Alternate Handwriting

(2-week series)

 

Our brains have two hemispheres. The left side is logical, rational and verbal, and it controls our dominant writing hand. The right side is intuitive, imaginative and emotional. It’s been called our Inner or Essential Self, and the judgmental left brain often silences it. 

Imagine being able to tap into your creativity, your inner peace, your true feelings , your childhood. Through alternate handwriting, you can!  You'll learn how you can write yourself a question with your dominant hand and watch your other hand respond with honesty, kindness, courage and humor. The resulting 'dialogues' are often surprising and always insightful. They reflect whole-brain thinking, what Walt Disney called Imagineering.

Week 1: This session will focus on the background information about the left and right brain hemispheres (Lucy and Linus) and some demonstration as to how this practice works. Simple writing experiments and an engaging homework assignment will complete this first session.

Week 2: Digging deeper. This session will focus on guided handwriting sessions on suggested topics or ones you choose. Some time will be spent on how to develop a respect for the innate abilities literally at your fingertips as you establish an infinitely soothing and meditative habit.

Feb 28 and Mar 6 (T) 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Betty Rogers, BA, MPA, is an Austin artist and environmentalist. A published writer, she’s been a public affairs advocate for air quality, the director of a not-for-profit agency and has nurtured the planting of thousands of trees across Texas. She's been practicing and teaching alternate handwriting for more than five years and has seen it yield immediate, extraordinary outcomes. "I tell everybody about it. No one escapes," she says with a laugh. "I even told my dentist while he was trying to clean my teeth."