Next up?
Fall 2025 or Winter 2026
We shall see!
story mammal
a 6-week initiation
Liberate Your Attention
Through Narrative & Nervous System
For the greater good.
What is this era calling forward in you?
These photos were taken at one of my retreats. Not staged. Real people communing with a river, each other and themselves. Co-regulation. Attention there.
You are a Story Mammal.
A what?!
It's actually your homo sapiens nature to be a mammal of language. Your story (self-talk, mindset, beliefs) and your body affect and shape each other—and your life. Without body, we stay stuck in our heads and addicted to reframes that can’t hold. Without story, we lose our language art and the powerful meaning-making of our heroine's journey. Story and body are here to help you.
You have the blueprint (it’s ancient) to integrate them for a robust and expansive you. It’s a top down + bottom up process. THAT is your innate human medicine.
But modern life has stripped most of us of this know-how and we often get STUCK.
Let's remember together.
You were made for this moment.
We are living in a time of massive change. Chaos. Opportunity. The Unknown.
You are a citizen of 2025 who isn't new to self-inquiry or growth. Maturation cycles are familiar. You've spent years building a toolbox but then, oh my, ... this crush of modern life comes out of nowhere and knocks you over, again.
You wonder:
Is it normal to feel so scattered?
Is there another way to do this life, to be in this body?
You are overstimulated, overwhelmed, over taxed, over it all.
You are trying to recover or find a vital part of yourself.
Maybe you think you were even born in the wrong time.
Meanwhile, you long for the elemental. The word "re-wild" draws you. Let me feel that, please, you say.. You are interested in the natural laws. You want to crawl out from under the scripts that have pinned you. You are nervous system curious. You don't want to abandon humanity, but something has to change. Your deep self is beckoning you.
Come take a seat in your ecology.
Learn to inhabit, at long last, your mythopoetic mammal.
Let us gather in a circle and gaze at the flickering fire together. .
For yourself. For our world. It might even be fun.
Imagine this...
Your body knows how to slow down actually. It can also speed up! Embodiment is no longer a buzz word or idea to you. It's happening. It's fluid. You still get sad and activated as fuck (we are meant to) but, goodness, you let it show you what you need and then find your way back. Much easier. "Steady" is a deep well you can tap. Your shame about your habits dissolves as quickly as it arises. You confront yourself with the kind, exacting and demanding eyes of a dragon. Burnout and stretched too thin are phrases of the past. You're onto yourself and any protective mechanisms disguised as impossible situations. You wink at your hard stories when they pretend they haven't afforded you something. Your relationship with nature is real and ritualized and no part of you needs to perform it for others. Your body is an instrument and you treat it as such. Old constructs fall off you; sometimes you slip back into them (they are cozy, after all), but you know when and why you are doing so. You are devoted to the altar of your attention. Because you don't tune out unless you consciously choose to, people notice the sparkle in your eyes. You have identified your special sauce and you use it well. Your line to the divine whispers is a clear channel. You listen and take action accordingly. You have wide capacity to hold anything; and, when you don't, you remember that you have before and you trust the return. Everyday involves a celebration of your smallest growth. You anchor your electricity in yourself and share it to the benefit of all. You are no longer shy to be a sensory, lip-licking, sounding, growling, sniffing, feeling animal.
No one is going to do it for you.
Can you ring your own bell?
My secondborn Bo Neve ringing a giant bell.
Guess what? You do get to awaken your Story Mammal.
If that feels far off, it's not your fault. It is your responsibility, though. Let's do it together.
Humanity is in a huge transition. The time is now.
We are evolving at lightening speed and facing a polycrisis. The pace, volume and technological development of the world is here to stay and overwhelming most people. In every direction, life is crumbling and up for renegotiation and re-making.
It's what I call The TOO MUCH TOO SOON TOO FAST Era.
Do you smell the massive possibility? Who will we become?! What will we innovate from within the chaos? We can't create if we are disembodied. We can't create if we cling or stay stuck in old stories about who we are and what is possible. We can't create if our attention is co-opted. Our world needs our solutions, our art, our collaborations, our ah-ha ideas that emerge out of the air when we aren't numbing our brains with constant information or falling into chronic collapse.
