Strolling by the Wildwoods online course

An online evening course over four weeks taught by Shonaleigh.

In the same way a silversmith must learn the nature of silver and a carpenter must learn the nature of wood, a storyteller must learn the nature of stories. How do they work, and how can we work with them?

From her Bubbe (grandmother), Shonaleigh inherited an approach to storytelling known as the Midrash, or Drash. At its heart is learning how narrative and story work, enabling the teller to engage deeply with a story and bring it into being for a listener or reader. 

Shonaleigh teaches the Drash through an intensive four-week programme called Wildwoods. Strolling by the Wildwoods is an online introduction to that intensive, giving you a glimpse of the exercises, approaches and relationships with story that are built through this brilliant approach to narrative.

Over four weeks you will meet the Midrash, explore how a story can be approached and given depth, and hone your language skills to put your words in service to the story you are telling. 

There will be space for questions, explorations, and wandering through the Wildwoods to see what story magic is hidden between the trees.

This course runs on Zoom on Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm GMT (UK time), on 3, 10, 17 and 24 February 2027. Sessions will not be recorded; you will need to attend live.

HOUSE OF THE WEST WIND REFUNDS POLICY — online courses, lectures and events

• More than 1 month before — 90% refund
• Between 2 weeks and 1 month before — 50% refund
• Less than 2 weeks before — no refund
• Transferring your place to another person of your choice is possible, subject to our agreement