Writing for Wellbeing Workshops
Room 13, Paignton Library, Great Western Road, TQ4 5AG
Wednesdays 1:30pm - 3:30pm
From 21st October to the 2nd of December 2026
Centre Peace, 56 Palace Avenue, Paignton, TQ3 3HF
Tuesday 24th November 1:30pm to 3:30pm
A space to explore personal responses to creative sparks, and support your wellbeing through expressive and reflective writing.
Together we will read selected poems and respond to them through writing prompts and mindfully supported discussion.
You do not have to be ‘good’ at writing to take part and there is never any pressure to share your writing. These are caringly held, inclusive spaces, all neuro-identities welcome.
These are free drop-in sessions but spaces are limited to 8 so please do book your space through the link below.
If you are curious about the benefits of free-writing you can read my Substack article...
What people say...
"A beautiful, thoughtful workshop, run by Jade with great sensitivity."
Sensory Presence Nature Connection and Writing Workshop
Sooth Root experiences are curated with three elements often woven together.
Creativity
Creativity is a doorway into self, an expression of thoughts and feelings, a way of connecting and a way of honouring.
When we create as a playful query, curious about what will emerge, the thing we create becomes a mirror, a refection of what is within us, with this reflection we can start a conversation and discover more about ourselves through the process.
When we create we offer ourselves a space for catharsis, a way to express what has not found another place or time to be expressed.
When we create, and share with others, we find common ground or support, helping us to feel less alone in our experiences. Co-creating art brings cohesion and joy in shared generation.
Finally creating art to honour is an ancient act that we as humans have been engaging in for thousands of years. Making art as a gift of gratitude and respect to another being, to the land or to anything else, taps us back into this ancient ritual way of being. It supports our human need for creative ritual acts and maintains our connection to the things we honour.
"Your language is powerful and hearing the words move through your voice gave them even more depth and power."
Nature Connection
Birdsong, flowing water, breeze through leaves all these things bring us calm by inviting us to be present with the simple, yet deeply rewarding, sensory experience of our bodies in nature.
Exploring the natural world with child-like curiosity and awe brings us into a playful, simplified way of being that is good for both our mental and physical health. It also enhances our sense of connection and belonging to, and therefore our care for, the natural world.
Sooth Root spaces invite participants to engage with the human experience, not as one that is separate from the rest of nature but part of it. We are natural, we are nature, sometimes we simply forget when overly engaged with the modern human world and it's demands.
Time in nature is not just a reset for us it is an opportunity to get to know our more than human kin.
storytelling reactions...
“The story and your presentation made it a true connection, weaving through and through my every cell.”
Poetry by Jade Moon, Video by Glavind Strachan. Music by Rose Wildwood
Story
I seek out, live alongside, and tell stories because they hold doorways, keys, mirrors, and maps. Their worlds are filled with characters who imitate us, oppose us, trick us, inspire us, and point the way—speaking in a symbolic language that slips beneath the reasoning mind and touches something deeper.
Stories weave our troubles and triumphs into enchanted worlds of talking animals and triple wishes; places where hands can grow back, dolls can guide us, and rivers can be crossed on sheets pulled tight by older women.
Working with stories as ways of understanding ourselves, others and our place in the world never ceases to be a rich and rewarding pathway for cultivating deeper connection and understanding.
With my intuition doll inspired by the story of Vasilisa The Brave - Phtotograph by Adriana Banari
