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Mylapore, Chennai (PhD in Folklore, MSc in Psychology), 98403 94282, 044 4208 0890 Welcome! Upcoming Events in
Chennai and via
Videoconference (April 2021 onward) Info about regularly-scheduled Storytelling
activities by various individuals and organisations in Chennai is here. _________________________ 1) Workshop on
Storytelling (for Adults). --- 10 weekly sessions, on Sundays. 20th June to 22nd August 2021. 7pm-9pm India time. --- Via Zoom videoconference. --- Facilitated by Dr Eric,
WSI Director. --- Graduates of this Workshop could continue for Certification as a
Professional Storyteller. --- Additional info about this Workshop is here. 2) One-on-one
Training in Storytelling Therapy. This process includes the Trainee undergoing
Storytelling Therapy. (The version of
Storytelling Therapy involved can also be used for Life Coaching.) --- 8 weekly (60-minute) one-on-one sessions. Days and Times to be arranged. Via Zoom, or in Dr Eric's roof-top garden
in Mylapore, Chennai. --- Facilitated by Dr Eric
Miller (PhD in Folklore, MSc in Psychology). Dr Eric is on staff as Psychological
Counsellor at Apollo Hospitals (Apollo Clinic, T Nagar, Chennai), https://askapollo.com/doctors/psychologist/chennai/dr-eric-miller
. --- This is a combined process, providing 1) Training in a "Storytelling Therapy" method
which can be used for Counselling, Life Coaching, Personality Development,
etc. 2) Counselling and/or Life Coaching, utilising this
method of "Storytelling Therapy." 3) Coaching in Story Composition (Creative
Writing), because composing a Healing / Transforming story for oneself is an
essential part of the "Storytelling Therapy" process. --- One learns this "Storytelling Therapy"
method by undergoing it oneself. --- If possibly interested, please contact Dr Eric,
98403 94282, eric@storytellinginstitute.org --- From 2017 to 2020,
Dr Eric taught this material in a Course, 3 times each year. Info about this
Course is below. The currently-offered
one-on-one training covers the same subject matter. --- A
Review of this Course is here. --- A
Poster about the Course is here. --- This Course teaches
ways to use stories, and the process of storytelling, to increase people's
feelings of well-being.
Personal-experience stories, grandmother stories, and creative original
stories are among the types of stories that would be used. Participants would receive training in
using this method to help themselves and others. --- Applications of
these methods include: * Training in Life Skills, Soft Skills, and
Communication Skills. * Life Coaching. * Facilitating Personality Development. * Facilitating Healing. * Psychological Counselling. --- No
previous training is required. --- Receiving
training in the Storytelling Therapy method involves undergoing
Counselling and/or Life Coaching according to this method. Thus, this group training process involves
a light form of Group Therapy. --- Facilitated by Dr Eric,
WSI Director. --- The Storytelling
Therapy method that is taught in this Course is described here. --- Other writings by
Dr Eric regarding Storytelling Therapy can be found here. --- Additional info
about this Course is here. 3)
"Storytelling by and for Adults" (inspired by Cafe Coffee Day) open-mic series. Now via Zoom. --- Upcoming Session: Monday 5th April 2021. The program is here. --- Links to recordings of tellings (and discussions)
in our last 8 sessions, from July 2020 to March 2021, are here. --- We took a break in Feb 2021, so we could focus on Chennai Storytelling
Festival 2021 . --- One suggested story theme for tellings in our
sessions through December 2021 is, "An
important conversation." --- Admission is free. --- If you are not yet registered to attend this series -- To register, please send an email to info@storytellinginstitute.org --- Facilitated by Dr Eric,
WSI Director. --- This series of Open-mic Storytelling sessions is held on the first Monday of each month.
