2024 Writers Retreat
CJ Holstine - Owner of WordHaven BookHouse, Minnesota State Teacher of the Year, Writing Instructor, and an Author/Writer - will be leading a Writers Retreat this fall, in a Lakeside, Four Bedroom Villa, at Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, WI.
Theme: Letting Go
Join us as we identify what we don’t need to hold on to anymore (energetically) in order to make room for what serves us better. We will be exploring multiple genres of writing and experiences to help us process and explore our thoughts and feelings.
Activities will include guided writing time, sharing, gentle yoga/mediation/breathing and some alone time to reflect and use as you need.
Your registration will also include a waterpark pass and three meals.
Dates
Friday, October 18 (Check-in: 4 PM) - Sunday, October 20, 2024 (Check-out: 11 AM)
Deadline to sign up: 9/20/24
Lodging Options
Shared Room & Shared Bathroom
(Twin bunk beds): $350 (1 spot left, SOLD 1) : Sign up
SOLD (Queen bed): $500
Shared Room & Shared Bathroom (2 Queen beds): $500 per bed: Sign up
SOLD- [Private Room & Shared Bathroom (Queen bed)]: $700
Private Room & Private Bathroom (King Bed, Whirlpool bath, Lakeview ): $900 (for individual or pair): Sign up
Extra info: the villa has stairs and no elevator. There is also some walking required to get around the resort and some events will take place outside and off-site.
Contact
Please reach out any time by emailing CJ at words@wordhaven-bookhouse.com
CJ Holstine (they/them), MAE is the owner of WordHaven BookHouse, LLC (a BookShop & Writing Center in Sheboygan, WI); an Equity 2.0 Consultant, a speaker; an author/writer, and a Minnesota State Teacher of the Year.
Holstine’s TED-Ed Talk: Educators Must Be More Than Allies was released in January of 2020. Their co-written chapter, “Impact of Trauma on Our Youth," is published in the book, Flip the System: How Teachers Can Transform Education and Save Democracy. Her monologue, “A Butch’s Guide to Excavating Femininity,” is published in the play, Naked I: Insides Out.
They have been a Columnist for Education Post and a contributing writer for The Progressive. They have also published articles in The Independent, Minnesota Women’s Press, NEA Today, AFT Voices, and Icon Newspaper.
Holstine has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Massachusetts, a Communication Arts and Literature teaching license from Augsburg University, and a Master of Arts in Education from Augsburg University.
