What if you could unburden your mind &

effortlessly unleash creativity through writing?

Imagine taking pleasure in thinking your thoughts

& hearing your stories in a brand new way…

Welcome to Proprioceptive Writing®

Proprioceptive Writing (PW) is the only writing practice that helps you slow your thoughts and focus on your sense of inner hearing. A self-guided method, it allows you to express your unedited thoughts in writing so that you can reflect on them. Widely recognized as a path to greater self-knowledge and understanding, PW leads to clearer thinking and enhanced emotional health. Used as an adjunct to the healing arts and as a form of meditation, PW is also valuable for those who wish to write and for writers facing impediments to their work.

Find a Class

Proprioceptive Writing is taught both online and at in-person retreats offered throughout the year. It can be learned in a day and practiced over a lifetime. The Proprioceptive Writing Center is a virtual teaching center headquartered in Oakland, California. PWCenter Faculty teach across the country and around the world.

May 12 - 17, 2024

May 28 - July 16, 2024

June 1 - June 2, 2024

August 3 - 8, 2024

"Proprioceptive Writing has helped me write, think, feel, and, most important, live more fully in the world and in myself."

- Susan Gutwill, Psychotherapist, The Woman’s Therapy Center Institute

Writing the Mind Alive

The Proprioceptive Method for Finding Your Authentic Voice

“This book speaks with wisdom and lucidity. Anyone can profit from Writing The Mind Alive, a book elegant in its simplicity, persuasive in its intelligence, reassuring in its experience.”

- Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce Attachments and The Situation and the Story