For the past seven years (beginning in 2013) this series occurred in a Cafe Coffee Day in Chennai. Now it is occurring via Zoom videoconference. 4) "Creative
Writing" Coaching for Teenagers and
Adults. --- Via Zoom videoconference during the current
"Stay at home" period. At
other times, there is also the option of meeting in Mylapore, Chennai. --- Facilitated by Dr Eric,
WSI Director. --- Additional info is here. 5) "Exploring
Stories through Drama: A Course on Storytelling Therapy
and Psychodrama." An 11-session Certificate Course (via Zoom). Co-presented by the World
Storytelling Institute and the Indian
Institute of Psychodrama. The Course poster is here. A new
edition of the Course is being
planned (as of Feb 2021). Dates of the current edition of
the Course: Two sessions per week. Wed 13th Jan, to Wed 17th Feb 2021. ------ 1) Wed 13th Jan, 2) Fri 15th Jan., ------ 3) Wed 20th Jan, 4) Fri 22nd Jan, ------ 5) Wed 27th Jan, 6) Fri 29th Jan, ------ 7) Wed 3rd Feb, 8) Fri 5th Feb, ------ 9) Wed 10th Feb, 10) Fri 12th Feb, ------ 11) Wed 17th Feb. Course Timing 5pm-8pm (India Time). Course
Co-leaders Dr Eric
Miller and Ms Magdalene Jeyarathnam. Course
Description Dr Eric would assist participants to
bring to mind various kinds of stories -- including those related to personal
experiences, dreams, fairytales, epics, history, literature, and cinema. He would guide the participants through the
Storytelling Therapy process, including by assisting them to compose
metaphorical healing / transforming stories for themselves. Ms Magdalene would assist participants
to explore their stories through Psychodrama. Course participants would learn ways
to use story and drama in trainings that they might lead regarding Improvisational Drama, Creative Writing, Life Coaching, Healing, and/or Psychological Counselling. About
the Course Co-leaders Dr Eric Miller,
Folklorist and Counsellor (PhD in
Folklore, MSc in Psychology). Director,
World Storytelling Institute. Notes
on "Storytelling and
Healing". Talk on
"Using Storytelling to
Improve Mental Health" (10 Oct 2020) (10 minutes). Talk on
"Storytelling
Therapy" (17 Oct 2020) (60
minutes). Ms Magdalene
Jeyarathnam, Psychodramatist and Counsellor (MA in Social Work.
In-process: PhD in Social Work).
Director, East West Center
for Counselling and Training, and Indian
Institute of Psychodrama . TED
Talk on "Psychodrama". Course
Eligibility This
Course is open to all college students and adults who are interested in
psychology and the arts. Course
Fee Rs
10,000 for non-college students paying in rupees. To register and give the payment, please
click here.
- College
students and those paying in other currencies -- please inquire. Contact Eric
Miller <eric@storytellinginstitute.org> (India
mobile) 98403 94282. Magdalene
Jeyarathnam <magdalene.jeyarathnam@gmail.com>, (India mobile) 98847 10035. Additional information about this
Course is here. *** *** *** Additional
Storytelling Workshops for Adults Date and Location: By request. Trainer: Dr Eric, WSI Director "Developing a
Culture of Partnership", 2-day or 3-day
Storytelling Workshop for Adults. 1) Storytelling. 2) Storytelling for Coaching and Counselling (Personality development, Self-actualisation,
Fulfilling one's potential, etc) 3) Storytelling for Teaching and Learning
Languages, and any other academic subject.
1) Educators, 2) Parents, 3) Parents and Children together (Family Storytelling Workshops), 5) Psychological Counsellors, 6) Soft / Life / Communication Skills Trainers. 7) Members of Communities or Organisations. These Workshops could include video recording and
playback for study purposes. Storytelling
Training for Adults via Videoconference Info is here.
