What is soji?

In a Zen Center, soji is a period of mindful work, often following zazen: sweeping the walkway, raking leaves, shaking out zendo cushions. In soji, you enter a task for a set period of time, attending to it as fully as possible.

How does soji relate to creative practice?

We’ll cultivate this quality of immersive and attentive care in relation to creative practice, whatever “creative practice” may mean for you.
A creative practice has its own ongoing activities and tasks that support and make the work possible. We’ll give attention to whatever may benefit from care, especially to those tasks that can sometimes feel in the way of creative work.
The framework of soji can allow us to enter an activity that might feel otherwise difficult, offering a held space that can feel grounding and restorative.

Guiding principles of the workshop

Contact. Intention. Curiosity. Inquiry. Scale. These words come up frequently in our discussions. A guiding principle is to bring consciousness to matters of process, matters that are sometimes relegated to the outskirts of our regard.
Another central tenet of the workshop is that in working on things individually, while also in the company of others, there’s often a bolstering sense of camaraderie and encouragement.

This is not a productivity workshop, though you may find yourself completing activities you’ve long wished to complete, or even finding pleasure in things you may otherwise have avoided.
This is also not a space that valorizes an idealized tidiness, though you may feel drawn to sort a sock drawer! This is not a space-clearing workshop, though you may find yourself feeling more clarity in your space.

To register, just email me to let me know you'd like to take the workshop and I will send you the zoom link.

Suggested fee: $60 per session

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Warmly, Genine