Daily Nourishment for April 1, 2024: Trick Your Brain into Loosening Up

Daily Nourishment Read Time: 40 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 15 minutes


“I think because you’re starting in the middle and working out, the radial pattern tricks your brain into loosening up.” - Austin Kleon

Pause.

Do four rounds of 4/7/8 breathing. Inhale for a count of four, hold your breath for a count of seven, and exhale for a count of eight. Repeat this breathing pattern three more times. Then draw a small picture of a sun on the middle of a piece of paper.

 
 

Practice.

Set a timer for seven minutes and begin making your own mind map using your sun picture as the center. What ideas have you thought about in the past week or so? What have you read? What have you written? What has made you curious? What connections have you noticed?

Want More?
Read more from Austin Kleon on mind mapping.

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Upcoming Workshops & Gatherings:
Sunday, 4/7/2024: Thoughtful Readers Gathering with Jose Diaz Hernandez and Magic City Poetry Festival; Free, Book available for purchase

—Back by Popular Demand: Narrative Writing with Tanya Davis is back for another four weeks this spring. The Friday Cohort begins on Friday, 4/19. The Saturday BIPOC Cohort begins on 4/20. $49 for four sessions.

—AND our Four-Hour Retreats are back this month to help you write more often, improve your writing skills, and feel nourished by your writing practice. The Four-Hour group retreats will also help you have greater integration between your writing life and other areas of life so you can establish a more sustainable writing practice that works for you.

I’m thrilled to offer retreats in my home on Thursday, April 25th and Saturday April 27th and additional retreats online via Zoom on Friday, April 26th and Sunday, April 28th.

SDW Members: You are eligible for a Four-Hour Retreat discount equal to your monthly membership rate. Please email me at charlotte@charlottedonlon.com for your discount code.

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Today’s Note from Charlotte


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