Recent
Activities 6th-7th,
13th-14th, 20th-21st, and 27th-28th Feb
2021 Chennai Storytelling
Festival 2021. The Healing Power of Story, Storytelling, and Story-enacting." The 9th annual edition of the Festival. Over 108 hours of (FREE) Zoom Storytelling Performances,
Workshops, and more! Festival Overview. Festival Poster. Festival Schedule. Festival Video
Library. July-Oct
2020 Dr Eric tells and talks! Four video recordings: 1) Storytelling -- "Two
Tamil Stories about Wives Who Tried to Bring Their Husbands Back to Life" (an epic and a folktale) (7 minutes). 2) Storytelling -- Dr Eric Miller have a conversation" (an original creative story by Eric Miller) (10 minutes). 3) Talk -- "Using
Storytelling to Improve Mental Health,"
on World Mental Health Day (10th Oct 2020) (10 minutes). 4) Interview -- Health O Mind (based in Bangalore) presents "An Interview with
Dr Eric Miller on Storytelling Therapy"
(17th Oct
2020) (60 minutes). 16th-17th
May 2020 "Virtual
Storytelling Conference: Storytelling in a
World Shaped by Coronavirus-19." --- This Conference went for 24 hours -- starting on Saturday 16th May, 9am Eastern USA time / 6:30pm India time. --- Recordings
of parts of the Conference. --- The Conference was presented by the World Storytelling Institute, in association with the USA's National Storytelling Network, and others. --- --- --- --- Links to "Greetings to the Conference"
from numerous people are here. --- This was a free event, being done as Public Service.
Via Zoom. 7th-16th Feb 2020 Chennai Storytelling
Festival 2020, the Festival's 8th
annual edition. "Storytelling for Creativity,
Teaching, Training, and Healing". Performances,
Workshops, and a Seminar. --- Some documentation of CSF 2020 is here. --- 1) Festival poster. 3) Festival introduction
and overview. 5) Laura's Storytelling
class for adults -- timings. 6) Laura's Storytelling
class for adults -- topics. 7) Laura tells for children,
Sun 9 Feb, 11am. 8) Laura tells for
adults, Thurs 13 Feb, 6pm. 9) 35 Storytellers in 5
programs (English). 10) 10 Storytellers in 1
program (Tamil). 11) "Storytelling for
Teaching Languages" Workshop. 12) "Storytelling for
Counselling and Coaching" Workshop. 13) "Storytelling for
Teaching Various Subjects" Seminar. 14) 2 events one could
attend via videoconference. 15) List of CSF 2020 ticketed
events. 16) Payment options. July 2019 WSI Director Dr Eric gave a 90-minute interactive
talk to 800 students as part of their college
orientation process. His talk
notes are here. *** Also recently, Dr Eric offered a "Storytelling-theatre Workshop for
Teenagers". The Workshop
description is here. 22 July 2019 Dr Eric founded the Storytelling
Therapy Association of India. April 2019 The World Storytelling Institute's Contents: *** 1) Documentation of Chennai Storytelling Festival 2019 (1-10 Feb 2019) -- Links to Photos and Video
recordings. *** 2) Preview of Chennai
Storytelling Festival 2020 (7-16 Feb 2020) -- This would be the Festival's 8th
Edition, and the Festival's "College Edition". *** 3) Available: Psychological
Counselling using methods of Storytelling Therapy. Feb 2019 Chennai Storytelling
Festival 2019. Documentation of CSF 2019 (1-10 Feb 2019) -- and a
preview of CSF 2020 (7-16 Feb 2020) -- are here. Dec 2018 A photo taken after a recent day-long workshop on
"Using Storytelling and other
Verbal Arts -- including Rhymes, Puns, and Melodic and Rhythmic Speech -- to
Teach English Language" conducted by WSI director Dr Eric at the
English Dept of the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is here. 10 April 2018 "Storytelling
Workshop on Rhythm, Melody, and Rhyme in Speech; and on Rhythm in Movement",
conducted by Dr Eric, WSI Director.
Workshop details are here. 2 to 11 Feb 2018 Chennai Storytelling Festival 2018.
