In this episode of Story Medicine, we explore Princess Bari, a narrative shaman song from Korean tradition that is still sung over the dead in Korea today.

A king throws away his seventh daughter because she is not the son he longed for. Years later, when he and his queen lie dying, only that discarded daughter will make the journey to the land of the dead to fetch the water of life that could save them. 

What she finds there, and what she chooses to become on her return, turns the one who was cast out into the guide who walks beside every soul.

This story speaks to anyone who has ever felt cast aside or like an outsider, anyone carrying a part of themselves they were once told had no place, or anyone learning to author their own life after a verdict someone else handed to them.

The episode includes the story told in full, an exploration of the medicine it carries, and three practical integration practices to help you embody it.

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