SoulCollage� Community Update
March, 2014
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Surfing the SoulCollage� "Net"
By
Karen Lawson
SoulCollage� Facilitator
Many in the SoulCollage� community share romantic affinity for the second century Buddhist metaphor, "Indra's Net", which Seena Frost describes in her book, SoulCollage� Evolving. This mystical story describes our nature as one of an infinite number of jewels, glimmering and reflecting others along the continuum of space and time. As a relatively new facilitator of SoulCollage�, I feel as though I have caught a wave of energy emerging from the collective expression, intention, and creativity of the precious jewels in this beautiful net.
SoulCollage� emerged for me as a practice through which I am able to connect with people and use interpersonal gifts that have been with me as long as I can remember. Connections happen at many levels. Images, imagination and intuition enable people to open up, share, experience non-judgment, and feel genuine support as they discover inner truths. Facilitating the process and applying my direct marketing career skills are making for a delicious feast of self-expression and fulfillment!
I am not a therapist, counselor, or professional artist. I consider myself a layperson with passion for transformation, desiring to serve others and act as a change agent for peace. It has been such a gratifying experience to be welcomed by the SoulCollage� community. A number of former group and individual facilitation roles provide valuable frame of reference for me as I continue learning and deepening my work with SoulCollage�.
Like the jewels of Indra's Net, we all truly do reflect varied facets of special teachers, mentors, and  close relationships in our lives. I had the privilege of being coached for several years by masters. It was during that time when I integrated key understanding about context for doing self-discovery, and about being grounded in clear intention. I purposefully define these as my "compass" to be as effective as possible when I facilitate SoulCollage� workshops. I was drawn to attend facilitator training by the opportunity to deepen my understanding, learn workshop best practices, tap into available resources, and build relationships within the community. My experience of training under Seena Frost and her team of SoulCollage� leaders, as well as the online course instructors has given me the opportunity of working with many glimmering examples from within the SoulCollage� "net". But the greatest teachers, for me, have been the groups of people with whom I've engaged as they emerged from crisis, addiction, trafficking and unspeakable personal tragedy - demonstrating through living action how important it is to be accepted unconditionally and to be held capable.
As I continue surfing the SoulCollage� "net", I hope to embody the compassionate, authentic nature of the facilitators I most admire, share the process in a way that inspires students, and contribute as much as possible to Seena Frost's universal collection of jewels!
Karen Lawson is a freelance healthcare project manager in Southern California, completed SoulCollage� facilitator training in April 2013, and conducts workshops for adults focusing on creative self-discovery and awareness. She writes a blog called "The Things We Discover".
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Dates: March 5, & March 19, 2014
Day/Time: Wednesdays, 4:30-6:30pm PT
Cost: $ 49 Plus $10 CEU
CEUs: 4 CEUS / 2-Part Course
Do you wish you could attend a SoulCollage� workshop but have found that  there just aren't any nearby you?
Are you a "collager"? Do you have a stash of magazines or images but don't know why? Are you looking for a way to combine creativity with your own spirituality and self-understanding?
Are you a professional who is interested in art and self-discovery both for yourself and your clients? This is a such a rewarding way to earn 4 CEUs as well.
Join us for this 2-session experiential workshop, introducing you to the wonderful process of SoulCollage�. We will play together and discover the gifts that can be found in simple magazine and calendar images, as well as family photographs and original artwork.
You will learn how to make collages on matboard cards, which become your own personal decks of cards that you use for guidance and meditation. The deck grows and evolves as you do, and there is no limit to the number of cards you can make.
Welcoming all the parts of ourselves is a gift you can give to your SELF. You will be guided gently through the course. You will learn that you are a part of a community of other SoulCollagers. We will share our cards and our questions, our revelations and our discoveries! You will learn about the structure of the SoulCollage� deck as developed by Seena Frost, as well as the Principles of SoulCollage�.
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New offering in Italian!
SoulCollage�: Corso di base introduttivo in due parti
with Mariabruna Sirabella
Orario e date: Domenica 9 e 16 Marzo, 2014; dalle18 alle 20 ora italiana (9:00-11:00am PST/California)
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Date: April 5, 2014 Day/Time: Saturday, 1:00-3:000pm PT Cost: $44 plus $10 CEUS- PayPal buttons below 
Are you working with people in recovery from eating disorders? Do you experience feeling depleted, tired or discouraged in your work? If you are in this helping profession, you are at risk for burnout if you do not take special care of yourself. The Self-Love Diet encourages people to "regularly offer themselves love." What better way to offer oneself love than to allow yourself time for personal SoulCollage� practice? In this experiential course you will learn to combine two powerful methods for self-care and healing.
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The SoulCollage� Facilitator Training is for anyone who wants to facilitate SoulCollage� for self-discovery in groups and with individuals. Why do people choose to train as SoulCollage� Facilitators? The enthusiasm and enjoyment of sharing how to create one's unique deck of SoulCollage� cards and use the cards to access intuitive answers to life's questions is only one reason . Click here to see What People are Saying!
Learn more about our Trainers
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SoulCollage� Bag Tags
Comes as a set of 3 bright, beautiful, and useful SoulCollage� conversation starters!
- Tag your all your bags and luggage.
- A durable plastic strap comes with each tag to attach it to a bag.
- Tag your bags and find yourself in wonderful conversations as you (unavoidably) stand in lines and sit waiting for planes, trains, and buses.
- Find your bags easily in baggage claim!
Get two or more sets. Tag your packpack, computer case, iPad or tablet case, shopping bags, beachbag, or lunch box. The possibilities are infinite. ClickTo Order.
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