This was the 6th annual edition of CSF. Info about all 6 editions of the CSF is here. Nov 2017 A Case Study of a client of
a participant in Dr Eric's Storytelling
Therapy videoconference course (Fall 2017 edition), including the
Healing Story: "Budur and the Moon Rabbit." All written primarily by the participant
and her client. 15 Oct 2017 On this day, Dr Eric began conducting a 10-session
Workshop for Teenagers on Creative Writing and Storytelling,
plus tips on Study Skills and Writing Research Essays. The Workshop handout consisted of these
four files: 1) Notes on Creative Writing
and Storytelling. 3) Study Skills: Writing Notes
and Preparing for Exams. Incidentally, links to essays relating to Storytelling for
Teaching-and-learning are here. 13 Sept 2017 Dr Eric began teaching a 13-session Course on Storytelling
Therapy via videoconference. This
Course is occurring during the Fall 2017 semester (Sept-Dec). It would also be offered during the Spring
2018 semester (Jan-April). The Course
is described here. Course readings are here. 27 Aug 2017 The 10th Annual "Living Statues of Marina Beach"
Walking Tour.
Photos are here and here.
Additional info about the event, including the suggested scripts (in
English), is here. The Poster is here. 26 Aug 2017, onward. Dr Eric began conducting a Workshop on Storytelling
for Tamil Parents Living around the World, via videoconference. 6 weekly sessions (90-minutes per
session). A focus is on assisting
participants to inspire their children to learn about Tamil culture and
language through stories and storytelling. (The Workshop is occuring mostly
in English language.) 15 to 17 Feb 2017 Annual International Conference on Expressive
Arts Therapy presented
by the Psychology Dept of Women's Christian College, Chennai; and the East
West Center for Counselling and Training, Chennai (First edition) -- Participation by Dr Eric Miller (Director, World
Storytelling Institute; and Assistant Director, East West Center for
Counselling and Training) included: 1) Handout for the full-day
Pre-conference Workshop on "Storytelling for
Self-Development". 2) Conference Inaugural Address. 3) Notes for a presentation
on storytelling in the Panel on Self
Discovery through Expressive Arts for Human Resource Development. 4) Notes for a presentation
of his paper, "Story and Storytelling in Storytelling Therapy and
Expressive Arts Therapy". 5) "Story and Storytelling in
Storytelling Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy", paper published in the Conference
proceedings. 3 to 12 Feb 2017 Chennai Storytelling
Festival 2017. Festival info -- including the Festival
schedule, and links to photos of performances -- is here. 2 Oct 2016 The WSI hosted a Workshop on "Using Fairytale and Myth in Drama-and-Movement Therapy". The Workshop is described here. A review of the Workshop is here. 28 August 2016 Some photos of the 9th Annual "Living Statues of Marina Beach" Walking Tour are
here. The Walk features brief dramatic enactments
-- in Tamil and English -- of 6 statues.
The suggested scripts (in English) are here. The Walk is facilitated by the WSI, and
this year's edition was an event in Madras
Week 2016. May 2016 A list of Storytelling Instructors in Summer Camps
in Chennai is here. An article about this is here. 2 May 2016 Storytelling by and
for Adults. At Café Coffee Day Square, Chennai. A description of the series is here. Links to 5 articles about these events are here. Some of the topics have been: * August 2016, "It
happened in Chennai". * July 2016, "Things
one loves to do". * June 2016, "Patience is a virtue ... sometimes". * May 2016, "The importance of gentleness". * April 2016, "The straw that broke the camel's back". * Aug 2014, "The moment I decided to live in Chennai" (an event in Madras
Week 2014). A photo is here. * July 2014,"A dream come true". * June 2014, "An eye-opening experience". * March 2014, "Real-life adventure stories". * Feb 2014, "I made it look easy". * Jan 2014, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again". * Dec 2013, "The best gift I ever gave or received". * Nov 2013, "The day I became human".
