WORKSHOPS AND RETREATS

Mark’s writing workshops are a great opportunity to use his transformative method of personal investigation, Writing To Awaken, for personal, professional, and spiritual development. Known for his intuitive, compassionate teaching, Mark creates a welcoming atmosphere for writers of all levels to benefit from this powerful work.
“One of the most generous-spirited presenters
I have worked with anywhere.”
~Oriane Lee Johnson
You can find Mark’s writing workshops at many well-known retreat centers and organizations such as The Omega Institute, Hollyhock, Omega Blue Spirit, Costa Rica, and Alternatives London. His self-produced week-long retreat in Italy offers the most intimate teaching and mentoring experience for attendees. He is a master of creating a safe and nurturing space for the kind of deep work that Writing to Awaken inspires.
Visit Mark’s Testimonials Page and see what student’s are saying about Mark and his work and workshops.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS & RETREATS

Writing to Awaken:
Memoir as a Path of Healing
September 29 – October 4, 2024
The Omega Institute
Rhinebeck, NY

In this transformational workshop guided by Mark Matousek, you’ll use personal writing as a path of healing, authenticity, and spiritual growth. Memoir writing is a powerful tool for healing the stories that wound you. When you learn to express the whole truth about your life experiences, for personal use or publication, you come to understand the universal dimension of your personal struggles, triumphs, confusions, longings, digressions, and so-called mistakes. You recognize that you are the storyteller — not the story — which frees you to examine the beliefs, expectations, and biases that cause you pain or prevent you from reaching your full potential.

Writers Rising
A Writing Room Retreat
October 25 – 27, 2024
Los Angeles, CA
Live Stream Available

A Transformational Writing Retreat For Writers
And Those Who Want To Be

Join Anne Lamott, Cheryl Strayed, Marlon James, myself, and others for a weekend of writing workshops, talks, and panels, with a live stream for those who can’t be there in person. Writers Rising is an annual transformational writing retreat geared toward writers of all levels, covering topics that include the craft of writing memoir, overcoming creative blocks, how to navigate the business of writing, and forming writers communities to support us in this practice we love.
Use Coupon Code awaken10 for 10% off the retreat and livestream