SoulCollage® Facilitator Training
Seena Frost (assisted by Audrey Chowdhury and Barbara Susan Booth)

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Friday Sept. 28th 2012 Registration 1:00 PM -2:00 PM. Training begins at 2:00 and ends about 1:00 PM on Sunday Sept. 30th 2012. There are evening sessions both Friday and Saturday until 9:00 or 9:30 PM

Please visit www.soulcollage.com for more information

TRAINING IS CURRENTLY FULL

Please submit your names to
Barbara.Susan.Booth@sacredwisdomcentre.com
if you would like to be on the waiting list.

In case of unexpected circumstances that prevents Seena from attending, the training will be led by one of her senior Facilitator Training Teachers.

Facilitator Training

The SoulCollage® Facilitator Training is for anyone who wants to facilitate SoulCollage® for self-discovery in groups and with individuals and/or anyone who is seeking an in-depth immersion in the SoulCollage® community experience.

The Training assumes a working knowledge of SoulCollage®, that a person has read SoulCollage® Evolving, listened to the two CDs (Introduction to SoulCollage® and Facilitating SoulCollage® in Groups), made cards (at least a few in each suit) and wants to use it in the work that they are already doing or beginning. This one-weekend training is required for a person to call themselves a SoulCollage® Facilitator and their groups SoulCollage® Groups. If you really want to use SoulCollage® fully in your work, you will want to attend the Facilitator Training.

Who should participate?

Anyone who would like to form SoulCollage® Groups or use SoulCollage® in already established groups (such as church groups, women's groups, senior groups, hospice, educational classes) or as an art technique as an adjunct to other kinds of groups, classes, or workshops is welcome to register.

SoulCollage® Trainings have attracted many therapists and art therapists who love the SoulCollage® process and see readily how it can be used in their work. Training participants network with each other and share how to adapt the SoulCollage® process to their clientele. Some ministers and lay clergy have also completed the Training to be able to facilitate SoulCollage® in their ministry.

No degree or other credentialing is required to attend the Training. Enthusiasm for the process and its use in one's own life are the chief criteria for participation.

This course meets the qualifications for 18 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. A certificate of attendance will be provided by SoulCollage Inc. #4889. Any participant who is licensed in another state must check with that state's licensing board to determine if credits granted in this course will be accepted by that board.
 

What the SoulCollage® Facilitator Training Covers

Participants make cards, share cards, and use their own processes as teaching examples for the group in learning how to facilitate SoulCollage® work, because the focus in the Training is training rather than card-making per se as in a workshop. We learn how to do "readings" which use our own intuition to deepen self-knowledge. We learn creative applications and how to adapt the process to different populations. We work towards constructing a plan that fits participants intended use of the technique.

SoulCollage® continues to teach me acceptance and love for myself and others. This weekend deepened my understanding of how alike we all are deep inside, behind all our roles and tastes. I feel more confident about my ability to attract and share with others who will benefit. I feel excited to let my unique voice and power ring out. The opportunity to help others find the magic of the process is an amazing gift. (J. B., Tulsa, OK)

After the Training

SoulCollage® Facilitator receive ongoing benefits to support them as they develop and deepen their use of SoulCollage® professionally and personally. These benefits include:

Preparation and Pre-Requisites

No degree or certification is required to take this training, but Seena Frost requires that participants prepare by reading the book, listening to Seena's two talks about SoulCollage® on audiotapes (or CDs) and beginning to make SoulCollage® cards for their own decks in each suit, so that they can get experience with their own card-making before working with others learning to make cards. Seena requests that participants bring all their SoulCollage® cards when they come for the Training.
 

SoulCollage® Facilitator Training - Diversity Scholarship Fund

In 2008, the Facilitators Conference Planning Committee had the privilege of establishing the SoulCollage® Diversity Scholarship Fund with profits from the 2008 Conference. The mission of the SoulCollage® Diversity Scholarship Fund is to encourage inclusiveness and access for individuals in a wide variety of unique situations with a focus on serving under-served populations. In additional to financial need, candidates who apply for this Scholarship must be working currently and directly with a community that meets this guideline. Potential applicants can contact Nancy Weiss at nancyweiss@gmail.com or Alia Moore at alia@soulcollage.com.

Logistics

TRAINING TUITION COSTS and CANCELLATION POLICY

The cost for the training is a total of $559.35 US or CDN   ($495.00 +$64.35 HST). A deposit of $200.00 was required on registration and the remainder $359.35 due by August 1, 2012.

A full refund, less a $50 processing fee, is given at the cancellation of a SoulCollage® Facilitator Training registration if the cancellation is received by midnight, August 27th , 2012.

No refund or credit is given for cancellations made on August 28 or later, if you fail to attend, or if you leave the event early, unless someone is able to take your place at short notice. 

This processing fee applies to all payments, whether a deposit or a payment in full. You may apply this credit toward a new SoulCollage® training led by Seena Frost held within the next 12 months and avoid paying the processing fee. If the Training fee is increased in the future, you will pay the difference between the new fee and your payment on account.

If you must make a last minute cancellation, you also have the option of offering your payment toward a scholarship fund that we are building to support the work.

