Transformational Storytelling

Sacred Storytelling
2022-05-15 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Presented by Artists Standing Strong Together
Join me as I Emcee May’s edition of “Sacred Storytelling” – a monthly event that features live storytellers and tributes to other storytellers who have departed this world.
Register and get more info here!

Stories for Transformation
2022-05-14 20:00 - 21:00
An hour of transformational stories with yours truly, Jim Brulé.
Donations gratefully received: $1-$5
Sponsored by the Northlands Storytelling Network

Discovering Paradise
2022-05-14 11:00 - 12:30
Discovering Paradise:
A New Way to Dive Deeply into Stories
Donation: $5 – $45
This workshop takes a particular method of understanding, questioning, and imagining new paths to stories that are meant to be told orally. In the workshop, Jim presents the model (based on the PaRDeS model of text study), and then works with the participants to apply it to a rich story. This work is done both in full session and in breakout sessions.
Participants leave with the facility of using the model, a deeper understanding of the story, and variations of it that they have crafted that are suitable for retelling.

Part of the INSPIRE! Growing Our Skills Together collection

Welcoming the Other
2022-05-09 18:30 - 21:30
Come participate in the next “Welcoming the Other” training, hosted by Artists Standing Strong Together (ASST).
Prepare for an immersive experience of what it means to be the “Other.” Using storytelling and story crafting techniques, participants will discover in a new way what “Privilege” truly means. Learn how to welcome, and how to create your own personalized plan for action.
Register using this link.
Comments from previous sessions:

A really transforming workshop.
Thought-provoking and moving.
A powerful exercise. Will stay with me for a long time.
This was amazing – thank you so much for this gift.

Dancing with Death
2022-05-05 12:00 - 14:00
This workshop is led by Rebecca Lemaire and Maggid Jim Brulé and is representative of the ongoing workshops and series they provide online, in which they take the participants on an exploration of death and life through stories and creativity. The objective is to investigate one’s current feelings and inner state, open difficult conversations, and hopefully uncover a space of stillness and peace to hold whatever storms may come. In this workshop, a traditional story will be the seed to spark conversations and personal reflections around facing our own death, the fear of dissolution, and how to leave loved ones behind. Rebecca and Jim are professional storytellers and also draw on their experience as Reiki healers, meditation teachers, sound healers, and death doula (Jim) to create a safe and intimate space to share.

Rebecca Lemaire is an international storyteller and teacher. Her passion is to look into people’s eyes, and travel with them through stories, whether in a prison, a yoga school, a Tibetan monastery in the Himalayas, a theatre, or a library. One aspect of her work is to lead and co-lead workshops in which stories are used as prompts to explore death and dying. She is a Reiki/sound healer and is an active participant in the group ‘Vivir y Morir’ in Spain, in which the taboo about death is overcome through discussions, practical and spiritual preparation, movies, poetry, and stories. Rebecca says, “Storytelling is a form of communication that goes way beyond words; it is a heart-to-heart interaction, which can create spaciousness and healing”. https://www.rebeccalemaire.com/
Maggid Jim Brulé is a transformational storyteller, death doula, Reiki teacher, and interfaith chaplain. He founded the Transformational Storytelling school, in which students learn how to tell stories that spark healing and growth in their audiences, and themselves. Brulé also works with organizations and communities to bring the power of storytelling to healing the fractures which so often divide us around race, class, faith tradition, and culture. Jim says, “The right story, told in the right way at the right moment, can be the vehicle through which healing enters our lives.” https://www.transformationalstorytelling.org/

Kind Stories in Concert
2022-05-01 19:00 - 20:30
Kind Stories in Concert
I am excited to be the Emcee for this month’s Kind Stories in Concert, with featured storytellers:

Len Cabral
Lyn Ford
Poonam Joshy

Join the Healing Story Alliance for a monthly gathering to share and explore stories of kindness in its many faces and forms. Through folk tales and personal stories, we will dive deeply into multiple experiences of kindness. What is it? How does it impact us and our relationships to ourselves, to each other, to the world? Come and listen to “kind stories” shared by both professional tellers and community members and see what memories of kindness emerge for you.
Visit here for more information; register for free here.

Twisted Tales
2022-04-14 20:00 - 22:00
I’m excited to perform in Better Said Than Done’s #storytellingshow “Twisted Tales: Dual stories interwoven,” on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 8:00pm ET/ 5:00pm PT.

