| Soul Singing with Anne Marie |
Hi! I'm
Anne Marie, the creator of KaleidoSoul.com, and a
SoulCollage® facilitator in Massachusetts. If you're just starting
to sing your song with SoulCollage®, this column is especially for
you.
The Wonder of It
All
I was 13 years old on July 20, 1969 when the first human being,
Neil Armstrong, walked on the moon. I remember it so clearly. My
first job as a mother’s helper to our neighbors and their three
children landed me on Cape Cod that month and I watched it with
them on a small old-fashioned television screen in the warm sandy,
salty cottage where we were all staying. My big brother John, 19,
was also with us (although I can’t remember why) and I remember the
thrill of sharing that big moment with him as well as our
neighbors.
 I suspect that if you were
anywhere near a TV on that day, you remember exactly where you were
and who you were with also.
When I started thinking about what to write about our theme “The
Moon” this month, I was stymied. I have to admit that I don’t know
much about the moon, and am looking forward to Michelle Hedgecock’s
tele-class on March 10 so I can understand more fully its myths and
meaning in my own life. Also, Cat Caracelo’s column (below) has
shed much light on this subject for me, and I hope for you as
well.
Then I flipped through my SoulCollage® deck and discovered, to my
delight, that I have 15 cards with moon images on them! I chose the
one above, which I call Wonder, to illustrate this column, because
of how wondrous it was, how amazing, to watch those two astronauts
(Armstrong, along with Buzz Aldrin) actually step foot on the moon.
What had once been only a beautiful light in the sky was now
accessible and attainable.
Years later, in my 20’s, I was teaching second grade in Virginia
and one of my former college professors got in touch with me. He
was touring elementary schools with a display of actual moon rocks
that the astronauts had brought back with them, and I was more than
happy to invite him to Virginia to share with my class. Another
wondrous moment . . . actually touching a piece of the moon,
instead of gazing at it from afar.
For me, the wonder of it all is twofold. First, the scientific fact
that human beings have actually figured out how to catapult
themselves to the moon and stand on its rocky ground. Second, the
metaphorical story of how something that seemed so unattainable is
now something that we take for granted.
I look at my own life and I see some similar patterns. In my
childhood I thought that publishing a book was an unattainable
goal, only for others. But now I’ve published several! I never
imagined that I could own and operate a successful business that
would bring me joy and make a difference in others’ lives, but here
I am, and KaleidoSoul is living proof of that. Swim with dolphins?
Hug a sea lion? See an iceberg up close? Sing along with Josh
Groban on a Broadway stage? These might seem like small things
compared with humans walking on the moon, but they weren’t small to
me. They were mighty big and I was flooded with wonder when each of
them actually occurred.
Several people are attributed to this often-used quote, “Reach for
the moon. The worst that will happen is that you’ll fall among the
stars.” What about you? What seemingly unattainable dreams have
you managed to make come true in your own life? How have you
reached for the proverbial moon in the past? How are you reaching
for it now? Incorporate this idea into your own deck in some way to
always remind you that what seems impossible might just be
attainable if you set your mind and heart to it.
Anne Marie Bennett is a writer, self-taught artist, website
goddess, cancer survivor, and SoulCollage® Facilitator / Trainer
who was mentored directly by Seena Frost. In 2005, she fell in love
with SoulCollage® and was inspired to use her professional
experience along with Internet technology as a means to serve the
world by putting SoulCollage® "out there" in a really big way with
KaleidoSoul. Anne Marie
lives in eastern Massachusetts with her middle-aged husband, an
elderly dog and two adolescent felines who keep them all young. You
can read more about how SoulCollage® assisted her on her cancer
journey on her website SOS Cancer Journeys. Anne
Marie's newest book, Through the Eyes of
SoulCollage® is now available.
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TELE-CLASS |
SoulCollage® and
Moon Magic
60 minute
SoulCollage® tele-class
with SoulCollage® Facilitator
Michelle Hedgecock from California
The moon is a great mentor for living life to its fullest and
connecting with your intuitive self. Infusing your SoulCollage®
practice with the energy of the moon will reveal the wisdom in your
cards directly inspired by her magic.