ATTENDANCE

In order to receive a completion certificate, all sessions must be attended, so please make your travel plans to permit your attendance at all sessions.

AIRPORT ARRIVAL INFORMATION

The main airport is Toronto Pearson International Airport….Toronto, ON, Canada (YYZ-Pearson Intl.)You may choose to connect with other participants to save by multiple bookings from one location, or you may book ground transport on your own through Red Car Services www.redcarservice.com or 519-824-9344. The cost for one person is about $75.00 door to door and it takes about one hour to arrive once you are in the van.

To check arrival times on flights at the Toronto Airport www.torontopearson.com/en/flights/schedules

You will be coming to Loyola House, at The Ignatius Jesuit Centre of Guelph
5420 Highway 6 North Guelph, ON   N1H 6J2 

By car go to www.ignatiusguelph.ca  click on “Loyola House” click on “contact us”

CUSTOMS FOR INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS

You will require a valid passport to come to Canada and to return to your country of origin, so please make sure yours is up-to-date.

At Canadian Customs, let them know you are coming for a weekend workshop at Ignatius Jesuit  Centre of Guelph on SoulCollage®. You may add that Sacred Wisdom Centre is sponsoring it but that is not as necessary as they really want to know you are here for a certain period of time and for what purpose.

ARRIVING AT LOYOLA HOUSE

You are welcome to arrive for your room any time on Friday Sept. 28th , 2012 to begin registration at 1:00 pm and the training at 2:00pm. A list of rooms and participants will be posted in the lobby of Loyola House so you can find your room easily.

FACILITIES

Loyola House is a unique retreat and conference facility set in a large 600 acre property with wetlands, farmland, and forests at Ignatius Jesuit Centre. It has many trails, an outdoor labyrinth and a cosmos walk, to experience the unfolding of the universe story. Ignatius Jesuit Centre honours the land, fosters organic farming and protects natural resources with sustainable practices. It is a world renown centre for spiritual growth and has well-earned it’s description as “a place of peace”.  See www.loyolahouse.com for more information.

All bedrooms at Loyola House are single with simple comfort and welcoming window views. They have with their own in-room sinks, and the bathrooms are in the hall.

ACCOMMODATIONS, COSTS and CANCELLATION POLICY

All accommodations at Loyola House are arranged through Barbara Susan Booth (Barbara.Susan.Booth@sacredwisdomcentre.com) and not directly with Ignatius Jesuit Centre.

Accommodations at Loyola House (on the grounds of Ignatius Jesuit Centre) are all single rooms and will be reserved for you ahead of time. Accommodation costs for the Training weekend include your meals and are $250.00 per person (Two night’s accommodation and Friday evening dinner through Sunday lunch). Your payment for accommodation is made by cheque written to Ignatius  Jesuit Centre and mailed to Sacred Wisdom Centre, 304 Stone Road W., suite 529, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 4W4 before Aug. 1, 2012. There is also an option to pay Ignatius Jesuit Centre by visa or master card when you arrive but this arrangement must be made ahead of time with Barbara Susan Booth (Barbara.Susan.Booth@sacredwisdomcentre.com ).

We have Loyola House for our workshop (instead of St. Brigid’s Villa) and all accommodation requests can now be honoured as a former group cancelled and we have been offered an expanded space.

Commuter rates for all meals and snacks $130.00 for the weekend or $110.00 if breakfast is not included. As we have evening sessions it is expected that meals will be purchased at Loyola House so participants have the option of getting to know each other over meals.  

Once you have booked your room, a refund of your room payment, less a $60 cancellation fee, will be given for cancellations received by midnight, August 27, 2012. No refund will be given for room cancellations received after that date unless we are able to register another participant in time to fulfill your room reservation.
 

MEALS

Loyola House is famous for their nutritious and mostly organic meals, often from their own organic farms. They have their own fresh well water and no bottled water is permitted on the premises. Delicious fair trade coffee is available all day. They can adapt to some specific diets if that is required for health reasons. Please email Barbara.Susan.Booth@sacredwisdomcentre.com to request dietary adaptations ahead of time.

WHAT TO BRING

Be sure to bring all your SoulCollage® cards. You do not need to bring images as those will be provided. If you are using 5 x 8 inch cards there will be blank cards provided. If your cards are another size, bring some blanks. Glue and scissors will be provided, but you can bring your own if you have special ones you like. (Don’t take scissors in your carry-on!)

You may want a journal and do bring a travel alarm clock as these are not in the rooms.

Bring layers of clothes as the weather in Ontario in September can vary from quite warm to quite cool. Socks or slippers might be nice. Consider packing some good walking shoes for the trails, rain gear or windbreaker and a warm fleece or jacket in case the weather changes. Generally we expect sunshine and temperatures in the 60s and some 70s. Please do not wear perfume, essential oils or other scents as a courtesy to people who have environmental sensitivities.

Directions to the Villa

EMERGENCY CONTACT (if you get lost), Barbara Susan Booth cell 519-994-0743 or  home 519-824-6344 or email Barbara.Susan.Booth@sacredwisdomcentre.com if you have special needs that would make your stay easier.