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What is Proprioceptive Writing™?
It's a meditative writing method that offers practitioners a means of better knowing and understanding the self. The writer develops listening skills and compassion, and an appreciation for individual experience.
How does it work?
Each "write" consists of a 25-minute session in which the writer explores and expresses his/her own understandings of the meaning of the language of the "write". The writer develops a heightened state of focus and listening during which words and phrases from the "write" are explored at a more meaningful level than is customary in our time and culture.
The Proprioceptive Writing™ process was developed in the 1970s by Linda Trichter-Metcalf, PhD., who was then a professor at Pratt Institute. She and her partner, Tobin Simon, PhD, have since taught this method in ongoing classes and workshops. Their book about the PW process, called "Writing the Mind Alive," was published in 2002.
"When you practice Proprioceptive Writing™ you are doing precisely what the Indian spiritual teacher Krishnamurti asks of us when he responds to a statement with 'Let's go into that.' You are going into your thoughts to find their root in experience, and thereby come to a better understanding of your feelings-an understanding that liberates you from the old, outdated tapes that keep playing in your head. - The truth is that, without writing, it is difficult for most people to go into their thought. By writing, you slow thought down, find its emotional context in experience, and give yourself the chance to feel its meaning."
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