2008 Calendar of Events

November 16

CELEBRATING GRATITUDE! A SoulCollage® Event in San Juan Bautista, CA with Mariabruna Sirabella, LMFT (3 CEUs available for MFTs and LCSWs) Gratitude is a feeling that makes every cell of our body smile. Research shows how cultivating this feeling contributes to an experience of balance and well being that harmonizes mind, body and spirit. We will explore how and when we experience gratitude and create collages to celebrate and remember this healing emotion as we approach the holidays. (3 CEUs available for MFTs and LCSWs.) Location:  Galeria Tonantzin in San Juan Bautista, CA. When:  Sunday, November 16, 2008 -  10:00am-2:00pm Fee:  $80.00 (includes box lunch, materials and supplies). 3 CEUs available for MFTs and LCSWs. ($5.00) To register:  Call the Galeria at 831-623-ARTE; email janet@mmpublishing.com; Visit their website at www.galeriatonantzin.com

December 7
	AN INTRODUCTORY SOULCOLLAGE® WORKSHOP with Mariabruna Sirabella, LMFT (6 CEUs available for MFTs and LCSWs) This class is open to everyone, no previous experience is necessary. You do not need to bring anything, only your lunch, your creativity and the desire to dialog with your own inner wisdom through your imagination and intuition. I have been using and teaching this deceptively simple expressive-arts method for 12 years, and not only has it never ceased to inspire and surprise me, it has proved to be a companion able to take me as far and as deep in the exploration of who I am as I dare to go. (6 CEUs available for MFTs and LCSWs.) Location:  Live Earth Farm, 172 Litchfield Lane, Watsonville, CA  (see directions below) When:  Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 10:00am-5:00pm Fee:  $80.00 (includes materials and supplies). 6 CEUs available for MFTs and LCSWs. ($5.00) To register:  Call Mariabruna at 831-768-1442, email her, or send a check to 240 Westgate Drive, Suite # 125, Watsonville, CA 95076 Directions If you're coming from Santa Cruz on Highway 1, take the Freedom Blvd. exit. Take Freedom Blvd. east for 5 miles. At the stop sign, turn left onto Corralitos Blvd., then soon thereafter turn right onto Varni. Varni becomes Pioneer at 4-way intersection. Continue straight onto Pioneer. At the T-intersection with Green Valley Rd, turn left. After a sharp right-hand bend on Green Valley, Litchfield Lane will be on your left, at the bottom of the hill. Turn onto Litchfield Lane and follow the signs to "L.E.F." (the farm is approx. 3/4 mi. in from Green Valley). If you're coming from Monterey on Highway 1, take the Green Valley Rd. exit and go all the way through town, past Pinto Lake (on your left), past Casserly Rd. (on your right) and past Pioneer Rd. (on your left). After a sharp right-hand bend on Green Valley, Litchfield Lane will be on your left, at the bottom of the hill. Turn onto Litchfield Lane and follow the signs to "L.E.F." (the farm is approx. 3/4 mi. in from Green Valley).

2009 Calendar of Events

January 23-25

"GIFTS OF THE FAIRIES" - A SoulCollage® Experiential Retreat (14 CEUs available for CA MFTs and LCSWs) Co-facilitated by Seena Frost, MFT and Mariabruna Sirabella, MFT Begin the New Year in community! Join this relaxing and inspiring Retreat in the beautiful hills of the Presentation Center. During this weekend we will explore potential gifts that our soul is ready to manifest, and expand our capacity to receive from within, from each other, and from the middle realm. There will be plenty of time for card making and card reading. The theme of this Retreat is inspired by Grimm’s fairy tale “Brier Rose” when surprising guests bring many gifts to a newborn princess. You will be surprised too! No prior SoulCollage experience is necessary. Space is limited, so register early! Location:  The Presentation Center in Los Gatos, CA. When:  Friday , Jan. 23 (4:00 PM registration) - Sunday, Jan. 25 (12:00 PM lunch and good-byes) Fee:  $500.00 (Early Bird deadline is December 21 - $425.00) in shared accommodation, includes six meals, materials and tuition. Single room supplement $50, depending on availability. To register:  Call Mariabruna at 831-768-1442 or email her.

