work with me
“If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”
- Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run With the Wolves
1:1 MENTORING
There are many ways we can work together 1:1 engaging in the the alchemy of being human together, in our bodies, beholding & being held through the lens of stories, word magic, somatic movement & shared lived experiences.
I bring 30 years in deep relationship with traditional stories, and storytelling as a transformational and healing ally.
My work with stories and storytelling, weaves with my work as a healing artist
Also I have 60 years being human, living a rich, profound life to offer support, dignity and empathy in your personal transformational journey - body, heart, mind & spirit.
Here are just a few possibilities:
becoming and/or growing your skill as a creative, writer, & oral storyteller, .
exploring stories as alchemical medicine to help hold, heal and allow personal growth.
re-storying big life events that hold unhelpful charges for you (examples might be birth, death, divorce, major loss, etc)
un-conditioning your consciousness working with orality, voice, grief/shadow, trauma, intuition and/or the imaginal.
integrating the wounds & gifts you carry in the bone deep realms of myth, folklore & fairy tale.
TRE and somatic work that helps your nervous system regulate, helping your body heal.
Book a free 30 minutes phone conversation to learn what this connection might look like for you.
The WILD WITHIN
seasonal day retreats for women* folx
In this [story-telling] tradition a story is ‘holy,’ and it is used as medicine. The story is not told to lift you up, to make you feel better, or to entertain you, although all those things can be true. The story is meant to take the spirit into a descent to find something that is lost or missing and to bring it back to consciousness again”
~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Energy and magic are in creating community, with humans, the natural world and the elementals and with the spirits. Aware of the great suffering that is afflicting the planet, on-going wars, climate collapse, the possible rise of fascism and rampant chaos everywhere, we are grateful that we can be together peaceably, honor the old, old ways and listen deeply to what Story, dreams, spirits, heart say to guide us. ~ Deena Metzger
AUTUMN 2025
SATURDAY OCTOBER 4th 10am - 4:30pm | Washburn WI
THE WILD WITHIN is an experiential & immersive day retreat for women who are called to deepen into the composting season, in the wild boreal forest of northern Wisconsin exploring our cyclical nature & shapeshifting aspects through somatic practices, storytelling, creativity & just being.
THOUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, YOU WILL:
- Rest into the changes of autumn.
- Open yourself to hear, feel, see & know what you are ready to hear, feel, see & know.
- Allow yourself space to listen within and also experience joy & wonder in community.
- Truly rest into the sensorial experience pf your body in the forest.
- Journey with a powerful story (TBA) reclaiming wild, cyclical aspects of yourself.
( follow the link for more info & to register )
STORYTELLING + WORKSHOPS
the exploration and deep dive of oral storytelling has been the work & joy of my life. For 30 years I have been engaging with this rich & transformational art form.
Here are just a few of the storytelling programs and workshops possible.
SOMATIC YOGA
THESE BODIES - Virtual Drop in Classes*
(mostly) Fridays - 10-11:15am CT
Join our sweet live/online sangha & enjoy low impact poses, embodied practices, breath work and meditation intended to soften and open the heart and the body. Classes are accessible and are trauma aware. All levels and abilities are welcome. Your first class is free.
All you need is some quiet space, internet access and a willingness to listen in.
Tiered pricing $10 | $15 | $20
This is for yourself, your family, community and the wild world at large.
Email me for the current monthly schedule.
To belong is to rest into the collective, to be woven into the all. It’s the feeling that the group has found meaning and usefulness in your presence. ~ Prentis Hemphill
What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World"
TRE©
TRE® is a universal somatic ( body-based ) healing modality & practice that can help release tension, stress & trauma from our bodies by activating a shaking/tremor response. This tremoring release process is inherent in all mammals, though has often been conditioned out of humans’ experience.
The exercises used in TRE are simple and easy to learn, and can be done by people of all ages and fitness levels. The technique involves a series of seven exercises, including gentle stretches, muscle activation and breathing techniques. TRE can be done in a group or individual setting. They are typically guided by a certified TRE practitioner for 5-7 sessions and then they can be done with a practitioner and on your own.
If you are curious, have questions or just want to know more, please book a free 30 minute consultation to learn more about about TRE and you.
Join my TRE mailing list for news of upcoming virtual & in person classes
MERCH
BOOKS
BOREALIS MUNDI - resting in place, loss & grace
Borealis Mundi means northern worlds, and is where Tracy Chipman journeys through the landscapes of love, longing and loss to recover and re-discover her life. Tracy shares her personal tale courageously through memoir, essay and poetry - weaving together stories of chopping wood and carrying water near the shining waters of Lake Superior, walking the wind salted islands of Scotland, and resting in the weight of loss after loss in the boreal forests of northern Wisconsin.
This book is for anyone who has been claimed by a place – by a grove of birch, by an inland sea, by a red granite gravel road, and for those who wander the wild shoreline of loss and the holy terrain of love and rebirth.
Books are now available directly through me in the US here, via online retailers worldwide; Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble (US), Abe Books & Blackwells (UK) and handful of independent bookshops.
