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Highlights of this issue:
 Quotation of the Week
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
--- Melody Beattie
Inner Journeys with Anne Marie Bennett Integrating the Practice of SoulCollage® Into Our Daily Lives Thank You  At the recent SoulCollage® Facilitators' Conference, the opening ritual focused on these two little words: "Thank you." We formed a spiral, and as the circle wove in and out, everyone found themselves face to face with each person there. As we faced each person, we looked at the SoulCollage® card in his/her hands, then into each others' eyes, and we said, out loud, "thank you" to one another. It took a while, because there were 65 of us! Yet it was a profound experience for me, to say those words out loud, over and over again, to people I already knew, and to many I was meeting for the first time.
It was also amazing, how just that simple act of spending a few seconds saying "thank you" to one another (65 times!), shifted the whole mood and focus of the weekend. I found myself much more conscious of simple gratitude for many days afterwards; the words "thank you" are still flowing more consciously and easily from my heart. Thank you to the retreat center director for opening their space to us. Thank you to the kitchen staff for a delicious meal. Thank you to the local dog who let me pet her. Thank you to the flight attendants after a peaceful flight. Thank you to the woman who held the door open for me. Thank you to my husband for taking care of the animals while I was gone. Thank you.... Okay, you get the message! It is now almost four weeks later and I find that I am still extremely conscious of this special form of gratitude. Most of my work with gratitude has been centered around thanking Spirit for the gifts I've been given (health, love, protection, family, friends...etc.). But I am now led to broaden that gratitude work to say "thank you" to specific people (and animals!) each day who make my life a little brighter or easier or sweeter. Try it.... you'll see! Here are three books to inspire you to add "thank you" to your own gratitude practice: Gratitude: The Essential Practice For Happiness & Fulfillment  , by Angeles Arrien
Blessings: Reflections on Gratitude, Love, and What Makes Us Happy  , From the Editors of Good Housekeeping
Gratitude: A Way of Life  , by Louise Hay
 SoulCollage®
ExpressionsIdeas and Challenges to Spice Up Your SoulCollage® Practice Challenge of the Week Say the words, "thank you," out loud (email counts too!) to at least three people every day this week. How does that feel? Draw a card from your Deck each day and say "thank you" to it also. How does that feel?
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Our Next Tele-Class Giving and Receiving Blessings, with Toni Bailie SoulCollage® Facilitator 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.
Toni Bailie has been an Oregon licensed massage therapist since 1994. Since she became a SoulCollage® facilitator in 2005, she has found great joy and enrichment sharing this amazing process with others, including mental health clients and bereavement groups. Her ongoing Womens' SoulCollage® group is a source of encouragement and support. She serves on the editorial board of the SoulCollage® Facilitator's Neter Letter.
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: January 2010 (Tuesday, January 19, 7pm EST) - 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. February 2010 - Eye of the Hawk SoulCollage® Reading, with Mili Ballard, SoulCollage® Facilitator & Facilitator Trainer in North Carolina. Mili will share a brief description of the transpersonal map of the psyche that includes the biographical, perinatal, and transpersonal levels of consciousness. Founded on the work of Stanislav Grof, transpersonal psychology purports that for sustainable healing to occur, all three levels of the psyche must be touched within the transformative process. Mili will guide us through an "Eye of the Hawk" reading that incorporates these concepts to potentially expand our awareness, consciousness, and personal healing/growth via our own SoulCollage® decks. Mili Ballard has been a SoulCollage® facilitator since May 2005 and a SoulCollage® facilitator trainer since February 2007. Mili is a training consultant within business and industry and also focuses on assisting individuals involved in their own processes of personal transformation. Mili and her life partner Johnny Dillard, also a trained SoulCollage® facilitator, co-lead "Just" Blank Cards, their private practice focusing on using the communicative power of images to enhance relationships with self and others. Date and time to be announced, please stay tuned! March 2010 - Demeter and Persephone Myth/the Mother-Daughter Archetypes, with mother-daughter team Cat and Darcy Meehan, SoulCollage® Facilitators in California. More details coming soon. April 2010 - Emperor/Empress Archetypes, with Lisa Abend, SoulCollage® Facilitator in Massachusetts. More details coming soon. 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! EARLY BIRD DEADLINE: REGISTER BEFORE DECEMBER 1 - SAVE $50 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. ONLY 2 SPACES LEFT! |
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, featuring Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin & Mary McDonnell. The spiritual practice of kindness frees us from the isolation and the alienation that seems to be so rampant today. When we reach out to others, we open our hearts and theirs as well. This film perfectly illustrates this process. Set in contemporary Los Angeles, it deals with the serendipitous interactions of six people whose days are set on edge by the fear and uncertainty accompanying urban violence, racial conflicts, and the constant frustrations of modern life. Yet despite the palpable tensions all around them, these individuals ask themselves the right questions: Am I giving enough? Are my eyes open? How do I say thank you? Can I make a difference in the lives of others? As the characters connect, interact, and influence each other, new possibilities grow out of their deeds of kindness. In fact, we could even say that the gifts they exchange are modern-day miracles.
---from Spiritual Rx, Prescriptions for Living a Meaningful Life, by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
This 7-month tele-seminar series led by Jenni Holloway provides you with a framework for personal & universal transformation using the chakras. Focusing on one chakra per month, this program creates time for you to truly experience each chakra's effect in your life so that you can create healing shifts & loving openings that support you in more fully expanding into your most vibrant self.
As you know, the chakras are a big part of the
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