‘Mandala’ is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘sacred circle’ or simply ‘circle’. Discover the gentle power of creating a personal mandala to invoke centering and integration. Creating within a circle invokes a sense of wholeness and invites us to connect with our essence. You can revisit this meditation again and again, through the recording, whenever you are seeking a centering experience.

This session will include:

• An introduction to the theme
• A nature-based practice
• A guided meditation
• Art-making time
• Writing prompts and writing time
• (Optional) small group witnessing and sharing
• (Optional) Large group sharing
• Extracting a nugget of wisdom to take, as a practice, into your life

Listen to what stirs inside of you. Listen to your longing.  Learn about Expressive Arts by engaging in it!  Make Art. Tune in. Be aware of the images that are waiting to emerge. Explore creating those images with simple art materials. Let the images speak – in words, in movement, perhaps. Be amazed. Find your way.  Share the gifts that your images bring. Connect with others.  Witness yourself and each other. Just witness. There is nothing that needs to be said or done.  Discover your next step.

This Thanksgiving, invite a grateful heart to be with you all year long! This SoulCollage® workshop will focus on cultivating a Spirit of Gratitude. The word gratitude comes from the Latin gratus “pleasing, thankful,” Webster defines as a feeling of appreciation. Gratitude is a powerful emotion and it can be given and/or received. Discover ways you can experience the Spirit of Gratitude more fully in your life through SoulCollage®.
 
In preparation for this workshop, collect and copy images of people, places, things for which you are grateful. A SoulCollage® kit containing three 5x8 cards and three sleeves, along with several curated images will be mailed to you in advance. 

SoulCollage® : Playing with a Full Deck is a series designed to help you find clarity and insight through the creation and consultation of SoulCollage® cards. A full deck is meant to mirror balance and wholeness. This workshop is for those who have attended an introduction to SoulCollage® workshop and would like to go deeper into the SoulCollage® process and practice. During this Zoom workshop we will explore the various Neters that appear in our Committee, Community, Companion, and Council suits, create new SoulCollage® cards adding to our deck, and listen deeply as our inner wisdom speaks.

Through a guided movement sequence with elemental energies and free-flowing movement we connect to the wisdom and resources of our innate body wisdom. The movement will lead into deeper exploration and connection with our true essence as well as shadow material through painting, drawing and writing.  The shadow of our egos are manifested through thoughts that are critical and judgmental against ourselves and/or others and life circumstances, i.e. a non-acceptance of what is.  Embracing the pain of our egos is a task that brings us in connection to our souls that opens us up to the larger dimension of universal energies that support our wholeness and belonging within the larger earth body.  In this exploration you will gain a greater connection to yourself and the truth of your soul and also have an outlet to move, shift and be with the pain and grief of disconnection and separation.

Synthesize and complete your experience with the Art as a Healing Practice work. Whether you have participated in one session or the whole series, this workshop will assist you in more fully assimilating your experience.  As your guide, I will offer you some creative invitations to synthesize, integrate, and engage with the question “What’s Next?”