Writing Courses and Workshops On Offer This Year
Steering and inspiring budding memoir-writers to help find their unique voice
‘There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you’ – Maya Angelou
I am excited to offer a 6-week memoir-writing course in small groups via video link from Tuscany. If you have ever wanted to write your story, I can help you to turn your experiences into a compelling memoir. Over the weeks, I will mentor a small group personally through interactive classes, helping to release creativity and shape a personal narrative that brings your life experiences to the world. Weekly two-hour sessions will incorporate relaxation practices to help us find our inspiration, tutoring in a small group, personal mentoring for your story, and on-going feedback to help shape your narrative.
Classes will take place via the Zoom conference calling app, in a group of maximum 5 people to ensure plenty of personal attention and the possibility of building a strong cooperative relationship with fellow students through sharing and critiquing each other’s work. We will be ‘in the room’ together so we can interact rather than solo study to a video or course manual.
Memoir-writing course
Mentoring small groups to realise their creative potential
I am now offering this course for the autumn starting on Saturday 11th January 2025. The course fee of £450 (and currency equivalents) will go directly to funding my new writing residence and retreat centre, which is now ready to receive budding writers who wish to take some time out of life to immerse themselves in nature to concentrate on writing. I will be on hand next door for guidance and mentoring and will be offering a sliding scale of involvement, teaching and holistic services to the budding writers in the Residence. Please contact me to enrol or for more information about either the next course or upcoming Residence opportunities.
“Everyone has a story to tell but how can we turn that life experience into a book?”
My approach
I believe that any creative endeavour is an encounter between our human selves and the divine. A collaboration between our conscious and unconscious minds.
As Elizabeth Gilbert has said, creativity is ’a relationship between human beings and the mystery of inspiration’ and I believe that anybody can unlock, build and strengthen this relationship. We can intentionally harness the interplay between the conscious and the subconscious to overcome blocks and tap into a richer story and calmer writing experience.
My approach draws on my experience as a writer, but also as a yoga teacher, Reiki healer, trauma breath specialist and bodyworker, using these tools to bring us into a relaxed state in which we can enter ‘the flow’, combining this with practical writing exercises to develop consistency so we can tether our inspiration to the discipline required to see a long-form piece of work through all its different stages of writing, editing and redrafting until it is ready to go out into the world. I will guide you through every stage of the process and walk alongside you as a mentor and compassionate teacher throughout the course.
Watch a workshop
Watch a memoir and diary-writing workshop I taught online at the beginning of the lockdown in Italy in the spring of 2020 (specifically to help people navigate this extraordinary time).
I am offering a rare opportunity to spend an afternoon writing with me at my home in the hills above Florence. Spaces are limited to just five people.
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Feedback from past students
“‘For six weeks, I had the privilege of attending a heartfelt memoir writing workshop by Kamin. Our journey not only expanded my writing but also opened my heart, mainly to my own story. Who knew writing a memoir could be so healing?’”
‘So inspired by Kamin Mohammadi’s ongoing Memoir Writing Course! I am starting my 19th notebook 18 months later of daily writing practice. It’s just getting better and better – improving my mental health and expanding my daily practice to include art work, collage , quotes – anything that takes my fancy in the moment. Five minutes or one hour or two, I never miss a single day. Thank you Kamin for your warmth and encouragement – top class❤️❤️❤️’ – Claudia from Brighton
‘I can’t tell you how much I am enjoying this class! You have a very special way about you, it shows in how you run the class. You have such positive energy’ – Barbara from New York
‘You are the Memoir Midwife!’ – Patricia from New York
‘I recently discovered Kamin Mohammadi through reading her book Bella Figura. I signed up for her memoir writing course, which was transformative. It was amazing how effortlessly she was able to bring to life writing concepts that had alluded me prior. She’s such a gifted talent and a joy to learn from. I highly recommend her writing course. Simply amazing!’ – Hannah from the US
‘Thank you for another year of inspiration and support, I really feel you have allowed me a new life’ – Emma from the UK‘
‘Thank you so much everyone and especially Kamin. What a lovely group. I really look forward to my gatherings with you all’ – Sally from the UK
‘I am so profoundly grateful for you – thank you for being such an eloquent teacher – for sharing your gift, your wisdom, and knowledge, and imparting these on to us’ – Claire from NYC
‘Thank as always! You are such a wonderful inspiration and I love you to bits!’ – Emma from Scotland