"The team led and shaped the retreat with consummate skill."
"I loved the creative exercises, the generosity of spirit of the organiser and leaders, the accommodation, the natural environment and the food."
"Incredibly kind and supportive team."
"The team held us gently and diligently. I loved the silence! The writing sessions work brilliantly for me. Thank you."
"Appreciation for everyone who has been involved in making Dhanakosa happen. It’s a very special and beautiful place."
"So well held. The facilitators worked excellently together and complemented each other."
"Writing exercises very varied and stimulated imagination."
"Guidance, kindness and sheer perception of the retreat leaders. Their friendship lent a solidity and warmth to the whole retreat."
"The care and commitment of the leaders created a trusting, open atmosphere where everyone felt supported and encouraged. I loved the invitation to write and to read and the lack of emphasis on how to became an excellent writer, which I found liberating."
"I loved the exercises where we were given the opportunity to go deeper and use creative writing as a process for personal growth and connection with others."
"The overall pattern of prompts/freeing up/accumulation of material and review over the week does work well."
Participants on our Wolf-workshop in Croydon in 2013 shared a few thoughts on their experience of the weekend:
”Great – lots to take away to work with”
“I’ve exercised my imagination-muscles”
“Had a superb retreat at Rivendell with Wolf at the Door last year, so I wanted to come again”
“It was a place where I could take risks”
“Exercises a springboard for ideas”
“Eye-opening, brain-teasing, perplexing! I’d been in 6 or 7 minds whether to come!”
“Made me think differently”
“I like the way it’s related to the Dharma”
“Relaxing – no pressure”
“Subversive”
“Really good weekend – brilliant, really”
“Picked up quite a few good techniques”
“I’ve enjoyed being me, but not too much of me”
“I managed to read out a haiku!”
“I liked the variety of the exercises”
“Spending a day with strangers 6,000 miles from home and feeling at home”
“You two making magic again”
Giulietta who took part in our North London Workshop, in October 2012 said:
“The Wolf weekend definitely unlocked some sort of writing gate and I actually wrote a fantasy novel inspired by something I started there!”