The art of hand lettering & guided journaling workshop

Neil Gaiman once said, “To me, typing is like work…writing with a pen is like playing.” We are living in a time where we often replace writing with typing and voice texting. Penmanship, the art or skill of writing by hand, has been relegated to the past in memories of school assignments and childhood letters to far away friends. In our quest for efficiency and speed, we may be forgetting not only the psychological benefits of handwriting, like stress-reduction, memory retention, and creativity, but also the joy of slowing down and the sensory experience of working with pen, ink, and paper.

Handwriting allows us space to be mindful and thoughtful. It activates neural pathways in the brain that help us learn. As we choose our words, our unique lettering styles emerge, appearing on the page like magical spells and love letters to ourselves.

In this workshop we will move yoga off the mat and onto the page to stimulate our senses and lift our spirits, while exploring handwriting through lettering, style, and creative exploration.