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ISN homepage Indian Storytelling Network Storytellers Living Outside India Storytellers 1) Jayasree
Rajendran (based in North
Carolina). 2) Laxmi Balaji
(based in Toronto). 3) Priya Palanikumar (based in California). 4) Sanjukta
Bhowmik (based in
Pennsylvania). 5) Sonia Bareja (based
in Portugal). 1 Jayasree Rajendran (based in North Carolina). Jayasree as a software engineer worked
for some of the world’s leading international banking software companies for
a decade. Her passion for empowering
others motivated her to step into an entrepreneurial journey, teaching
Storytelling along with giving various trainings (in group workshops and
one-on-one sessions). She has been
connecting people for more than 16 years, travelling around the world. Her vision is to empower women and children
to be happy souls, living healthy, joyful, and successful lives by
identifying their true inner potentials with the tagline, Empowering lives by all means. Jayasree has studied the nuances of
Storytelling through a workshop led by Eric Miller of the World Storytelling
Institute. She has studied the
"Art of Storytelling and Brand Storytelling" with Katha Priya. She has also graduated from several "Train
the Trainer" programs offered by various international certification
bodies.
Before the pandemic, Jayasree
was conducting Storytelling sessions for 3 years in Dubai in her own space,
public places, nurseries, and in trainings. She tells and hears stories in almost
every conversation, as she believes that this is a way to enter the creative
world. As an NLP Trainer she uses her personal
stories elegantly to communicate with participants, creating strong
connections and facilitating long-lasting changes. She is also keen about using personal
stories in business storytelling.
Listeners sometimes experience her stories as healing or
therapeutic. She gets a great deal of
satisfaction from assisting her clients and trainees to also compose and tell
such stories. Jayasree is available for conducting direct
sessions in North Carolina, and online sessions: – Group Storytelling for children.
– One-on-one coaching sessions
that include Storytelling. – Group and one-on-one training in
business and brand Storytelling. Your
empowerment is our happiness! A photo of Jayasree is here. Contact Phone (USA): +1 (984) 310 1706 Email: jayasree.rajendran@gmail.com , bloombyond@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/JayasreeRajendranJR https://www.instagram.com/jayasree.rajendran https://www.linkedin.com/in/nlpcoachjayasree 2 Laxmi Balaji (based in Toronto). Laxmi is a storyteller from India
(hometown: Salem), currently residing in Canada with her husband and two
children. She is a founder of a
storytelling service named “Sagas-R-Us”.
She performed in Toronto International Storytelling Festival 2022, and
is the recipient of the 2023 “Emerging Storyteller Award” given by Storytellers
of Canada - Conteurs du Canada (SC-CC).
She is also an Apprentice Teacher in the Parent-Child Mother Goose
Program. Laxmi started her storytelling
journey when reading books to her elder child. She discovered that children get excited if
the stories are narrated with expressions and voice modulations instead of
just reading them. She started telling
stories at community centers and preschools in 2016. Since then she has done storytelling at
various events in schools and libraries.
Laxmi has a sweet spot for telling
Indian mythological stories and various folktales. She weaves stories in both English and
Tamil. She believes that in today's
busy atmosphere, telling and hearing stories in a traditional way will
enhance the imagination and calm the mind. Laxmi is a proud member of Storytelling
Toronto, and Storytellers of Canada - Conteurs du Canada. Storytelling activities led by
Laxmi include: Sagas-R-Us Family Storytime (in
Tamil) for all ages. Last Saturday of each month, 8pm
to 9pm IST. Video call link: https://meet.google.com/tgr-fqhq-mpb Workshop for parents and teachers
on "Ways to select and read
books to children". Workshop for children on "Ways to use one's
imagination for memory power". A photo is here. Contact sagasrus.lax@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/sagasrus https://www.instagram.com/sagas_r_us_laxmibalaji 3 Priya Palanikumar (based in California). Priya
is a freelance trainer and Founder-Director of Open Story,
a storytelling and theatre initiative.
She has performed in schools, libraries, social gatherings, at
Podhigai TV series and for events at festivals. She also works with schools as drama
teacher for annual day events and handles end to end from scripting to
staging of dance drama productions.
