Send us a text In this episode of Story Medicine, we explore "Vasilisa the Beautiful" from Alexander Afanasyev's collection of Russian fairy tales - a profound feminine initiation story about intuition, ancestral wisdom, and the resources we carry within us when facing the impossible. A young woman loses her mother but receives a magical doll that helps her survive her cruel stepfamily and complete impossible tasks set by the fearsome Baba Yaga. Through trusting her inner wisdom and claiming ...
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Send us a text In this episode of Story Medicine, we explore "Vasilisa the Beautiful" from Alexander Afanasyev's collection of Russian fairy tales - a profound feminine initiation story about intuition, ancestral wisdom, and the resources we carry within us when facing the impossible. A young woman loses her mother but receives a magical doll that helps her survive her cruel stepfamily and complete impossible tasks set by the fearsome Baba Yaga. Through trusting her inner wisdom and claiming ...
In this episode of Story Medicine, we explore "Iron John" from the Grimm Brothers' collection - a tale about masculine rite of passage, initiation, service, and the integration of wildness with cultivation. A boy frees a wild man from a cage, leaves home on the wild man's shoulders, and enters the world to learn what poverty means. Through stages of humble service, fierce battles, and finally recognition, he discovers that becoming whole requires both the capacity for wildness and the discipl...
Story Medicine
Send us a text In this episode of Story Medicine, we explore "Vasilisa the Beautiful" from Alexander Afanasyev's collection of Russian fairy tales - a profound feminine initiation story about intuition, ancestral wisdom, and the resources we carry within us when facing the impossible. A young woman loses her mother but receives a magical doll that helps her survive her cruel stepfamily and complete impossible tasks set by the fearsome Baba Yaga. Through trusting her inner wisdom and claiming ...
