Several years ago, Facilitator Barb Horn shared an “11 Card Draw” SoulCollage® card reading with our community here at Kindred Spirits. You can listen to me as I guide us through the reading in one of our 2012 audio classes here.

Last year I adapted this “free flow” reading as a way to start the New Year, although it can definitely be used at ANY time of year. I call it “More and Less.” It’s very simple and a quick way to get connected to your cards, as well as to what your body/mind/spirit might be needing.

Simply draw 11 cards randomly from your deck. If you don’t have a ot of cards, you can use a stack to images to randomly draw from. No peeking! Keep the cards in a stack.

Each card is going to speak to you with two sentences, and those sentences begin with:

That’s it!

To begin, turn the first card in the stack over, say hello to it, and thank it for coming to you today. You might ask, “What do I need more of?” Listen carefully, write down the answer. Then ask “What do I need less of?” Listen again, and write down what you hear.

The idea is to do this quickly, without thinking too much.

When you are done with all 11 cards, find a way to thank them for sharing their wisdom withyou. Then read back over what you wrote and choose ONE “more” and ONE “less” that you can put into action today, this week, this month.

You can see the cards that appeared for me and read what they told me in this reading here.

Try this reading this week, as a way to ease into the New Year.

You could use 7 cards instead of 11 if you have less time.

Use this reading any time you feel that your life is out of control, or that you’ve lost direction.

Feel fre*e to share this with others, and in your workshops if you’re a Facilitator.

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Creating SoulCollage® cards is just the beginning of a meaningful practice. The big magic happens when we listen and tend to the Neters that our cards represent. Discover new ways to tend to your deck. Consider what cards are seeking repurposing, revision, or perhaps retirement. Find pathways to manage, or even de-clutter, your deck to create a collaborative team of allies who are accessible and available for your deepest needs. Please come even if you don’t have all the suggested cards below.

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In this four-part series, you’ll be guided to create a toolbox that will provide grounding support when using the SoulCollage® process to explore Grief through the four suits. In the Community suit, we’ll use our cards to identify those who are able to walk with us on our grief journey. We will also use the Committee suit to discover the parts of our selves where grief shows up. The Companions suit will help us discern where grief lives in our bodies, and within the Council suit, we’ll explore the archetypal energy of Grief that touches everyone.

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The Bird Hotel, by Joyce Maynard. After a childhood filled with heartbreak, Irene, a talented artist, finds herself in a small Central American village where she checks into a beautiful but decaying lakefront hotel called La Llorona at the base of a volcano. This beautifully-written novel tells the story of this young American who, after suffering tragedy, restores and runs La Llorona. Along the way we meet a rich assortment of characters who live in the village or come to stay at the hotel. With a mystery at its center, it is also filled with warmth, drama, romance, humor, pop culture, and a little magical realism. Highly recommend.

The Comfort of Crows, by Margaret Renkl. A Backyard Year. This beautiful little book contains 52 chapters that follow the creatures and plants in the author’s backyard over the course of a year. As we move through the seasons, what develops is a portrait of joy and grief: joy in the ongoing pleasures of the natural world, and grief over winters that end too soon and songbirds that grow fewer and fewer. Along the way, we also glimpse the changing rhythms of a human life. This is a book that just feels good in your hands and is gorgeously presented. It would make a great gift (for yourself or someone who loves Nature).

Your Brain on Art, by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross. How the Arts Transform Us. The authors show how activities from painting, music, and dancing to expressive writing, architecture, and more are essential to our lives.

Compelling research is shared that shows how engaging in an art project for as little as forty-five minutes reduces the stress hormone cortisol, no matter your skill level, and just one art experience per month can extend your life by ten years. There’s lots to reflect on here, and lots of good action for us to take.

Loving Leah, featuring Laura Ambrose, Rikki Lake, Adam Kaufman. To honor an ancient Jewish custom, a doctor agrees to marry the widow of his older brother. This is a drama, but it is also delightful and uplifting. It is partly a love story, but it is more about the story of Leah’s journey to herself.

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