Writing in Community
Writing in Community
A Practice of Attention — AWE – Attend, Write, Expand
with Mitra Manesh
The first series of this class moved something in people. The second awakened creativity and expression. The third, starting Sunday, September 20, invites you to take it even further.
Whether you wrote with us before or are discovering this community for the first time, you are welcome here — with an open heart and a blank page.
Writing in Community is a live online class led by senior mindfulness educator Mitra Manesh. Each session opens with guided meditation, then a quote and prompt from Mitra's book, The Attentionist, followed by 45 minutes of sustained silent writing. The session closes with reading, listening, live coaching, and a weekly intention. Participants arrive as writers — or writers-to-be — and leave more supported, more connected to their voice, and more committed to the page.
Most of us have something we want to write. Most of us keep finding reasons to wait. This class offers a steady place to return — to your voice and to what you truly want to give your attention to.
This is not a writing technique class, or critique group. It is a mindfully structured, supportive space to simply show up and write — regularly, quietly, and in good company.
Journaling, memoir, poetry, legacy writing, fiction, academic reflection, professional or personal — bring whatever feels alive and ready to emerge. Writers and not-yet-writers of all backgrounds and experience levels are welcome.
Between sessions, all participants have access to our WhatsApp community — a private space for daily insights, reflections, and encouragement throughout the six weeks and beyond.
If you miss a session, the recording is available until two weeks after the last class.
Come as you are. Write as if the world is waiting.
Dates & Time:
Sundays, September 20 – October 25, 2026
11:00am–12:30pm PT
Location:
Live-Online via Zoom
General Public Registration:
Base Rate: $100
Supporter Rate: $150*
Benefactor Rate: $250*
UCLA Health Employee & UCLA Student Registration:
UCLA Health Employee: $80**
UCLA Student: $0**
*Supporter and Benefactor rates include the base rate plus the suggested donation amount.
**UCLA Heath Employees & UCLA Students must register with their Mednet or Student email respectively.