Soul Treasures Discovering the depths of our precious inner beauty through SoulCollage® KaleidoSoul Kindred Spirits Members Newsletter Issue # 66 July 2, 2007 SOUL NOURISHMENT Books, movies, music, & websites to support your inner work as you dive deeper into your soul... Books: The Language of Tears, by Jeffrey Kottler. Fascinating little book which gives much affirmation to the healing power of crying. Discusses many different aspects of tears/crying: across cultures, throughout history, women, men, personal transformation, responses to...etc. If you're like me (I cry at Hallmark commercials!), you'll find this book full of wisdom and support for your journey, which must include sacred tears. The 13 Original Clan Mothers, by Jamie Sams. Here is the subtitle, which pretty much says it all: Your Sacred Path to Discovering the Gifts, Talents and Abilities of the Feminine Through the Ancient Teachings of the Sisterhood. "If you take the opportunity to dedicate yourself to this quest, the 13 Clan Mothers will bless your life, and the full Circle of life, with wholeness and holiness. -Brooke Medicine Eagle." This book really deepened my understanding of feminine archetypes, and is right now inspiring some new SoulCollage cards for my Council Suit. I Gotta Crow: Women, Voice, and Writing, by Jill Hackett. Featuring interviews with ten diverses women authors, this book is inspiring as well as informative. Women interviewed range in age from 24-84, and include: poets, novelists, and essayists as well as acadmic and technical writers.59% off at All Books for Less. Where Women Create: Inspiring Work Spaces of Extraordinary Women, by Jo Packham. Take a beautiful peek into the studios of more than 20 talented artists and see where they work. This book is full of photographs as well as words of inspiration for anyone looking to create their own space for artistic pleasures. Lots of excellent ideas too! Artists include: Susan Alexander, Dena Fishbein, Dee Gruenig, Susan Pickering Rothamel, Sue Weinberg, and 21 more. Websites: Spirit Collage- Fabulous website of artwork (prints...etc.) by Lori Barker. She is especially fond of angels and these are as beautiful as I've ever seen! Her "Angel Adorned Message Cards" are awesome. I have a set right by my laptop to inspire and comfort me, always. CD Baby- Don't forget to check out this site...it's a great place to buy CD's. Their New Age section is a must for all serious SoulCollagers! Their customer service is unsurpassed and they stock CDs from over 158,000 artists. Great selections, great prices, friendly people, and a good deal on shipping. Better prices than Amazon. What more could you want? Woman Wisdom- Nurturing the Goddess within all women and girls. Inner Self- Great site, lots of info and articles on the inner journey. Comfort Queen- Home site of Jennifer Louden. A wonderful, exiting, comforting site to cozy up to. Lots of excellent articles and resources on soul-care and self-care. Movies A Price Above Rubies, starring Renee Zellweger. Beautifully acted story of a young Jewish woman who learns many lessons about life and love and being true to herself, in spite of the rules of her culture, and the losses she incurs along the way. More Resources for You Inner Surprises Blog: The official KaleidoSoul blog, which contains an intimate glimpse into Anne Marie's own SoulCollage Deck. There are also bimonthly SoulCollage Challenges. You can access past Challenges by clicking on "SoulCollage Challenges" in the right column. SOUL SONGS, your fr*ee monthly SoulCollage Newsletter. If you're serious about SoulCollage, you should be receiving this monthly newsletter which is all about SoulCollage. Karen Mann (fellow Kindred Spirit and SoulCollage Facilitator in Melbourne, Australia) and I each write a column, and there's lots of other SoulCollage goodies included as well. We also feature four different SoulCollage cards from our readers each month. KaleidoSoul Community Yahoo Group: This is a safe place where you can post your SoulCollage cards (if you want), ask questions, and virtually "meet" other passionate Kindred Spirits/SoulCollagers around the world. Soul Treasures is brought to you by KaleidoSoul, Spinning the fragments of your world into wholeness and beauty though SoulCollage. Published by KaleidoSoul.com and Anne Marie Bennett. Please do not reproduce or forward this newsletter in any way. Inner Journeys, copyright 2007, by Anne Marie Bennett. All rights reserved. To give us feedback, we invite you to send a reply email to this message. This newsletter is part of a KaleidoSoul Kindred Spirit Member's paid subscription. If you'd like to receive this newsletter every Monday morning, please subscribe here. Quotation of the Week Gratitude turns problems into blessings, and the unexpected into gifts. ---Melody Beattie Membership News Keep track of all your Member Benefits on the Kindred Spirits Home Page. If you ever forget your password, please email Anne Marie. Upcoming Tele-Playshops July Sweet Dreams: Using SoulCollage to Find Meaning in Your Dreams Presented by Diane Trowbridge: SoulCollage Facilitator inNorth Carolina What exactly do our dreams mean? And how can we delve further into their meaning for us by using the process of SoulCollage? This tele-playshop will answer these questions, and many more! Diane Trowbridge has been working with dreams since 1985. She was trained in dreamwork by her husband Bob, and other grass roots dreamworkers in theSan FranciscoBay Area. As a psychotherapist and SoulCollage Facilitator, Diane loves to hear about the dreams of her clients. She considers dreamwork to be a sacred endeavor where you blessed with the opportunity to be touched by your soul. Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Time: 8:30 pm EST August Inner Critic Party Hosted by Anne Marie Bennett, SoulCollage Facilitator in Massachusetts This tele-playshop will give us a chance to listen to our often-despised Inner Critics in a safe and enjoyable setting. Find out where your Inner Critic came from and learn some of his/her strategies for keeping you small and miserable. Then... we'll also discover how our Inner Critics can help us, in spite of the bad rap they've gotten in our inner lives. If you have an inner critic card, please post it to the Inner Critic Photo Album on the KaleidoSoul Yahoo Community Group. Date: Sunday, August 19, 2007 Time: 8:00 pm EST Save the dates now. All of our tele-playshops are FR*EE for members, always! And remember, don't worry if you can't attend... we'll be recording them and you can listen to them anytime in your Member's Only Audio Library. Upcoming SoulCollage Retreats Reweave Your Life With SoulCollage: July 20-22, 2007 at Adelynrood Retreat Center in Byfield, MA (near Newburyport). Join us for three days of creative fun as we explore how SoulCollage can help us navigate through life's many transitions. Hours and hours of time for making SoulCollage cards and exploring Adelynrood's beautiful grounds. There are scholarships available for this retreat... more information here. Please consider joining us. You'll enjoy this retreat if you're fairly new to SoulCollage OR if you're more experienced. Just Be...Connected, A Gathering for Creative Bloggers. October 12-14, 2007 in Hyannis (Cape Cod), MA. Anne Marie will be teaching two SoulCollage workshops, plus there are many more creative, art-full workshops that you can sign up for this weekend. You don't need to have a blog to attend, but lots of creative bloggers will be leading the workshops you'll be taking. There's lots more info at the Just Be Connected website.