March 20-22

SOULCOLLAGE®: EMBODIED WISDOM, DANCING THE SOUL (14 CEUs available for CA MFTs and LCSWs) Co-facilitated by Miriam Goldberg, Ph.D., LMFT & Mariabruna Sirabella, M.S., LMFT This retreat is designed for people familiar with and new to SoulCollage. SoulCollage opens the doors of our imagination, lets us get closer to our essence and access our deep unconscious wisdom through rich images and inspired words. This same deep wisdom informs the body. Your body naturally responds to your own imagery, receiving and revealing what is present, and expressing and enhancing the imagery itself. By engaging this cellular wisdom, we enrich our imagination and strengthen our connection with SoulEssence. When we consciously invite the body, and its natural language of sensation, movement, and sound, into our exploration, we complete a powerful circuit of body-emotion-mind-spirit through which our aliveness and wisdom can flow: Embodied Wisdom. This flow enhances healing, creativity, presence, well-being and self-knowledge. We will befriend our kinesthetic awareness through yoga, improvisational movement, playful games, sonics, and mindfulness. Using body-wisdom, we will access our intuition and explore our creative images. You will have time to make SoulCollage cards that express this embodied wisdom, allowing the images within you to take form, to 'listen' with your whole being, letting your body assist you in your creativity. With the help of the group, you will discover and develop the resonance between these images and your body, and embark on dancing your soul. You will leave with cards that recall and renew the inspiration of your discoveries, enlivened references to support and guide you as you integrate change into your life. They can help you remember a fuller communication with your body for health and wellness, to value your body's responses in life's situations, and to use your body-wisdom rather than be confused or distracted by its responses. Artists can use them to bring another dimension to their creative process. A dancer or movement practitioner can use them to connect the body more deeply with the richness of the inner imagery that inspires movement. Most important, they can help us more fully embody our own wisdom. Come experience the multi-dimensionality of your SoulCollage Cards, of your dancing soul, of your creativity, of your aliveness, and discover your body's expression of the poetic verbal “I Am The One Who..." (For mental health workers, health practitioners, body workers, artists, dancers, seekers, adventurers. . .) Space is limited, so register early! Location:  St. Francis Retreat Center, San Juan Bautista, CA When:  Friday , March 20 (4:00 PM registration) - Sunday, March 22 (12:00 PM lunch and good-byes) Fee:  $395.00 (Early Bird deadline is February 15 - $350.00) in shared accommodation, includes six meals, materials and tuition. Single room supplement $50, depending on availability. To register:  Call Mariabruna at 831-768-1442 or email her.

July 24-26

THE THREE FACES OF SILENCE RETREAT An exploration of the three SoulCollage® Transpersonal cards that have no shadow: Source, SoulEssence and Witness" (14 CEUs available for CA MFTs and LCSWs) Facilitated by Seena Frost, M.Div., LMFT and Mariabruna Sirabella, M.S., LMFT with the participation of Miriam Goldberg, PhD, LMFT Source, the card we create to honor the mysterious, formless One, the Totality many of us call divine, is described in the SoulCollage® book. Since its publication, two other transpersonal cards have evolved, SoulEssence (the spark of Source within all things), and Witness (the potential for Consciousness). These cards represent a Presence that is beyond form and from which all forms arise: they are best known in Silence and we do not consult them. They let us touch in with our divine nature in a way different from our other SoulCollage cards. This retreat explores these three Transpersonal ‘Faces’ using poetry, images, connection to Nature, movement, and especially the practice of silence. This is an intimate retreat, space is limited, register early!! Location:  The Presentation Center in Los Gatos, CA. When:  July 24 (Friday, 4:00 pm registration) - July 26 (Sunday, 12:00 pm lunch and good-byes)) Fee:  $550 (Early Bird $450 by June 21st) in shared accommodation, 6 meals and tuition. Single room supplement $50, depending on availability To register:  Call Mariabruna at 831-768-1442 or email her.

October 16-18

IMAGES OF LIGHT, IMAGES OF SHADOW RETREAT Discover the Light in unexpected corners and befriend your Shadow during this in-depth SoulCollage® workshop focusing on family and communal Shadows. (14 CEUs available for CA MFTs and LCSWs) Facilitated by Seena Frost, M.Div., LMFT and Mariabruna Sirabella, M.S., LMFT Using your SoulCollage® Cards you will explore the interplay of Light and Shadow in your family of origin, in your personality parts and in the Archetypes that compel your Soul. You will make new cards for your discoveries, and share in group readings. This is a small gathering, so register early! Location:  The Presentation Center in Los Gatos, CA. When:  October 16 (Friday, 4:00 pm registration) -October 18 (Sunday, 12:00 pm lunch and good-byes) Fee:  $550.00 (Early Bird deadline is September 15 - $425.00) in shared accommodation, includes six meals, materials and tuition. Single room supplement $50, depending on availability. To register:  Call Mariabruna at 831-768-1442 or email her.

International Events

SoulCollage® goes to Italy!  More information coming soon.

SoulCollage® Facilitator Trainings

This Training offers 36 CE Units (including 6 mandatory Law & Ethics.) Attendees receive all materials, including Kylea Taylor’s book, The Ethics of Caring, a one-year membership in the SoulCollage® Facilitators Circle, a Subscription to the SoulCollage® e-newsletter, and an invitation to join the vibrant and supportive SoulCollage® Facilitators List serve. After the training, facilitators will be able to use the trademarked name "SoulCollage®" and the designation "SoulCollage® facilitator. To learn more about upcoming trainings, sign up for our quarterly newsletter, Sirarte News.

Sponsoring an Event with Mariabruna

Please call me at 31-768-1442 to discuss your ideas, goals, and scheduling. We will decide together on a payment schedule based on your individual needs.