Learn some of Michelle's favorite ways you can engage your
“moon–tuition” in your SoulCollage® practice and how to (re)awaken
the moon energy within your deck throughout the lunar cycle. She
will share moon readings for you to try with your cards, moon
related question prompts, information on her phases to best utilize
with your cards, and practical ways to absorb the magic of the
moon's energy into your deck.
It is not required, but you are invited to have your
SoulCollage® deck on hand to peruse for cards with moon imagery or
moon energy related cards that may come up during this
class.
Friday March 10,
2017
2 pm
Eastern
Easily Accessible from Anywhere in the
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Columnist: Cat Caracelo |
 I
am Cat Caracelo, M.A., a SoulCollage® facilitator, life coach and
artist from Petaluma, California, offering my work individually and
in global teaching forums. This column is for all of you who are
exploring your creativity and ready to discover more depth within
your SoulCollage® journey.
Mysteries of the Moon
I have long been drawn to the mysteries of the moon. Her darkness
and her light call me deeper into myself, and at times when I have
needed extra healing and a way to move through confusion, she has
been my closest companion.
 The moon and her lore
drew me deeper into a reflecting pool of my own mythic remembering.
I paid attention to the whispering I heard in the wind -
remembrance and ancestral memories met me there. This period of
time was filled with new ways of accessing information, linked and
cross-pollinated with learned, intuited and felt experience.
Remembering myself was coupled with a deeper knowing; it brought a
long and deep silence.
As I listened to the rhythm of the rain and felt the heartbeat of
the earth, I connected with trees and communed with the moon.
Through this I was given a language, a frame of reference, a strong
symbol to organize my life around.
While the physical moon reflects the sun, the symbolic moon
reflects a deeper emotional, intuitive and energetic energy that
ebbs and flows, meeting each of us like the tides. As the moon
moves across the night sky, her arc shifts with the seasons,
offering a way to see and honor one’s own awareness and life path.
This is exactly what happened for me.
 The moon is a
mirror. Each of her faces, or eight phases of the moon month, holds
specific information. I sensed the long held connections that were
beyond my natural ability to see. It was this symbolic moon
that called me deep into the feeling state of ancestral
remembering. As I was mapping the cycles and seasons of my moon, I
could sense and touch the moon marks that were made on stones and
left in caves 25,000 years ago.
My connection to the earth energies was fed by the gravitational
pull of my own inner waters. It was her light, the call of the
moon, that helped me to recognize and define a spiritual
happening.
It was during this period of time that I returned to art as
process, seeking a narrative of remembrance as I created a new
language. I spoke the words. I danced with my deep history and
collaged, painted, mapped and marked myriad mythologies. I explored
my unknown ancestral lineage. I was lost and found and lost again
as I stepped into the presence of the Great Mother and discovered
the power of possibility. My spirit was fed as I gathered, created
and learned. The Moon and her keepers encircled me. Luna, Rhiannon,
Diana, Selene, Hecate, Cerridwyn, Yemaya, Isis, Changxi, Ishtar,
Mano and Arianrhod were the mythic mothers, daughters and sisters
of the Moon.
La Luna, the moon, shifted and turned with each day, becoming the
face of the dark goddess, then the babe birthed in the sickle, the
keeper of the womb, the weaver of the loom, the loss of
light/awakening fright, the dawn breaking and day falling into
night, as I returned each month to the overflowing abundance of the
Full Moon.
The moon is always in a season of change. This is what I love the
most, how the moon shows me where I am in relationship with change,
and never the same. Phases of change, movement and my own path of
awareness invite me to meet the night sky and reflective darkness,
in order to see and feel what I need to know next.
As I explore relationships, places, memories and meaning, through
my art, images, and life, I am aware of a need to listen to the
night sky. I read from my images held over time, and know the moon
that will meet me when I travel or visit a sacred place. I am
intimate with the shifting nature of my own lunar light, and it is
the moon that is my constant.
As you create or explore your own SoulCollage® cards:
- Seek the moon in all of
her phases.
- Notice when the moon is
active, but out of view.
- Discover when the face of
the moon is peeking through other eyes.