Photos are here. April 2016 The WSI collaborated with The Paintbox (a team
of painters) and local people, to paint a mural on a wall near WSI
headquarters. The title of the mural
is "Art Gallery in a Jungle".
Images of the mural are here. 9 February 2016
(going back to 1999) Online recordings of
videoconferences co-facilitated by WSI director Dr Eric. 5-14 February
2016 Info about Chennai
Storytelling Festival 2016 is here. (Info about the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017
editions of the Festival is also there.) Approximately 35 people led Storytelling Workshops
in CSF 2016. Guidelines for leading a
basic "Storytelling Workshop" are here. A list of 20 "Storytelling Workshop
Activities" is here. November 2015 "Storytelling Therapy" Workshop in New
Delhi, at Children First. For the
Flier, please click here. For an essay (4 pages) on the topic, please
click here. June 2015 The WSI's "Storytelling in Schools (and
Colleges)" initiative is described here. Links to articles providing evidence that
storytelling activities can help students to improve their general academic
abilities are here. Included on this webpage are links to Dr Eric's
essays, "Ways Storytelling Can
Be Used for Teaching-and-Learning", and "Ways Verbal Play such
as Storytelling and Word-games Can Be Used for Teaching-and-learning
Languages". 20 March 2015 World Storytelling
Day 2015 was celebrated in Chennai at the University of Madras. 15 Storytellers (members of the Chennai Storytellers) told on this
year's theme, which was "wishes".
The event was supported by the WSI, and WSI director Dr Eric also
performed. A photo of the event is here
(Aparna Ashwin is the teller in this photo). 4-15 Feb 2015 Info about Chennai
Storytelling Festival 2015, "Storytelling
for Teaching and Training" (4-15 Feb 2015) -- and all three editions of the
Chennai Storytelling Festival -- is here. The WSI founded, and has been the leading presenter
of, the Chennai Storytelling Festival. The theme of CSF 2016 is "Storytelling and Inter-cultural
Communication". Travel.
Tourism. Translation. Journey
and Path as metaphors. Visiting other lands and worlds. Discovery and Exploration of the other, and
of the self. 24 Aug 2014 Seventh
Annual "Living Statues of Marina Beach" Walking Tour (an event in Madras Week). Brief
Dramatic Enactments of 8 Statues (in English and Tamil): Kannagi, NSC Bose,
Thiruvalluvar, GU Pope, Bharathidasan,
Avvaiyar, Subramania Bharathi, and Mahatma Gandhi. Photo is here. Info
(including the scripts in English) is here. 20 March 2014
(World Storytelling Day) Videoconference on
Dragons and Monsters. Info about, and a link to a recording of, this
videoconference is here. 7-9 Feb 2014 Chennai Storytelling
Festival 2014, Storytelling and Healing (Storytelling as a Healing Art). The Poster is here. Additional info is here. Photos are here. Links to recordings of webcasts of Workshops (some
featuring videoconferences) are here. An article in The
Hindu is here. 6 Jan 2014 Videoconference on
Storytelling and Healing. Info about, and a link to a recording of, this
videoconference is here. 4 Oct 2013 Ethnographic Videoconference between 11th Standard
students in Chennai, and in Burlington, Wisconsin, USA. The students discussed their identities in
terms of their uses of language, etc.
