Nature Journaling on Seaweed of Santa Monica Bay

Sunday, February 27, 2022 2:30pm-4pm

Continuing with our ocean theme, the nature journaling group will be looking at the seaweed that grows in Santa Monica Bay. 

We will learn a bit about seaweed and then spend time journaling about it.  Seaweed is not only beautiful but has many unique and important qualities. 

It would be ideal if you are able to collect a bit of seaweed to have with you during our journaling session.  If that is not possible, there will be photographs to work from. 

The only other things that you need to bring are pencil and paper or whatever tools and medium you would like to use to journal.  If you are able to have seaweed with you a magnifying glass would be useful but not essential. 

This session will be facilitated by Dorothy Steinicke, a member of UUSM and a lifelong lover of nature and the outdoors.  Dorothy has spent years encouraging people to experience the natural world. 

To receive the Zoom link for this program contact  AdultRE@uusm.org

Introduction to SoulCollage®: An Intuitive Artmaking Process

SoulCollage® is a collage art endeavor founded by art therapist Seena B. Frost, MA, MDiv, in which the participants create a personal deck of cards. The method of creating cards develops one’s creativity, encourages self-discovery, and provides personal guidance. Using the cards can help access those inner and outer resources in difficult times, access the sacred, strengthen our awareness of our dynamic lives, make decisions mindfully, and help resolve personal or interpersonal conflicts. Community is also very important to the process as we explore our group’s imagery together. People who have done this program before, claim that the creation and usage of these self-crafted cards is transformative. This process is being shared across the world, in many languages, and enjoyed by people of all ages, genders, and cultures. So bring your curiosity, your wonder, your wisdom, your imagination and a beginner’s mind to this introductory workshop.

This workshop is led by Adrienne Sumpter, who is a trained facilitator for SoulCollage®.  It is okay to just attend only one workshop.

Please note that there is a 10-person maximum for groups held in the cottage. All participants need to be fully vaccinated, and people need to stay masked. Please sign up ahead of time: AdultRE@uusm.org

Workshop: "The Gifts of a Life Review of Your Lived and Unlived Life for People 50+"

Dr. Connie Zweig is graciously presenting a workshop for people in their midlife and beyond, who would like to explore not just their life in review, but adding the extra dimension: The Shadow - how we can connect what was expressed in our lives with what has been repressed. In this way, the unlived life moves into awareness, and participants can repair and reclaim some of what was sacrificed. We will be working out of Dr. Zweig’s book, “The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul.”

Connie Zweig, Ph.D., is a retired therapist and writer. Known as the Shadow Expert, she is coauthor of Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow and author of Meeting the Shadow of Spirituality and a novel, A Moth to the Flame: The Life of Sufi Poet Rumi. Her new bestselling book, The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul, extends her work on the Shadow into midlife and beyond and explores aging as a spiritual practice. It won both the 2021 American Book Fest Award and the 2021 Best Indie Book Award for best inspirational non-fiction. Connie has been doing contemplative practices for more than 50 years. She is a wife, stepmother, and grandmother. After all these roles, she’s practicing the shift from role to soul.

This workshop will be held on Friday, February 25^th from 7-9pm on Zoom. If you are of limited funds to purchase the book, the Adult RE committee has some funds to help. Please notify the committee of your need: AdultRE@uusm.org