- Listen and gaze as she
moves through your life path.
- Create with her
light.
- Create with her
darkness.
Cat Caracelo, M.A. is a Depth Coach and SoulCollage® Facilitator
since 2007, working with expressive arts and transformative process
guiding individuals and groups internationally. Cat is the founder
of JourneyPath Institute and JourneyCircles™ Process. Her dynamic
Mythos Journey + QuestPath
eCourses and retreats offer transformative process and mythic
themes designed to explore ones own stories. Please visit Cat's website to find articles and
information about depth coaching, classes, training programs and
retreats.
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KaleidoSoul
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As promised, we are featuring
SoulCollage® cards from our readers in each issue.
Each card below is a card from one SoulCollager's Deck that
represents The Moon in their lives.
Steer
Skull Moon
Community Suit: Spirit Guide
Carol
New Hampshire
I am the one who teaches you to feel gently
into the coolness of winter and the beauty of the moon to softness
in a gray sky night. I am the one who lets you sense the expanse of
spirit without bleakness. The impressions of moon glow, the crisp
air in icy landscape and infinite sky helps you to let go and look
from the skull's eye to see beyond and fly. I am one who
intensifies your senses to the peace of night, soft light to see
the hollow pursuits and allow yourself comprehension in blessings
of body and spirit. Earth in all its glory is not your true
home.
Moon
Council Suit
Emilie
Texas
I am one who controls the ebb and flow of ocean tides, your
emotions, your retreating and emerging, your going within and
shining without. I am one who reflects what shines forth when you
are willing to be still enough to receive the messages from your
deep unconscious. I am one who rises above the depths of your deep
knowings to connect you to higher, expansive sight, revealing great
truths in the darkness. I am one who allows your primal instincts
to crawl forth from their deep hiding places to assist your flowing
into new unknown territories.
Moon
Mystery
Committee Suit
Judy
Massachusetts
I am one who seeks the mystery of the moon. Its changing face
as it morphs its shape and size and reminds me of my own hidden
moods and mysteries. And I wonder why the wolf howls at night. To
seek company or to hear the echoes of its own infinity. Howls enter
space and climb upwards, blending with the infinite sky and hidden
sounds of the universe. May my own song be heard so fully.
Full
Moon
Council Suit
Kas
Pennsylvania
I am the one who is full feminine power. Quite different form
my counterpart the Sun. I am deep, intuitive, mystical, ancient and
fascinating. Watch for me and experience as I show you all my
aspects. Allow me to guide you into the deeper ways of yourself. I
am the one who suggests for those who currently search for answers:
I am here in wisdom, power and peace.
The
Moon
Council / Tarot Suit
Karen
Ohio
I am the One gazing up at the moonlit heavens, inviting Luna’s
energy to wash over me. Moon’s beauty stuns me into silent awe. I
ponder life’s mysteries as Moon moves through its phases month
after month, taking me ever deeper into the Divine Feminine within
me. Crawling out of the watery labyrinth of ripples around my feet,
Lobster dredges up my subconscious, allowing me to look more
closely at my dark shadows. I must be careful not to lose my way in
the dim light.
Lioness
Companions Suit
Anne Marie
Massachusetts
I am the Queen of the jungle. I am the one who protects her
young with the fierceness of Mother energy. I am the one who hunts
by the light of the moon. My mate, Lion, is represented by Father
Sun. I was born under Mother Moon. I am wild. I am safe. I am
free.
New Moon Wishes
Committee Suit
Cat
California
I am the one who is ready to fly. I am the one who is stepping
out into new territory. I am the one who is comfortable in my skin,
relaxed and waiting, my feet rest on the edge of the silver moon,
as I gaze into the night sky. I am the one who is seeking the signs
for what I know is coming next. I am the one who is catching what
has been thrown my way, my wildest dreams are a sea of stars. I am
the one who is willing to play, my way.
Full Moon Mystery
Suit
Cat
California
I am the one who sees all lifetimes. I am who is the womb of
awareness. I am the one who wears the crown of consciousness, my
head resting on a bed of myth and matter that which is always
birthing itself, again and again. I am the one who is held beyond
time and space. The Full Moon is my familiar and Her Memories are
mapped on the constellations of my heart.
