Sacred Space

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Writing & Songwriting Coaching

A mindful, mystical approach to the 

craft of writing & songwriting. 

Creativity is part of your innate nature... but many of us forget that along the way. 

Why Mindfulness?

Practicing mindfulness in writing and songwriting is a way of showing up for yourself and your craft with your whole heart and mind: aware, curious, and receptive.

As a meditator of 20 years, I found that meditation supported every stage of the creation process, thus I dedicated my master's thesis to finding out how meditation could support music education.

Research shows that meditation practice increases focus, reduces performance anxiety, refines the ability to hear musical notes, and even increases proprioception - essential skills for musicians. Research also suggests that meditation practice supports a state of creative flow.

Why mysticism?

Mysticism is the study of reality, truth, and the foundational experience of ourselves as Divine Beings. Creativity is our birthright, and working with mystical skills helps to remind that we don't just have an inner well of creativity - we are a well of creativity!

Reiki, guided meditations, and working with nature are some of the tools that come up during Sacred Space coaching, to support your unique expression of Divine creativity.

What are craft tools?

Craft tools are the tools unique to each art form that form the skillset through which the artist refines their expression.

In writing, voice, dialogue and narration, pacing, rhythm, rhyme, verb tense, alliteration and consonance, imagery and character are all forms of craft tools.

In songwriting, song form, melody, harmony, key signature, rhythm and rhyme, melodic meter, imagery, front and back heavy lines are all forms of craft tools.

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Studying these aspects in our heroes' writing and songs, as well as in our own, and pinpointing practices to broaden our skillset gives us a much bigger playground to play on, and a much more sophisticated ability to make creative choices.

Hi, I’m Béthany, a Writing & Songwriting Coach, Writer, Singer-Songwriter, and Reiki Master who knows how to ignite your writing from the portal of pure essence within, and support compelling communication with a skillful use of craft tools.

For 15 years and across 3 continents, I have been guiding songwriters, writers, artists, yoga teachers and healers with gentle yet profound intuitive insight to help source their creative life from their unique inner Light.

With an MA in songwriting, a BA in creative writing, 12 years of training in the writer's workshop process, and 20 years of personal mystical, meditative and shamanic practice, trainings and mentorships, I have a passion for empowering writers to read like a writer, rekindle their joy of writing, and refine their use of craft tools so that their writing radiates with their unique expressive voice.

Winner of the Mark Linenthal Award for Poetry, with published work in both English and French, my strength lies in my own creative and contemplative practice and my ability to consciously and lovingly hold space for the clarity, joy, and mystery of the creative process.

To create from your deepest resonant frequencies is a powerful choice, aligning your being with your expression, and infusing your creations with energies that have never existed on the Earth before- and won’t, unless you write them.

Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden inside you?

Elizabeth Gilbert.

Who is Sacred Space Writing & Songwriting Coaching for?

       Do you:

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• Long to immerse yourself in the craft of writing?

• Yearn to joyfully express your unique voice with skilled playfulness?

• Want the sup port and guidance to create a full album of songs, a series of articles, or a book project?

• Seek support and guidance in developing a sustainable, inspiring creative practice?

• Feel the call to give voice to your inner life through writing, but aren’t sure how to get started?

• Want personalized 1-1 workshopping, or small, mastermind group workshopping?

• Have an interest in mindfulness, intuitive guidance and mystical practices?

Being open to our own creative longings is a powerful and vulnerable experience. With Sacred Space Writing & Songwriting Coaching, you will receive guidance at every stage of the creation process: aligning your creative intentions, clearing limiting beliefs, developing raw material, editing works in process, and completing final manuscripts. No project is too big or too small, from articles to books and full albums.

Choose Your Coaching Plan:

Live, Online,

7-Week Course

The Latest Writings

Listening to Plants

Published on the Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange website.

I am sitting on a beautiful, pale green lichen-covered rock near my home, gazing at a tall piñon tree. It holds my attention...

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