Experience Community
Meditative Writing Groups
The creative voice is a gift we all share. Through coming together in community and sharing the experience of meditation and writing from theart, we discover new depths to this gift, beyond anything we might have imagined possible. All welcome to join the adventure!
Get to know your Listening Heart.
What we are sharing together is more of a community experience than a classroom exercise. We gather in circle as equals, connecting directly with the Source of all creativity, all imagination, all life and we share with each other the poems and stories and writings beyond description that emerge.
Our online groups meet
Tuesdays 7:30-9pm
Thursdays 11am-12:30pm
(UK time)
First session FREE for new students.
Wave in the Heart is a gentle space of deep connection, guided meditation and heart listening. The group has a rhythm, like waves on the sea.
On arrival, we have a chance to settle and say hello, maybe have a little chat depending on how the group is feeling. We then enjoy a beautiful guided heart meditation which brings us into a place where writing can flow naturally. Having time to free write, whatever might come, we then share with each other in a supportive, encouraging and friendly atmosphere. Sharing is optional, always listening to what is right for you.
Even though the free writing sessions are short (5-7 minutes usually), they are remarkably productive. Many of us find we have a whole new body of work from these sessions. The writing also helps our lives flow with greater ease and peace.
All are welcome, regardless of meditation or writing experience.
Next Six Week Block runs 3rd & 10th Sept + 24th Sept - 15th October
Sliding Scale Exchange for this four week block - because everyone’s circumstances are different
£44 for those on restrictive income (i.e., covering basic costs but not having extra for holidays, etc)
£66 for those on moderate income (i.e., covering life expenses with enough for little luxuries and annual holidays)
£88 for those with a comfortable income (i.e., always knowing there is enough for life’s needs and then some)
£108 for those who feel to share more to support others
Drop-in rate is £15 standard. If this is unafforable, or if you have any questions, please get in touch to find out more.
Two FREE places available for NHS/Social care staff or any striking workers in these times of economic crisis.
Embracing Life runs on a Thursday 11am-12:30pm UK time. This group is a little more free form. We come into heart meditation together to start and then write as long as we want to as a group. When someone in the group signals that they’ve stopped, we gently come together to listen and share.
This group is generally for more experienced and confident writers, though everyone is welcome.
This group is open to block booking or drop-in guests.
Taster 5th Sept, Six Week Block 12th Sept - 17th Oct.
Sliding Scale Exchange for this four week block - because everyone’s circumstances are different
£44 for those on restrictive income (i.e., covering basic costs but not having extra for holidays, etc)
£66 for those on moderate income (i.e., covering life expenses with enough for little luxuries and annual holidays)
£88 for those with a comfortable income (i.e., always knowing there is enough for life’s needs and then some)
£108 for those able to share more to support others
Drop-in rate is £15 standard. Solidarity rates available. Please get in touch to find out more.
Two FREE places available for NHS/Social care staff or any striking workers in these times of economic crisis.
May finances never be an obstacle to community participation.
If would like to discuss what would work best for you, please get in touch.
Your Host
Both groups are hosted by Vishwam Gurudas Heckert. The founder of Flowing with Life, he is also a heart meditation guide and a trainer for those who wish to serve in a similar manner. He’s published articles, essays, poems and stories in a variety of books, magazines, journals and websites including Permaculture Magazine, Reforesting Scotland, Bella Caledonia, Sarasvati, Soul Lit, The Anarchist Imagination (Routledge), European Journal of Ecopsychology and many more.
If you scroll past the booking form you can read testimonials from current and past participants in our writing community.
Booking Form
Writing Group Testimonials
What an absolute gem of a find Vishwam’s writing groups are. I was drawn to attend Vishwam’s writing group, because I liked the sound of the mix of heart meditation and creative writing. I was intrigued, but I wasn’t prepared for the difference in my writing, when written from the heart centre. Somehow, I hadn’t made that connection before, with my writing. But what a distinct and palpable difference it is! I was seeking something. I didn’t know it was my own heart.
— Lavinia, Psychospiritual Psychotherapist and Nature Therapist
To read the entire testimonial, click here.
The Liberating Art of Writing from the Heart
…a wonderful 6-week course with Vishwam Heckert and his big heart. A lovely gentle zoom activity from the quiet of one’s own home with two meditations and space for writing and sharing if we wanted to. From the first week I felt more connected and enjoyed the flow state and ease of writing which comes from an open heart. Grateful for the space to meditate, create and share with kind people in a totally non-judgemental environment. Very healing for any old wounds around education / writing / performing etc. I didn't force myself to produce poetry or anything and it was ok. I've shed the need to deliver or perform or strive for positive feedback from clients or anyone else. Despite the high standard of writing in the group it was a joy to just share the few words that came. Highly recommend.
— Nell
“In this world it is so hard to take the time to pause and just be, to allow one's authentic self to communicate with others and most importantly with ourselves. In this course Vishwam provided the space to do just that. To stop for a moment and just be, to experience the calm and the quiet and then let the words flow out onto our pens or our computers.
”This course has been an experience of growing and sharing, and in the words of self and others to find connections and metomorphosis. I cannot wait for the next one.”
— Harmony
Previous Courses - 2022
Wirds o da Haert (Words of the Heart) is a special six week in person course sharing the joy of heart meditation and the freedom of writing creatively from the heart. All welcome! Whatever your experience of writing or meditation, there is a space for you here.
A Wave in the Heart offers a powerful practice that supports you to tune in directly to the source of creativity and allow your heart’s imagination to flow freely. We’ve been enjoying these groups for some time and have all been surprised and delighted by the words that we find ourselves writing. Whether it comes out as flowing poetry, inspiring fiction, healing autobiography or other creative expressions of Life Itself, the heart always seems to know just what to say.
Writing from the Heart offers a powerful practice that supports you to tune in directly to the source of creativity and allow your heart’s imagination to flow freely. We’ve been enjoying these groups for some time and have all been surprised and delighted by the words that we find ourselves writing. Whether it comes out as flowing poetry, inspiring fiction, healing autobiography or other expressions of wisdom for life, the heart always seems to know just what to say.
As we know, words have power. When we write from the heart, the words are helpful, healing and actually liberating. We find ourselves writing what we (and maybe others) are yearning to hear.
Our culture might encourage us to rush back into busy lives in January, but why not take it slow? It’s natural to enjoy quiet time in winter. To breathe in the gentle light of candles. To welcome the quiet of the dark. To go inwards and see what might want to come out. Find out more ->