Moon Watcher
Committee Suit
Dot
Pennsylvania
I am one who watches the moon and loves to see what phase it is
in, waxing or waning or full. I am one who hears the vestiges of
patriarchy in all the chatter about the "Man" in the moon. We women
know she's "ours" and that ephemeral face belongs to the Moon
Goddess gracing us with her nightly presence and moving within us
with our monthly menses and moods.
Please feel free to submit one of your cards for a
future issue by sending a reply email to this
newsletter.
Future themes include:
April: Aging
May: Adventure
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SoulCollage®
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Facilitators.
SoulCollage website
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is her website.
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through SoulCollage®.
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ONTARIO,
CANADA
Embraced by
Water
Ontario, Canada
March 31 - April 2, 2017
Facilitator: Mariabruna Sirabella
We will apply the SoulCollage® method to explore the symbolic
teachings of the Water Element. This Element teaches us about Love,
which is the essence of Life. It leads us from the tenderness of
birth and rebirth, to experiencing various faces of loving oneself
and others. Water invites us to fearless intimacy with our deepest
unconscious currents, and gives space to our longing for universal
Love and Oneness. Immersing oneself in Water is a journey into the
sphere of emotions, deep feelings, and sensory experiences, into
our subconscious and unconscious landscapes and it offers renewal
and illumination. During our time together you will encounter the
Water Yeuàs (qualities of Nature) through simple movements,
narrative, journaling, SoulCollage®, and creativity.
Visit
this page for more info.
MASSACHUSETTS
Facilitator
Training
Westfield, MA
April 5-9, 2017
Facilitator: Mariabruna Sirabella
NOTE: Current Facilitators receive a discount to take this Training
as a refresher course..
Visit this page for more info.
ILLINOIS
Playing
with a Full Deck:
Emotional Connectedness Inside and Out
Chicago, Illinois
April 28-30, 2017
Facilitator: Michele Manos
Michele's "Card Games" offer innovative ways to explore your
SoulCollage® deck as a whole - integrating your ever-evolving
aspects. Spend a weekend at beloved Cenacle Retreat Center using
your deck as a powerful tool for well-being and success. Inspired
by the film "Inside Out," explore emotional wholeness, resilience,
and connections. Discover how your core emotions (Joy, Sadness,
Anger, Fear, and Disgust) are expressed. Create inner alliances for
emotional balance and authenticity. Discern and refine how you
build boundaries and bridges to yourself and others. Receive
individual and group instruction, with ample time to explore your
deck, journal and make cards!
Visit
this page for more info.
MASSACHUSETTS
Flight
Lessons: Piloting Your Life with SoulCollage®
Westfield, Massachusetts
May 6-7, 2017
Facilitators: Anne Marie Bennett, John Pacheco
We hope you will join the brother/sister team of John Pacheco and
Anne Marie Bennett at this restful, soul-full, creative weekend
workshop. Working with flight metaphors, we will explore preflight,
take-offs, piloting, gaining perspective, communication, and safe
landings. There will be luxurious amounts of time for card making
as well as working with your cards and getting to know other
"passengers" on this "flight" we call life.
Visit this
page for more information.
ITALY
SoulCollage® Annual Retreat in
Italy (Tuscia)
Sorano, Italy
June 14-24, 2017
Facilitator: Mariabruna Sirabella
Immerse yourself in the timeless atmosphere of Tuscia, a very
special area in central Italy. We room at the welcoming spa
Residence Sorano Terme, a park built around ancient soothing hot
springs. The land, history, food and art of Tuscia provide an
extraordinary environment for the creative unfolding of our souls.
We will hike in nature, enjoy healthy foods from sustainable
organic farms, and relax in the healing waters. We will alternate
"adventurous days" and "at home days" to integrate our experiences
through SoulCollage® card making and readings. Participants'
feedback is filled with words like: unforgettable, fantastic,
transforming, nourishing…
Visit this page for more info.
CALIFORNIA
Inspired Divine: Personal Myth
+ the Evolving Self
Petaluma, California
July 26-30, 2017
Facilitator: Cat Caracelo
This retreat offers a sacred place to redefine and understand the
essence of the evolving self, navigating personal transformation,
and redefining how we dance with various archetypal energies,
throughout life. Using SoulCollage® along with metaphor, art as
process and working with personal myth, you will develop a
life-path map and use narrative storytelling to explore the
evolving essence and energies of SHE who is emerging. This small
retreat will include creative conversations, spiral path ritual, a
special event, circling in nature, amazing meals, lots of
SoulCollage®, and flex time for R+R!
Visit this
page for more info.
MICHIGAN
Sacredness, Surprise, and
Synchronicity:
Exploring the Treasures of SoulCollage®
Laingsburg, Michigan
July 28-30, 2017
Facilitator: Anne Marie Bennett
Seena Frost, birth mother to SoulCollage®, often talked about the
Three S’s of this beautiful process. During this nurturing,
soul-full retreat, we will focus our card making and journaling on
these Three S’s: Sacredness, Synchronicity, and Surprise. Give
yourself the restful space and time of three wonder-full days with
other kindred, creative spirits who love SoulCollage® like you do!
We’ll explore the sacredness of SoulCollage® by surrounding
ourselves with the Transpersonal energy of Source, SoulEssence and
Witness. We’ll also explore and share the meaning and power of
synchronicity (which Carl Jung called “meaningful coincidences”)
during our card making and card readings, and delight in the Fool
archetypal energy who weaves joyful surprises throughout the
SoulCollage® process.
Visit this page for more info.
ARIZONA
Spiritual Art From the
Heart:
Unlock Your Creativity in Sedona!
Sedona, Arizona
September 9-16, 2017
Facilitator: Kat Kirby
If you’d love 6 days of creative time in the studio, join Kat in
the magical landscape of the high desert in Sedona, Arizona.
Creative expression is “Art from the Heart”, and requires no prior
artistic training. We’ll be creating a hand-made journal on the
first day, where you can record what the rest of the week brings
your way. Then, using local materials found on walks, along with
studio materials that are provided, you’ll make a spirit wand, a
SoulCollage® card, a mandala, dream catcher and a personal shrine.
Come nourish your creative soul in Sedona! Leave your daily routine
behind, while connecting with your inner self and other
SoulCollagers.
Visit this page
for more information.
MASSACHUSETTS
Facilitator
Training
Westfield, MA
September 13-17, 2017
Trainer: Anne Marie Bennett
Visit this
page for more info.
ITALY
La Dolce Vita- Goddess Retreat
Tuscany, Italy
September 24 - October 3, 2017
Facilitator: Cat Caracelo
Journey with a small circle of visionary, artistic and
whole-hearted women, for 11 days in our own private villa near
Florence! Enter into the mythic and living landscape of Italy, make
art with SoulCollage® and mixed media as you explore La Dolce Vita.
We will seek the wisdom of the Goddesses and explore mythic
landscapes, sacred gardens, the dreamscapes of the Renaissance that
influenced Il Sacro Bosco, and Niki St Phalle's magnificent Tarot
Garden, as we make art and explore energies that will inspire the
sweet life.
Visit
this page for more information now.
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SoulCollage® is a trademarked process created by
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For more information about Seena and the origins of SoulCollage®,
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SoulCollage® cards are
made either from one's own art or from images found in materials
which have been bought by or given to the SoulCollage® card maker.
These collaged cards are used only for the cardmaker's own inner
exploration. SoulCollage® cards are not sold, traded, bartered, or
copied (except as a back-up for the cardmakers own use) as is
stated in the "Principles
of SoulCollage®." Where SoulCollage® cards are available to
be seen by others, it is for the purposes either of demonstrating
the SoulCollage® process or of sharing the cardmakers' inner
process in the context of community. SoulCollage® is grateful to
the artists and photographers who make this deep awakening process
possible and in all ways SoulCollage® seeks to be respectful of
their rights.
All articles in SOUL SONGS are
copyrighted 2017,
by Anne Marie Bennett and
Catherine Anderson, Cat Caracelo, or Linda Woolfson.
Articles may be reprinted by permission only.
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