Proprioceptive Writing Center Faculty work closely with Dr. Linda Trichter Metcalf, PW’s founder and author, along with Dr. Simon, of Writing the Mind Alive, The Proprioceptive Method for Finding Your Authentic Voice.
Anne Bright is the director of the Proprioceptive Writing Center, Southeast. She has been a student and teacher of Proprioceptive Writing for over 25 years.
Anne had her first Write in 1993. She entered the Proprioceptive Writing (PW) Teacher Training Program in 1995 and repeated it in 2005. Over the past 15 years, Anne has taught extensively in the context of an ongoing apprenticeship with Dr. Metcalf. Her apprenticeship has included hundreds of hours of analyzing students’ Writes with Linda, continued participation in and teaching classes through the PW Center, attending and assisting at PW Immersions, as well as consulting with Linda as they cultivated the PW curriculum together.
Anne says, “Through the practice of Proprioceptive Writing, I learned how to think in a new way. When I stumbled onto PW, I was caught in a tumult of conflicting thoughts and feelings. Through PW, I learned how to recognize and begin to unpack the various strands of the tangled logic of my psyche. Learning to express and reflect in the particular way the practice of PW engenders helped me reconnect with my native intelligence and begin to utilize it. My consciousness continues to be altered by this practice, and its effects radiate into every aspect of my life.”
Anne holds a BA in English Literature from Kenyon College and an MFA in Writing from Vermont College, training which provided her with an excellent background for understanding the Write as a text. She also holds certifications in EFM and Godly Play from the University of the South, Sewanee. As well as teaching PW, Anne has written fiction and essays for newspapers and magazines and has performed as a storyteller for both children and adults.
Contact Anne Bright:
anne@thewayofwriting.org
www.thewayofwriting.org
Kim Chandler E-RYT is the director of Innerlight Center for Yoga & Meditation in Middletown, RI where she teaches both yoga and Proprioceptive Writing® (PW).
Kim was first introduced to PW in 1991 at the PW Center in Portland, Maine. In weekly Writes at the center, Kim says, she experienced a remarkable freedom: she could hear and explore her own private thoughts in the company of others. This was the beginning of more than 25 years of continued practice and study that is ongoing today.
In 1997 and again in 2005, Kim participated in the PW Teaching Program with Drs. Metcalf and Simon. She has continued her study through both the PW Foundational Program and a teaching apprenticeship with Dr. Metcalf. Kim has assisted Dr. Metcalf at immersions, and she created her own program Mind in Motion: Exploring PW & Yoga at Kripalu, in Lenox, MA.
Kim says, “From the first, I was struck by a similarity between PW and what I typically experienced during my practice of meditation in motion on the yoga mat. In the Write, my mind was in motion, turning this way and that as I inquired into my own thought and feeling. The effect was exhilarating and quieting at the same time. With regular practice, I discovered that PW gave me a way to come to deeper and broader understandings of my life experiences. Over time I gained confidence in myself as a thinker and in my authority to express myself. PW continues to be a great ally in a life of self inquiry and discovery.”
Kim’s professional life has been dedicated to teaching. In addition to teaching PW, she is a past resident and program director at Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and a former Outward Bound instructor. At Innerlight, she has taught yoga and trained yoga teachers for over 20 years. Hundreds of students gather at Innerlight to practice and connect each week.
Contact Kim Chandler:
kim@innerlightyoga.com
www.innerlightyoga.com
Ann Mullen
Ann Munroe Mullen lives and teaches Proprioceptive Writing (PW) in the Adirondack Mountain region of New York State. She retired in 2008 from a corporate position in which she was responsible for minority-owned, women-owned and small business development. She is passionately interested in the history of excluded peoples, and has a history degree from Rutgers University. In addition to teaching PW in Saranac Lake, NY, she also teaches in the Lake Wales, FL area in the winter months.
Ann says, “I was first introduced to Proprioceptive Writing in 1991 at a five day retreat at Omega Institute. I was struggling with the loss of a long-term relationship and I experienced a great deal of solace as I wrote about this loss. By the end of the retreat, I felt clearer about my feelings than I had in months. I maintained a practice for a few years, but then life took over and I lost touch with PW.
However, I never forgot PW, and I always intended to return to it some day. When I retired in 2008, I restarted a PW practice. I studied with Linda Trichter Metcalf for the next year, and was certified to teach PW in 2009. I’m a volunteer for the Proprioceptive Writing Center and on its board, and as well, I’m active in our local Ecumenical Council’s effort to provide shelter for the homeless. I have an active writing life.
PW has made a huge difference in my life. I cannot imagine returning to my previous relationship with my thinking – a sort of hit-or-miss engagement with my thoughts and feelings. It’s made all the difference in my life.”
Contact Ann Mullen:
annmullen.prowriting@yahoo.com
www.annmunroemullen.com