A link to a recording of the videoconference, and additional info
about the event, are here. 28 Sept 2013 Kaani Tribal
Storytelling Festival, Language, Culture, and Nature. Location: Pechiparai, Kanyakumari district, Tamil
Nadu. The Poster is here. Additional info is here. A Kaani folk tale is here. Links to photos of Kaani people, etc, are here. Ideas regarding developing tribal cultures
are here. An article on the Festival is here. Festival photos coming soon. 20 Sept 2013 WSI Director Dr Eric delivered the Inaugural
Address at the 3rd International Meeting of the Kanyakumari Academy of Arts
and Sciences, in Nagercoil. The text
of the Address, titled "The Value of the Multi-Discipline Approach to
Research", is here. Aug 2013 Storytelling about
Beach and Ocean Eco-Systems. At numerous locations in Chennai. The poster is here. Additional info is here. 15-26 April 2013 A report written by two teenage
Storytelling-Instructor Trainees regarding the April 2013 WSI Storytelling
Summer Camp for Children (ages 6-years-and-above) they attended is here. 13-15 April 2013 Three-Day Workshop
for Adults in Storytelling and Healing, also
known as Storytelling Therapy, and Therapeutic Uses of Storytelling. Presented by the WSI and the East-West Center for
Counselling. Especially for
people who work in NGOs and in fields involving caring for people and helping
them to grow and heal. Some
introductory words about Storytelling Therapy are here,
and additional information about the Workshop is here. 8 March 2013 WSI Director Dr Eric co-presented a paper entitled,
"Tribal Peoples as Leaders of
Society in a Future in which Fossil Fuels might be Scarce, with Special Reference
to the Kani Tribal People of South India", at the National
Conference on "Tribal Literature: Across Continents and Cultures",
at V. O. Chidambaram College, in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. The Handout is here.
Chennai
Storytelling Festival 2013 -- Teaching and Learning about Storytelling. Here is the Poster
(with schedule). Here is the Brochure. Here is the
Announcement (with photo). Here are additional
details. Here
is info about the Storytelling Performance on Fri 1 Feb, at 5:30pm. Here is info about
the Post-Festival Field-trip to Thanjavur. Articles on the Festival: 1) "The Tale Trail", Indian Express. 2) "Nurturing
the Art of Spinning a Yarn",
The Hindu. 3) "Pictures in Your Mind", Deccan Chronicle. 4) "How to Spin a Yarn", Deccan Chronicle. 5) "Telling Tales", Indian Express. Articles on the Post-Festival Field-trip to Thanjavur: 1) "Timeless
Tales", The Hindu. 2) "Thanjavur
Tales, Made in Chennai", Indian Express. 3) "Is Indian
Storytelling a Dying Art?",
BBC Online. 4) "Indian Storytellers
Struggle to Keep Traditon Alive", Deutsche Welle (an international
news service based in Germany). Aug-Nov 2012 WSI Director Dr Eric recently taught a course in Creative
Writing at the IIT-Madras. Related
recent academic activities in which Dr Eric has been involved are: --- 1) Videoconference between students at IIT-Madras,
and American University in Cairo (AUC).
In AUC' s Global South Dialogue Course. Session topic: "Everyday Creativity: 'Indian' and 'Egyptian' Ways of Doing
Things". Wed 24 Oct. The handout is here. A recording of the videoconference (which
was also webcast) is here . --- 2) Talk on "Story
Composing, Writing, and Telling; and Creativity in General". At the English Dept, Annamalai
University, Chidambaram, Tamil
Nadu, Tues 18 Sept. Links to Speaking notes and related files
are here. --- 3) Talk on "The
Story-making Process of the Human Mind". At the Conference
on Enriching the Connection between Literature and Life, Periyar
University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, Tues 4 Sept.
Speaking notes are here. --- 4) Talk on "Applying
Principles of 'Conversation Analysis' to the Facilitation of
Student-Participation in Classroom Discussions". At the Teaching-and-Learning Center,
IIT-Madras, Thurs 23 Aug. The Handout
is here. Speaking notes are here. Links to writings on Conversation Analysis,
and Collaborative Teaching-and-Learning, are here. --- 5) Workshop in
"Science Fiction Story Writing and Telling". At the 13th National Science Fiction Conference, at Bharathiyar University,
in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Fri 20 Jan.
