Inner Journeys
         with Anne Marie Bennett

Integrating the Practice of SoulCollage Into Our Daily Lives




Holding This Moment In My Hand

I read somewhere recently that in French, the word for "now" is "maintenant," which literally means "held in the hand." And it gave me pause.

It made me realize that I am holding this moment, now, right now, in my hand. For it is all that I have.

As I type these words onto this white computer screen, I am holding a moment in my hand. As I close my eyes and hear the sounds of a house quieting down for the night... I am holding a moment in my hand. Every time I hear my granddaughter laugh... I hold a moment in my hand. Whenever I look to the sky, or cross a crowded street, or sneeze, I am holding a moment in my hand.

One of my intentions for the New Year is to be more present to my own life as it is unfolding, moment by moment. It is my spiritual responsibility to savor all of these moments, one at a time, as they are given to me. Even on days when I would rather turn my back on them, I am going to try to remember that they are gifts from One who loves me more than I could ever love myself. I am going to try to savor each moment. Every moment. I am going to try to hold this moment in my hand. Maintenant. Now. The only moment that I have.

Reflection Activities: What is your own personal intention for the New Year? Try to narrow it down to a short phrase or even one word. Create a SoulCollage card that expresses your intention for 2009. Keep it out on your desk or bedside table where you can see it often. Allow it to speak to you this week. Have a conversation with it. What are you learning about yourself?
 

SoulCollage Expressions
Ideas and Challenges to Spice Up Your SoulCollage Practice

Idea of the Week

New Year's SoulCollage Reading

Ask your Deck this question: "What Neters (Presences) will be my special guides during 2009?" Create sacred space by using a special cloth, music and/or a candle. Write the question down in your journal. Then draw four cards from your Deck. You could choose one from each Suit if you have designated suits within your Deck. Leave them face down in front of you.

One at a time, turn each card over and let it speak to you. First, do some I am the one who... statements from the card. Then let the card tell you how it can guide you in 2009. You can do this in your journal, or with a friend and take turns writing down what your cards say to you.

You could keep these four cards on your Altar or a special place in your home all year long to remind you of these special guides. And please share your reading with us on the KaleidoSoul Yahoo Group if you have time.
 

 

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     Eckhart Tolle, SoulCollage®, and The Source
     with Fran Cherlow, SoulCollage Facilitator in California

We'll take an inspired look at the transpersonal nature of SoulCollage and the book A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, focusing on how we embody this understanding in our lives. Tolle says that consciousness (or the "I Am" experience) is in the background of our lives. What tools can we develop to build this awareness into our everyday lives and what relationship does it have with SoulCollage? Please bring your own questions and musing for this abundant discussion.

Suggested handouts to read before the class.
These include Quotations from the book A New Earth, reflection questions, and a chart that compares and contrasts concepts between SoulCollage and A New Earth.

NOTE:  It is NOT necessary to read the book, A New Earth, before attending this tele-class.

Fran L. Cherlow, MA, LMFT, is a licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist and a SoulCollage Facilitator in Long Beach, California. In this capacity, she has been facilitating groups and workshops since 2004. Fran was the Chairperson of the first annual SoulCollage Facilitators Conference in 2007, and assisted Mariabruna Sirabella in New Mexico during a recent Facilitator's Training. She co-facilitated a discussion group (on this same topic) with Seena Frost at the second annual SoulCollage Conference in California this year. Recently, the construction of her sacred SoulCollage space was completed and she will inaugurate it with a workshop on the Community Suit honoring a departed loved one or beloved animal.

Date:  Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Time:
8:00 pm Eastern, 7:00 pm Central, 6:00 pm Mountain,
5:00 pm Pacific, 3:00 p.m. Hawaiian,
Thursday 1:00 am in London, Thursday 2:00 am in Rome,
Thursday 12:00 pm in Melbourne, Australia
and Thursday 2:00 pm in New Zealand

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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:

February 2009 - How To Lead a SoulCollage Group if You're Not a Facilitator, with Imelda Maguire, SoulCollage Facilitator in Ireland. Looking for ideas on how to lead a SoulCollage group, whether or not you're a trained Facilitator? Imelda will share her years of experience leading SoulCollage. Please join us and share your own ideas too, or just hang out and listen.

March 2009 - The Voices of Our Addictions: Transformation Through SoulCollage, with Kat Kirby, SoulCollage Facilitator and Art Therapist in San Diego. Shopping, food, Internet use, other people, drugs, alcohol... These are all things that serve us for a time, take away our pain, but no longer work for us. We'll use this hour together to talk about ways we can use SoulCollage to remind us of our authentic self, thereby freeing ourselves of our addictions and finding our way back to health.

 
 
Kindred Spirits SoulCollage Retreat

Come As You Are:
Nurturing Self-Acceptance with SoulCollage,
A Weekend Retreat

June 25-28, 2009
Rolling Ridge Retreat Center
Andover, Massachusetts

There are only 5 spaces left.... is one of them for you?

Note: As a special Holiday Gift to all of you, we're leaving the Early Bird prices in place for just a little while longer.
Sign up now and save $100... also pay in several smaller monthly payments, so it's affordable for one and all!!

Everything you need to know is on this KaleidoSoul page.

New England SoulCollage Facilitator Training

April17-19, 2009 in Litchfield, Connecticut. If you've been longing to take your SoulCollage practice out into the world by becoming an "official" Facilitator, then please join us for a beautiful spring weekend at Wisdom House. There's more information on this KaleidoSoul page. Special four month payment plan available starting now.