What is SoulCollage®?
SoulCollage® is a unique combination of spiritual practice and the fun of collage. It was created by Seena Frost in 1980 while working with friends and clients at her therapy practice in California.
Each card in a SoulCollage® deck represents and honors one of the following facets of my unique life: a voice that lives within me, a person who supports me, an animal that has a special energy to give me, or a mythical figure that guide. me.
Using very simple materials (scissors, glue, cardstock, and magazine pictures), I create my cards and interpret them using journaling or other activities. I use my deck to help me find answers to the questions that arise in my life and to access my own deep wisdom.
falling in love with myself
I make cards for all the voices inside of me… even the dark and shadowy ones. For example, these are some of the voices I honor with my SoulCollage® deck: the one that loses its temper, the one that weighs too much, the one that is lonely, the one that is impatient.
Of course, I also make cards for my inner voices that bring me light and joy: the one who is a teacher, the one who cares, the one who creates, the carefree girl. As I work through this amazing process, I find that I am more and more able to embrace every part of myself, even the dark ones. It is in this embrace that I come to wholeness, and it is in this wholeness that I find that I am falling in love with myself, one SoulCollage® card at a time.
Click here to see some examples of SoulCollage cards.
9 steps to your first SoulCollage(TM) card
The most important thing to remember while creating SoulCollage® cards is to respect your own process. Please note that these steps are guidelines only. Feel free to deviate from them at any time and in any way! And don’t forget to have fun!!!
1. Create a sacred space by lighting a small candle and/or playing soft music that delights your soul.
2. Gather your materials and place them on the table in front of you. You should have the following: a 5″ x 8″ piece of board or cardboard, a pair of scissors, an acid-free glue stick or a bottle of rubber cement, and several magazines.
3. Spend a generous amount of time reading the magazines. Delete any image you like, that you find attractive for ANY REASON. Don’t ask yourself WHY you might be drawn to the images. Just take them out!
4. Distribute the images around you. Gather them into smaller piles, sorting them by colors, energies, themes, or patterns. For example, you may notice that you have many images of stairs, windows, birds, frowning people, or… You may see multiple images that just seem to go together for some reason. You don’t need to verbalize a reason for grouping some images.
5. When you have several different stacks sorted by theme, choose one of them.
6. Start playing with the images you have chosen. Place them on top of each other or next to each other. Arrange and rearrange them until you come to a layout you like. Trust your intuition. You’ll know when it looks “good.”
7. Paste the images on the 5″ x 8″ board or cardboard.
8. You have created your first SoulCollage® card!
9. Now it’s time to do the I’m the one who… Exercise with your card to deepen your experience with it and begin to integrate its meaning into your life. Detailed instructions can be found for this part of the process.
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