SIMPLY LIVING ACTIVITIES AND LEARNING GROUPS
To schedule a meeting or event at the Green House, call Gerry Hendey at 263-0807.
To view an expanded calendar, visit our website at www.simplyliving.org
Wed Feb 2
Intentional Community Group, optional vegetarian potluck at 6:30PM, sharing circle at
7:30PM, 76 E. Lakeview Ave., 619-4487. All are welcome!
Wed Feb 9
Health Assurance Group, 7 PM, 205 Crestview Rd. A planning meeting for this year, including
revisiting the mission/vision of the group. Contact Kathleen Gmeiner, 443-2845.
Thu Feb 10
Greater Columbus Foodshed Council, 1-3 PM, 300 E. Spring St. You are welcome to come
learn more about the foodshed's current projects and how you can help.
Sat Feb 12
Serving Earth Activity: Highbanks Metropark Winter Hike; Meet 10 AM at the Visitor Center.
Contact Becky Allen, 614-488-7122, or servingearth@aol.com
Tue Feb 15
Simply Living Board Meeting, 7 PM, 205 Crestview Rd. All members are welcome.
Wed Feb 16
Intentional Community Group See 2/2 entry above.
Sat Feb 26
Deep Cleaning at the Clintonville Community Market, 8-10 AM. A most satisfying time to
help make the Market shine.
For more information on either program please contact Jed Swift at 614-921-1997 or by
email
to
jedscottswift@earthlink.net
Program I: February 26-27, 2005 at Spring Hollow Lodge in Westerville, Ohio
Meaning, Purpose and The Great Work: In Service to the Earth
Midwinter is an opportune time for turning inward to reflect on who we are and what is most important in our lives.
Join us for this midwinter gathering of like-minded individuals who care about human and ecological sustainability.
This program is for committed individuals who care deeply about human beings and the planet and want to live their
life in service to the healing and renewal of both.
In this workshop, we want to help you identify what it is you want to contribute to the Great Work, and to support
you as you go about doing it. In addition, the program consists of a series of exercises and contemplative practices
that allow our gathered community to do the most important work of all- recognizing and blessing the gifts of each
individual. More below.
Program II: April 28-May 2, 2005 in Newark, Ohio
The Soulcraft Residential Intensive with Bill Plotkin, Ph.D.
Soulcraft refers to a set of experiential practices, ceremonies, and processes that lead to the life-shifting and
world-changing experience of soul encounter. By "soul" we mean your true self--those qualities that most define and
express who you are, the unique gift that you were born to bring to the world. To encounter the soul is to discover
the truth at the center of the image you were born with, a truth that reveals the nature of your gift, your particular
way of belonging to the world, the wellspring of your passion, and the path to your greatest personal fulfillment.
Soulcraft practices include:
o Soul-Oriented Dreamwork
o Deep Imagery Work with Power Animals
o Talking Across the Species Boundaries (conversations with nature)
o The Way of Council
o Soul Tasks in Nature
o Self-Generated Ceremony (a means of dialoguing with soul and nature)
o Soul Poetry (the work of the great soul poets as well as your own)
o Synchronicities: Working with Nature's Signs and Omens
o Shadow Work (and learning to withdraw projections)
o Power Stalking (your quarry is your own soul)
o Animal Tracking and Nature Observation
o Story Telling and Mirroring
o Sacred Speech (conversation that deepens)
o Sacred Wound Work (healing our deepest wounds)
o Befriending the Dark
o Trance Drumming and Shaker Rhythms
The Communicator - February 2005
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I was thinking about
how people seem to
read the Bible a whole
lot more as they get
older; then it dawned on
me . . they're cramming
for their final exam.
- George Carlin