Rheenendal Writing Retreat

The Life Righting Collective promotes the healing power of writing. Exploring your preoccupations and concerns through crafting memoir, fiction or poetry supports mental and emotional well-being.

These writing retreats provide a dedicated time away in a beautiful setting with fabulous vegetarian food, sumptuous accommodation and are facilitated by the award-winning author and poet, Dawn Garisch.

Unlike our other courses, we are unable to sponsor participants on the retreats at present. Hopefully this will change if we are able to raise the necessary funds.

RHEENENDAL WRITING RETREAT FACILITATED BY DAWN GARISCH

Venue: The School, Rheenendal

Duration: 6 days

Dates TBC

Number of participants: 7 participants and one facilitator.

ROOMS:

For alternative accommodation within close proximity please see:

https://www.cliffhangercottages.co.za

https://woodlandsknysna.co.za

http://www.elephantrestforestcottage.co.za

http://www.forestheart.co.za

RHEENENDAL WRITING RETREAT - Dining Hall

Meals

Catering is vegetarian, and a menu is provided daily. Tea/coffee and snacks are available all day.

Mealtimes:

Breakfast buffet: 7.30am – 8.30 am

Lunch: 1.00pm (or later if requested)

Dinner: 6.30pm

Other Amenities:

A bottle of hand sanitizer in each bedroom and in the public rooms.

For those who love hiking, forest and beach walks, there are trails in the area. Permits are required for some – generally @ R 45 p.p. Janet is happy to guide walks or to drop off & collect those who want to go solo/ with a friend.

Buffels and Brenton offer stunning beach walks & swimming for the brave!

Cost for the retreat and meals for those staying elsewhere:

Lunches/teas: R150 per person x 6

Dinner: R200 per person x 6

Facilitation (includes studio hire): R2600

TOTAL: R 4700

For bookings please contact Janet at janet@traffikstudio.co.za

Payment:

Bank: Nedbank

Account name: J R Meintjes

Account number: 1001517938

Please use your name as a reference

For more information about the retreat please contact Dawn at dawn.garisch@gmail.com

See what previous participants have said:

The evening times of reading aloud were great: both as a source of inspiration in listening to others’ work, and also to get personal feedback. Dawn did an excellent job of facilitating and holding it all together. J.G.

By creating the safe spaces, the magical and mystical fire of creativity can burn. Thank you for the opportunity to let me pile my little logs on, you gave them space to ignite and burn. C.S.

The Life Righting Collective’s work supports mental and emotional wellbeing through life writing! With so many of us experiencing troubling times and difficulties in our lives, now, more than ever, is when we need to take good care of ourselves and nurture our creative spirits.

Please join us!

Love

And the LRC EXCO team