a capellaSoul: SoulCollage® Reflections

Through SoulCollage®, an intuitive collage process created by therapist & free spirit Seena Frost, a personal deck of self-discovery cards is created. Each card reflects a different aspect of your "self" and your life. Engaging the card-energy, verbal&written, the soul speaks. Integration ensues. Messages come through plain & simple in a beautiful flow...like singing “a capella”, yielding bountiful awakenings, curiosity, clarity ...and rumbling insights of shadow and light.

The cards shown here demonstrate a basic part of the SoulCollage® process: Engaging and working with the energy of the cards, also known as the "I Am One Who..." process. To learn more, the award-winning book, SoulCollage® Evolving by Seena Frost, is a beautiful account of the process and an excellent place to start! Seena writes about: the history, how to make cards and work with them; using the process in celebration and blessing, rites of passage, personal retreat and much more; as well as how SoulCollage® has changed the lives of thousands of people, worldwide.

February 10, 2009

Inner-Sanctuary

I am one who waits for you to join me.

I am your highway to sanctuary and serenity.

I am always present, and patient and loyal.

I am devoted to being here for you.

I show you the beauty of the peace you have within.

I take you from the highway of the hustle and bustle of your daily life,

to the land of your soul.

I show you the light within...your light

I am one who helps you smell the beautiful fragrance of life.

I want you to be devoted to me; seek and spend time with me every day.

I want you to create more beauty in your surroundings. and add more color.

I want you to wear more color and let its vibration enliven you.

I want you to take time with me, and be nurtured the tending of your self and soul.

I want you to remember me. I want to be your conscious companion.

You will remember me when you take time for sacred tea,

and when you see images that remind you of peace, and meditation.

Your soul will remember and urge you to spend time in your

inner-sanctuary. It is a healing place for you, it is essential for your well-being.

I want you to put this card in places that will remind you to stop,

and spend time with me.

6 comments:

GreenishLady said...: I love this, Cheryl. The sense of "as without, so within" here is so complete. What beautiful and very healing words and card.; February 12, 2009 2:43 AM
Nadya said...: What a lovely, colourful AND peaceful card! Love the soft cushions, the buddha, the path - & the message is so yummy. Makes me want to go snuggle up & explore inner dimensions.; February 13, 2009 9:44 AM
sema said...: beautiful and inspiring collage.
thanks for visiting my new afirmart blog.; February 15, 2009 10:43 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi Cheryl,
I love this card. It is so inviting with colors of mystical peace and a clear path to truth. Thank you for sharing.; February 24, 2009 6:34 PM
Laura said...: O Cheryl what a beautiful space you have created visually...I pray that you will take time for sacred tea and dwell there dear friend.; February 26, 2009 3:25 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi Cheryl! I love your cards! Your readings are so insightful. I am new to doing readings, but I hope to one day be as intuitive as you are. Thank you for sharing and for your kind comments on my cards.; June 10, 2009 1:51 PM

a bit about me -- my story...

I am a free spirit & creative soul exploring my inner and outer worlds through creative, contemplative activities and practices. As a result, I discover more about myself and live from a deeper, richer, insightful and more treasured realm. SoulCollage® has been a part of my life since 2005. The benefits are bountiful.

I am a mom, daughter, sister, friend, writer, artist, jewelry-maker, passionate resource for others, lover of life... and mindful knitter for the Mother Bear Project...(MBP) - and share the teddy bears I knit for children of the MBP at my blog: Yarn Jones.

I am a nature and animal lover, an avid reader and I am fascinated with learning and exploring what interests me!

Although words simply describe and are not "the thing itself", may the descriptions above and below offer a deeper glimpse of what has called me into deeper study and practice. Perhaps one will be a catalyst for you as well. So on that note, here goes: I am a trained and registered SoulCollage® Facilitator, taught personally by Seena Frost and the loving SoulCollage® mentors at SoulCollage®, Inc.; and also certified in Soul Coaching®, trained and personally mentored by its creator, the luminous, immensely generous and beautiful spirit, Denise Linn.

My inner-explorations have revealed that I love creating free-form mandalas - or "Mandala Medicine" as I call it! Over a period of 3+ years I created over 200. That practice helped to save me at a critical time in my life. My interaction with other creative spirits online was a source of connection and inspiration. I was inspired to share the mandalas on my Mandala Oasis blog...as well as to create the Yahoo Community which has brought together mandala enthusiasts from all over the world, each of us creating mandalas in our own unique way, and connected to one another by the over-arching Creative Spirit.

In 2008, I had the honor and pleasure of moderating an 8-week series of Mandala Webinars with Mandala Process pioneer and luminary, the late Dr. Judith Cornell. I loved every bit of getting to know Judith as we worked together... and was deeply saddened to learn of her passing. May her eternal soul rest... yet soar in love and peace.

Also, I am a Certified Empowerment Coach (via IPEC). I also trained in-person with Jill Badonsky to lead a variety of powerful creativity and expressive-art workshops known as "Muse Groups", and completed Jill's Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching training. I continue to reap the benefits of Jill's comprehensive, insightful and playful-yet-powerful work...to this day! Even though I opted-out of pursuing certification, I practice the principles and methods personally and in my work with others.

Through my luminous soul sister Lisa Sorce Schmitz, founder of Whispers from the Moon, and her Soulful Creative Offerings, I've also had the honor and delight of studying, working with and getting to know artist, teacher, art therapist and author Pat B. Allen. Her Studio (Pardes) Process of conscious intention-and image-making, and witness writing have not only deepened my my creative process, but has also enhanced my personal awareness, and life overall.

In October 2012 I was introduced to Process Painting. This painting process is opening my heart and awareness and opened me from the inside out, allowing release of old "stuff". It's akin to my spontaneous, free-form Mandalas, each one it's own one-of-a-kind jewel in my unfolding journey.

Each act of intuitive & spontaneous creativity is a precious gem-of-an-experience for which I am immensely thankful.

May your creative play open your heart wider, and bring you even more insight, joy and deep awareness. Ahh... "awareness" - that lovely place where choices are born.

Cheers to our vivid, creative, ever-blooming life! May the Creative Force be with you... :)

Important about SoulCollage®:

Using SoulCollage®, as developed by Seena B. Frost, a person creates a deck of collaged cards from found images. The cards are arranged in suits for the primary purpose of self-exploration and self-acceptance. (It is understood that in some group populations one or more of the suits may be emphasize while others may be omitted as not appropriate.) SoulCollage® cards are collaged from images found in purchased or donated magazines, calendars, books, cards, etc. and from stock photos and/or personal materials (e.g. photos, one's own art). SoulCollage® cards are not sold, traded, bartered, or copied as stated in the “Principles of SoulCollage®”.

Where SoulCollage® cards are available to be seen by others, it is for the purposes either of demonstrating the SoulCollage® process or sharing the card-maker’s inner process in the context of community. SoulCollage® is grateful to the artists and photographers who make this deep awakening process possible, and in all ways SoulCollage® seeks to be respectful of their rights.