Mindful Sparks for Creative Writing

Week 14

Body Scan

Your body holds stories. You’ve got years of experience. Instead of thinking your way into a story, try feeling your way in.

Mindfulness teaches us to listen to our bodies, not to fix them, but to hear them.

That’s where your creative writing can begin.

This week’s exercise:

Scan your body slowly. Where is there tension, tingling, heaviness? Choose one sensation. Write from it.

Story Prompt:

“It started as a tightness in their chest, but it became something more…”