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Quotation of the Week
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. --- Rabindranath Tagore   Soul
FriendsThe Voice of a Different Kindred Spirit Each Week Mary Hicks Worcester, MA Hello everyone! My name is Mary Hicks, and I hail from Worcester, MA. I'm fairly new to SoulCollage®, having been in practice with it for about 1 1/2 years. One day in early summer, 2007 I was frantically searching for a retreat center/workshop/gathering -- SOMETHING! in the New England area. All I wanted was someplace beautiful and quiet to spend a couple of days. I happened upon the announcement of Anne Marie's workshop at Adlynrood. SoulCollage seemed like an interesting new something to learn, as I was interested in Praying in Color and Journaling and playing with different forms of art. Anyway, I signed up for the workshop and fell head-over-heels in love with the entire process. Making SoulCollage® cards was a way for me to feel like an artist without having to "produce something original" - though each card is an original! Years ago, I used to make collages and remember how insightful the process was for me. This was a new way for me to "be alone and chat" with myself and gain insight into the many things that stack together to make up Mary Hicks. SoulCollage® has been a "safe" way for me to get in touch with emotions because it is so easily done alone. Yet, I also love the process with a group of people! Any way you look at them, SoulCollage® cards have so much to offer. I'm even blessed with the opportunity to serve as Anne Marie's Virtual Assistant and share some of my love for this process with you simply by putting your order into an envelope and sending it off! It's fun!! If you're new to the process of SoulCollage®, don't be shy. Just go for it! I love showing my new cards to my friends. They always want to know "what they mean" but I usually don't know yet. The best way to get into SoulCollage® is to just make cards. There will be time to sit and talk with them later. Let the free spirit flow and you will be "drawn" to grab a pen and paper and begin to sense the meaning behind those images. Here are two of Mary's current favorite SoulCollage® cards: 
Elizabeth Community Card I am the one who goes every direction I am the one who is my childrens' encourager I am the strong presence for my family When I began looking at this card, it became obvious very quickly that it was my friend Elizabeth - my friend who does so many things in a day it makes me dizzy! She is a great mom, and great friend, a great helper, and great volunteer, a great cook, a great chauffer...and I think sometimes she just needs to stop and rest, but I'm not sure when that would be.  The Leader Unknown Suit: I am the one who gives you strength I am the one who reminds to you skip now and then I am the one who holds you up when your sky unfolds This is a fairly new card, and one of my favorites. I'm leaning toward the fact that it could be about my mother, who died last year. But I'm still working with it. Time will tell. That's the beauty of SoulCollage® -- there's no rush to figure it all out! When it's time, you'll know it.  SoulCollage
ExpressionsIdeas and Challenges to Spice Up Your SoulCollage Practice Challenge of the Week If you are inspired at all by our new United States President, then gather images and create a Community Suit card for your Deck that represents Barack Obama. Set aside 15 minutes and allow the card to speak to you using the I Am The One Who... exercise.  Kindred
Spirits Member NewsMaking the Most of Your KaleidoSoul Membership It's really easy to get to your Members' Home Page: 1. Go to KaleidoSoul.com and click on the "Members Log In Here" Logo on the left, under the lavender menu buttons. 2. Type in your Member's Password and press the Enter Key. 3. If you've forgotten your Members' Password, please send a reply to this email and request that we re-send it to you. 4. Voila! You're on your Kindred Spirits Home Page! From here, you can access the Discount Shop, The Audio Library, all back issues of Soul Treasures and everything else.
Our Next Tele-Class 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 Phone number to call: 1-218-936-4700 Access code: 776234# 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 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:: February 8, 2009 (Sunday, 4 pm Eastern) - How To Lead a SoulCollage Group if You're Not a Facilitator, with Imelda Maguire, SoulCollage Facilitator and Facilitator Trainer 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 classes and workshops. Please join us and share your own ideas too, or just hang out and listen. Recommended reading ahead of time: The Principles of SoulCollage. March 16, 2009 (Sunday, 7 pm Eastern) - 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 RetreatCome As You Are: Nurturing Self-Acceptance with SoulCollage, A Weekend Retreat June 25-28, 2009 Rolling Ridge Retreat Center Andover, Massachusetts There are only TWO spaces left .... is one of them for you? Deadline to register is February 1, 2009 Note: As a special 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 three month payment plan available starting now. | |||||||
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