Healing Lines: Writing and Somatic Practices for Scars

By Posted in - Special Events on November 9th, 2025

Date/Time - 09/11/2025 at 15:00 - 17:00

Join me live online!

Sunday, November 9th, 2025

9 – 11 am EDT

2 – 4 pm UK

3 – 5 pm CET

Our scars hold traces of what we’ve lived — reminders of what the body has endured and how it has repaired itself. In this two-hour online workshop, we’ll explore these traces through reflective writing and body attention. You’ll be guided through acknowledging your scars and interacting with them, noticing their unique landscapes and the qualities they bring to your life. The focus is not on retelling the past but on listening to what your scars communicate now: resilience, protection, tenderness, perhaps even beauty. Through words, breath, movement, and attention, we’ll meet the marks that shaped us with curiosity and compassion.

This workshop is for you if you…

  • have a scar — physical or emotional — that still draws your attention.
  • want to reconnect with a part of your body that feels numb, distant, or changed.
  • sense that healing happened on the surface, but something still lingers underneath.
  • wish to soften feelings of judgment or shame about your body.

 

Please note that sharing is always optional. You will not be expected to expose your scars or your story in any way. This is a personal journey that we go on together.

No writing experience is necessary, and you can write in whatever language suits you as long as you can understand the prompts in English. Reserve your spot using the registration form below. I hope you’ll join us!

Cost

Two-hour online workshop:

Standard rate: 25 €

Supporter rate: 30 €

Once your registration is processed, you’ll receive a link to access the workshop. Check your spam! If you have not received the link on the day of the workshop, contact us at info@elainekonopka.com. 

 

Elaine Konopka – somatic practitioner, writer, and editor – is the founder of The Attentive Body in Paris, where she teaches body awareness to help people live healthier, more intense lives. An avid believer in the power of the written word, she has been facilitating writing workshops for over a decade.