Greetings friends!

I hope you're enjoying the holiday season and getting some heart-felt, connective time with your friends and family. I also hope you can remember to attend to the practices in your life that keep you connected to your purpose and the world around you. Here's a poem from William Stafford about how things move and how we're connected;

Ask me

Some time when the river is ice ask me

mistakes I have made. Ask me whether

what I have done is my life. Others

have come in their slow way into

my thought, and some have tried to help

or to hurt: ask me what difference

their strongest love or hate has made.

I will listen to what you say.

You and I can turn and look

at the silent river and wait. We know

the current is there, hidden; and there

are comings and goings from miles away

that hold the stillness exactly before us.

What the river says, that is what I say.

—William Stafford

Following are upcoming events with me in the Missoula area.

Also, there's still room in the self-hypnosis class that runs for three weeks and starts Tuesday night. Let me know if you're planning to come and invite your friends too!

Warm regards,

Patrick

Holiday Stress Relief – Missoula – Starts Tuesday!

You Can Relax With Self-hypnosis techiques
Three Tuesdays, December 2nd, 9th & 16th – 6:00 to 7:30 pm. – $35 for all three evenings.
Class will be held at 210 N. Higgins, Suite #207

In this short series of evening mini-retreats, you will learn some simple, effective relaxation, guided imagery and self-hypnosis tools to help you go through this holiday season more relaxed, calm and self-connected. You will learn simple, yet powerful tools to relax yourself when you're stressed or triggered, so you can feel safer and calmer.

Need a calm moment? You can learn some tools that will help you deal effectively with the stress of the holidays.

Winter Solstice Trance Drumming and Intuitive Self-exploration – Missoula

Saturday, December 20th – 6:30 until 9:00 PM. Cost – $25

Join Patrick Marsolek for a focused, intentional evening of inner exploration to mark the change of seasons. Are you wanting a little clarity on the next season of your life? Through the rhythm of the drum we gain access to deeper parts of ourselves and of our collective group energy for insight, clarity of purpose, healing, and even personal transformation.

Individuals will be able to go deeper into their own experience of trance and explore their own personal intentions. Within the container of a group trance, personal experiences can take on larger, more profound meanings that are relevant to more than one person or even to the whole group.

There will be ‘waves’ of drumming composed of different lengths of time, tempo, rhythm, and intention. Patrick will be the primary drummer for the event, encouraging people to be able to "journey" with the sound of the drum. There will be time in between each wave for integrating experiences, journalling, optional sharing with the group and taking care of personal needs.

Limited Space Available – Preregistration Necessary! Register Online Here.

Communication Practice Group – Missoula

Every Wednesday at Noon at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center

519 S. Higgins Ave. – Missoula – No Charge. No experience necessary.

Come to practice and learn to use Nonviolent Communication. This weekly group provides an opportunity to give and recieve empathy, do role play with challenging or stressful life situations, and practice the fundamentals of NVC.

Compassionate Communication Class – Missoula

Six Tuesdays, Jan. 6th – Feb. 10th – 6:00 – 7:30 pm – Cost: $65 or $120 for two.

This class will offer a more in-depth exploration and practice of the communication skills we touched on in the fall workshops at the University of Montana and on the Flathead reservation. All are welcome!
Healthy, effective communication is essential at home, work or when having fun. Develop tools that will bring ease, clarity and personal integrity to every conversation. Join us for a fun, playful exploration of essential communication skills. You can learn the importance of feelings and how they connect with your inner values and needs. You can learn how your inner values direct your actions, communications, emotional expressions and all forms of behavior. You can learn to recognize and value other people’s expression of their values and needs.

CEU's available for this class for LCSW, LCPC, LMFT and LAC.

Getting on Track – Practical Self-hypnosis – Missoula

Self-Hypnosis for Developing Peace, Clarity, and Inner Purpose – A Course at The Learning Center at Red Willow

Beginning on the Chinese New Year, this six-week program will help you learn practical and powerful tools to calm your mind and set clear intentions into motion in your life. In the Chinese calendar, this is the year of the Sheep, whose primary and fundamental energy is peace and harmonious co-existence.

We will begin with learning how to conscously shift towards a peaceful place within you with self-hypnosis techniques. Very similar to the experience of meditation, self-hypnosis allows you to bring an intentionality into your inner life. We will then combine practices from somatic awareness and compassionate communication to deepen your awareness of what brings deeper harmony and meaning into your life.

Using intentional self-hypnosis tools, we will build a practice of deepening self-connection and peacefulness, and moving with more clarity towards how you want to live your life. There will be in-class guided and practice experiences as well as homework (home play!) for sustaining a self-awareness practice.

Thursdays, February 19 – March 26 – 12:00-1:00 PM

$60.00 for a 6-week series – Sliding scale is available. For more information, please call Red Williow: (406) 721-0033

Upcoming Tango Classes and Events

Missoula Tango Connections with Patrick & Lori – Regular Wednesday classes.
Next beginning class, six-week series starts January 7th – 7:20 PM
See: www.ddcmontana.com

Tango at the Florence Hotel & Red Bird – Saturday, December 27th
Join us from 7:30 to 10:00 (or so) for open dancing in the lobby. No Charge!
Bring a friend, share a glass of wine and enjoy the social activity.
Tango Night at the Brick Room – Saturday, December 13th
8:00 Beginning class – 9:00 Milonga – Social dance until midnight.
$10 or $16 for two – A great date night!
Note: this will be part of the Daniela and Hernan tango weekend!
Missoula Friday Practica – 6:00 to 7:30 @ 210 N. Higgins, Suite 206
A place to learn, practice have fun with friends. $5 donation.
Kalispell Tango class – 2:00 pm, Sunday, December 7th
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