How to Make Your First Soulcollage Card

Do you love to cut pictures out of magazines?

Are you curious about the rainbow of possibilities inside of you? Then you will love SoulCollage�?�®! SoulCollage�?�® is a unique blend of spiritual practice and the fun of collage. It was created by Seena Frost in 1980 as she worked with clients in her therapy practice in California. It is now a trademarked process people are trained to facilitate. Each card in a SoulCollage�?�® deck represents and honors one of the following facets of your unique life: a part of your personality, a person who supports you, an animal that has special energy for you, or a mythical figure which guides you. Using very simple materials (scissors, glue, mat board, and magazine images), you create cards for your deck and interpret them using journaling or other activities. You can use your deck to find answers to the questions that arise in your life, and to access your own deep wisdom.

Then you will love SoulCollage�?�®!

1. Create sacred space by lighting a small candle and/or putting on some soft music that delights your soul.
2. Gather your materials and put them on the table in front of you. You should have the following: a piece of 5? x 8? mat board or cardboard, a pair of scissors, an acid-free glue stick or jar of rubber cement, and several magazines.
3. Spend a generous amount of time going through the magazines. Tear out any images that you like, that seem to appeal to you for any reason. Don�¢??t question why you might be drawn to the images. Simply rip them out!
4. Spread the images out around you. Gather them into smaller piles, sorting them by colors, energies, themes, or patterns. For instance, you might notice that you have lots of images of stairways, or windows, or birds, or people who are frowning, or..... You might see several images that just seem to go together for some reason. You don�¢??t need to verbalize a reason for grouping some images together.
5. When you have a few different piles sorted by theme, choose one of them.
6. Start playing around with the images that you have chosen. Lay them on top of one another, or beside each other. Arrange and rearrange them until you come to a layout that you like. Trust your intuition. You will know when it looks �¢??right."
7. Glue the images onto the 5" x 8" mat board or cardboard.

• SoulCollageÃ??Ã?® book by Seena Frost, Magazine images, 5"x8" mat board or cardboard or heavy cardstock, acid free glue stick, scissors