Writing in the Wild! Ethel Harrold Trail

Writing can feel like a collaboration with forces beyond ourselves—the ancestral, the divine, the subconscious, and the ecological. In this generative workshop, we will connect with the ecology of the Rocky Mountain region and write poems of place in collaboration with the natural world. We’ll meet at the Ethel Harrold trailhead and, together, explore this beautiful, secluded area. After a grounding meditation to open your senses and connect with the land, we will read poems from a selection of wonderful nature poets. We will then spend time individually connecting with our own senses and the embodied environment all around us. At the end of the workshop, students will have an opportunity to read their poems aloud to each other. You will go home with new poems generated, a softened nervous system, and a deeper connection to nature. Open to all genres, sharing is always voluntary. Ethel Harrold Trailhead is located 32 minutes west of Boulder, up Flagstaff.

Please bring everything you need to enjoy an afternoon in nature and your preferred writing method. There are two compost toilets on site and uncovered picnic tables to work on. 

Paige Frisone is a professional writer, poet, yin instructor, and Subconscious Health Practitioner. She’s the founder and owner of Inner Realm Wellness LLC, where she supports people in remembering their innate and infinite healing potential using over 14+ modalities from Eastern / Western medicine combined. Paige holds a background in English Literature and Contemplative Psychology from Naropa University. Her work's been featured in About Boulder, Rogue Agent, indicia, streetcake magazine, Rebelle Society, Spit Poet Zine, Women Thrive Vol. II, Metapsychosis, and elsewhere. In her spare time, Paige loves moving in the sunshine with her doggo, jammin' to music, and communing with the mountains. To learn more about Paige and her work, feel free to visit her at: https://innerrealmwellness.life/