With Michelle Dowd, author of Forager
Sunday, March 30
9:30am-4:30pm
No experience necessary (ages 21+)
$222
$199 Early Bird (register byFebruary 28)
Class Description
Welcome the generativity of spring by renewing your creativity and purpose at this nature-inspired writing retreat. Join a small, supportive group of writers in a private, idyllic historic setting surrounded by lush gardens, abundant natural light, and an atmosphere rich with artistic heritage.
This retreat offers a day of reflection, exploration, and connection with your inner voice through nature and creativity. All spaces are reserved exclusively for workshop guests, ensuring a peaceful, focused and creative environment.
Guided activities will inspire new perspectives and deepen your writing practice, helping you reconnect with your story in meaningful ways. Together, we’ll enjoy a colorful, nourishing plant-based lunch, cultivating both community and renewal.
Come to the Maloof to relax, recharge, and immerse yourself in a transformative experience that infuses your writing with the beauty and power of nature.
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Instructor
Michelle Dowd is a contributor to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, TIME magazine, Alpinist, The LA Review of Books, LA Parent Mag, and other national publications. She was raised on a mountain in the Angeles National Forest where she learned to navigate by the stars and forage for edible plants. Her bestselling memoir, Forager: Field Notes on Surviving a Family Cult, showcases her life growing up on an isolated mountain in California as part of an apocalyptic cult, and how she found her way out of poverty and illness by drawing on the gifts of the wilderness.