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Indian Storytelling Network

 

Visakhapatnam

 

 

Storyteller:



Sree Karuna
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Sree Karuna is a post graduate in Management with both Human Resources and Marketing as specialisations.

 

After an experience of 20-plus years in fields such as Software Recruitment, Media, and Education, in 2019 she changed course and decided to step into the area of Mental Health and started pursuing a masters degree in Psychology.

 

Through the Vizag Junior Literary Festival in 2018, she became associated with many eminent storytellers and authors of children's books in India.  Feeling called to the world of storytelling, she studied with the Storytelling Education and Arts India Council (SEAIC) which certified her as Storyteller in May 2020,

 

She has continued to upgrade her skills by attending workshops from renowned storytellers of the world, such as:

 

*  "Therapeutic Storywriting", by Susan Parrow (Australia).

*  "Hidden Gems", by Gilly Southwood (South Africa).

*  "Heroine's Journey", by Lani Paterson (USA).

*  ("Story Cure", by Geetanjali Shetty Kaul (India).

*  "Panchatantra Storytelling", by Vikram Sridhar (India).

*  "Storytelling Performance", by Laura Simms (USA).

*  "Expressions (Navarasa)" by Geeta Ramanujam (India).

*  "The Power of Eyes, Tone of Voice, and Posture",

         by Antonio Rocha (USA).

*  "Voice for Storytellers, by Sherry Norflok (USA).

 

Sree Karuna is also certified as an NLP Practitioner, and is studying to be certified as a Master Practitioner in NLP by the Lightweaver House of NLP.  She has earned Mindfulness Coach and Happiness Coach certifications from Happitude India.

 

Sree Karuna loves to tell stories to both children and adults.  She tells stories in English, Hindi,and Telugu.  Her genres of storytelling include Folktales, Mythology, Historical Stories, Personal-experience Stories, Stories Created by Herself, and Stories Created by Other People.

 

She has founded "Chandamama Katha" ("In the Moonlight of Stories").

 

To upkeep the Telugu tradition of telling stories, she holds Katha Sambaram throughout the year before important festivals.

 

In Visakhapatnam, she regularly tells stories to children at BookMagic Library, and in a number of schools.

 

Sree Karuna told stories in Jharkand Storytelling Festival 2021, and in Chennai Storytelling Festival 2022 (in Telugu and English).

 

She is a member of FEAST, and volunteered at FEAST FEST 2021.

 

She is also a member of the Healing Story Alliance, of the USA's National Storytelling Network.

 

She is a nature lover and wants to protect mother earth for her daughters and other children of the world.

 

She believes that stories have the power to heal and to spread happiness.

 

She often uses storytelling as a medium to enhance Life Skills in her workshops.

 

A photo is here.

 

Video recordings are at:

https://youtu.be/BWWWHVP02xI  (Chennai Storytelling Festival 2022)

https://youtu.be/KFor2L4btns

https://youtu.be/iog4npP8ByE

 

Contact info

sreekaruna.g@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/sreekaruna

https://www.facebook.com/Sree.Chandamama.Katha

https://www.instagram.com/sreekaruna

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