SIX MONTH SABBATICAL
The Opening will not be offering any courses until at least November 2010.
In the meantime, you can add your name to the email update list by sending an email to andy@theopening.org
Andy Couturier, director of The Opening, will be in India and in infrequent email contact, and not available by phone.
(New course offerings will be under development! )
Below are listed some of our courses, which will be offered again next winter in both OAKLAND and SANTA CRUZ
Book
Completion Group
Life Story & Creative Nonfiction
Life Story AND Book Writing
Also, in the meantime, you can order Andy's book on writing, and try some of the exercises yourself, or with your friends. More info here:
Writing
Open The Mind:
Tapping the Subconscious to Free the Writing and the Writer
by Andy Couturier, Director of The Opening.
Powerful writing comes naturally when the mind is energized
and experimental, when it can take risks and follow the
unexpected wherever it leads.
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The Opening is a place for writing that emphasizes exploration, play and the intuitive mind of the writer. By using new techniques to get at
our own innate capacities for improvisation, writers at The
Opening become more rich in their writing and more
able to come upon the unexpected in themselves and in the world.
With these
heightened sensitivities, both the writer and the writing
grow of their own accord.
Reach The Opening by email at andy@theopening.org
(Phone contact will be available again after November)
A Different Kind of Luxury
Andy Couturier's New Book
Has Now Been Released! Scroll down to order.
Ilustrated literary portraits of people living extraordinary, simple, sustainable lives in rural Japan.
Pico Iyer says, "Andy Couturier catches everything that is essential and beautiful in Japan with a clarity, sincerity and openness that move me to the core. It's been years since such a fresh and liberating voice has emerged to remind us of the true heart of a country that so many of us fail to see--or, indeed, to listen to."
Gary Snyder says, "Andy Couturier has written some very articulate pieces on the Japanese counter-culture"
Read short excerpts, and ask the author
questions on the book's blog.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Raised in the tumult of Japan's industrial powerhouse, the eleven men and women profiled in this book have all made the transition to sustainable fulfilling lives. They are today artists, philosophers and farmers who reside deep in the mountains of rural Japan. Their lives are simple, yet they are surrounded by the luxuries of nature, art, contemplation, delicious food and an abundance of time.
By presenting the journeys of these ordinary--yet exceptional--people, Andy Couturier shows how we too can travel a meaningful path of living simply with
respect for our communities and our natural resources.
Interview with Andy Couturier
on KRON TV 4
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