The cost is offered on a sliding scale of $45–$75 per session. You’re invited to choose the rate that feels sustainable and reflective of your financial situation. If you’re unsure where you fall on the scale, click here for guidance.

A 15% discount is available if you choose to pay in full for the series.

Insurance is also accepted: currently CenCal and Aetna plans are eligible, or you can submit for reimbursement using a Superbill through the app Mentaya (a simple way to check your out-of-network benefits and get support with claims).

What you bring to this group will shape what you receive from it. This experience is designed to support deep personal work, and that requires consistency, presence, and intention. Committing to yourself, your healing journey, and showing up each week is strongly encouraged.

Before signing up, take a moment to look at your calendar. Are there any upcoming conflicts? If you anticipate missing more than three sessions, it might be worth considering whether this is the right time to participate fully.

That said, life happens and occasional absences are understandable. When needed, a recording of the first hour (which includes the ritual, grounding, check-ins, and group reading) will be made available. To preserve the privacy and intimacy of our shared discussions, the second hour will not be recorded.

Many of these stories only existed through spoken word before they were ever transcribed. To honor this tradition, we read aloud.

There is something powerful about speaking these stories with your own voice, it invites the tales to come alive in the body, not just the mind. Reading aloud can be a vulnerable growing-edge for some, and that’s completely okay. There’s no expectation for how much you read. If you begin with a single sentence, that’s perfect. If, over time, you feel called to read more, a paragraph, a page, that’s beautiful too!

This is a practice in voice, presence, and honoring the tradition of story as a living thing.

The group will be held virtually via Google Meet. This format was chosen with care to support accessibility, ease, and consistency.

Meeting online offers flexibility. Allowing you to join from the comfort of your own space, without the added stress of traffic, travel time, or transportation barriers. It also opens the circle to participants across the state of California, creating a more diverse and connected community.

Additionally, the virtual format makes the group more accessible to those with physical limitations, chronic health conditions, caregiving responsibilities, or social anxiety (people who might otherwise be unable to attend an in-person gathering.). It also helps preserve energy, allowing you to arrive more fully present without the added demands of preparing for or traveling to a physical space.

• A physical copy of Women Who Run with the Wolves. One to be held, underlined, dog-eared, spilled on, and cried over. It will become a prized possession.

• A dedicated journal for reflections, insights, or doodles.

• A way to join virtually. Using a computer is strongly recommended so you can see the whole group on one screen and feel more connected in our shared space.

Optional, but encouraged:

• A candle to light at the beginning of each session, marking the transition into an introspective space.

• A sacred object. Something meaningful to you, it can remain the same each week or change with the seasons of your life. You’ll have a chance to share its story with the group.

• A cozy, quiet space. Bring warmth and comfort: blankets, tea, soft lighting, or your favorite nourishing snacks. Create a setting that helps you feel held.

This will be a small, intimate group, no fewer than four participants (five including Kara as the facilitator), and no more than eight (nine with Kara).

Keeping the group intentionally small allows for a spacious, supportive environment where everyone has time to share, be witnessed, and genuinely connect. It’s in this kind of setting that deeper trust and meaningful relationships can truly unfold.

Women Who Run with the Wolves can be for you, if you feel drawn to it.

While the language of the book often centers on "women" and uses traditional feminine archetypes, the deeper themes go far beyond gender. It speaks to the wild, instinctual, creative self, a part of all of us, regardless of gender identity. Many queer, trans, and non-binary folks have found deep resonance with its messages of inner reclamation, ancestral wisdom, and liberation from cultural conditioning.

That said, some of the language in the book is dated or gendered in ways that might not reflect your lived experience. In this group, we hold space for those nuances. You're welcome to bring your full self, to question or reframe parts of the text, and to explore how these archetypes land in your body, your story, and your truth.

An archetype is a universal symbol or theme — like the Mother, the Warrior, the Seeker, or the Wild One — that shows up in myths, fairy tales, and across cultures. These aren’t fixed roles, but energies or patterns we all carry in different ways.

Archetypes help us make sense of our inner world. They reflect parts of ourselves we might not have words for, like our instincts, fears, strengths, or desires. By exploring archetypes through story and reflection, we begin to see ourselves more clearly and connect to something ancient, wise, and deeply human.

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés is a Jungian psychoanalyst, storyteller, poet, and cantadora- keeper of the old stories in the Latina tradition. Born into a multicultural family of oral storytellers, she has spent her life collecting and interpreting myths and fairy tales from around the world.

She is best known for Women Who Run with the Wolves. For all the ways that it weaves together folklore, psychology, and spirituality to help readers reconnect with their instinctual, wild nature. Through her work, Dr. Estés invites us to reclaim the deep wisdom that lives within story, symbol, and the soul.

You can visit her website here: https://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/