We’re Inside Out, Too!
A SoulCollage® Playdate with Our Emotions
Saturday, October 19, 2024
10 am to 1:30 pm Pacific Time
Via Zoom
Egg photo by Tengyart at Unsplash.
Spend some time with Pixar’s cast of core emotions. From Inside Out: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, Disgust; and new to Inside Out 2: Anxiety, Shame, Envy, Ennui, (and a tiny bit of Nostalgia). Meet these characters within yourself and your SoulCollage® deck. Learn how they present as allies and challengers. Raise your awareness of how and why your “buttons” become “sooo… sensitive.” Observe your emotions internally and as outward expressions.
I encourage you to watch the films before the workshop, or at least one of them. Inside Out is currently available from several streaming services; Inside Out 2 is available from Disney+ or for rental/purchase from Amazon Prime and elsewhere.
What to expect
First exploration: Welcoming and befriending our core emotions. We’ll identify existing and future cards that represent core emotions and learn how they help and hinder us. We may discover ways to support these Neters and help keep them in balance to serve us well.
Adventure 2: Our dances with Fear and Anxiety. With support from the amazing duo of Joy and Sadness, we’ll invite Fear and Anxiety to introduce themselves in a space of safety and gratitude. Humor and clear perspectives will guide us to a deeper understanding of how these emotions, separately and together, can become insightful allies.
Adventure 3: Joy and Sadness welcome Ennui. Inside Out’s characters Joy and Sadness have created a tender working relationship, which can be an inspiration for all of us seeking to befriend our emotions. Ennui’s appearance (at Riley's puberty in the film) provides an interesting look at how “tuning out” and taking a break can serve us in times of emotional upheaval. We’ll have some fun exploring our coping mechanisms and our capacities to welcome both happiness and sorrow. With our cards, we will search for dynamic duos, the precious dichotomies within.
Closing: Small group sharing and group ritual
Optional discussion and Q/A - 30 minutes
I encourage you to watch the films before the workshop, or at least one of them. Inside Out is currently available from several streaming services; Inside Out 2 is available from Disney+ or for rental/purchase from Amazon Prime and elsewhere.
What to expect
First exploration: Welcoming and befriending our core emotions. We’ll identify existing and future cards that represent core emotions and learn how they help and hinder us. We may discover ways to support these Neters and help keep them in balance to serve us well.
Adventure 2: Our dances with Fear and Anxiety. With support from the amazing duo of Joy and Sadness, we’ll invite Fear and Anxiety to introduce themselves in a space of safety and gratitude. Humor and clear perspectives will guide us to a deeper understanding of how these emotions, separately and together, can become insightful allies.
Adventure 3: Joy and Sadness welcome Ennui. Inside Out’s characters Joy and Sadness have created a tender working relationship, which can be an inspiration for all of us seeking to befriend our emotions. Ennui’s appearance (at Riley's puberty in the film) provides an interesting look at how “tuning out” and taking a break can serve us in times of emotional upheaval. We’ll have some fun exploring our coping mechanisms and our capacities to welcome both happiness and sorrow. With our cards, we will search for dynamic duos, the precious dichotomies within.
Closing: Small group sharing and group ritual
Optional discussion and Q/A - 30 minutes
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Cost - $59
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Comments about Michele's courses and retreats:
“Michele is innovative, insightful ...”
"I love using prompts with my cards and I will create my own now."
"The planning and execution was top notch!"
“Watching Inside Out as a group was fun. And the exercises were so creative."
"Already thinking about how to incorporate these activities into my own workshops."
"Every activity we did brought brand new awareness."
"I developed a new appreciation of connecting with my cards ......I love them even more!"
“This is really like an advanced Facilitator Training, a graduate course in SoulCollage®.”
“Michele is innovative, insightful ...”
"I love using prompts with my cards and I will create my own now."
"The planning and execution was top notch!"
“Watching Inside Out as a group was fun. And the exercises were so creative."
"Already thinking about how to incorporate these activities into my own workshops."
"Every activity we did brought brand new awareness."
"I developed a new appreciation of connecting with my cards ......I love them even more!"
“This is really like an advanced Facilitator Training, a graduate course in SoulCollage®.”
Dr. Michele Manos has almost 50-years of experience as an instructor for groups ranging from elementary school children (creative drama) to medical residents (as a Professor) to new and seasoned SoulCollagers. She trained as a SoulCollage® Facilitator in 2008 with Seena Frost and has been taking her workshops and retreats to new and deeper levels since then. She has created and co-created an array of SoulCollage® offerings, including her many "Card Games" retreats. In response to pandemic isolation, she began SoulCollage® Together Tuesday virtual gatherings for which she has produced over 30 uniquely crafted 90-minute workshops. Michele loves sharing her ideas with and learning from other enthusiastic SoulCollagers. She's known for her innovative use of sentence stems when listening to cards, and her motto "prompts are powerful."
