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Highlights of this issue:
 Quotation of the Week
I wish I could show you,
when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own beauty. ---Hafiz
Inner Journeys with Anne Marie Bennett Integrating the Practice of SoulCollage® Into Our Daily Lives Inner Beauty  At the end of a weekend retreat I attended, we were each given a hand mirror and instructed to gaze into our eyes for several minutes. It was simply breathtaking! I don't believe I had ever done that before. Think about it. When you're standing in front of the mirror putting on make-up, brushing your teeth, or checking to see how your outfit looks, how many times have you actually looked into your own eyes in that mirror?
At the retreat, after looking into our own eyes for several minutes, we were asked to write a love letter to ourselves. I still have that love letter and I still read it every few months. I also still have the feeling that accompanied the activity. The feeling of self-empowerment, the feeling of reconnecting with myself for the first time in many years, and the feeling of remembering who I really am: a woman full of beauty and light..
May you look into your own eyes every day this month
and see the astonishing beauty that resides within.  SoulCollage®
ExpressionsIdeas and Challenges to Spice Up Your SoulCollage® Practice Challenge of the Week You might want to journal with these questions, or simply print them out and set them where you can see them often. Sometimes just living with questions like these is enough: 1. Clear a quiet space and time for yourself this week. Spend several minutes looking into your own eyes in a mirror. Make a ritual out of this activity if you choose. Light a candle. Play some soft music. Drape a colorful scarf around your neck. 2. Write a love letter to yourself. Remind yourself of who you really are, and of all the things you find beautiful in yourself. Seal the letter and mail it to yourself. Or send it to a friend who lives far away and ask her to mail it to you sometime in the future. 3. Make a SoulCollage® card that expresses the astonishing light of your own beauty. Use a photograph of yourself on this very important card for your deck.
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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.
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 is now open 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. REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Opening to Mystery: Exploring the Council Suit KaleidoSoul's 5th Annual Weekend Retreat  June
10-13, 2010Rolling Ridge Retreat Center Andover, MA It's not too soon to make plans for this fun weekend of community, card making, and inner discoveries. We'll be exploring the following aspects of SoulCollage®: * Source Card * SoulEssence Card * Witness Card * Council Suit (archetypes & spirit guides) NOTE: As a Kindred Spirit Member, you are entitled to $50 off the regular retreat price. For more information about cost and details about the actual retreat, please visit your Retreat Member Discount Page. Please send a reply to this email if you've forgotten your member password or if you have any questions. |
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, starring William Hurt. Based on a true story, this enchanting film tells the story of a terminally ill ten-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on Earth, the mythic and elusive Blue Morpho. His mother persuades a renowned entomologist to take them on a trip to the jungle to search for the butterfly, leading to an adventure that will transform their lives. The cinematography is absolutely breathtaking, and so is the story of love, redemption and healing that accompany it. . 
, by Zora Neals Hurston. I don’t know how I let so many years go by without picking this beautiful novel up! It tells the story of Janie Crawford as she evolves through three marriages. Beautifully told with "haunting sympathy" and "piercing immediacy."
