Creative Adventures
Deep Dive Writing Getaways
Coming soon,2025,26.
Taking our inspiration from the Japanese onsen experience over two days we combine the relaxing therapies of sauna, soak, massage and scrub with deep dive writing.
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Writing the Healing Journey, Tassie
June, 2026
Your five day residential retreat experience is specifically designed for women of all ages and stages of the cancer journey, including those...
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Haiku Walking In Japan
Nov 2026
Each year we venture into Japan's stunning countryside of to take inspiration for our haiku writing. Details about our next Japan tour coming soon!
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Ischia Island Retreat, Italy
May 2026
Daily creativity workshops offer inspiration and guidance for your creative work. As we immerse ourselves in the island’s healing thermal waters, we do a deep dive into our work, employing creative journaling...
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Art & Writing Retreat, Yogyakarta
Aug 2026
A retreat for artists and writers timed to coincide with the Art Jog Festival, Indonesia’s premier international contemporary art festival. A major annual event, it showcases diverse visual art forms...
Workshops and Mentoring
Draftbusters is for memoir writers, novelists, script writers, non fiction writers, scribblers and doodlers in all genres, who want to seriously progress with their long term writing project.
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Testimonials
Incredible Results
Jan’s subtle and skilful management of the group dynamic brought about a fun, supportive and highly creative working environment, which produced some incredible writing results.
Life Changing
Apart from the obvious technical aspects of Jan’s course the thing I learnt most was the need to leave my comfort zone. I was able to go to places I would not normally contemplate. A life changing course.
Meditative Process
Jan showed us the ease with which it is possible to access from within and bring to the surface an abundance of material using the meditative process.