Academic writing and yoga retreat
Book a retreat for PhD students and researchers at your university or research institute to support their writing process and promote wellbeing and stress relief.
What is it about?
I have designed a 4 day academic writing and yoga retreat to support PhD students and researchers in their writing process and work. The retreat offers a unique combination of structured writing time and yoga to keep the mind and body focused and healthy in the writing process.
The retreat includes:
- Morning and evening yoga and mindfulness classes
- Input sessions on how to write more effectively, better style and enjoying the writing process more
- SMART goal setting in pairs
- Structured writing time with pomodoro method
- 1-2-1 coaching sessions, including mindset coaching and text feedback
There are 2 different ways of setting up your 4 day retreat:
Option One:
The retreat takes place at your institution, university or research institute. We’d need 3 rooms in total (1x large room for yoga, 1x writing room with desks, 1x coaching room). Participants go home after each retreat day. If the retreat takes place in London no further costs apply for the facilitators accommodation.
Option Two:
If you decide to take your group on an off-site retreat, you’d be responsible for organising accommodation and meals for participants and facilitators. For the course we’d need 3 rooms in total (1x large room for yoga, 1x writing room with desks, 1x coaching room).
workshop topics
Here are some examples of workshops I have delivered in the past:
Self-Care
Energy
Booster
Confidence
Focus & Concentration
Patience & Kindness
Self-Care
Become aware of your needs and find ways of nurturing yourself, so that feelings of burnout stay far away from you and you remain inspired and healthy.
Energy
Booster
Learn how to use embodied mini-breaks to boost your energy during your workday.
Confidence
Learn body postures to boost your confidence and deal with nerves before a conference talk or important meeting. Learn to stand up for yourself and your needs and feel empowered through your body position.
Focus + Concentration
Using mindfulness and centring practices to let go of distraction and avoid procrastination.
Patience + Kindness
Identifying the areas of the body that get tense when we are impatient, and using this knowledge to develop kind responses rather than impulsive reactions.
“Participating in the “Scientific Writing & Yoga” retreat, organised by Luisa and her colleague, was an absolutely wonderful experience. The unique combination of writing and yoga made the entire week truly special, allowing me to connect deeply with both my mind and body. I particularly appreciated the focus on body awareness throughout the retreat — it added a refreshing and holistic dimension to the writing process.
writing coaches I work with in Germany
Dr Kerstin Minnich is a biologist and obtained her PhD at the Ulm University Medical Center followed by a postdoctoral research period at the Leibniz Institute on Aging in Jena in the fields of endocrinology and oncology. In 2016 Kerstin founded the editing service LIFE SCIENCE WRITING and completed a writing consultant training in 2017 at the University of Education Freiburg. Besides editing scientific texts, Kerstin works as an individual writing coach and gives workshops on scientific writing.
You can find out more about Kerstin here: https://kerstinminnich.de/en/
writing coaches I work with In the UK
Dr Helen Kara is a leading independent researcher, author, teacher and speaker with over 25 years’ experience. Her specialisms are creative academic writing, creative research methods and radical research ethics. She teaches doctoral students and staff at higher education institutions worldwide.
You can find out more about Helen on her website: https://helenkara.com
Dr Heather Dyer is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow and a consultant in creative thinking techniques. She facilitates writing workshops and retreats for academics across all disciplines, and she’s particularly interested in helping writers explore more creative ways of working: how to engineer creative insights, face the blank page fearlessly, build a project from the ground up and stay inspired over the long term.
Heather’s undergraduate degree was in biology, and her doctorate explores the psychology of creativity. She’s also an award-winning children’s author.
I have paired up with a scientific writing coach to deliver a unique retreat!
In this 5 day online retreat you will have time to focus on your PhD thesis as well as practising yoga.
Kerstin will give you input on how to overcome writer’s blocks, finding your personal writing strategy and address structure and style conventions of scientific texts. Furthermore there will be plenty of time to sit down and actually write in company with your co-participants.
Luisa will lead you through energising yoga classes in the morning and teach relaxation techniques to unwind at the end of the day. We will use yoga and embodiment to reflect on where you are at with your thesis and how you can move forward with your work.
What You'll get
- Five focused days of writing your thesis
- Individual strategies to overcome writer’s blocks
- Strategies on planning scientific texts
- Strategies to achieve good scientific style
- Strategies to avoid procrastination
- Individual peer – feedback on your work
- Movement to feel good in your body
- Tackle unhelpful self-believes
- Learn to relax and unwind after a long day of work
Cost & Dates
15th – 19th of November 2021,
08:00-16:00 (UTC)
online on Zoom
£420/participant,
save 10% by booking directly on my website.
WHERE
At the moment all of my classes are taught online due to Covid-19 restrictions: which also gives us the chance to connect even if you are not London based!
I’ll come to your organisation or workplace to deliver the workshop or course. You will need a room that is big enough to move around; ideally chairs and tables are pushed to the sides of the room. Participants will need to bring a mat and wear comfortable clothes.
Cost
Prices depend on the workshop or course you want to organise for your group. 1.5-hour workshops start from £80. Please get in touch and we can discuss what you are looking for, so I can create the perfect offer for you.
