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SoulCollage� Community Update
April  1,  2013


Listening to the Silence

by
Mariabruna Sirabella M.F.T.

                                                      SoulCollage� Facilitator/Trainer

 

A few thoughts about meeting the Transpersonal Source card, one of the three SoulCollage� Cards that represent the One, while the rest are manifestations of the Many.

 

Whenever I work with my deck of my Many SoulCollage� cards and pull out the Mb Source Card #4 Transpersonal cards to be placed at the center of the table, I am reminded of the peculiar relationship I have with the Silent Threesome. The Card you see alongside this article is my fourth Source Card. How is it possible that I keep making new cards for the most unchangeable presence in my deck? As shockingly as it may seem I have been compelled to trust my intuition and process and let these cards emerge from the quietest and most alive recess of my soul.

 

It is not the Source that changes. It is me. My relationship with the Source is so central in my life that I don't seem to find lasting satisfaction in the visual expression I manifest for it. Eventually a new Transpersonal card enters the birth canal of my imagination and does not rest until it finds its way into my deck. This is not my usual MO. In my deck there are only three other cards with "doubles": my Inner Critic and my Heart Chakra whose appearance followed a completely different process; and, guess...my SoulEssence, another one of the three Transpersonal Cards.

 

In general, in SoulCollage� we spend a lot more time engaged in felicitous or fastidious dealings with the Many. And we might spend as little as none in the awareness of the One, even if we are immersed in it at all times.

 

For the longest time I could not get myself to make a Source card. Nothing was good enough. If I opened up to an image, I immediately discovered a different one that represented another facet of my tuning into the One. I finally glued a card only to discover that it talked, and with a thunderous voice to boot. It ended up representing the Big Bang. Close to Source, if you wish, but still too far.

 

I had to surrender back then, and I still have to now. I had to listen to the Silence and let my song change; let the colors and shapes and images refine themselves, move closer to the essence they mystically resonate with. Life and experiences; attention, patience, persistence, struggles and resilience reshape and evolve my Neters. But the Silence transforms me. Who knows for how long I will continue to make new Source cards.  

   

Mariabruna.Sirabella  Mariabruna Sirabella is a CA Marriage and Family Therapist in Watsonville, CA. She is a SoulCollage� Facilitator and Trainer and author of the CD Transforming Conflict/Embracing Change. Mariabruna co-facilitates in-depth workshops and retreats with Seena Frost and teaches internationally. Her art, writings, and teachings encourage creative expression to nurture self-knowledge, evolution, freedom and joy - knowing that any small personal step contributes to the paradigm shift that affects us all.  Contact Mariabruna: http://www.sirarte.com        

    

 The Transpersonal Cards in SoulCollage� - Source 

The Transpersonal Cards in SoulCollage??: Source
A 5-minute video -
Seena Frost describes the Source Card
Produced by Sue Gelber, SoulCollage� Facilitator

 

 

 

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 SALON: How We Are Using SoulCollage� in Spiritual Settings

Date:
Sunday, 4/28/13
Time: 1:00-2:30pm PT
Cost: $22
1.5 CEUs
 
Presenter: Audrey Chowdhury, M.S., ART-BC
 
Through the practice of creating and speaking from SoulCollage� cards, one ignites that "spark of the holy" that resides in each part of our many faceted Selves. Many of us are using, or thinking about using, SoulCollage� as a tool for Spiritual guidance and reflection for ourselves and others in many different spiritual and religious settings. Join this SoulCollage� Institute Salon for an informal and lively discussion and share or discover how your unique style and gifts inspire you to develop your own special approach to the spiritual nature of this process.  
 
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Audrey Chowdhury is an art therapist from Madison, WI, USA. She is a   SoulCollage� Facilitator and Trainer, and has been trained in soul-based psychology, Integrative Breathwork and sound healing. She has a private art therapy practice, and teaches workshops throughout the Midwest and beyond. She is the author of the CD,
SoulCollage� in Spiritual Settings, and 2  newly released CDs Giving Voice to Your SoulCollage� Cards: Sound Music & Image
and Discovering the Suits in Your SoulCollage� Deck published by Hanford Mead.
 
Unveiling the Three Faces of Silence in the Transpersonal Cards

Date: Saturdays, 5/4, 5/11 and 5/25 - 4.5 hours
Time: 1-2:30 pm PT
Cost: $99
A 3 part course - 4.5 CEUs

Presenter:  Mariabruna Sirabella, M.F.T.

