S08 E05: The Body Keeps the Story With Selena Garefino

Michael McRay sits down with Selena Garefino, an internationally renowned yoga teacher, storyteller, and somatic coach. Selena weaves together yoga, mythology, anthropology, and coaching into a transformative practice that recognizes how stories live not just in our minds, but in our bodies. They explore how the subconscious mind receives story through sensation, how myth becomes a map for healing, and how returning to the body can help us re-author inherited meanings. Selena shares her profound wisdom about "never wasting a good crisis" and how good wine comes from stressed grapes. This spacious, grounded conversation reveals how embodied storytelling can be a pathway to healing trauma, navigating grief, and embracing our full dimensional humanity.

Coming Up Soon

• Next Episode: Harris III returns to reflect on this conversation with Selena Garefino
• Experiential Narrative Practice Certification Training: June 20-22 in Nashville, Tennessee
• STORY 2025: October 9th and 10th 2025 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee

Resources Mentioned

• Learn more about Selena Garefino
• "Women Who Run with the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
• "The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kolk
• Istoria Website
• Instagram: @istoria_studio
• Email: wonder@istoria.com