches (Vulnerability)
The Intersection of Conflict (Stakes)
Meribeth’s Killer Questions (Research & Relevancy)
One note, Two note, Three Note Books & a Symphony (Voice & Editing)
Throw Cushions (Polish & 3 Publishing Paths)
Writers can attend the above writing retreats in any order as the weekend offers one on one coaching time to connect the dots and fill in the blanks.
Each weekend includes:
- Daily writing prompts & opening circle
- Daily Instruction time
- Daily Kundalini Yoga / Meditation
- Healthy, locally sourced meals
- One on One Coaching
- Group Sessions
- A late night writing session
- Closing Story Salon
- Follow-up materials to take home and continue your adventure at home.
This group usually has three spaces / retreat open to welcome new writers. If you would like to have a conversation to find out more, or to consider joining in please reach out to Tina@TinaOLife.com
PLUS
Once a year Tina and her writing partner Meribeth Deen of The Writer’s Adventure offer ‘Place-Based’ writing retreats where the adventure of writing continues:
Previous Adventures:
Joshua Tree – Getting Lost in the Desert
Enter the Mystery – Sasquatch Country
Watch for fall 2022 – Nova Scotia
and fall 2023 – New Orleans
#2 – Live Your Best Story
3 Nights, includes meals and accommodations
Group price $650/person
One on One price $1400
Imagine a weekend of deep listening where you are welcomed as if you’ve come home. There’s a pot of soup bubbling in the kitchen, home made shortbread on the table, and the tea pot is always full.
Imagine three nights and two days of listening for the words you’ve been longing to hear.
Permission to be you.
To hear the thoughts you’ve always known.
To remember the dreams you’ve forgotten.
To replenish.
Incorporating rest, story telling, writing, nature, creativity and the art of conversation, Live Your Best Story is for you if you are hungry for your own wisdom.
#3 – Writing as Witness
Day long retreats or 2 nights, includes meals and accommodations
Day price: Groups $250/person
One on One: $800
Two night group price: $650/person
Two night one on one price: $1400
Sometimes you tell the story, and sometimes the story tells you.
Write to listen. Write to feel. Write to witness. Write to heal.
Together we will: write, doodle, colour, read, rest and explore the healing power of creative journaling.
Perfect as a weekend away with people you love. No writing experience required. A beginner’s mind and perhaps a love for stickers, sparkles and chocolate is the only pre-requisite.
#4 – Tracking Your Personal Myth
2 nights, includes meals and accommodations, and soul-session with Chris Dierkes
You came into this world as a story stone with
the divine narrative of you nestled deep inside.
Imagine this stone, as the story of you is dropped into the ocean like the vastness of this lifetime.
Each ripple represents a turning point.
Each ring an unfolding of your great story
One stone.
One story.
One journey to trust.
This is a rich and immersive weekend of storytelling, listening, laughing and tracking the mystery that is your personal myth.
Please connect directly with Tina and Chris for a consultation.
Fire Circle
There is a place where stories are told.
Where questions are asked.
Where answers are gathered.
Where the wisdom of our collective ancestors is received.
This is a listening circle for teams of leaders working through complex situations.
How can we take good care of each other while making right decisions in a divisive time?
Come to the fire.
Everything is possible there.
If you do but one thing for yourself…. You MUST experience “Live Your Best Story”. It is THE most freeing, feeling, fantastical, friendship finding experience, with others and mostly with you, yourself and Your (Best) Story. Live Your Best Story is a new chapter ready to be written and meet you all the way. Thank you Tina Overbury from the depths of my heart and the further depths of my soul for creating this experience.
Steely Springham, Confidence Coach & Actress
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