There is a path.
LISTEN. Listen, listen. No, not to me, but to that voice inside you.
You ready?
Who is this workshop for?
I always trust the orchestration beyond me that brings an individual to a group and a group into being. My workshops are a nourishing multigenerational experience. Many participants are consciousness-raisers and change makers— therapists, educators, artists, bodyworkers, parents. All are seekers who live with existential wonder. Most have hit the deep trough of the wave at least once in life. Not one person has been interested in being status quo. Adventurous hearts, come one, come all.
Though I tend to attract women and non-binary folks, this workshop is open to anyone, men included. **You DO NOT need to have written anything in your life to be here. It isn't a "writing" course, though we do write. Remember, story making lives in your DNA.
Shannon Klohr
It’s been months and I’m still using the tools I learned from Molly. I’m still feeling the love of the community she wove together with us. I can’t say enough about the warmth she exudes and I never expected a Zoom class to be so intimate and wonderful. I would give this gift to myself again and again. It exceeded all of my expectations. And took me to unknown places. The material is gold.
Rebecca Thering
In Molly's spaces, I feel seen, heard, welcomed, a sense of belonging, and an admiration and tenderness towards my fellow Story Mammals. Her content and the way she shares it are top-notch. Articulate. Nuanced. Human. Encouraging. A full mind/body/spirit experience. Her structure and pacing allow for true integration. Ten out of ten recommend!
Charlie Rigg
I have never spent that amount of money on a course before, but I’m so pleased I did. Story Mammal opened a channel of creativity that has been blocked, or perhaps even hammered shut with planks and nails. A kind of dislodging happened. One day towards the end of the course, I ‘woke up’ and realised that I’d been creating, busily, passionately, scribbling and drawing, writing, dreaming up things that are now coming to fruition. Thank you, Molly.
Gursharn Rait
I want to give you a massive tight hug to thank you for this new world you've helped open up! It wasn’t just self-care; I was learning new concepts. Healing is what your course did. I came out of it feeling empowered and proud. It was essential for me. I love the element of play and freedom in your workshops. Your style is so clear and simple, no bells and whistles and it came straight from the heart. Mille merci."
You become someone who...
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can feel big feelings and be okay.
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understands your particular survival physiology.
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is skilled at retuning loads of energy to yourself.
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isn't stuck circulating outdated storylines that imprison you.
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has constant access to your own unique magic.
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lives (truly) the expansion/contraction principle.
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trusts when to follow impulse and when to pause.
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is "onto" and in repair with your task-switching habits.
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uses 10% shifts as daily ballast.
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knows your Yes and No without thinking or list-making.
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builds a culture around attention.
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uses your energetic signature for good.
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is naturally magnetic and life giving.
When
Upcoming: Dates To Come
Format
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*Video recordings will be sent to those who cannot attend live
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6 live Zoom workshops with Molly on each Wednesday (1.5 hours), @ 11am MT
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6 live Q&As with Molly (1 hour),
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Real Time sharing and feedback
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Private Online Community Forum (NOT Facebook)
Transparency Always: You will have 12 weeks to complete this 6 week course. Why? I believe in pressure as a tool for internal and external change. It's a boundary. It isn't loosey-goosey. It ignites. People are more likely to dive into the course and benefit from it if they know there's an end to it. I've seen that time and time again, and also in my own experience as a participant in courses. We are also fostering collective focus to create collective traction.
What do we "do" in this course?
This is an organic, living, breathing experience.
I create a curriculum map and adjust/flow in real time based on what's I'm sensing from the group. The course has an arc. It’s highly personal and high communal. We do it together through connection because no one evolves in a vacuum. We create a culture of witnessing and being witnessed. It is real-deal, playful and full of heart. Nothing prescriptive.
