“Something called to her, something so deeply a part of her nature that she could not—and must not—resist it. The need to find her place, to find her element, to find her way home.”

Revisioning Myths & Fairy Tales and Reclaiming the Feminine Experience 

Replete with symbols and archetypes, myths and fairy tales are maps to both the collective psyche and your soul’s evolution. To revision these stories is nothing less than an initiatory process.  

During this five-week, online offering, you will explore myths and fairy tales from a uniquely personal perspective—yours. Via discussion and simple writing prompts, you’ll move beyond surface narratives to discover: 

+  Which characters or objects attract you and what they mean in your present life

+  What themes mirror your lived experiences and the wisdom they hold for you

+  Where you’ve lost your power and opportunities to reclaim it

+  How embodying these classic tales can help you integrate your unmet archetypes and life’s many deaths and rebirths 

Clarissa Pinkola Estés says, historias que son medicina: stories are medicine. Simply hearing a story enables you to experience it as if you are the heroine (or the wolf or the shapeshifter or the tree or the dragon). Your psyche is imprinted with ancient knowing just by listening. 

Anthropologists call this sympathetic magic, the ability of the mind to step away from its ego and merge with another reality in order to gain a new way of understanding. In indigenous paths, this is the use of stories to create nonordinary states of consciousness from which insights are brought back to consensual reality. 

During this course, you’ll enter forests and oceans, underground realms, and far-flung cultures. No matter how fantastical, each story represents a journey into your psyche and holds an encoded transmission of endurance and empowerment, healing and growth. 

I’m thrilled to be sharing this course in winter, traditionally the season of gathering around the hearth and sharing stories. I hope you will consider joining me for what is sure to be a juicy and transformational ride.

No writing experience required. This is for anyone interested in archetypes, creative writing, self-discovery, deep listening, or radical compassion. All genders, orientations, ages, and abilities are welcome. 

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