An article on the session is here. 21 Oct 2012 Storytelling Performances by Members of the Chennai
Storytelling Association at Oxford Bookstore (Haddows Road, Nungambakkam): "Storytelling
about Families", with Special Guest Storyteller from Belfast,
Northern Ireland, Steafan Hannigan. Our other recent Storytelling Performances at this
venue have included, "Stories about Language, Words, and Stories" (Sept 2012). "Living Beside the Sea" (August 2012). "Friendship" (July 2012). "Heroic Animals in Folk Legends" (June 2012). "Strong and Active Heroines in Fairy Tales" (April 2012). "Honesty and other Civic Virtues" (Feb 2012). "Recycling and Eco-systems" (Jan 2012). "Christmas Storytelling" (Dec 2011). 21-23 July
2012 Tuesday 29 May 2012 Chennai Storytelling
Association The Chennai Storytelling Association began in Nov
2010. There are now approx 200
members. Many have attended multi-session
WSI Storytelling Workshops. 1) The development of lesson plans for training
adults and children in the art of storytelling (in English and Tamil). 4) Monthly sessions of personal-experience
storytelling (for and by adults), open to the general public. Presently, these sessions are occurring at
a Cafe Coffee Day. Info about these
events is here. *** Ongoing activities by CSA members include: 1) Vasugi Ram Manohar directs Madras Story Works in Egmore (98401 18590). Storytelling for children each Saturday at
11am. Info is here. 2) Asha Sampath directs Tale Spin in Anna Nagar (98408 33953). Storytelling on one Saturday afternoon each
month. Info is here. 3) Kavitha Thyagarajan and Debjani Bhaduri direct Once Upon a Time in RA Puram (99400
36390 and 98402 76914). Info is here. 4) Sheetal Rayathatha directs Square Heads (Phonics and Storytelling) in Kilpauk (98400
91290). Info is here. 5) Sandhya Rubens directs Eloquens (Soft-skills training, Storytelling, etc) in Ayanavaram
(98401 77215). Info is here. 7) Magdalene Jeyarathnam directs the East-West Center for Counselling and
Training in Nungambakkam and Kilpauk (98841 00135). The EWCFCT provides Expressive Arts Therapy
(including Therapeutic Uses of Storytelling) for children and adults, and
also provides training in Expressive Arts Therapy. Info is here. *** For additional info about the Chennai Storytelling Association,
please call 98403 94282. About the WSI Additional
Storytelling-related Information Press 91 "Bringing the World Closer with a
Bagful of Stories", DTNext,
12th Feb 2020. Relating to
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2020. 90 "The Power of Imagination", The
Hindu, Metro Plus section, page 3, 10th Feb 2020. Relating to Chennai Storytelling Festival 2020. 89 "A Teaching and
Learning Fest", The Hindu,
Downtown section (Mylapore, Chennai), page 1, 2 Feb 2020. Relating to
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2020. 88 "Eighth Edition of CSF to be Held",
Indian Express, City Express
section, 18 Jan 2020. Relating to
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2020. 87 "Using the Power of Stories to
Help Overcome Depression", DT
Next, 4 Dec 2019. 86 "Getting the Story
Right: How Some Wounds are Finally Healing", thefederal.com
, 11 Nov 2019. 85 "Tracing the Significance
of Statues Along the Marina Stretch", Times of India, Chennai Times section, page 3, 11 Sept 2019. 84 "Storytelling Enhances Coping
Mechanism", Deccan Chronicle, 5 August 2019. 83 "Tales of My Travels
in India" (7MB pdf file), by Marion Kenny, Newsletter of Traditional
Arts and Culture of Scotland, 22 March 2019. Relating to
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2019. 82 "Age
Old Art of Story Telling Gets a Makeover: Resonates from Corporate Clients to
Children", Financial Express
(Noida edition), 3 Feb 2019. 81 "The World in Stories",
Indian Express, 31 Jan 2019.