Description: 
We have an unlimited number of SoulCollage� Cards, but we only have three Transpersonal cards in our decks. They are few, but so important. They represent a Presence that cannot be readily defined nor contained, but that may be felt everywhere as the underlying vibration of creation. When we make these three cards to acknowledge this Presence, we have to agree to represent what is actually without form or image paradoxically by using form and image. There are two main portals of entry into manifestation, and the Presenter will speak about how that these two are subtly reflected in how people develop their decks or in their relationship with their cards. One portal is from the Many who wish to discover their longing for the One, and the other entrance is from the perspective of the One who sometimes reluctantly needs to learn how to live in the Many. The class will also involve guided visualization, journaling, question, answer, and comment, and sharing in partners and small groups.While it is interesting for the mind to work on definitions of the Transpersonal, a task that has already consumed rivers of ink in many traditions, it is a much more rewarding enterprise to tune ourselves to its immensity and open to an experience of perception of the Totality. Beyond the Larger Story there is the place of no-story, the place for which we have no words, but we can touch through our inner knowing.

Mariabruna Sirabella is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Watsonville, CA. She is a Mariabruna.Sirabella SoulCollage� Facilitator and Trainer. Mariabruna co-facilitates in-depth workshops and retreats with Seena Frost and teaches internationally. Her art, writings, and teachings encourage creative expression to nurture self-knowledge, evolution, freedom and joy - knowing that any small personal step contributes to the paradigm shift that affects us all. http://www.sirarte.com

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Seena B. Frost, M. Div., M.A. author of SoulCollage� Evolving studied
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Mariabruna Sirabella is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Watsonville, CA. She is a SoulCollage� Facilitator and Trainer. Mariabruna co-facilitates in-depth workshops and retreats with Seena Frost and teaches internationally.



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If you have been working with SoulCollage� for a while, are enthusiastic about your own SoulCollage� practice, and want to share SoulCollage� with others, join us for a SoulCollage� Facilitator Training. With over 1,500 Facilitators in 27 countries, including 46 US states, and 7 Canadian provinces, it's an exciting time to join this diverse, creative community.

INTERNATIONAL

Australia (Melbourne) with Karen Mann
April 5-7, 2013 - Eltham Gateway Hotel
 Australia (Brisbane) with Karen Mann
June 21-23, 2013 - EconoLodge City Star
Switzerland or Northern Italy (TBD) with Mariabruna Sirabella, MFT - In English
June 28-30, 2013  
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Australia (Sydney) with Karen Mann
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Italy (near Reggio Emilia) with Mariabruna Sirabella, MFT - In Italiano
September 13-15, 2013
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Oregon (Portland) with Suzie Wolfer
April 19-21, 2013
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May 3-5, 2013 - Temenos Retreat Center
Illinois (LaGrange Park near Chicago) with Audrey Chowdhury, ATR-BC  
May 3-5, 2013 -
California (Santa Cruz) with Seena Frost & Mariabruna Sirabella & Staff  
June 14-16, 2013 - Registration now open.  New Mexico (Santa Fe) with Kat Kirby, ATR
July 19-21, 2013
North Carolina (Charlotte) with Catherine Anderson August 9-11, 2013 - Catherine Anderson Studio- Maryland (Marriottsville) with Roberta Rook   Sept. 13-15, 2013 - Bon Secours Retreat Center
Massachusetts (Westfield) with Anne Marie Bennett
September 19-22, 2013 - Genesis Retreat Center (10 minutes from Springfield)
Arizona (Prescott) with Kat Kirby, ATR
September 20-22, 2013 - 2KatStudios  
Minnesota (Frontenac) with Audrey Chowdhury, ATR-BC
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November 1-3, 2013.

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Images want to speak, move, and make sound and music. By listening to their full range of expression, Art Therapist and SoulCollage� Trainer, Audrey Chowdhury, demonstrates how vocalizing can enrich your personal SoulCollage� practice and offer fun and insight to your workshop participants.
 
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Art Therapist and SoulCollage� Trainer, Audrey Chowdhury helps you and your workshop participants or clients find insights and self-understanding within the structure of the SoulCollage� suits. The suits are the colors and forms giving clues for how to assemble the jigsaw puzzle of you.
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Art therapist and SoulCollage� Trainer, Audrey Chowdhury, finds SoulCollage� a highly effective practice, enthusiastically adopted by those seeking and those offering spiritual guidance. She offers a spectrum of compelling stories which illustrate the diverse ways of using SoulCollage� in spiritual settings. She emphasizes the value of the SoulCollage� structure in spiritual work.  
 
Audrey Chowdhury, M.S., ATR-BC, is a Board Certified, Registered Art Therapist, SoulCollage� Trainer and Facilitator, based in Wisconsin. In her practice as an art therapist, she has experienced the power of creativity to heal and transform lives.