This hike will excite our senses and our minds as we gather deep wisdom about area plants and discover their powerful potential. On our journey up the mountain, we’ll meet several of our local and native plant species and learn their medicinal and magical uses, from healers that help us reconnect with the land – and ourselves – to a few storied (and poisonous) allies.

At the top of the majestic Bearwallow bald, we will share a meditation on the land and flow together in asana, then celebrate with fresh herbal tea brewed from plants we’ve met. Not only will we interact and commune with nature, but we will also come together as a beautiful community celebrating new friends and old.

With Ali McGhee and Tara Eschenroeder (Great Abiding Yoga).

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This adventure is limited to 20 participants.

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We can’t wait to share this experience with you!

This offering is through the Great Smokies Writing Program at UNC Asheville.

Meets online via Zoom.
Monday evenings starting 2/20, 6:00-8:30.

NC resident tuition: $395

Out-of-state tuition: $1,841

Our favorite characters feel like people we know. Their conflicts and desires leap off the page, and they linger with us long after a story ends. But writers commonly struggle to create characters whose vibrancy matches people in their favorite books, or in the real world. Even when a character emerges initially with a strong voice and backstory, we often lose that intensity and struggle to rediscover it as a project continues.

In this workshop, we’ll use the Enneagram, which has long been employed as a profound transformational tool for personal growth, to transform our creative writing practice. We’ll dive into the Enneagram’s triads (the gut, the heart, and the head) through teaching, discussion, and the revolutionary Embodiment  Tradition – an experiential, felt sense of the types that creates deep understanding of type.

Then, we’ll use readings and prompts to create characters of each type. We’ll craft backstories, dialogue, motivations, and dreams for  characters, giving them distinct, compelling voices that will carry them through any plot. We will spend half of our time together learning, and half workshopping and sharing characters we’re creating for our own projects. 

Note: No previous training in the Enneagram is required. Feel free to come in with characters (fictional or non-fictional) you’ve already created and would like to workshop.

Location: Zoom (link sent after enrollment)

Cost: $150

Join core faculty members Ali McGhee, PhD, and Valerie Wanamaker, LCSW in this exploration of Type 7 – known as the Enthusiast, the Epicure, the Entertainer, and the Adventurer. We’ll explore the 7 from fixation to essence, beginning and ending with the 7’s effortless connection to serene bliss. 

Our day together will include:

• A Q&A panel of people identifying as Enneagram Type 7

• A teaching on Type 7, including key features and narratives of Type 7s, a demonstration of the 7 energy, and embodiment of the type 

• Teaching on instinctual stacking for Type 7

• Discussion and breakdown of the panel together as a group

• Discussion of 7s in our lives

• Exploration of common mistypes

• Meditation and movement practices for Type 7

Participants will receive a recording of the workshop.

This workshop gives participants 5 hours toward accreditation with the International Enneagram Association.

Join Ali McGhee and Tara Eschenroeder (Great Abiding Yoga) for this special adventure!

Location: Bearwallow Mountain Trail
4854 Bearwallow Mountain Road, Hendersonville, NC, 28792

Cost: $52

Earth my body, water my blood, air my breath, and fire my spirit! We are surrounded by so much beauty that we so often overlook as we are distracted by so many things to do and tasks to accomplish. We forget that we are human beings (not human doings) grounded in place and inherent, effortless purpose.

This hike will excite our senses and our minds as we gather deep wisdom about area plants and discover their powerful potential. On our journey up the mountain, we’ll meet several of our local and native plant species and learn their medicinal and magical uses, from healers that help us reconnect with the land – and ourselves – to a few storied (and poisonous) allies. At the top of the majestic Bearwallow bald, we will share a meditation on the land and flow together in asana, then celebrate with fresh herbal tea brewed from plants we’ve met. Not only will we interact and commune with nature, but we will also come together as a beautiful community celebrating new friends and old.

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This adventure is limited to 20 participants.

~~~

We can’t wait to share this experience with you!

Location: Zoom (link sent after enrollment)

Cost: $150

Join Enneagram School of Awakening core faculty members Ali McGhee, PhD, and Valerie Wanamaker, LCSW in this exploration of Type 3 – known as the Achiever, the Performer, the Motivator, and the Status Seeker. We’ll explore the 3 from fixation to essence, beginning and ending with the 3’s effortless connection to divine appreciation. 

Our day together will include:

• A Q&A panel of people identifying as Enneagram Type 3

• A teaching on Type 3, including key features and narratives of Type 3s, a demonstration of the 3 energy, and embodiment of the type 

• Teaching on instinctual stacking for Type 3

• Discussion and breakdown of the panel together as a group

• Discussion of 3s in our lives

• Exploration of common mistypes

• Meditation and movement practices for Type 3

Participants will receive a recording of the workshop.

This workshop gives participants 5 hours toward accreditation with the International Enneagram Association.