She is the Director at Nimayaa, a theatre unit of Bharataarpana
Institute of Fine Arts. Her interest in Yoga and Bharatanatyam
help in integrating a lot of sound, silence and movement in her storytelling
style. Her favourite genres are
adapted folktales, mythology, biographies, and academics interwoven with
creativity and spontaneity. She
underwent training at the World Storytelling Institute from Dr. Eric Miller. Priya is also an acupuncture and yoga
practitioner who runs a centre called Yahvi yoga. As visiting faculty at a dance school, she
conducts story yoga sessions for young children (7-12 years). She offers customized workshops on
storytelling, basic theatre, healthy and mindful living, motivational public
speaking, communication, and gender perspectives. She is a textbook optimist who believes
the world is full of stories and all we need to do is listen. When she is not telling stories she ends up
thinking about all the characters in her line of work. Member, Chennai Storytellers Member, SpringBoard Tales
Contact +91
90422 51513 openstoryworld@gmail.com Facebook,
Openstoryworld Instagram,
Openstoryworld 4 Sanjukta Bhowmik (based in Philadelphia). Sanjukta is an academician with a
doctorate in chemistry. She has 15
years of teaching and research experience, primarily in Mumbai. Presently she is living in Philadelphia, where
she is a faculty member at Thomas Jefferson University, and also volunteers
as a tutor for immigrants. Sanjukta's love for teaching led
her to storytelling, which she often uses in her teaching and tutoring. She believes storytelling is an art form
with a deep impact in every aspect of human life. Sanjukta is the cofounder of
“obo”, a digital storytelling platform.
The objective of "obo" is to create a space dedicated to
promoting storytellers and their art.
Storytellers could also earn money through their work on
"obo". In short, “obo” gives
the power back to storytellers, enabling them to create a (for now)
audio-only online experience customised for each listener. So let's all tell our stories with
“obo”! Contact info obootaarthespeakingelephant@gmail.com Whatsapp (India): +91-9323877498 Phone (USA): +1-484-745-7425 "obo" on Google
Playstore: Obo–storymobile,
Audio stories - Apps on Google Play 5 Sonia Bareja. Founder of Storyknack. (Based in Portugal.) Sonia
Bareja is a Chief Story Coach and Founder of StoryKnack™, a brand unit
of Stories & Narratives, a consulting and coaching firm. Stories & Narratives provides
businesses and academia (schools, colleges and universities) with workshops
and other programs that facilitate the knack of storytelling.
Sonia is fondly known as Pied Piper Sonia in the
storytelling world, is an incisive professional with 20 years of varied
experience as an Entrepreneur, Educator, Storyteller, Wellness and
Personality Development Coach and Mentor, and Sales and Marketing
Professional.
Sonia has been involved in harnessing and developing creativity in
corporates, professionals, young adults, and children. She has
earned a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA). Peers,
mentors, and her audience members often vouch for Sonia’s versatility,
enthusiasm, and undying passion and commitment. She’s a firm
believer in "Learning by Doing" and practices the policy of
"Success via Constant Motivation." She is a creative
Demonstrator cum Educator. Sonia's storytelling career spans over
the past 9 years. She has been a Professional Storyteller since
2012. She started with Corporate Storytelling. From the
early days, her sessions featured Activity-based Storytelling. She
also conducted sessions on Sexuality and Wellness in schools. Ever
since she has been conducting performance-based storytelling across schools,
colleges, and festivals. Sonia clocked-in with over 300 sessions
in a span of twenty-four months in 2018 and 2019. Sonia's
strengths are around communication, presentation, and interpersonal
skills. She has often been appreciated for strong voice throw,
voice modulation, and clear narration. She also brings poetry,
singing, and music into her Storytelling Sessions. Some
of the sessions Sonia often leads are: 1)
Performance Storytelling Sessions for children, teachers, and parents. 2)
Workshops on Storytelling in schools, colleges, and universities. 3)
Workshops on Sexual Health, Child Safety, Peer Pressure, and Bullying. 4)
Storytelling Sessions in Festivals for children, teachers, and parents. 5)
Theatrics and Communication Workshops for children. 6)
Wellness Workshops in corporatations and schools. 7) Train the Trainer Program for
teachers and parents. 8)
Workshops on and for specially-abled children. Sonia
conducts cutomised workshops relating to the above-mentioned topics --
including for underprivileged children, and children in orphanages. She firmly believes that “Telling
stories is the most fundamental way of communication. Stories have
power. It does not matter who the audience members are -- if one
is a good storyteller, he or she can surely help to bring about the desired
change in the audience members." A
photo of Pied Piper Sonia is here. Contact Whatsapp
-- +91 98116 67850 Email
-- soniabareja76@gmail.com Website -- https://storyknack.com Facebook
-- https://facebook.com/StoryKnac Linked
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