Relating to Chennai Storytelling Festival 2019. 80 "At this Storytelling
Festival, Listen to Tales from Scotland, US, Canada, China, and India"
(3MB pdf file), The Hindu, 30 Jan 2019. Relating to
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2019. 79 "World Storytelling
Institute Links Storytelling with Nature Walks", Merinews, 4 Nov 2018. 78 "Narrating Tales for Gender
Inclusion at the Workplace", DT
Next, 31 Oct 2018. 77 "Conversations with God,
Cinderella, and Fear", The
Hindu, MetroPlus section, page 4, 31 August 2018. Dr Eric
Miller is the Assistant Director of the Indian Institute of Psychodrama, as
well as being the Director of the World Storytelling Institute. 76 "Healing Touch: When Art
Forms Become Therapy", DT Next, 23 August 2018. 75 "Down Dravidian Lane, by
the Beach", Times of India, page 2, 23 August
2018. 74 "The Dravidian Movement and
the Art of Storytelling", The Hindu, page 2, 23 August 2018. 73 "An Ode to the Late Dr
Karunanidhi by Dr Eric Miller of the World Storytelling Institute in Chennai", Merinews,
9 August 2018. 72 "Tattle Like a
Grown-up", The Hindu, Metroplus section, page 6,
9 Feb 2018. Relating to
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2018. 71 "Stories Can
Connect with Everyone", The
Hindu, page 2, 7 Feb 2018. Relating to
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2018. 70 "Over 34 Storytellers to
Attend Chennai Storytelling Festival", Indian Express, Indulge section, 2 Feb 2018. Relating to
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2018. 69 "Feminist Tales
of Yore", The Hindu,
Metroplus section, page 4, 1 Feb 2018.
Relating to
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2018. 68 "Learning through Stories: Sixth
Edition of Chennai
Storytelling Festival is Here", The
News Minute, 29 Jan 2018. Relating to
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2018. 67 "Sailors of
Stories", Indian Express, Sunday Magazine cover
story, 29 July 2017. Portraits of
16 people in the field of storytelling in
India. Dr Eric, WSI Director, is mentioned on page 11. 66 "How Art Alters Life", Deccan
Chronicle, Chennai Chronicle section, 29 July 2017. 65 "Creative Touch: Urban Indians are Seeking
Art, Dance and Movement Therapy for Improving Mental
Health", First
Post (Mumbai), 23 July 2017. 64 "Workshop on Storytelling
Therapy to be Conducted in Chennai",
Times of India, City
section, 7 July 2017. 63 "It's Story Time for Mentors", The
Hindu 62 "Storytelling can Effectively
Train Employees", The Hindu (Visakhapatnam edition), 7
March 2017. 61 "A Magnet Called
Kannagi", The
Week, pages 82-3, 25 Dec 2016. 60 "Tale and
Hearty", Bangalore Mirror, page 7, 27 Nov 2016. Mentions Dr Eric’s work with Storytelling Therapy. 59 "A Story is Always More
Important than the Teller", Indian
Express, Chennai Express section, page 3, 19 Oct 2016. 58 "Storytelling
via Interactive Video?", Indian Express, City section, page 3,
19 May 2016. 57 "Spin Me
a Tale", The Hindu, Metroplus section, 10 Feb 2016. About storytelling for business training, and
Chennai Storytelling Festival 2016. 56 "Right
Things to Say and The Way You Say It Makes a Good Story", Indian
Express, Expresso section, 10 Feb 2016.
About Chennai Storytelling Festival 2016. 55 "Storytelling
Fest Celebrates Art of Spinning Tales", Indian
Express, 4 Feb 2016. About Chennai Storytelling Festival 2016. 54 "Telling
Effect", The Hindu (Madurai edition), Metroplus section, 3 Feb 2016. About a Storytelling Workshop at American
University in Madurai. 53 "Learn to Tell Tales with
Online Classes", Deccan Chronicle, Chennai Chronicle
section, 28 May 2015. About
storytelling training for adults via videoconference. 52 "Healing through
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