If you miss it live, you can watch the replay.
$15 Suggested/$5 Minimum

Proceeds split between storytellers.

https://www.bettersaidthandone.com/2022/03/09/twisted-tales/

Grief and Loss
2022-04-12 12:00 - 14:00, 2022-04-05 12:00 - 14:00, 2022-03-29 12:00 - 14:00, 2022-03-22 12:00 - 14:00, 2022-03-15 12:00 - 14:00, 2022-03-08 12:00 - 14:00
Join us on this six-week program focusing on grief and loss. We will look at stories that explore ways in which we may move between the living and the dead, embrace grief, and transform loss. Participants will engage with the stories through creative writing, meditations, sharing, and exercises, in groups and individually. The final week will provide an opportunity for participants to share their own creations with the group.
The six-week session meets at Noon Eastern US / 6 pm European time for two hours. Adjustments will be made for Daylight Savings Time.
Class size is limited to 15 to ensure the best experience. The fee is $120 USD, with a limited number of reduced spots at $60 USD. Supporters can pay $150 USD to help fund the reduced spots; in gratitude, Rebecca and Jim will schedule a special hour for supporters following the conclusion of the program.
Part of the “Journey into Dying and Living” series, where we explore Dying and Living through storytelling, creative exercises, and meditations.
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Rebecca Lemaire is a versatile Belgian-British storyteller and is currently based in the South of Spain. She has performed and given workshops at international festivals, in a prison, yoga schools, Tibetan monasteries, theatres, and libraries. She tells stories about grief and death to open the conversation and help with healing. She is a Reiki healer and is an active participant in the group ‘Vivir y Morir’ in Spain, in which the taboo about death is overcome through discussions, practical and spiritual preparation, movies, poetry, and stories. In Spain, she gives introductory courses in storytelling skills for teenagers and adults in person and online. She often uses sound (Indian flute, kalimba, voice and frame drum) to give depth to the stories she tells.
www.rebeccalemaire.com www.holisticwellbeinginternational.com
Maggid Jim Brulé is a transformational storyteller, death doula, Reiki healer, and the founder of Transformational Storytelling, of which this series is a part. He also works with organizations and communities to bring the power of storytelling to healing the fractures which so often divide us around race, class, faith tradition, and culture. Jim believes that the right story told in the right way with an open heart can heal wounds and change lives.

Exploring Death and Grief Through Storytelling
2022-02-13 10:30 - 12:00
Part of the Chennai Storytelling Festival 2022
Led by Rebecca Lemaire and Jim Brulé
Register via email at info@storytellinginstitute.org

Stories of the Baal Shem Tov
2022-02-13 09:30 - 22:30
Join Maggid Jim Brulé as he recounts some of the stories of this amazing Jewish mystic – the Baal Shem Tov. Controversial in his day, he is now studied and admired by people from many faiths and traditions. Please join us for this free program! This is part of the Chennai Storytelling Festival 2022. Register via email at info@storytellinginstitute.org

Stories from Jewish Culture
2022-02-06 10:30 - 12:30
Join eight accomplished Jewish storytellers from around the world for this free program! This is part of the Chennai Storytelling Festival 2022. Register via email at info@storytellinginstitute.org

Welcoming the Other
2021-12-12 12:00 - 14:00
This powerful and highly interactive workshop inspires appreciation of and engagement with the “Other.”
After some foundational instruction – and a story or two! – we dive into a carefully crafted, interactive experience of creating a personalized story about being “the other.” Small group dialogue and sharing are integrated into every step of the workshop.
All that is required is a sheet of paper, a pen or pencil, and an open heart.
Limited reduced price tickets available.
Register here: https://www.simpletix.com/e/welcoming-the-other-tickets-81908

