Coming forward onto the pages of your life…

is perhaps the most important step in realizing a meaningful life.  

Join renowned storytelling trio, Kevin Kling, Patricia Francisco, and Matthew Sanford for a weekend of transformation. This experiential workshop explores the role of both mind and body in recognizing and telling the stories of our lives. Participants will laugh; they may cry, but they will explore how stories give meaning to our experience. Through a variety of expressive modes, including speaking, writing, and very basic mind-body practices, participants will discover, shape, and prepare stories for sharing with others. The goal is to help participants realize the stories of their lives.

This workshop will be limited to 18 participants in order to allow significant individual work with the workshop leaders. Participants need NOT be a yogi, a writer, or a storyteller. They need only a healthy curiosity and an openness to exploration.

 

The Dates

October 18-21, 2018: Sold out!

January 17-20, 2019: Register here

May 2-5, 2019: Register here

August 8-11, 2019: Register here

October 10-13, 2019: Registration coming soon…

Registration is limited to the first 18 participants. Minimum of 12 participants required for each session. 

 

The Nuts and Bolts

 

Thursday: 6:00pm – 8:00pm  •  Minneapolis, MN

Friday:  9:00 am  – 4:00 pm  •  Mill City Museum

Saturday:  9:00 am – 5:00 pm  •  Mill City Museum

Sunday: 9:00am – 12:30 pm   •  Mill City Museum

*  Schedule subject to change 

Tuition:  $650

 

Registration is limited to the first 18 participants. Minimum of 12 participants required. 

 

The Cast and Crew…

 

kevin-kling2Kevin Kling 

Kevin is a world-renowned storyteller, playwright, and author. Kevin Kling, best known for his popular commentaries on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and his storytelling stage shows like Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log, delivers hilarious, often tender stories. Kling’s autobiographical tales are as enchanting as they are true to life: hopping trains, getting hit by lightning, performing his banned play in Czechoslovakia, growing up in Minnesota, and eating things before knowing what they are.

 

10888436_800116163394088_4909648684127607854_n (1)Patricia Francisco

Patricia is an award-winning author and professor of creative writing at Hamline University. She is the author of TELLING: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery (Harper Collins, 1999), for which she was awarded a Minnesota Book Award, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and a Loft-McKnight Award of Distinction. Francisco’s published work also includes a novel (Cold Feet, Simon & Schuster, 1988) essays (Village Without Mirrors, Milkweed Editions, 1989), and a play (Lunacy, Dramatic Publishing Company, 1983). She has been awarded two Bush Foundation fellowships and grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board in both fiction and the essay.

 

_V7V7740smallMatthew Sanford 

Matthew is a nationally recognized yoga teacher, a sought-after public speaker, founder of the nonprofit Mind Body Solutions, and a paraplegic for the last thirty-seven years. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence (Rodale: 2006) and speaks at conferences, corporations, and higher learning institutions nationwide. Matthew has also emerged as a leading voice in the integrated health movement. He won the 2010 Pioneer of Integrative Medicine Award from the California Pacific Medical Center’s Institute of Health and Healing. Previous recipients include Dr. Deepok Chopra, Dr. Dean Ornish, and Dr. Mehmet Oz. He also has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, People Magazine, and American Public Media’s On Being.

 

 

 

Directions:   Mill City Museum   •    Mind Body Solutions 

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