Tag Archives: Clarissa Pinkola Estes

The Perfect Heart

XMAS GIVEAWAY: WIN A FREE STORYTREE CD by writing your ending to the folktale below! Ends 17 December. Please read the following tale and write your own ending in the comments section. Write a short or long ending. I will choose my favourite on December 17 and the winner can choose their favourite Story Tree CD!Continue Reading

Written on December 7, 2012 at 10:08 pm, by storytree

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Categories: Resources, Storytelling
Tags: Clarissa Pinkola Estes, folk tales, healing stories, melaina faranda, repurposed books, repurposing books, the perfect heart, therapeutic stories

Brave Vasalissa and her wise doll

The folk tale ‘Brave Vasalissa and Baba Yaga’ is an ancient female initiation story (see previous post). Last Saturday I had the pleasure of leading a workshop for a group of women in which we explored this rich tale and made a doll as a talisman of the story. Some of the women knew eachContinue Reading

Written on December 12, 2010 at 11:19 pm, by storytree

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Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: Baba Yaga, Cindarella, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, doll-making, Eastern European, Grimm's, intuition, Jung, Russian folktales, Vasalissa, witch, workshop