Week 1: Nervous System. What survival mechanisms have you developed? What pockets of safety are available? What is no longer adaptive for you? Titration. Latitude. It isn't always about "regulating" yourself. It certainly isn't an Instagram 3-steps to heal. You will develop a textured relationship with your sensations and how to work with them.
Week 2: Ancestry/Story/Beliefs. How do you narrate your reality to your people? We identify your tensions, edges, resistance, shadows, desire, grief and resources, allowances, along with your possibility thresholds. How has your narrative been shaped by others (family, friends, society) and by your own self? Where is there room for thickening?
Weeks 3-5: Intention Seeding. During this 21-day window, we will exquisitely track your nervous system and language. With my guidance and the collective wisdom of our group, you will self-design a way forward with your attention, circadian rhythm, divine whispers and more. Actual integration.
Week 3: Organize. What has been unearthed? This organization unfolds like a dance. We experiment with how the pendulation between trauma and resources creates resolution and widen what and how you hold. What consequences are you willing to bear or not bear?
Week 4: Re-Language. You play with fresh meaning-making that both naturally surfaces from your body and comes from your conscious re-languaging. We use the power of embodied imagination/scene and you learn to inhabit the evolving song of you—your pace, silence, proportion, voice, and weaving.
Week 5: Your Voice. Express your essential self to your people. It’s an out loud frequency request of our community. We bust the myth of independence, align with our social animal nature and socialize our growth so others can hold it for us too. It’s a practice of discernment and tending. Lots of practice here around orienting to yourself within a greater whole.
Week 6: Culture Building. Stand on the ground you have created. We find stability in the fluidity. We integrate (even more) your dynamic relationship between story and body and your continued attunement to your survival physiology. You become a steward of attention in your community: not in theory, in real practice. You leave aligned with your story mammal and the 1,000 ways it can guide you forever.
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What if I can't attend all the live classes?That's okay. Some people go through the whole course via recordings. Please, though, ask yourself what you need? I recommend attending at least 6/12 live gatherings. It will be more potent and real-time for you.
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Why take a class about embodiment and nervous system online? Isn't that missing the point?I feel you; I'm a tactile woman and love to be in a room with people. However, not everyone can or chooses to invest time or money for an in-person experience. Energy transfers through Zoom in the most remarkable way. People in my courses have become life-long friends and build real relationships outside of the course. Online also affords a 6-week container (not possible in person unless localized) and way of gathering people across the globe. That kind of time rhythm gives you space to practice what you learn and integrate into your daily life as you go. Gold. In the meantime, look around you. If you don't have a community you can physically touch, it's a good time to start the process of finding one. Story Mammal supports that. Participants have radially altered their lives once they access their mammalian nature and realize they need/want/thrive with others around.
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I've taken other Story Mammal workshops. Will this be different?You know my answer to this one! Every iteration is different. Different people. Different Molly. Different moment in time. Different set and setting. You could do the same free write or somatic exploration (and no, they aren't always the same) over and over again and, because time doesn't stand still, you would experience it differently. Trust. If you are called, come join us. The work/play deepens. The more you experience it, the more it 'takes.' You know this. People tend to repeat my courses for this exact reason. You can hear the same thing for years and then BOOM, ah ha, oh my.
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I don't have much extra time. Is this course a lot of "work?"It's a choose your own adventure. The learning happens through being in circle and attending the workshops and Q&As. It's an oral experience. It's osmosis. For those of you who like to 'study,' there is course material (worksheets, information) to explore. People tend to learn more by showing up live. We hear what we are meant to. It's relaxed in that way. Deep trust.
About Molly
Molly Caro May is an author, teacher and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Her book Body Full of Star was named a “searingly eloquent memoir." She has facilitated personal narrative workshops across the country for almost two decades and weaves nervous system resilience into the mix. You can read more about her incredible TEACHERS and what brought her to it personally here. Her mission is to democratize expression and explore, in good company, the healing alchemy between story and nervous system. Molly grew up in five countries and now lives in Montana with her husband and two children who are somehow already 12 and 8 years old. Facilitating is her song and she never tires of diving in with a group as she believes the only way through is 'alongside.'
