Conversations@Efroymson

Writing and Yoga: A Mindful Combination

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IMG_1906Yoga instructor, adjunct Butler professor, and recent Butler MFA graduate, Emma Hudelson, conducted the first 2016 conversations@efryomson event: Wordbending: The Yoga of Writing. Emma admitted she usually does not condone pairing yoga with something else. However, yoga and creative writing seemed like a natural fit.

“Writing, done mindfully, can be part of a yoga practice just like asanas are,” Emma wrote on her blog. “Writing is the process of quieting and focusing the mind enough that meaningful language can be produced. According to Yoga Sutra 1.2-1.3, ‘Yoga is the mastery of the activities of the mind. Then the seer rests in its true nature.’ Sounds similar, no?”

The participants in the workshop agreed. “My event last week was more of an experiment than a workshop,” Emma wrote. “What happens if you do a little light asana (Surya Namaskar A and the three closing lotuses) to help writers focus, then give them some prompts? They write. And, unless they were lying to me, they write usefully.”

If you were unable to attend the workshop, Emma was kind enough to explain the workshop on The Buddhi Blog so you can try it yourself. Happy wordbending!

Writing and Yoga: A Mindful Combination

Posted by MS

IMG_1906Yoga instructor, adjunct Butler professor, and recent Butler MFA graduate, Emma Hudelson, conducted the first 2016 conversations@efryomson event: Wordbending: The Yoga of Writing. Emma admitted she usually does not condone pairing yoga with something else. However, yoga and creative writing seemed like a natural fit.

“Writing, done mindfully, can be part of a yoga practice just like asanas are,” Emma wrote on her blog. “Writing is the process of quieting and focusing the mind enough that meaningful language can be produced. According to Yoga Sutra 1.2-1.3, ‘Yoga is the mastery of the activities of the mind. Then the seer rests in its true nature.’ Sounds similar, no?”

The participants in the workshop agreed. “My event last week was more of an experiment than a workshop,” Emma wrote. “What happens if you do a little light asana (Surya Namaskar A and the three closing lotuses) to help writers focus, then give them some prompts? They write. And, unless they were lying to me, they write usefully.”

If you were unable to attend the workshop, Emma was kind enough to explain the workshop on The Buddhi Blog so you can try it yourself. Happy wordbending!

Last chance to enter writing contest

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Butler University Good Works creative writing contest MFA program apply

The last event in this fall’s Conversations@Efroymson line-up revolves around our Good Works creative writing contest. While tonight is our Writer’s Harvest (which you should attend! John Green! Ben Winters! Susan Neville! charity!), we’ll be holding our ‘Student Harvest’ on November 14, 7:30PM in the Efroymson Center. And what will our proverbial harvest be reaping? Contest winners and runners-up, naturally.

As you may have read in a previous post, we’re hosting a creative writing contest called Good Works. Open to Butler students both undergraduate and graduate, we welcome poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that reinforces the importance of giving back. You can submit, as well as find more details and full submission guidelines, at the contest’s Formstack.

The contest deadline is November 7, so put the finishing touches on your pieces soon!

Do good, and write good well.

Last chance to enter writing contest

Posted by MS

Butler University Good Works creative writing contest MFA program apply

The last event in this fall’s Conversations@Efroymson line-up revolves around our Good Works creative writing contest. While tonight is our Writer’s Harvest (which you should attend! John Green! Ben Winters! Susan Neville! charity!), we’ll be holding our ‘Student Harvest’ on November 14, 7:30PM in the Efroymson Center. And what will our proverbial harvest be reaping? Contest winners and runners-up, naturally.

As you may have read in a previous post, we’re hosting a creative writing contest called Good Works. Open to Butler students both undergraduate and graduate, we welcome poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that reinforces the importance of giving back. You can submit, as well as find more details and full submission guidelines, at the contest’s Formstack.

The contest deadline is November 7, so put the finishing touches on your pieces soon!

Do good, and write good well.

Butler’s first annual Writer’s Harvest

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Slim profile version of Writer's Harvest promo flyer, which will appear in Nuvo.The third event in our Conversations@Efroymson series, which also happens to be our most exciting yet, is Butler’s first annual Writer’s Harvest. On Tuesday October 29, 7:30 PM at Clowes Memorial Hall, Indiana-based fiction powerhouses John Green, Ben Winters and Susan Neville will be giving readings– but that’s just the “writer” part. The “harvest” part is where you come in. We will be collecting your donations of dried pasta and white rice on behalf of Indy non-profit community kitchen Second Helpings. The event is, as always, free and open to the public.

While they do cook and deliver about 3,500 meals (about 150 pounds of pasta and rice!) every day, eliminating hunger is only one half of what Second Helpings does. The company also provides culinary job training to unemployed and underemployed adults. Their mission statement reads: “We’re not just teaching people to cook – we’re providing an avenue for people to transform their own lives. We don’t just collect food – we rescue food because we can’t stand to see it go to waste when others have none.” Naturally, your donation will be much appreciated. But we plan to make it worth your while; allow me to introduce our readers: Continue reading →