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Reflections
Upcoming Workshops and Events
News/Announcements
Mini-Reflection Exercise
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Reflections (by Janet Roper, facilitator)

I AM…These are among the most powerful words to use when you’re creating. After all, we are creating all the time; we create who we are by our belief or lack of belief in ourselves. We create images of who we are by our conduct and our very way of being every nanosecond of our lives. YOU are a live creation that YOU are forever creating and recreating!

However you decide to create yourself shows through in everything you do, every relationship you have, through your very essence. When you use the words, “I am…” pay attention to what follows and be kind to yourself. Be mindful of how you create and recreate yourself during the day, so you are truly the creation you want to be.

The mini-reflection exercise later in this newsletter will help you think through how you want the creation of yourself to be experienced in the world.

Upcoming Workshops and Events

(click on workshop titles to view flyers)

Addressing the Inner Critic: A Body-Centered Approach
Series meets every Tuesday in February (Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22) 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Facilitator: Mia Bolte, M.A.

Creativity & Tea: open creativity studio in St. Paul
Saturday, February 5 and the first Saturday of each month. Book your group for the morning, open to individuals from 1-4 p.m.

Open Your Creativity!
Saturday, February 19, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (includes lunch) Facilitator: Janet Roper

Women’s Circling: From Story to Sense of the Sacred
Series meets every Tuesday evening, Feb. 22 – March 29 Facilitator: Rebecca Pournoor

Body Confidence
Saturday, March 12, 1:30-4:00 p.m. (or book your group for a time that works for you!) Facilitator: Deborah Dora

Creative Sustenance
(a great follow up to Open Your Creativity!) Sat., March 19 1:30-4 p.m. Facilitator: Teresa Thomas-Carroll

The Power of Commitment—Making or Breaking a Habit
Sat., April 16 1:30-4:30 p.m. Facilitator: Tarisa Parrish

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News/Announcements

To show appreciation to our clients, we are running a fun promotion through 2005. We are offering a gift certificate to any session of Creativity & Tea! to clients who book a workshop for their organization or register independently in two of our workshops. Share the gift certificate with someone you care about—how about yourself?

Mini-Reflection Exercise

Brainstorm
List out some ways speak about the creation of yourself. I AM…

Imagine
Think about what you have listed and ask yourself if that’s what you truly want to create.

Setting a goal
If you listed ways you want to be in the world, congratulations and keep it up! If you have descriptions that are negative, please reframe it, either choosing an opposite or affirming word (e.g. changing “I am guilty” to “I AM responsible” or “I am spacey” to “I AM a dreamer”). Notice the difference that this shift makes in you, your actions and other’s perceptions of you.

Taking Action
Each time you find yourself thinking something like “I am so dumb”, stop yourself and mindfully change it “I am so intelligent (creative, smart)” or whatever you want to create yourself to be.

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