OFFERINGS & EVENTS
A YEAR & A DAY the Cycles of Women's Lives
A Year & A Day
A podcast + via Substack & many other podcast platforms.
A Year & A Day began in December 2023 as 13 months journey sharing stories from my decades long repertoire of being an oral storyteller. In March 2025 I began the second cycle of A Year & A Day with the intention of exploring the cycles of women’s lives - Maiden, Mother, Mage/Matriarch & Crone (more below) though story/telling and through juicy collaboration with some of the women folx I hold in deepest regard. We are all in for a soul nourishing, spell-binding, shift-shaping feast!
Each month starting this month via my podcast, I will tell a story intentionally leaning into one of these cyclical seasons/phases. Then later in the month offer an emergent collaboration with some seriously brilliant women folx. And repeat - 13 times!
All are welcome here - women identifying folx, those identifying as non-binary, male identifying folx.
As always my work is emergent, experimental and relatively raw on the tech side of things.
As always this is free offering, it is a labor of love, truth, beauty & integrity and a celebration of my 30 years on the path of oral storyteller. AND please consider supporting my work by becoming a paid subscriber. You can also support my work through Patreon.
OPEN YOUR EAR TO THE GREAT BELOW
This emergent day retreat for women to come together with the land and descend into the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna and Ereshkigal through storytelling, mythic embodiment and empowering somatic & writing experiences.
This deeply moving experiential retreat will make space for your own journey, your own descent, into the Great Below. You will find yourself hearing, seeing and feeling those things you are ready to. There will be playful moments and moments of risk-taking. Rest and reclaim aspects of yourself as only you can. Recognize and embrace the power within you.
image via Sandy Ibrahim
THE WILD WITHIN
THE WILD WITHIN
SAT. OCTOBER 4 10am - 4:30pm Meanderland, Washburn WI
THE WILD WITHIN is an experiential & immersive day retreat for women who are called to come together to align with the changes of autumn and rest into the wild within through somatic practices, storytelling, creativity & just being.
Guided and facilitated Tracy Chipman with guest facilitation TBA.
Can you slow your body, quiet the mind to listen to the wild within?
How might your soul be fed by slowing down to listen, to be changed & allied by story in the alive vessel of your body, in a circle of women, resting and regenerating together?
THOUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, YOU WILL:
- Rest into the changes of autumn.
- Open yourself to hear, feel, see & know what you are ready to hear, feel, see & know.
- Allow yourself space to listen within and also experience joy & wonder in community.
- Truly rest into the sensorial experience pf your body in the forest.
- Journey with a powerful story (TBA) reclaiming wild, cyclical aspects of yourself.
COST: $135 - be supported by other | $155 - general admission | $175 - supporting others
Early Bird Rates in effect until midnight September 10: $125
or - S35 non-refundable deposit to your hold place, with payment due in full by September 21th
Price includes fresh herbal teas and a seasonal simple & nourishing mid-day meal, sourced as locally as possible.
Likely offerings will include: soup, salad greens with vinaigrette dressing, hard boiled eggs & a sweet treat. Meal will be gluten & dairy free and you are invited to bring snacks to share & enjoy.
Payment installments are possible if needed, and one partial scholarship is available - email me for the details.
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Space is limited. More info and register here.
* This day retreat is open to adults.
ROOTED EXPRESSION A Creative Retreat for Writers & Artists
Rooted Expression - A Creative Retreat for Writers & Artists: August 1 - 3 | Keewaydin Farm Viola WI
Gather together for this co-creative, in-person, immersive weekend retreat for writers and artists who are curious about nurturing their connection to the land and infusing the inspiration of the natural world into their expression as writers and artists.
We will collaborate with guest writers and artists to draw on their passion, knowledge, and experience to present lectures, activities, prompts, hands-on learning, creative expression, and somatic experiences. Program will include poetry, prose, reflective writing, storytelling, hiking, gathering plants, creating botanical watercolors, creating plant impressions in pottery, somatic practices, and more.
Silver Apples of the Moon. Golden Apples of the Sun -stories of harvest
Silver Apples of the Moon. Golden Apples of the Sun - stories of harvest: July 30 | 6:30 - 8pm | Kinstone, Fountain City WI
Please come gather together in the threshold of Lughnasadh/Lammas with the land in celebration for the harvest with Wisconsin storyteller, Tracy Chipman.
