Why does a story need to be metabolized? Because living stories have extraordinary properties (instructions on adaptation and survival) and applications for practical living (engagement, listening as conversation, persuasion, appeasement, negotiation, conflict resolution) - which can't be grasped by the human brain, alone, and need to be assimilated physically.
How to metabolize a story? The living story is made available to Storygardenz visitors, often through a Bedside Storygardenz Book, to lead him into the goodnight: for sleeping on and dreaming about (many Storygardenz offer accommodation) and then for walking together in the garden and in the nearby country. Most stories have also been mapped on story trails.
The Storygardenz project is founded on living stories (ie. not merely in print) which can be metabolized through sleep and dreams and also by people walking together in their songlines.