A mindful writing practice community for women who want to discover the sacred in the ordinary through the stories they tell about themselves and our world.
Sangha is a Buddhist word for spiritual community. A circle of practice. A place to gather with shared intention, to witness each other, to grow together. A Writing Sangha brings this same spirit of supportive practice to our lives. You don't need to consider yourself a writer to join — you only need an interest in using writing as part of mindful living.
This is a women-only space where we use writing to become more awake to our lives. To explore them with curiosity and tenderness. A place where you're not alone with your questions, your struggles, your joys, your growth. Where we hold each other through the practice, witnessing without judgement, celebrating without comparison.
A place to become more fully ourselves as we gather around the virtual firepit together.
What makes this sangha?
We practice together regularly
We hold space with compassion
We witness without critique
The practice IS the point
No more pressure. No more waiting until you're good enough. Just the simple act of noticing your life, your thoughts, your dreams and longings, and putting words to it all. Learning to trust your voice is enough.
When you write with presence everything shifts. You meet your emotions with gentleness. You question the stories you've been telling about who you are. You befriend the parts of yourself you've been trying to fix.
When you practice noticing your life you become more present everywhere. More compassionate with yourself and others. More able to find peace in difficulty. More enchanted by the ordinary.
“With each year I am able to dig deeper into where the writing comes from, able to meet the page with greater authenticity — a process I deeply value. I trust Amanda as my guide and mentor." — Fran
Amanda Saint
Amanda is the founder of The Mindful Writer, the author of three novels, an award-winning publisher, and has spent many years learning to become enchanted with life no matter what's going on.
She's been teaching creative writing for 15 years, but what she's really teaching is how to pay attention. How to notice that your ordinary life is a thing of wondrous beauty, even when it’s hard.
An accredited mindfulness mentor, meditation teacher, journal therapist, and Reiki practitioner, she practices what she's inviting you into. Writing from her own life and showing up to the page with the same questions you bring to yours.
This Sangha is her life's work. Everything she's learned about presence, about story, about becoming enchanted with an ordinary life is here, in this Sangha, waiting for you.
"Amanda not only listens well, but she also shares back with compassion what helps you listen more deeply and honestly to where you have come from and where you are going, so that you are fully felt, seen, and heard." — Patty
One community of 36 women maximum.
Two weekly gathering times (Tuesdays 3pm UK / Thursdays 11am UK) — attend whichever works for you. Replays provided too.
Amanda personally hosts every session, creating space to write together using prompts drawn from mindfulness practice, seasonal rhythms, and what's alive in the group. There are two per week: Tuesdays 3pm UK and Thursdays 11am UK.
When you write with presence everything shifts. You meet your emotions with gentleness and change the stories you tell about who you are. You befriend yourself. These are 90-minutes sessions that replace Writing Hours on the last Tuesday and Thursday of each month.
Amanda will share regular writing prompts, start conversations and share her reflections. Holding space for you to share and connect with the Sangha members.
Available on demand to work through in your own time. Move through them at whatever pace serves you — week by week, or dipping in as you need.
Finding grace in the passage of time and embracing our older lives through 27 journal prompts and a guided meditation.
Meeting yourself with kindness in life and on the page through 24 journal prompts and a guided meditation.
Let go of limiting beliefs and discover your limitless self through 12 modules that help you rewriting the stories that keep you small.
Explore a part of your life with presence and craft through 12 modules that guide you through the memoir as an art form.
"I am now in my third year of Mindful Writing with Amanda, and it's completely changed my writing mindset and practice. I've learnt how to silence the critic, step away from deadlines and submissions and focus on a much deeper and more profound relationship with my writing." — Fiona
This isn't about being a writer — it's about being awake to your life. Beginners and experienced writers practice together here.
One hour weekly for Writing Hours and 90 minutes once a month for Writing Sangha Circle. Optional community engagement throughout the week. This is designed to be nourishing, not overwhelming.
All sessions are recorded but the magic happens in live practice — in showing up, in witnessing each other, in the alchemy of writing in community.
They complement each other beautifully. YOMW provides time-limited structure and craft focus. Writing Sangha provides ongoing practice, community and transformation.
No. This is a mindfulness practice community. While the practice is deeply supportive, it's not a substitute for mental health care.
Yes. Your access continues until the end of your current billing period. No refunds for unused time are available.
Amanda writes a newsletter on Substack where she shares personal stories of her ongoing mindfulness and creative writing journey, along with ideas to help us live and write more mindfully.