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Writing Guidelines

This style guide establishes consistent formatting and language standards for all Healing Wisdom communications, both internal and external. These guidelines ensure our written materials reflect our values of reverence and clarity while maintaining professional consistency across training materials, publications, and correspondence. All team members and contributors follow these standards when creating content for our organization.

Capitalization

Certain words are capitalized in our published writing:

Training names are capitalized
Key words are capitalized to communicate reverence (Deep Seat, Spiritual Healer, Root Teacher, etc.)

Example: This Advanced International Constellation Training by Healing Wisdom will offer a road for going forward from both within who and what we are, and for our continuing service to the world in which we live. Building upon the foundational teachings, this training offers advanced meditation, in-depth, hands-on Spiritual Healing experience, and opening of perceptions from the Deep Seat.

Bolding

Certain words are bolded for emphasis. These are often key words which are also capitalized.

Hyperlinks

Remove trailing slashes and https:// when sharing hyperlinks in published copy. Use full URLs for Zoom links only. Use text links for other links by default.

❌ https://www.healingwisdom.com/en/events/
❌ www.healingwisdom.com/en/events/
✅ www.healingwisdom.com/en/events

❌ https://portal.healingwisdom.com/2027-01-assisi/
❌ portal.healingwisdom.com/2027-01-assisi/
✅ portal.healingwisdom.com/2027-01-assisi

✅ Please register for our upcoming training here

The link destination for text links like the one above should include the full URL, with https:// to ensure wide browser compatibility.

Date Formats

Feb 7-9, 2025

Internal communications (shorter)

February 7-9, 2025

External communications (longer, more formal)

2025-02-07

YYYY-MM-DD for technical/sorting purposes

Time Format Rules

General

Always include timezone abbreviation after time (Except for venue-local schedules since times in on-site agendas are presumed to be local to the venue)
Lowercase am/pm
No space before am/pm
Use en dash (–) for ranges, not hyphen (-)
No spaces around en dash

Standard format: 11:00am ET (12 hour format, no space before am/pm)
Same period range: 11:00–11:30am ET (am/pm only once)
Different period range: 11:00am–1:30pm ET
Multiple time zones: 11:00am–1:30pm ET / 17:00–19:30 CET (forward slash separator)
International format: 17:00–19:30 CET (24 hour format)

12-hour format (Americas only)

Lowercase am/pm, no space before: 11am, 2:30pm
Omit :00 on full hours: 11am not 11:00am
Same period → am/pm once at end: 11–11:30am ET
Crossing noon → am/pm on both: 11am–1:30pm ET

24-hour format (Europe & Asia)

Always show minutes: 17:00–19:30 CET

Region	Output
Americas	2–3:30pm ET
Americas	11am–1:30pm ET
Europe	17:00–19:30 CET
Asia	21:00–22:30 HKT
Multi-Region	8am-9:30am ET, 14:00-15:30 CET, 21:00-22:30 CST/HKT

Asia times with military time throughout (no am/pm)

美东 8:00–9:30，中欧 14:00–15:30，北京/香港 21:00–22:30
美東 8:00–9:30，中歐 14:00–15:30，北京/香港 21:00–22:30

美东 20:00–21:30，中欧 2:00–3:30，北京/香港 9:00–10:30
美東 20:00–21:30，中歐 2:00–3:30，北京/香港 9:00–10:30

Schedule Format

Day Headers

Friday, September 25 & Saturday, September 26

Non-contiguous or same-weekend days use ampersand (&)

Thursday, February 26 to Monday, March 2

Consecutive multi-day ranges — use "to"

Full weekday name, full month name, day number
No year needed in headers (implied by document context)

Time + Activity Lines

ET, Americas

Saturday, August 23
* 3–7pm Arrival
* 8pm Dinner

Sunday, August 24 to Friday, August 29
* 7–8am Qigong or Movement *No movement session on Aug 24
* 8–9am Breakfast
* 9:30am–1pm Morning Session *Aug 24 begins at 10:00am
* 1–3:15pm Lunch & Break
* 3:15–7pm Afternoon Session
* 7:30pm Dinner

Saturday, August 30
* 7–8am Qigong or Movement
* 8–9am Breakfast
* 9:30am–1pm Morning Session
* 1–3pm Lunch and Departure

CET, Europe

Sabato 23 agosto
* 15:00–19:00 Arrivo
* 20:00 Cena

Domenica 24 agosto a venerdì 29 agosto
* 07:00–08:00 Qigong o movimento *Il 24 agosto non ci sarà lezione di movimento
* 08:00–09:00 Colazione
* 09:30–13:00 Sessione del mattino *Il 24 agosto si inizierà alle 10:00
* 13:00–15:15 Pausa pranzo
* 15:15–19:00 Sessione del pomeriggio
* 19:30 Cena

Sabato 30 agosto
* 07:00–08:00 Qigong o movimento
* 08:00–09:00 Colazione
* 09:30–13:00 Sessione del mattino
* 13:00–15:00 Pranzo e partenza

Time range first, then activity name
Follow 12h/24h rules per region (see Time Format Rules)
Capitalize activity names
Combine related activities with "&": Lunch & Break, Breakfast & Pack

Arrival & Departure

8:30–9:00am Arrival

Arrival is a timed slot, not a point in time

1:00pm Lunch and Departure

Departure anchors to a single time, written out in full

Numbers & Currencies

$1,234.56 USD

US format (comma thousands, period decimal, no space after $)

€1.234,56 EUR

EU format (period thousands, comma decimal, no space after €)

In Italian text, use a space after the euro symbol: € 1.234,56 EUR

2.5 GB

Space between number and unit

Key Rules

Dates

Use 3-letter month abbreviations
Include year in full (YYYY)
Use consistent format per context

Numbers

Always show currency code
Include cents/decimals
Use local format for audience

Time

Always include timezone
Use 24h format by default
12h format for US audience

Special Cases

Multiple Dates

Use ampersand (&) between date ranges, and do not repeat year number:

Feb 7-9 & Apr 25-27, 2025

Oct 11-13 & Dec 3-5, 2025

File Sizes

Use space before unit:

2.5 MB

500 KB