The Joyous Body cover art

The Joyous Body

Myths and Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype

Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection of 900K+ titles.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto-renews for $8.99/mo + applicable taxes after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Joyous Body

Written by: Clarissa Pinkola Estés Ph.D.
Narrated by: Clarissa Pinkola Estés Ph.D.
Try Standard free

$8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $55.49

Buy Now for $55.49

About this listen

From Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Part Three of Her Masterwork on The Dangerous Old Woman

"It is the nature of the saplings to quake in the winds; hesitant, learning to hold their own places. But, the older trees, with their years of testing and being tested, they are the ones who, whether in the long stern winds or misty gales, sway the most. Less a bouquet of tentative trembling first-time buds, now much more the leaf-perfumed hips of a hundred wide women dancing—these old ones, regardless of form, sway, by heart, to the music that thunders through them."—Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD

The Body, Your Valiant Consort

"Each one of us is a triumvirate being—at once the union of body, soul, and all that lies within." For any who experience disharmony amongst these three vital aspects, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés reveals a pathway back to wholeness. Join her with The Joyous Body for the third volume of her masterwork on the Wise Woman archetype. This empowering six-session program shares original and old family stories, poems, and psychological commentary on the challenges, remedies, and ancient knowings of the holy female body, "that which is not a dumb servant but a divine fellow traveler and consort."

Renew Your Relationship with The Sacred-Body Consort

"Remember that the loyal body is the first to signal us that something is needed. It is our first responder," teaches Dr. Estés, "in order for us to not only survive but to thrive in the world." Now, The Joyous Body is here to help you remember the old body wisdom, to heal and renew your relationship "with the sacred, magnificent being with whom you came to this earth."

Stories, Poems, and Blessings Include:

The Ancient Bristlecone Pines
• The Ten Aspects of Mindfulness of the Body
• The Scar Queen
• The Beauty-teria
• The Long-Legged Deer
• Mousetrap
• Blessings for Bodies
• The Such-Lovely
• The Homely Girl
• Taking the Father Home Again
• The Jealous Girls and the Old Woman Under the Lake
• How the White-Throated Sparrow Came to the New World
• The Tongue-cut Sparrow
• The Bird Lady at Saint John the Divine
• The Child Dying to Dust
• The Snow Queen
• Let It Be Known

Gender Studies Personal Development Social Sciences Inspiring
All stars
Most Relevant
I feel so blessed in this life to have access to something as beautiful and magical as this book and other works of the most enchanting cantadora I have ever heard.

Wise Body, Wise Mind

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I have never felt so connected to my body. Clarissa's story telling, wisdom, insight, ancestorial knowledge comes out like a waterfall, gushing over the listener. Honestly, the relationship with my body has forever been changed into beauty after this experience.

Put on Repeat

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Her voice, these stories, the teachings and blessings bring me home, leave me longing to deepen my relationship within and to share everything inside of me to this day and going forward. What a wise woman, reminding all of us how wise and wild we are, thank you thank you thank you.

Life changing stories for all

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Another radiant offering from Clarissa Pinkola Estes... this one feels perfectly suited to me as I pass through the threshold of peri/menopause and attune to certain newnessess in my body. I just appreciate her so much. I highly recommend this to women of any age, as with all her works.

A treasure

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

This book is amazing. A treasure and so beautiful read by the author. Inspiring and fresh.

Will be listening to this book again and again!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews