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Issue # 187 |
October 26, 2009
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Highlights of this issue:
Quotation of the Week
Slow down and everything you are chasing
will come around and catch you.
-- John de Paola
Soul Friends
The
Voice of a Different Kindred Spirit Each Week
Toni Bailie
Paisley, Oregon
Seena Frost's book on SoulCollage® found me in 2004 while I was browsing through a book store in Ashland, Oregon. From the moment that book jumped off the shelf into my hand, I embarked on a magical journey. Making and processing SoulCollage® cards has become a significant part of my personal spiritual practice. But my personal self discovery is only part of a powerful transformation that is gathering momentum around the earth.
Since my Facilitator Training in Santa Cruz in 2005, more than 700 people have been to the training workshops and continue to spread this amazing technique across America and in other countries. Although I live in a remote area of Southeast Oregon, I am a vital part of this vibrant fellowship through the Internet. I feel connected to those sharing the myriad ways to use SoulCollage®.
I've had the joy of introducing many people to this transformative tool. For several years, I've been meeting and sharing cards with seven women. We have formed a deep connection of love and support. When I turned 60, they helped me celebrate becoming an elder. They each made a special card for me that I treasure.
Listening to Seena Frost's six-CD set on Soul Collage® has deepened my understanding of how to make and use my cards. From Seena's first community cards that were the genesis of SoulCollage®, the process continues to expand and evolve.
In April 2008, four of us from the Oregon Outback were blessed to participate in The Three Faces of Silence Retreat in Los Gatos. Seena Frost and Mariabruna Sirabella led us in a deep, quiet weekend of pondering the three Transpersonal cards -- Source, SoulEssence and Witness. I became more aware of the endless possibilities awaiting my exploration.
Each time I facilitate a SoulCollage® workshop, I am fascinated and awed by the beauty and profound insights that manifest through the cards. I've never seen two cards alike. They truly form a kaleidoscope of color and meaning.
Let's keep making cards and sharing the process with others. We are catching the wave of transformation, a new paradigm for our world.
Editor's Note: Toni is leading our December KaleidoSoul tele-class. See details below.
We hope you'll join us!
Here are two of my current favorite cards:
 CIRCLE OF LIFE
Surrender to the cycle of seasons,
to the circle of Life.
Spring segueing into summer,
then light dwindling as autumn approaches.
Winter squeezing long hours of light
into a narrow day,
slinging stars as points of light,
gleaming in the dark void.
Surrender to the cycle
of your brief life span.
INDRA'S NET
I am the one who reminds you that we are intimately connected with all life forms.
We are part of a cosmic matrix.
At the level of our SoulEssence we are one, yet we are many in our unique expressions of Life.
I encourage you to foster and honor those connections.
 SoulCollage® Expressions
Ideas and Challenges to Spice Up
Your SoulCollage® Practice
Idea of the Week
Choose one SoulCollage card from your deck. Seat yourself in a comfortable position with a straight back. Study the card carefully. See if there's anything about this card that you didn't notice before. If you have done an
I am the one who... exercise with this card, or have other writings about it, read them over briefly. Then close your eyes, take the essence of the card into your being and slowly breathe with the energy that the card evokes. Breathe the energy in...1...2...3... Breathe out any energy that is stale or negative or unhelpful to you at this time...1...2...3. Do this several times. Journal about what you noticed.
 Kindred Spirits Member News
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Our Next Tele-Class
SoulCollage®
as Prayer, with Catherine Anderson
SoulCollage® Facilitator in
North Carolina.
 In this tele-class, Catherine will guide you through simple exercises
that will enable you to hear and record the prayers you have already captured in visual form in some of your SoulCollage® cards. Using SoulCollage® cards you have already made, you will create prayers that allow you to become more aware of the blessings in your life as well as prayers asking for help from your Higher Power.
Catherine Anderson has been a SoulCollage® facilitator since June, 2004. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina where she teaches SoulCollage®, Creativity and Photography workshops. She is also a partner in the business Whole Brain Consulting, an organization whose mission is to bring creativity and intuition into the business world. More information is available on www.catherineandersonstudio.com or www.wholebrainconsulting.com
Date:
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Time:
7:00 pm Eastern, 6:00 pm Central,
5pm Mountain, 4pm Pacific,
2pm Hawaiian, Wednesday 12am in London,
Wednesday 11:00am in Melbourne Australia
and Wednesday 1pm in New Zealand
Save the
date now.
All of our tele-classes are FR*EE for members, always!
And remember, don't worry if you can't attend...
we'll be recording it and you can listen to it anytime in your
Member's Only Audio Library.
We will give you the phone number and access code
to call in that week's issue of Soul Treasures.
Upcoming Tele-Classes and Presenters:
December 2009 (Sunday December 6, 7 pm Eastern) - Giving and Receiving Blessings, with
Toni Bailie, SoulCollage® Facilitator and Massage Therapist in Oregon. This timely tele-class will include a Meditation on Earth's Abundance and a personal SoulCollage® reading where we will each intuitively choose four cards to explore the Four Sacred Pathways in the Circle of Sharing. We will also explore Sara Post and Nancy Weiss's thoughts on sharing blessings during a group reading. Bring your whole Deck, or a pile of beloved images to this class.
January 2010 - Awakening Your Muse, with Jill Badonsky, SoulCollage® Facilitator and author (among other things) in California. Wake up your New Year with this joyful, fun class! We will awaken, tap into, and cultivate the personas of creativity and imagination that can serve our resourcefulness s well as our ability to experience joy. Be ready with your journal and a favorite pen to be guided by a few of Jill Badonsky's The Nine Modern Day Muses
along with the Creative Muse Archetype in this journey towards authenticity and creative confidence.
Date and time to be announced, please stay tuned!
MidWest SoulCollage® Facilitator Training
April 23-25, 2010 in Jordan, Minnesota
Registration will open in November for Anne Marie Bennett's next facilitator training, to be held at Maureen Carlson's Center for Creative Arts in Jordan, Minnesota, about 20 miles southwest of the twin cities.
This training will begin at 3 pm on Friday April 23 and end at 2 pm on Sunday April 25.
Save the dates now!
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New SoulCollage® Logo Store - In response to SoulCollage® fans who have been requesting shirts and other products, Hanford Mead has set up a store where, you will find not only shirts, but hoodies, sweatshirts, tote bags, aprons, mugs – all in the color and size of your choice. Some shirts are beautifully embroidered with the SoulCollage® logo. There are also great mugs, some with the logo, some with a photo of Seena and one of her inspirational quotes. And, yes, even a bumper sticker to let the world know about SoulCollage®! The proceeds from this store go to support the SoulCollage® website so more people can hear about and benefit from this amazing process. You can help. Shop the Logo Store by clicking on the link above and SoulCollage.com will receive a referral fee from your purchases. Always use this link whenever you go back to the Logo Store and
SoulCollage.com will continue to benefit from your purchases. Enjoy!
Simply Celebrate - Turning ordinary days into an extraordinary life. This is a completely wonderful website that I discovered while looking for online places to host me on my
Bright Side of the Road Blog Tour. Simply Celebrate is about coming to life. Coming to your senses. It's making the choice, over and over again, one thousand times each day, to be present to the life in front of you, right here, right now. It's about allowing life to lead you. And also, stepping into the world you want to create.
Photography of Jim Brandenburg- Now here are some beautiful photographs that make me slow down and say ahhhh.... His work honors nature and the circle of life in an extraordinary way.
Narada Guitar - These CDs are both compilations of artists. Songs range from reflective to joyous. I also like
Best of Narada World are world music CDs with flamenco, Cuban, and African-inspired rhythms. Recommended by
Kindred Spirit Laurie in California.
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Soul Nourishment - Books
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Fairy Tale Blues, by Tina Welling. This excellent novel focuses on a strong female character, AnnieLaurie. On the evening of her 26th wedding anniversary in Wyoming, she walks out of the celebration dinner with her husband Jess and catches a flight to Florida. She has suddenly decided (with good reason) to take a "marriage sabbatical," and the narration of the rest of the novel easily slips back and forth, chapter to chapter, from the point of views of AnnieLaurie, and Jess. It is really the story of a marriage, and of AnnieLaurie's need for getting to know herself and follow her own path within the context of that marriage. This is something that I have struggled with and the author "hits the nail on the head" hundreds of times. Also included are several other married couples, two kind sons, a therapist who skis, several really cool dogs, a little mystery and intrigue, and a meditation retreat. Highly recommend!
The Care and Feeding of Perfectionists , by Cynthia Curnan. I identify very strongly with the inner part known as the perfectionist. This book delves deeply into this universal personality part. Very, very helpful and easy to read (in other words, it is not written in psychology mumbo-jumbo.) Note: This book is out of print, BUT many used copies are available at Amazon by clicking on the title link at the beginning of this paragraph.
Stalking the Divine, by Kristin Ohlson. Wandering into a forgotten downtown Cleveland church for a Christmas mass, the author discovered the Poor Clares - a tiny, threadbare congregation of cloistered elderly nuns with one mission: to pray day and night for the sorrows of the world. Kristin was utterly enchanted by these devoted women and started to attend church for the first time in many years. Why, she wonders, have these women retreated from the world to joyfully devote themselves to perpetual adoration? How do they sustain their faith? And what, ultimately, is faith? As Kristin - a long-time skeptic - opens up to the Poor Clares,
she opens herself to the possibility of the sacred.
The result is an inspiring personal journey as well
as a poignant reflection on the power of the church
and faith, no matter what our religion may be.
Artella is a lively playground for
writers, artists, and any kind of creator
(That's YOU!). You will find a wealth of
resources, ideas, and playful projects to
delight your inner artist and/or your inner
writer.
Find thousands of creative products in The
Artella Store! Check out their e-courses
too! My favorites are: The Gratitude
Garland, Accounting Your Blessings, The World of
Pretend, and DeCluttering For Creatives.
There's lots of fr*ee stuff to love at Artella
too.
Inner Surprises - Anne Marie's blog
with an intimate look into her SoulCollage® Deck.
Soul Songs - Complimentary monthly
newsletter. Each one has a theme, something to do
with SoulCollage®, plus an article by Anne Marie
Bennett, and Karen Mann, SoulCollage® Facilitator in
Australia.
The
October issue
is all about Second Chakra Companions.
KaleidoSoul Community Yahoo Group
- This is a safe space where you can connect with
other SoulCollagers, post your cards (only if you
want to) and ask your questions.
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through SoulCollage®.
SoulCollage® cards are made either
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These collaged cards are used only for the cardmaker's own
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SoulCollage® cards are not sold, traded, bartered, or copied
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