Registration up soon. Space is limited and we suggest you register by 7/20. $20/person
THE WILD WITHIN
THE WILD WITHIN is an experiential & immersive day retreat for women identifying folx who are called to come together on a summer’s day, in the wild boreal forest of northern Wisconsin exploring the paradox of tending the wild inside (the inner experience) during the high solar days of summer through somatic practices, storytelling, creativity & just being.
The primary energies & intention for the day are slowing down, embodied listening, being alone/together, resting into the cycle of life, reflection & regeneration. We will work with story of The Handless Maiden, from the Grimm Brother’s collection of Fairy Tales.
Essentially the day is designed as a mid-summer pause to listen to the wild within through our bodies in the woods, with story, alone & together.
A light mid day meal is included. Guided and facilitated Tracy Chipman with guest facilitation by Yazmin Bowers.
Can you slow your body, quiet the mind to listen to the wild within?
How might your soul be fed by slowing down to listen, to be changed & allied by story in the alive vessel of your body, in a circle of women, resting and regenerating together?
* This day retreat is open to adult women/femme identifying folx.
THOUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, YOU WILL:
- Move at the pace of the summer forest.
- Open yourself to hear, feel, see & know what you are ready to hear, feel, see & know.
- Allow yourself space to listen within and also experience joy & wonder in community.
- Truly rest into the sensorial experience pf your body in the forest.
- Journey with the powerful, regenerative tale - The Handless Maiden, reclaiming wild, cyclical aspects of yourself.
COST: $135 - be supported by other / $155 - general admission / $175 - supporting others
Early Bird Rates in effect until midnight June 1: $125
Your place is confirmed upon receipt of S30 non-refundable* deposit.
Price includes fresh herbal teas and a simple & delicious mid-day meal, sourced as locally as possible.
Likely offerings will include: a GF grain and/or legume salad, salad greens with vinaigrette dressing, hard boiled eggs & a sweet treat. Meal will be gluten & dairy free and you are invited to bring snacks to share & enjoy.
Payment installments are possible if needed, and one partial scholarship is available - email me for the details.
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Space is limited to 8 participants and a minimum of 5 are needed to register by July 3.
event image by Polixeni Papapetrou
REGISTER HERE
WE ARE CYCLICAL - The Moon as Medicine:
WE ARE CYCLICAL - The Moon as Medicine Tuesday June 24, 2025 - 6:30pm Sweet Fern Apothecary | Washburn WI
WE ARE CYCLICAL - The Moon as Medicine is an emergent workshop exploring the cycles of the moon through lore, somatic practices, meditation & reflection allowing for a deeper relationship with the Moon’s cycles and your own cyclical nature. The Moon is an ancient ally offering cyclic wisdom to nurture change and transformation in our lives. More info and register here.
the Ways of Deep Water - exploring voice through storytelling
the Ways of Deep Water - exploring voice through storytelling
May 2025 | C.O.R.E
Join local storyteller, author & somatic practitioner Tracy Chipman for an emergent workshop exploring voice through storytelling. Coming together along the shores of Lake Superior, we will work with the theme of the Ways of Deep Water through three threads; stories of Lake Superior, of longing and experiences of fluidity (whatever that means to you). Participants will then craft a story from their lived experience, and then, if they wish to, share at a public exhibit
Be Astonished. Tell About It
Be Astonished. Tell About It: a Storytelling "Playshop" with Tracy Chipman
When: Thursday, March 27th | 1 - 3 PM
Where: 257 Manypenny Ave, Bayfield WI
In her poem, Sometimes, poet Mary Oliver offers us this:
Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.
Following these simple yet powerful words through the medium of oral storytelling, we will come together in a playful way. The class will include explorations of active listening, reflection, vocal expression, and the co-creative craft of oral storytelling. With local storyteller, somatics practitioner, and author, Tracy Chipman. Suggested donation: $20
Space is limited, pre-registration required.
Questions? Contact info@corecr.org
INTRO TO TRE®
INTRO TO TRE®
Are you ready to release stress & tension from your body?
Join me for a free introduction to TRE® class via zoom 3/18 6pm CT. TRE® is a universal somatic ( body-based ) healing modality & practice that can help release tension, stress & trauma from our bodies fostering the experience of calm & relaxation.
coming soon, in person & virtual
Please join my TRE mailing list for both in person & virtual classes.
