Your Word Is Your Wand: The Power of Spoken Affirmation
Sunday, Sept. 27 • 1 to 3 pm Words carry power. Florence Scovel Shinn taught this in 1928, and the idea remains alive today: what we speak, we tend to create. This 90-minute workshop draws on Shinn's classic text to explore affirmations as a living practice. Shinn believed that a person holds the power to change an unhappy condition by waving over it the wand of spoken words, and this class puts that idea directly in your hands. You will work with affirmations the way a mantra works, through repetition, rhythm, and presence. Shinn described supply as released through faith and the spoken word, and we will explore what it feels like to speak with that kind of conviction. The session includes reflection on why enthusiasm matters, how to work with an affirmation until it feels true, and what shifts when you bring genuine feeling to the words you repeat. Whether you are new to affirmations or deepening an existing practice, this workshop offers a framework, an experience, a...