This page is for people who bought tickets to In the Belly of the Whale, the storytelling show that Sundara and I gave at The Dragon Sanctuary in December 2022.
Here you will find a studio recording of the story, as well as two “dialogues” to accompany the story.
If you’d like to listen to the story again, you might also want to take another dive into the themes that the story explores.
To get started, consider these questions.
You know those moments when you feel like you really understand life in a deeper way; when you feel aligned, and in tune, and everything makes sense? What is it like to find these moments, and then to lose them again? What makes these moments come? And what is it that causes them to slip away?
Next, read the “pre story dialogue”:
Pre-story dialogue for In the Belly of the Whale
After reading the dialogue, listen to the story. You can play or download the audio file at the bottom of this page.
After the story has ended, spend some quiet time alone just absorbing what it has for you. In what way does this story speak to you? How does it help you understand the theme of “devotion” and what this means to you personally?
After spending some time in this way, read the “post story dialogue”:
Post-story dialogue for In the Belly of the Whale
To summarise:
1. Read the questions
2. Read the “pre-story dialogue”
3. Listen to the story.
4. Sit with the story for a time, after listening.
5. Read the “post-story dialogue”.
About the dialogues, Leo writes:
As I mentioned before the performance, I’m an intuitive storyteller, so all the stories I tell are received as a stream of words and images that arrive with a life of their own, in response to me asking for a story on a given theme.
These dialogues take place between my conscious mind and what I call my “inner storyteller”, the source of the stories.
The first was created just before I received the story. The second happened a few days afterwards.
I hope that you enjoy this “Story Journey” and that it deepens your understanding and experience of the themes the story raises.
If you have any feedback about any of this, do let me know. And if you enjoyed the performance, or this process, and would like to send me a testimonial that I can use in future publicity, that would be much appreciated.
Thanks again for booking In The Belly of the Whale, I hope we see you again soon at The Dragon Sanctuary!
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