THE SPIRITUALLY AWAKENED
WRITER & WRITING
RETREAT
WORLDWIDE
An inspiring creative journey in peaceful nature to awaken inspiration and write from the soul.
The Awakened Writer Retreat with Adam Shereston invites writers, storytellers, and creatives to explore spiritual awakening through the power of creativity in peaceful natural surroundings. Guided by Adam—writer, filmmaker, and spiritual mentor with over 25 years of experience—this transformative retreat blends writing mentorship, intuitive guidance, and deep spiritual presence within a serene environment that nurtures inspiration. Immersed in nature’s stillness, you’ll heal creative blocks, awaken authentic expression, and reconnect with your soul’s purpose. Through meditation, reflective dialogue, and creative exercises, writing becomes a sacred path of awakening. The Awakened Writer Retreat is not about technique—it’s about aligning your voice with divine flow and allowing true artistry to arise effortlessly from your deepest spiritual essence.
Description Overview
Writing as a Path to Spiritual Awakening
The Awakened Writer Retreat with Adam Shereston is an invitation for writers, storytellers and creatives to explore the profound connection between creativity and spiritual awakening. Set within peaceful natural surroundings, this immersive retreat provides a nurturing space where stillness, inspiration and artistic expression merge into one flowing experience of transformation.
Guided by Adam Shereston, a writer, filmmaker and spiritual teacher with over 25 years of experience in creative and spiritual exploration, you’ll embark on a journey that goes far beyond the mechanics of writing. This retreat is not about perfecting technique or achieving productivity; it’s about remembering who you are as a creative soul and allowing your true voice to rise from the stillness within.
Through a blend of meditation, reflective dialogue, intuitive writing sessions and gentle creative exercises, Adam helps you dissolve creative resistance, release perfectionism, and discover a natural state of flow where inspiration becomes divine guidance. Each moment in nature acts as both muse and mirror, encouraging deep listening, emotional clarity, and authentic expression.
The Awakened Writer Retreat transforms the act of writing into a spiritual practice. As you connect with your inner landscape, you begin to see how creativity mirrors the awakening journey itself: revealing hidden fears, dissolving old identities, and calling forth the wisdom of the soul. Adam’s compassionate mentorship supports you in bringing that truth onto the page with honesty, vulnerability and power.
Whether you are beginning a memoir, developing a screenplay, or simply seeking to write from a more conscious, heart-centred place, this retreat offers a profound opportunity to realign your creative process with your spiritual essence. You’ll learn to create from presence rather than pressure, to trust inspiration as divine intelligence, and to let go of control so that life can write through you.
Surrounded by nature’s quiet beauty, nourished by wholesome food and soulful community, you will rediscover writing as a living meditation, an expression of who you truly are. The Awakened Writer Retreat is a journey of creative liberation, self-realisation and divine alignment, guiding you to express your soul’s wisdom with authenticity, grace, and joy.
Benefits
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Write and create while immersed in peaceful, inspiring natural surroundings
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Awaken your authentic creative voice and express from the soul
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Heal creative blocks and release perfectionism through guided reflection
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Deepen your connection to self, spirit, and the creative flow of life
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Enjoy delicious, nourishing vegetarian meals that support focus and wellbeing
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Be supported by an experienced spiritual mentor and compassionate community
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Experience meditative practices, creative exercises, and stillness to awaken clarity
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Reconnect with inspiration, purpose, and divine flow in every word you write
What Makes This Retreat Special
Your facilitator, Adam Shereston, is a writer, filmmaker, and spiritual teacher with over 25 years of experience guiding others through creative and spiritual awakening. His unique approach blends writing mentorship, intuitive insight, and deep spiritual presence to help you discover your authentic voice and align it with your soul’s purpose.
Surrounded by nature’s beauty, you’ll learn to write from presence rather than pressure, transforming creativity into a sacred act of self-realisation. This retreat offers a rare opportunity to merge art and spirit, to awaken, express and live from the truth of who you really are.
Program
Friday
16.00 - 18.00 Check in
18.15 - 19.30 Introduction & Opening ceremony
19.30 - 20.30 Dinner
21.00 - 22.00 Camp fire & Kirtan
Saturday
07.00 - 08.00 Yoga & morning meditation
08.00 - 09.00 Breakfast
09.00 - 11.00 The Awakened Writer Exercises
11.00 - 13.00 Tea & Coffee
11.30 - 13.00
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.15 - 17.00 The Awakened Writer Exercises
19.00 - 20.00 Dinner
21.00 - 22.30 Evening Sharing circle
Sunday
07.30 - 08.30 Yoga and morning meditation (optional)
08.30 - 09.30 Breakfast
10.00 - 12.30 The Awakened Writer Exercises
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 16.00 The Awakened Writer Exercises
16.00 - 17.30 Closing ceremony
