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Description
SoulCollage® is a process of inquiry and discovery, inviting insight into the interconnectedness of our own parts, our bodies, our communities, and the vast frame-stories holding all of us together. Rewilding: SoulCollage® and the Living World invites participants to consider ecosystem health internally, externally, interpersonally, and within the World Soul or Anima Mundi. We'll draw from our decks, our lives, and our communities to find dynamic paths forward in allegiance with the living world.
Topics of inquiry
During eight sessions over four months, we'll explore:
SoulCollage® as a path for rewilding our souls and our world
Committee Neters/parts who fear the wild
Committee Neters/parts who love the wild
Rewilding ancestors and teachers in the Community Suit
The Companions Suit as a site of re-wilding
Rewilding Big Stories in the Council Suit
Inviting new allies in all Suits of our decks & amongst ourselves as fellow practitioners
Taking pragmatic steps towards rewilding our worlds and communities, near and far
SoulCollage® as a path for rewilding our souls and our world
Committee Neters/parts who fear the wild
Committee Neters/parts who love the wild
Rewilding ancestors and teachers in the Community Suit
The Companions Suit as a site of re-wilding
Rewilding Big Stories in the Council Suit
Inviting new allies in all Suits of our decks & amongst ourselves as fellow practitioners
Taking pragmatic steps towards rewilding our worlds and communities, near and far
Methods of inquiry
Each session will feature some delicious & nutritious combination of:
somatic meditation practice
facilitator presentation on Rewilding themes
SoulCollage® card-making
SoulCollage® consultations with participants' decks
small-group sharings
intermodal expressive arts practice
large-group oracle sessions
journaling
ritual
somatic meditation practice
facilitator presentation on Rewilding themes
SoulCollage® card-making
SoulCollage® consultations with participants' decks
small-group sharings
intermodal expressive arts practice
large-group oracle sessions
journaling
ritual
Rewilding Imaginary Q&A!!!
Imaginary Question #1:
Why would I want to Rewild myself / my world / my Neters / my parts? Isn't that dangerous? Aren't there alligators out there? Isn't there poison ivy? Won't the neighbors think we've lost it if the yard goes to seed?
Sincere Answer:
There are really understandable reasons why parts of us fear the wild: we've encountered situations that felt overwhelming, dangerous, and out of control. We've seen savagery, illness, and death in ourselves and others, and rejected it. We've internalized the message that a good person offers an organized, tidy presence to the world.
But so much is lost in this way: we lose the fireflies' dances when we lose the messy brush piles that shelter their voracious larvae. We lose the songbirds when we lose the chick-feeding caterpillars on wild plants. We lose our own joy when we exile the parts of us who know how to dance, how to scrap, how to rest, and how to be transformed.
Imaginary Question #2:
Is SoulCollage® sort of like tarot or oracle cards?
Sincere Answer:
Sort of, if you can imagine a really straightforward yet mysterious process for generating and consulting your own deck of cards, with no set inventory or imagery. In a SoulCollage® deck, there's room for your grandmother's house, the Ground of Being, your best friend, your sword-wielding Amazon part, and sacred animal energy. There's room for chance, intention, intuition, and deep knowing.
Imaginary Question #3:
What if I've never done SoulCollage® before, and I want to participate in Rewilding?
Sincere Answer:
You're very welcome. You'll need your own SoulCollage® deck with a minimum of 12 completed cards who have spoken in their own voices, a working understanding of the SoulCollage® process, and some familiarity with the Suits of a SoulCollage® deck. You can easily access a free intro course and/or intro workshops from other credentialed SoulCollage® facilitators via the World of SoulCollage® website. I'm also offering registered Rewilding participants free access to Origin Story, my own intro course.
Imaginary Question #4:
There's some stuff I know I want help with. Can this group help me sort that out?
Sincere Answer:
Rewilding: SoulCollage® and the Living World isn't a therapy group or a support group. If either of those are what you need, good for you! You're brave and honest to know this, and I wish you good luck in your search. However - if what you are looking for is a process for listening deeply to your own intuition, in the company of other humans, this course could be a good place to show up. You will learn tools that you can choose to implement and expand on, long after the course is over.
Imaginary Question #5:
What if I'm worried that some parts of me are kind of scary?
Sincere Answer:
Everyone has parts that can seem wild, extreme, irascible, impulsive, or unpredictable, and that's ok. Rewilding sessions will be carefully facilitated to play within bounds of safety, grounding orientation, clear boundaries, and confidentiality. Welcome aboard!
Details & Logistics
Schedule:
Rewilding: SoulCollage® and the Living World will convene on the following days / times:
March 18
April 1
April 15
April 29
May 13
May 27
June 10
June 24
....from 6-7:45PM Eastern Time, via Zoom
Prerequisites & Caveats (please read carefully):
Rewilding: SoulCollage® and the Living World will convene on the following days / times:
March 18
April 1
April 15
April 29
May 13
May 27
June 10
June 24
....from 6-7:45PM Eastern Time, via Zoom
Prerequisites & Caveats (please read carefully):
- By March 18th, ALL participants must have their own SoulCollage® decks with a minimum of 12 completed cards who have spoken in their own voices, a working understanding of the SoulCollage® process, and some familiarity with the Suits of a SoulCollage® deck. You can easily access a free intro course and/or intro workshops from other credentialed SoulCollage® facilitators via the World of SoulCollage® website. I'm also offering registered Rewilding participants free access to Origin Story, my own intro course.
- Rewilding: SoulCollage® and the Living World is NOT a therapy group. Before signing up, participants are invited to assess their readiness for sometimes challenging self-honesty and life-inventory. If you're having a really hard time in your life right now (and so many of us are) this may not be the best fit for you. If you're in therapy, you may plan to share some of what Rewilding brings up for you with your therapist. Or you may want to watch Season 8 of Queer Eye, hug your dog, and wait for the storm to pass. All shall be well.
