The Soul Center Services
My Old-Fashioned Soul-Friend service is inspired by my long time pen pals, my work as a Spiritual Companion and the PostSecret Project. Choose One Letter and receive one letter a month or Two Letters to receive, yes, two letters a month.
I treasure my pen pal relationships. I have found this type of relationship to be soul-filling and soul-relieving. I cherish this sacred bond. (One of my pen pals and I have been corresponding over two decades - post cards, photos, poetry - oh my!)
In my work as a chaplain and spiritual caregiver, I have heard and held space for many stories.
YOU contain sacred stories. I would love to hold you and your story with loving, caring presence. If you are not ready for a face-to-face session, why not consider putting a pen to paper?
Pick out your favorite writing implement - quill, fountain pen, brush, or sharpie.
Choose your paper - greeting card, lined, photo, recycled or natural fibers.
Take a seat at your writing desk, light a candle, take a deep breath and let your heart pour out.
I interact with your words, hold them in prayer - in love. I mull over your letter and let it steep. After I spend contemplative presence with your letter, I will craft a response and mail it back to you.
Subscriptions are for: 3, 6, 9 or 12 month periods and are $30 per month. If you purchase a full year of my Old-Fashioned Soul Friend service you get a discount of $30.
3 months = $90
6 months = $180
9 months = $270
12months = $300
You have complete freedom and choice over where this conversation will lead – whether you need to name and/or recalibrate your trajectory, pause for recharge, or continue full speed ahead. I will be with you every step of the way. Nowhere is off limits. There is no level you can’t go. You are accepted and your story is honored.
In person - safely, with all precautions honored and respected - at my home office.
Virtually - Zoom and other venues optional.
Karrie will perform a Civil Union. Couple will decide location within State of Connecticut, USA.
Erica & Tim
We couldn’t have asked for a better guide, support and friend to join us together in marriage. You brought a level of spiritual direction, comfort and authenticity to our ceremony that we are eternally grateful for.
Give the gift of Garden Tending to your loved ones. Let The Soul Center Garden Care Team spruce up the space!
3 sachets for $10
These lavender sachets are one of a kind - they are adorned with beautiful odds and ends of vintage trimmings and fabrics. I have hand stamped LAVENDER on a piece of vintage linen. Lavender Sachets make great gifts for your loved ones needing a special square of calm.
Put them with woolens, in your linen drawer, or with your lingerie! Some of my clients keep them in one of their desk drawers at work so they can steal a sniff when they need some peace of mind!
Meditation cushions are 24” round, 9” tall (depending on how firmly you stuff them)
NOTE: Meditation cushions and zafus do not come with stuffing. They are easiest to ship unstuffed to you because of less weight and less bulk. If you’d like your cushion or zafu stuffed, there’s an extra charge associated with stuffing and shipping.
All meditation cushions and zafus are available in a range of fabrics and colors. Please indicate your favorite colors when ordering. Cushions and Zafus are quilted (a layer of batting sandwiched by fabric and stitched). They all have ribbed piping along the edges and a zippered opening for you to add the stuffing.
Inside stuffing (Buckwheat hulls, polyfil) is available for an extra materials fee.
Meditation Zafu - Zafus are about 12” round and 4” high.
NOTE: Meditation cushions and zafus do not come with stuffing. They are easiest to ship unstuffed to you because of less weight and less bulk. If you’d like your cushion or zafu stuffed, there’s an extra charge associated with stuffing and shipping.
All meditation cushions and zafus are available in a range of fabrics and colors. Please indicate your favorite colors when ordering. Cushions and Zafus are quilted (a layer of batting sandwiched by fabric and stitched). They all have ribbed piping along the edges and a zippered opening for you to add the stuffing.
Inside stuffing (Buckwheat hulls, polyfil) is available for an extra materials fee.
These heirloom quilts are made to honor your loved one out of the clothes they inhabited, so they may be of warmth and comfort to you and your loved ones. They are, quite literally, the fabric of our memories.
The entire process of creating a soul-stitched quilt is full of loving-care. I take the time to talk with you about your Loved One during a Memory Gathering Session. During a Memory Gathering Session, I gain understanding of what your Loved One was like and what they meant to you. During this time, I will get a sense of a theme, design and style of the quilt based on our conversation. You may also want to show me some of the special items you would like integrated into the design of the quilt. I always enjoy hearing stories about your grandmother’s favorite apron or your brother’s favorite rock band’s concert tee-shirt. I believe these fabrics talk and tell a story.
I will ask you and your family for your favorite picture of your Loved One. I put your Loved One’s photo in a place of honor and light a candle next to them so that they may watch over me while I pray and work on your quilt.
All soul stitches are sacredly sewn with the help of a vintage Universal sewing machine named “Cosima.”
Cosima is a sweet, robin’s egg blue and was made in the early 1960’s. She is a hearty worker and has sewn many miles in her time. Her spirit stitches together scraps of fabric into creations that will grace your life for many years to come!
All-Natural beeswax sewing helpers in three (3) adorable shapes. Packaged in a convenient tin to easily fit in your sewing kit.
Use to condition and strengthen your sewing thread, prevent tangles, reinforce knots, ease needle threading . z
Karrie will devote sacred space and time to your personalized Wheel of the Year.
