Storytelling for Re-inventing the World

Storytelling is a powerful tool for uncovering our own wisdom and discovering our own gifts. When we give voice to our experience in a safe setting, we discover the story elements, including symbols and metaphors, that are part of our own life narratives. A treasure-trove of personal stories is revealed to us, not just as anecdotes and passing memories, but as sources of real insight and growth. At the same time, we recognize the wealth of stories that each person carries and we learn how to be skillful at inviting the stories of others into the light. This is Storytelling for Re-inventing the World. Over the course of the weekend, we’ll listen to folk-tales from many cultures, listening for how these stories call to our own stories, and learning how the Story Circle can be a place of true healing and the foundation for building community.

Testimonial from a workshop participant who attended the course at The Haven on Gabriola Island:

I was fortunate enough to be invited to participate in Storytelling: Reinventing the World this past weekend,  and was soon  whisked  away on a carpet of music, stories and poetry  guided  by Margo and  woven together with  my fellow participants.
I was initially hooked and  intrigued by the title, and was curious to meet someone who had co-led workshops with Mark Nepo, who, through his writing and poetry, has touched me in a way that no other writer has. 

Margo brought with her a Hang drum and a small Tibetan  singing bowl.  Both instruments were employed  to punctuate,  and assign  an ethereal  quality to her lovely  and melodious storytelling.

Margo has a background in teaching, storytelling, and Divinity and has crafted a weekend workshop of exquisite  poignancy.  We were invited to share our own stories using various prompts such as place, people, significant events, and themes which have shaped our lives.  Our stories  are  given new life in the telling and  re-telling,  thereby informing and influencing  both the teller and the listener.

Incorporating  her own gift of  storytelling  from around the world using her soft lilting voice Margo carried us away to  a gentler place and time. We were mesmerized.

I learned to appreciate and trust the alchemical process of story shaping and sharing and found great comfort and learning through telling my own story.  In the telling I was  invited to ask  the following questions of myself:  What stories do I tell?  Do they serve me?   How have they shaped me? How have the stories of significant people in my past shaped who I am today?

The program left me feeling so deeply connected to my own  Soul and the intricate web of life that connects all of us through the power of Story-telling, story-catching and story-sharing.

The small but wonderful group, worked so well together, and I felt so privileged to have been able to spend this magical  time with them. I left feeling  cradled and wonderfully transformed by the shared  experience and connection.
I urge everyone to treat themselves to this marvelous weekend.  I am forever changed by this remarkable program and the gentle gift of story so lovingly delivered by Margo.

Thank you, Margo.
Tina Boehm