About the Instructor,
Andy Couturier

New!
Teacher Training
Certificate Course

Learn:
* How to create a nourishing, enthusiastic group culture
* Dozens of useable, effective writing exercises
* How to teach improvisation, organization and revision
* A strong theory base from which to ground your teaching

100-hour course: one weekend a month: April – October 2012
Santa Cruz, CA

Pico Iyer says about Andy Couturier's writing: "It's been years since such a fresh and liberating voice has emerged..."

Books by Andy Couturier:

Writing Open the Mind:
Tapping the Subconscious to Free the Writing and the Writer

Powerful writing comes naturally when the mind is energized and experimental, when it can take risks and follow the unexpected wherever it leads.

A Different Kind of Luxury

Gary Snyder says: "Andy Couturier has written some very articulate pieces on the Japanese counter-culture."

Read excerpts on the book's blog

Beautifully illustrated literary profiles of people living extraordinary, simple, sustainable lives in rural Japan.

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. Read more...