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Highlights of this issue:
 Quotation of the Week
Each of these selves is important to me. Each of them contributes important pieces to my identity and each is a voice I must listen to in order to remain in harmony. One way to think of this is to think of each of us less as a singular musical instrument than as an entire orchestra. Each of our Secret Selves has a particular timbre that enriches the song of our life.
--- Julia Cameron, The Vein of Gold 
Inner Journeys with Anne Marie Bennett Integrating the Practice of SoulCollage® Into Our Daily Lives Editor's Note: Anne Marie is giving herself a few weeks off from creating new columns. This essay was originally printed in the May 14, 2007 issue of Soul Treasures. Enjoy! Dancing Babies and Long-Gone Aunts There's a wonderful scene in an old Ally McBeal episode that I love to refer to when talking about the SoulCollage Committee Suit. If you've never seen it, Ally McBeal was a delightful comedy about a quirky lawyer and her life and loves in Boston in the 1990's. In this scene, Ally is telling John Cage (another lawyer, even more idiosyncratic than Ally) about how a small dancing baby has been following her around. This baby has been appearing to her at the strangest moments and it's really starting to drive her crazy. She has tried ignoring this imaginary baby, and she has even tried kick-boxing it out of her life, but it still continues to "haunt" her. At this point, John tells her about a time in his life when he kept dreaming about his long-deceased aunt, who was insisting that he have tea with her. Ally is fascinated, because John's problem sounds so similar to her own. "So what did you do to stop the annoying dreams?" she asks. "Simple," John replies. "I had tea with her." I think of this in relation to all of my own parts that make up my Inner Committee. If there's one that's really pestering me for attention, then the very best thing for me to do is to sit down with it and listen. Instead of ignoring it, or trying to kick it away in frustration, I invite it in to my Inner Play Room and have a little tea party with it.  SoulCollage®
ExpressionsIdeas and Challenges to Spice Up Your SoulCollage® Practice Challenge of the Week Take a moment to see if there are any dancing babies and/or long-deceased relatives following you around this week. Or any other inner voices that are acting out and causing you bewildering moments of embarrassment. Instead of wishing this part of you would go away, simply name it and then find some time to sit down with it. You can do this by making a SoulCollage® card for it, or by asking it "Who are you?" and writing down its answers for a few minutes.
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Our Next Tele-Class Awaken 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 as 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: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern, 6:00 pm Central, 5pm Mountain, 4pm Pacific, 2pm Hawaiian, Wednesday 12am in London, Wednesday 11:00am in Melbourne Australia and Wednesday 1pm 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 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 Minneapolis, 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. ONLY 2 SPACES LEFT! |
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- featuring Helen Mirren. If you haven't seen this one yet, buy it or rent it as soon as you can! It's a celebration of friendship and life, and a lively, touching exploration of staying true to your soul in spite of... well, in spite of everything.
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The Wolf in the Parlor, by Jon Franklin. The Eternal Connection Between Humans and Dogs. An informative yet personal and moving work about the history of dogs and their ancestors. You'll learn what Jon discovers about dogs and his own dog, but also what he discovers about himself.
