Seasonal Newsletter + Prompt. Winter Edition

It's been a while since I wrote to you all, so I thought I would update you on a few things and maybe look at sending out a regular newsletter every season. Monthly feels like way too much. For all of us. 

Here in the South, we are about to move Winter on June 1. It’s been an unusually mild Autumn so far. Later sunrises and cooler days mean I can stay in bed a little longer. But I know for those of you in the North, you are excitedly moving toward Summer and those beautiful long evenings and the bright mornings that come so quickly, it's like the sun just dipped its headlights below the horizon for a few hours. Sending a little of that glow our way, perhaps? Oh, and of course, not forgetting those of you on the equator, where it’s just extra steaming hot right now. 

I wanted to share that I am feeling so much gratitude for the last few months. Like many of you, I experienced a chaotic end to the year of the Snake and an intense start to the year of the Horse. Things have definitely settled and it feels like a nice, lolloping canter right now. I hope you are experiencing the same. 

Here are a few updates from me...

I hosted my first retreat with my mentor and friend Danielle Van De Velde of Spirited Living. You can read more here. The feedback has been wonderful and we have already started planning for another Return to Heart in May 2027. Please email me chantal@writual.com.au if you are interested in finding out more and I will keep you updated. 

In-Person Writuals have been held at My Asana and The Bronte Dispensary in Sydney as well as at Flourish in Singapore. Stay tuned for more in-person offerings in Sydney. If you have a group or location that might be looking for an in-person Writual session, please let me know. It could be a cafe with a quiet corner, a community space or a living room. I also hosted a 'corporate' Writual at the University of Sydney for the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. If this type of event feels right for a group, community or organisation, you know, please get in touch. I also offer several of these sessions each year for free to underserved communities in need of a pause so please do reach out. 

So what's next?

As the north moves into Summer play and the south moves into pause, there will be a slight lull in both in-person and online Writual activities, with the exception of the Midwinter Seasonal Gathering, which will be held via Zoom on Thursday 18 June at 7pm . Click here if you'd like to sign up. There are still a couple of spaces left. 

I am in the process of developing my membership offering, The Well. A Place Where Wildflowers Gather.

You can read more here and if it speaks to you then please feel free to complete the short Expression of Interest form. 

In addition to Return to Heart I will be partnering with various practitioners to offer half-day, day and weekend retreats that incorporate Writual. If you are a practitioner or spaceholder looking to add some creativity and expression to your next event or retreat offering then please get in touch. 

Poetree Prayers and Blessings. As part of the Return to Heart retreat, I hosted a session inspired by Trudi Glass where we wrote blessings and prayers as poems and then made them into cotton Prayer Flags. We then hung them on a tree (with permission!) to be sent out to the collective by the wind and rain. Stay tuned for more on future Poetree sessions.

Finally...here is a little piece of writing and a prompt. I’d love to know what you come up with! So feel free to send these to me by email or post and tag me on social media.

That’s all for now! Happy Writualing!

With love and Qi, Chantal xxx