Your reading includes:
Centering Prayer
12 month Rune Read (January-December 2023) photo (email)
Paper Processing - Rune interpretation artfully recorded on rice paper (snail mail)
The materials for these wreaths are collected on my wanderings. Harvest
The circular portion is oftentimes made out of bittersweet - harvested in Autumn when I am culling invasive species.
A nicho is a small, decorative box that I will create a scene honoring your loved one. Your beloved human or pet that has passed on may grow angel or butterfly wings as they are immortalized in your one of a kind creation. Please let me know if you would like to incorporate a special trinket or a sentimental item to your Nicho.
Do you have a beloved animal that deserves wings?
I’d love to create a one of a kind, 2 dimensional art piece that honors your special furry, feathered or scaled friend.
Sweetgrass is a steadfast sister and plant helper. These braids are lovingly homegrown and tended in my home garden.
I harvest sweetgrass during Summer Solstice Season. My daughters and I sing Sweetgrass’ sacred song as we braid.
Do you know the secret of the labyrinth? Ask a question to begin your journey. Arrive at the center. Pause. Journey back out for an answer.
Take a time out for yourself and trace the path to center and back out again. Each journey is unique.
One of a kind finger labyrinth that fits in the palm of your hand. Local Potter.
These little lovelies are one of a kind. Perfect place to put your talismans, stones and other helpers for your pocket.
Handspun on a drop spindle. Fiber sourced from small, local family farms. Crocheted. Each one is unique.
(stones not included)
Sometimes all we need is a little help to center, focus, calm. The Soul Center’s Centering Square is designed to facilitate mindfulness.
Sometimes all we need is a little help to center, focus, calm. The Soul Center’s Centering Square is designed to facilitate mindfulness.
Choose your colors!
Do you have a teacher, aide, healer, guide or ancestor that you feel close to?
Maybe you feel an affinity for a family member that has passed.
Is there a symbol that represents them?
Let me create a one-of-a-kind wall hanging for you.
Timing/Season: Any or Samhain/Fall during grief processing
Is there a past part of you that feels wounded and hurt? Is there a younger version of yourself that needs tending to? If you could be with your Little Wounded One a while, what would that time be like? This guided meditation is precious time with a past version of yourself that needs healing right now.
Timing/Season: Winter in between Yule and Imbolc, when things have solidified, after you’ve hibernated in darkness, after the bones have been quiet and still - when you are ready to be woken up through generations and become a bone listener.
Do you ever feel like there is something your body wants to tell you? Your body contains infinite wisdom. This journey helps you directly ask your bones what they have to say.
Have you ever had the experience that you JUST KNOW something deeply? That deep bone-knowing…
Perfect season/timing: The time in between Imbolc and Ostara/Lent
The earth has begun its tilt closer to the sun. All winter, we have been hibernating, protecting ourselves from the harshness of the weather - snow, windchill, sleet and ice. We have braced our bodies against the cold - tensing our muscles up - protecting our core. This guided meditation plays with tensing your muscles and then releasing them to mimic the Winter Thaw - frozen to flow. Enjoy the guided imagery as you imagine ice slowly melting into water.
Timing/Season: Winter Solstice
December 21st Northern Hemisphere
June 21st Southern Hemisphere
Timing/Season: Any or summertime
Feel like you’re in a fog? Do you need a safe harbor to rest?
Ground yourself through your breath and reconnect to your radiance.
Prayer is a means of connecting to our elevated natures during times of transition. Grief remains in the systems of the body, informing our lives in subtle and subversive ways in the form of fear, anxiety, and depression. The whole map of our lives changes when grief is stored away silently. Grief doesn’t bite. It is a natural and normal way of dispersing energy through the body’s wise and impeccable systems. Nothing to grieve, have you? Look around. People are hurting everywhere. The earth is grieving the loss of her biodiversity; humankind is becoming rapidly more unwell due to environmental pollution and economic inequality; governments are undermining freedoms, privacy, and liberties; overall mental health is in crisis. We are hooked on the speed of technology and hyper-stimulation. The opportunity to grieve is available to you daily.
Boundaries & Protection includes an introduction to boundaries, glossary of terms, a section on how to use the book, 52 one-page “chapters” of support for your body, mind, and energy, a section of language prompts (this is the most talked about part of the book and helps for those who simply don’t know what to say in a conflict), and an afterword. I hope you find it to be a little superhero in your pocket that strengthens you for your adventures through relationships of all kinds. It’s goal is to help you become strong to stay in the conversation so that you are not shrinking back and shutting down in difficult situations. In addition to aiding the individual with tricky relational mishaps, B&P is used in a wide array of clinical, recovery, and healing settings. The language is simple and to the point, easy to put into practice, and helpful for adults, teens, and folks who don’t always have the right thing to do or say ready in their hip pockets. This book has been very well-received— in homes, offices, healing rooms, crisis centers, prisons, universities and more.
Andrew and I are excited to announce our podcast is available for free download.
1.5 hour Journey Session
Includes
Centering, grounding and setting the stage for your journey
LIVE Custom Guided Journey Session
Time and space held for Journey Journaling
Gentle Body Movement for the post Journey re-entry
Unpacking the Journey Guidance