A Cat With 9 Tales

Archetypal Stories as Inner Maps

Folktales and myths carry time tested codes of recognition that speak directly to the subconscious. A forgotten part of the self feels seen. A hidden question finds a path. Story becomes a quiet form of alchemy, helping us grow toward a fuller and truer version of ourselves.

Somatic Storytelling and Ancestral Memory

Stories move through generations like roots through soil. Through guided visualization, movement, and story circles, participants explore the echoes of personal and ancestral stories carried in the body. These journeys acknowledge the dance of feminine and masculine energies that shape us.

Voice, Rhythm, and Collective Listening

In the beginning, out of silence came sound. The human voice and cadence of some of the oldest spoken words (mantras) with the rhythm and sonority of intuitive instruments (yantras) create soundscapes where listeners and storyteller travel deeper together through the current of a story.

Cultivating weaves for the next generation

In a fast paced digital world, storytelling offers children the rare gift of a slower rhythm and listening together. Through playful participation, wonder tales, animal tales and folk stories, young listeners rediscover imagination, curiosity, and empathy and tools for understanding the world and themselves better.

Letting Stories Become Images

Sometimes stories desire flow into images. Color becomes the main language. Through story as a frame and music as gentle creative guidance, participants allow imagination and story to move intuitively onto paper. The result is visual traces of inner landscapes emerging through story.

Food, Story, and Shared Tables

Across cultures, stories and food have always travelled together. Community storytelling events bring people together in shared civic spaces to listen, eat, and connect. Food nourishes the body, while stories nourish the soul. A good meal and a good story remain two of humanity's oldest ways of building community.

Journeys Through Landscape and Myth

Stories live in landscapes - Mountains, forests, coastlines, and deserts all hold the echoes of the stories that grew from them. Through immersive retreats and open-air story walks, participants explore mythology while moving through the land itself. Travel becomes both an outer and inner journey where place, story, and personal reflection meet.

Stories that Travel Across Pages

Picture books that allow stories to travel through both words and images, inviting readers of all ages into a visual storytelling experience. Through carefully crafted imagery and narrative, these books carry timeless tales across generations, cultures, and languages.

Some stories want to be held in our hands.

Through natural materials like clay and textiles, perfumes and flowers, puppets and masks, shells stones and talismans stories come to life in a new dimension. Each object a quiet doorway back into the world of story. This is an evolving practice where storytelling meets traditional craft, carrying the spirit of the tale into tangible form.