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Reflections
Upcoming Workshops and Events
News/Announcements
Mini-Reflection Exercise
This Issue's Sponsor

Reflections (by Becca Pournoor, facilitator)

Life is rarely lived in a straight line. In an effort to simplify our lives we tend to narrowly drive from point A to point B in as little time as possible. In doing so, we miss the back roads full of wild flowers and the farmers markets; we even drive by our own feelings. You've heard and probably said to yourself, "Been there, done that," but did you really live it? Did you really see, smell, taste, experience or was it just quickly checked off your list? Life is a spiral with twists and turns, which often bends when we least expect and at times winds us back around to where we've been. When we return to these same places, we gather more wisdom. We can renegotiate the turn and move on. It helps when we pay attention and notice the details.

Use the mini reflection exercise later in the newsletter to experience a "back road." Becca facilitates From Story to Sense of Sacred - Women’s Circling.

Upcoming Workshops and Events

(click on workshop titles to view flyers)

Creativity & Tea: open creativity studio in St. Paul
Saturday, June 4 and the first Saturday of each month from 1-4 p.m. (Several times also available to groups—perfect for a fun gathering or celebration!) Host: Teresa Thomas-Carroll)

Sound as Meditative Practice
Sunday, June 5, 2–5 p.m. Guest Facilitator/Musician: Michael Braudy (all the way from NYC!)

Creativity & Tea: open creativity studio in Shorewood
Saturday, June 18 and the third Saturday of each month from 1-4 p.m. (Or book your group for a morning or evening—perfect for a fun gathering or celebration!) Host: Janet Roper

Coming Into Our Fullness!! – A Life Makeover Group for Women,
Tues. evenings, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 27-Nov. 29. Facilitator: Lee Truer

From Story to Sense of Sacred—Women’s Circling retreat in northern Wisconsin
October 7-9 (Friday-Sunday) Facilitators: Becca Pournoor and Teresa Thomas-Carroll

Print registration form for workshops/events - or- Order Online

Other Purple Crayon Factory presentations:

Welcoming Summer, Welcoming Wellness open house at The Well, 2100 1st Avenue South, Minneapolis. Saturday, June 11, 1-4 p.m. Presentations, refreshments, prizes.

Mom-Camp, September 29-October 1. Join PCF in breakout sessions to be announced.

News/Announcements

• Purple Crayon Factory (PCF) hosts WELLmet, a networking group for wellness, creative and spiritual practitioners. WELLmet meets the first Thursday of every month from 10:30-noon in PCF’s space at The Well, 2100 1st Avenue S, Mpls. Attend once or every month. If you are interested in attending or receiving information about meetings, please contact 612-722-6931 or teresa@purplecrayonfactory.com to receive invitations with more details.
  
  
• Check out: PCF's blog. Feedback is welcomed; we’re new to this and learning as we go.
  
  
• To show appreciation to all of 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

Try this:
Slow down.
Forget about your planned destination.
Take a back road.
Be adventurous.
Savor questions.
Thrill to the quest of life and see where you end up. You might even find yourself in a place you’ve been before but never appreciated.

"To know exactly where you are headed may be the best way to go astray. Not all those who wander are lost."-- Anthony deMello

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