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Our testimonials show real change can be achieved in your writing practices, your outlook and habits with coaching and retreats run by Portia Ungley, an academic, a coach, a counsellor, a poet and writer, a yoga teacher and above all a fellow traveller in writing practice. Her experience as director of learning and teaching at one of the top arts universities in Europe plus a pragmatism that writing is writing whether for a blog post, an essay, a doctorate or a journal article, encourages realism.

To underpin this, Portia is also a yoga teacher and incorporates mindfulness and psychology into her writing support. Her weekday yoga classes tend to be full of writers and creatives, as the blend of arts, music and writing combines with the kramic (incremental) learning style.

Just spent 3 fabulous days on Portia’s virtual group writing retreat. Setting our intentions each morning and closing each day practising an hour of yoga really helps establish a positive, realistic mindset for whatever might be niggling you about your writing projects at the moment. Each “Shut Up & Write” session creates the space to gently nudge you toward your goal and the “Writing Confessions” provide the accountability all writers crave – a safe space to share and support one another. A natural facilitator, Portia effortlessly shares her unfathomable philosophical knowledge and her infectious intellectual curiosity had me reaching for my Chambers Thesaurus on more than one occasion! Feeling very serendipitous Thank you.🤗

And Portia’s Positive Mental Attitude Spotify playlist is OFF THE CHART for getting you in your zone to scribe!😎🤩

from fb page 09.04.2021

Clare

Really enjoying the writing retreat from RawLight. Three days of space, time, support, and yoga for mind, body, and writing. Highly recommend attended. Already looking forward to the next one.

from FB messages 08.04.2021

Genevieve

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