Crack Open the Story: Howl + Ink
— A Mythopoetic Writing Journey for Women Who Howl & Run With Words
You’ve been told to stay on the path. To keep your voice small, your stories tidy. But the wolf in your bones knows better. This is an invitation to step into the forest, to let your words bare their teeth. Over 8 weeks, you’ll rewrite your life through several old tales—from Little Red Riding Hood to La Loba—until your stories howl back.
This is not a writing workshop. This is a (w)rites of passage.
You’ll leave with:
A ‘Story Apothecary’—your personal myths, spells, and wolf-wisdom compiled into a living bundle.
A voice that no longer apologizes for its growl.
A pack of women who’ve tasted their own wild ink.
"The cure for silence is a story that claws its way out."
This is a creative rites of passage—a writes of passage—through body, place, memory and imagination –for anyone ready to: rewild their voice, retrieve lost stories, reclaim voice and become the author of their own life.
Guided by moon wisdom, ritual, fairytale, myth, and provocative writing prompts, we will dive deeply into the hearth- fire of story. We will spin our life stories into gold, as we weave personal life story writing with mythopoetic wisdom. Through provocative and felt-sense-embodied writing prompts, you’ll explore your personal Story Apothecary—uncovering the personal and mythopoetic tales that shape, challenge, and call you home.
What You’ll Experience:
• Retrieve personal stories hidden in the belly of the wolf within your creative underworld
• Rewild Your Words - Write like a Wolf. Howl your way into a new story, a new you.
• Reignite passion, eros, aliveness as you discover the alchemical power of RED in your stories
• Engage with archetypal fairytales and symbolism to unlock new personal narratives
• Write poetry, memoir vignettes, prose, and myth-infused reflections
• Dissolve writers block. Amplify your Voice. Activate your Creativity.
• Deepen your listening/witnessing within a community sanctuary of women artists, writers, healers & more
• Curate a personalized Story Apothecary as Medicine Bundle or ELIXIR
• Receive dynamic weekly prompts, mentorship, unique inspirations (songs, ritual suggestions and more)
Themes We’ll Explore:
Entering the Forest of Story & the Belly of the Wolf
Severed, Lost, Silenced, Forgotten voices
Shadow and Light
Thresholds
Regrowth, Remembering Rewilding
Awakening, Becoming
The Call to Adventure & Return
Think of it as Little Red Writing Hood at the Crossroads of Story
howling herself whole into a new world of words.
Logistics:
Tuesdays: May 27 - July 8
• Live weekly Zoom sessions: 2 hours each (replays available)
• Weekly prompts, mythic stories, ritual suggestions and guided meditations
• 1:1 mentorship Tarot Life Story Session
• FINAL celebration session (online performance/reading)
• Contact: movingthestory@gmail.com | text 928-699-7270
COST: $750
To hold your spot, please send a payment of $99
Facilitated by Stasha Ginsburg, creator of The Wild Matryoshka and author of The Wild Matryoshka: Marrow Song. She has guided global cohorts through this story-based writes of passage, with three published anthologies celebrating the voices of past participants. Stasha is a story teacher, poet, facilitator, mother, and rewilded tarot She has a personalized MA in Transformative Language Arts through Goddard College with an emphasis in embodied writes of passage, life story and mythopoetic story medicine and fairytale wisdom.