- If you have questions about signing up. please feel free to contact the facilitator.
- By our first session on March 18th, participants will need to have their card-making materials ready to go (see below).
- Once Already President is constellated, new members will not join. Participants should plan to join in all sessions.
Suggested Readings & Media:
David Abram, Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology
Robert Bly, ed. News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run with the Wolves
Charles Fréger, Wilder Mann
Seena Frost, SoulCollage® Evolving
Suzi Gablik, The Reenchantment of Art
David George Haskell, Concurrent Dyscurrent (sound recordings)
Kimberly Ann Johnson, Call of the Wild
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered
Joanna Macy, Active Hope: How to Face the Mess we're in without Going Crazy
Richard Powers, The Overstory
Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
Domee Shi (dir), Turning Red (Pixar film)
Suzanne Simard, How Trees Talk to Each Other (TED talk)
Gary Snyder, The Practice of the Wild
Douglas Tallamy, Nature's Best Hope
Leah Thomas, The Intersectional Environmentalist
Isabella Tree, Wilding
Materials:
Tech Requirements:
You'll need access to a device with a webcam and fast internet to participate.
You'll also need to make sure you have the most recent version of Zoom downloaded on your device.
Cost:
This course is offered on a radical sliding scale:
Unless you have made other arrangements with me, payment (if applicable) is due before our first session.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Payment:
David Abram, Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology
Robert Bly, ed. News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run with the Wolves
Charles Fréger, Wilder Mann
Seena Frost, SoulCollage® Evolving
Suzi Gablik, The Reenchantment of Art
David George Haskell, Concurrent Dyscurrent (sound recordings)
Kimberly Ann Johnson, Call of the Wild
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered
Joanna Macy, Active Hope: How to Face the Mess we're in without Going Crazy
Richard Powers, The Overstory
Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future
Domee Shi (dir), Turning Red (Pixar film)
Suzanne Simard, How Trees Talk to Each Other (TED talk)
Gary Snyder, The Practice of the Wild
Douglas Tallamy, Nature's Best Hope
Leah Thomas, The Intersectional Environmentalist
Isabella Tree, Wilding
Materials:
- Card stock/mat board/cereal boxes/other packaging, cut to a consistent size. 5x8" is a standard SoulCollage® size. You can also choose another size that feels good in your hands and gives you room to collage elements together. You might need as many as 20 pieces.
- Glue stick
- Scissors with a good tip
- Old magazines and books for collaging. Good sources for these are the recycling center, your public library giveaway shelf, out-of-date periodical bookstore discards, and de-cluttering neighbors
- You may wish to have printed images of loved ones & benefactors (human, animal, mythical). You may wish to look through the photographs on your phone / computer, and either print them yourself or have them printed in SoulCollage®-friendly 5x7" format.
- You may be drawn to create cards that incorporate stitching, textiles, painting, drawing, and materials sources and other found materials. All of this is most welcome. Let your intuition guide you.
- A notebook, loose paper, and a pen. Print-shop offcuts are ideal for your loose paper - they're small and free, and you're keeping them out of the waste-stream
- If you like, you can buy clear plastic sleeves for your cards. This makes them easier to shuffle and protects them. The SoulCollage® website offers these and other prepackaged supplies for making cards.
- If you like, you can prepare backing papers for your cards, to unify them as a deck and/or to identify your Suits. For supply purposes this means you might like to have some decorative / wrapping papers cut to the same size as your cards.
Tech Requirements:
You'll need access to a device with a webcam and fast internet to participate.
You'll also need to make sure you have the most recent version of Zoom downloaded on your device.
Cost:
This course is offered on a radical sliding scale:
- $0 if you are in the midst of serious financial challenges
- $800 if you are feeling flush and want to support me in offering this work for all participants, regardless of their ability to pay
- ...or anything in between.
Unless you have made other arrangements with me, payment (if applicable) is due before our first session.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Payment:
- Venmo @Julie-Puttgen
- Paypal mustaphaputtgen[at]gmail.com
- Mail a check to: Julie Püttgen // 11 Bank Street #302, Lebanon NH 03766
Facilitator
Julie Püttgen, LCMHC, REAT, SEP, MFA, SoulCollage® Facilitator (she/her)
I'm thrilled to be offering Rewilding: SoulCollage® and the Living World.
I've been working with SoulCollage® since 2019 and became a Facilitator in June 2020. In my experience, SoulCollage® offers fertile, creative, compassionate tools for approaching, naming, and being present with our human experiences and the worlds we inhabit.
I show up in the world as an artist, creative non-fiction writer, mover, psychotherapist, and dharma teacher. A committed meditator since 1995 and former Buddhist nun, I have been making, exploring, and teaching at the intersections of art (creativity) and dharma (ethics, wisdom, and applied insight) for many years in academic, retreat, arts, religious, and community contexts. I am in private practice as a somatic and expressive arts therapist in Lebanon, NH.
I'm thrilled to be offering Rewilding: SoulCollage® and the Living World.
I've been working with SoulCollage® since 2019 and became a Facilitator in June 2020. In my experience, SoulCollage® offers fertile, creative, compassionate tools for approaching, naming, and being present with our human experiences and the worlds we inhabit.
I show up in the world as an artist, creative non-fiction writer, mover, psychotherapist, and dharma teacher. A committed meditator since 1995 and former Buddhist nun, I have been making, exploring, and teaching at the intersections of art (creativity) and dharma (ethics, wisdom, and applied insight) for many years in academic, retreat, arts, religious, and community contexts. I am in private practice as a somatic and expressive arts therapist in Lebanon, NH.
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