Diving Deeply: “We Are All Related”
2021-07-27 12:00 - 13:30, 2021-07-20 12:00 - 13:30, 2021-07-13 12:00 - 13:30, 2021-07-06 12:00 - 13:30
In this class, we will begin by sharing an overview of the multitude of Native American cultures that existed before the European colonization. Stories were and still are at the core of our lives. We will work with stories from different traditions, and then look at the “bones” of the stories and their evolution.
The classes will be led by Hears Crow and Maggid Jim Brulé. Come prepared to relate to these beings through our hearts and bodies as well as our minds, learning to find them both in the world and in ourselves and perhaps to catch a glimpse of the deeper journeys they offer us.
You can register and get more information here: https://www.simpletix.com/e/we-are-all-related-four-classes-tickets-71102
The Diving Deeply series invites participants to explore stories rich in metaphor and mystery, seeking meanings below the surface that often elude the listener. Participants will delve deeply into the stories, discovering in their images both surface meanings as well as deeper patterns; we will also consider alternative tellings and pathways, seeking there a key to our relationship with the unseen forces at work both in stories and in our lives.
Hears Crow Nootauau Kaukontuoh, “she hears the crow”, is a woman of the Eastern Woodlands. She lives her life in the tradition of the Nanhigganêuck, the people known today as the Narragansett. She is a Storyteller of Longhouse Tales, told in many different ways including Native Sign Language, call and response, as well as other traditional styles. As a ‘kuhkootomwehteâen’ (one who shares knowledge) with thirty-five plus years of telling in these different styles, she brings forth the culture of the Longhouse People through their stories.
Maggid Jim Brulé is a transformational storyteller, and the founder of the Transformational Storytelling school, of which this program is a part. Jim also works with organizations and communities to bring the power of storytelling to healing the fractures which so often divide us around race, class, faith tradition, and culture.

Three Wishes - A Concert of Stories
2021-06-13 12:00 - 14:00
We would like to invite you to join us for a concert of stories with Maja Bumberák and Jim Brulé. At this storytelling event we will share stories and songs from different cultures and religions.

There will also be space to reflect on the stories, to play and connect with each other. We would also like to introduce you to the Multifaith Transformational Storytelling School, which reopens in October 2021. Come, listen to the stories and join us in the explorations.

See our trailer to the event at: https://vimeo.com/548371066

Register at https://tinyurl.com/XformConcert

Admission $0-$15.

Using Stories to Build Connections – and Community
2021-05-26 12:00 - 13:00
Please join me as I host Congregation Beit Simchat Torah’s Lunch and Learn on 26 May at noon Eastern. My topic is “Using Stories to Build Connections – and Community”, and you can learn more here: https://cbst.org/content/lunch-learn

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Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) is a vibrant spiritual community and a progressive voice within Judaism. Founded in 1973, CBST attracts and welcomes gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, queer and straight individuals and families who share common values. Passionate, provocative, and deeply Jewish, CBST champions a Judaism that rejoices in diversity, denounces social injustice wherever it exists, and strives for human rights for all people.

Diving Deeply: The Mabinogion
2021-05-25 12:00 - 13:30, 2021-05-18 12:00 - 13:30, 2021-05-11 12:00 - 13:30, 2021-05-04 12:00 - 13:30
In this class, we will enter the flourishing forest of the Mabinogion, that Welsh story cycle of transformation, wandering, and repair of the relations between ourselves and the Otherworld. We will encounter a cauldron of re-birth, women who transform themselves into animals, a wandering king, and a horse-goddess who cannot be caught. The classes will be led by Jay Leeming and Maggid Jim Brulé. Come prepared to relate to these beings through our hearts and bodies as well as our minds, learning to find them both in the world and in ourselves and perhaps to catch a glimmer of the wild transformations they offer us.
Jay Leeming is a poet and storyteller who in response to Covid-19 told fifty stories online over ten weeks during the spring of 2020. He enjoys connecting the wild river of poetry to the earth-based stories humans have carried in their voices for the last ten thousand years, bringing these stories alive through the Crane Bag Storytelling podcast. He is the author of Miracle Atlas (Writers and Books, 2011) and Dynamite on a China Plate (Backwaters Press, 2006), and the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Recordings and more information about his work can be found at www.JayLeeming.com.
Maggid Jim Brulé is a transformational storyteller, and the founder of the Transformational Storytelling school, of which this program is a part. Jim also works with organizations and communities to bring the power of storytelling to healing the fractures which so often divide us around race, class, faith tradition, and culture.

Diving Deeply: The Power of Names
2021-04-27 12:30 - 13:00, 2021-04-20 12:30 - 13:00, 2021-04-13 12:30 - 13:00
Fred Mindlin and Maggid Jim Brulé explore personal and traditional stories about the power of names: names that are hidden, proclaimed, and changed. Come prepared to learn about the power of names – including your own! – and how that power is shared through storytelling. Tickets range from $15 – $70; more info and registration at https://transformationalstorytell.simpletix.com/e/65563
