Why should we all use our creative power? Because there is nothing that makes people sogenerous, joyful, lively, bold & compassionate, so indifferent to fightingand the accumulation of objects and money. ---Brenda Ueland
SoulCollage Expressions Ideas and Challenges to Spice Up Your SoulCollage Practice
Challenge of the Week
Silence is Golden
Spend some time in silence this week, no matter how difficult it might be to arrange. Allow no distractions to interrupt you. Try for 15 minutes, just once this week. What can you let go of to allow this luxury into your life? Notice what your inner voices have to say about the fact that you are doing this. Notice what happens when you give silence some space in your life.
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Our Next Tele-Class
Creating From Source
with Sharry Teague & Sheila Filan, SoulCollage Facilitators in Oregon
Although we probably appreciate all the cards in our SoulCollage deck,perhaps some feel more potent, more alive, than others. I know this is truefor me. What makes the difference? My sense is that there are times when wehave opened to more depth, breadth, or height in our creative work. Is thissomething we can encourage or is it a Grace that is beyond our ability toinfluence? We invite you to explore this important question in Creating From Source.
Sharry Teague received her SoulCollage Facilitator's training in 2004 withSeena Frost, Kylea Taylor, and Noelle Remington. SoulCollage wasespecially important to her because she had been away from doing artfor many years. It was an accessible way to reconnect with the part ofher that loved to color. Sharry is retired from teaching highschool economics and then serving for several years as a high schoolcounselor in Grants Pass, Oregon. She has lead workshops in personalgrowth and journal writing through Rogue Community College, taughtcreative dance to children, and currently offers Life Coaching. Sharryis training to become a Certified Focusing Professional.
Sheila Filan received her SoulCollage Facilitator's training inSeptember of 2004 with Seena Frost, Kylea Taylor, and Noelle Remington.Sheila has a rich background in art beginning in high school where shestudied with Sister Mary Corita. Sheila works in a variety of media andhas taught Surface Design at Southern Oregon University. Inaddition to her art background, Sheila is a Feldenkrais practitioner.Movement is a second art form for her. She also has studied SoulMotion, taught yoga, is an aikido black belt, and currently practicesNia. Sheila raises many of the fruits and vegetables she uses inher cooking, another important avocation. She is "mom" to 4 cats at herhome in Ashland, Oregon.
Both Sharry and Sheila are studying with Russell Delman in his Embodied Life Mentorship Program.
Date: Sunday October 12 That's this week!
Time: 7:00 pm Eastern, 6:00 pm Central, 5:00 pm Mountain, 4:00 pm Pacific, 1 p.m. Hawaiian, midnight. in London, Monday 1 a.m. in Rome, Monday 10 a.m. in Melbourne Australia and Monday 12 noon in New Zealand
Allof 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:
November 19, 2008 (Wednesday, 9 pm EST)- SoulCollage Witness and Soul Essence Transpersonal Cards, with MariabrunaSirabella
December 16, 2008 (Tuesday, 8 pm EST)- Eckhart Tolle's A NewEarth and SoulCollage, withFranCherlow.
January 2009- SoulCollage Rituals for the New Year, with Jeanne Marie Merkel, SoulCollage Facilitator in New York
Kindred Spirits SoulCollage Retreat
Come As You Are: Nurturing Self-Acceptance with SoulCollage, A Weekend Retreat
Save the dates June 25-28, 2009 for our next three-night KaleidoSoul SoulCollage Retreat. It will be held at Rolling Ridge Retreat House in Andover, Massachusetts.
Early bird deadline: Save $50 plus receive a special Bonus Pack of Goodies just for making your first payment before November 1.
As a Kindred Spirits Member, you have the opportunity to pay in several smaller monthly payments because we're committed to making this fun, unique experience affordable for everyone.
New England SoulCollage Facilitator Training
April17-19, 2009 inLitchfield,Connecticut. Ifyou've been longing to take your SoulCollage practice out into the world bybecoming an "official" Facilitator, then please join us for abeautiful spring weekend at Wisdom House. There's more information onthis KaleidoSoul page .
Soul Nourishment-
Websites, Music and More...
Bead for Life,Erdicating Poverty One Bead at a Time- Ugandan women turn colorful recycled paper into beautiful beads, and people who careopen their hearts, homes and communities to buy and sell the beads.
Vanessa Martinelli- Beautiful paintings, especially the "Women" series. Click on "Painting Series" to see her gorgeous work.
Ivysea- Lovely set of blogs about divine feminine and spirituality, among other things.
Race the Sun,featuringHalleBerry and Casey Affleck.This lively film shows how enthusiasm canconquer apathy.A group of working-classstudents at a high school inHawaii who are down on themselves and down on life. Then their science teacher encourages them to build a solar-powered carfor a 2,000-mile race inAustralia.Her practice of enthusiasm propels them torise to this challenge.
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 our Source Cards.
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.
Soul Nourishment- Books
Riding with the Queen, by JennieShortridge.I loved Jennie's firstnovel, Eating Heaven, and this one is right up there along with it!The main character in this one is TallieBeck, who is funny, sexy, smart and heartbreakingly real.There's a lot here about journeys, family,and the true meaning of community.Lightreading + solid fiction + believable characters = JOY!
Four Paws, FiveDirections, by Cheryl Schwartz.Cheryl is a trailblazer in traditional Chinese medicine for dogs andcats.Here she shares her practicalexperience, insights and wisdom.
Painting from theSource, by Aviva Gold.Subtitled Awaking the Artist's Soul in Everyone,this amazing book is uplifting and glorious in its inspiration to artistseverywhere.While Aviva specificallyrefers to the intuitive art of painting, everything in this book can be appliedto anyone, no matter what your chosen form of creativity is.After reading just the first chapter, I feltinclined to get out my art materials and start journaling in color again.Also, check out her website
Drawing as a Sacred Activity: Simple Steps to ExploreYour Feelings and Heal Your Consciousness, by Heather C. Williams. Like many people, Heather Williams was not encouraged to embrace her creativeside during childhood and as a result turned her back on part of her innerlife. Beginning with an explanation of how she reclaimed her artistic impulses,this book invites readers to explore their own resources for creativity. Withastep-by-step approach to personal development in the tradition of Drawing onthe Right Side of the Brain and The Artists Way, it teaches not only thetechnical skills needed to draw but also ways to delve into our inner lives forhealing and inspiration. The book is divided into three sections: Pencils andPerception (observing and drawing what is seen in the physical world); Crayonsand Consciousness (drawing the interior landscape); and Ink and Intuition(drawing on ones intuitive wisdom). With 300 black-and-white illustrations,this is an easy, fun way to unlock creativity and unleash the spirit.
Soul Treasuresis brought to you by KaleidoSoul.com, Spinning thefragments of your world intowholeness and beauty through SoulCollage. SoulCollage® cards aremade either from one's own art or from images found in materials which havebeen bought by or given to the SoulCollage card maker. These collaged cards areused only for the cardmaker's own inner exploration.
SoulCollage cards are not sold, traded, bartered, or copied (except as aback-up for the card maker's own use) as is stated in the Principles of SoulCollage.
Where SoulCollage cards are availableto be seen by others, it is for the purposes either of demonstrating theSoulCollage process or of sharing the card maker's inner process in the contextof community.
SoulCollage is grateful to the artists and photographers who make this deepawakening process possible and in all ways SoulCollage seeks to be respectfulof their rights.
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