Holiday Events

Holiday Events

Greetings and happy holidays!

Is it getting busy for you yet this holiday season? I hope you remember to connect with the parts of you that are larger, non-linear and more expansive during the busyness of the season. I find for me, an intentional, illogical slowing to breathe, doing my sitting practice, and even getting out for a walk helps me remember that I also am large and spacious with unlimited time. This can even happen in the brief time between breaths and cascading images and thoughts!

Here's a short poem on losing one's self to the space:

A Man Lost By A River

There is a voice inside the body.

There is a voice and a music,
a throbbing, four-chambered pear
that wants to be heard, that sits
alone by the river with its mandolin
and its torn coat, and sings
for whomever will listen
a song that no one wants to hear.

But sometimes, lost,
on his way to somewhere significant,
a man in a long coat, carrying
a briefcase, wanders into the forest.

He hears the voice and the mandolin,
he sees the thrush and the dandelion,
and he feels the mist rise over the river.

And his life is never the same,
for this having been lost–
for having strayed from the path of his routine,
for no good reason.

– Michael Blumenthal

Following are a list of activities coming up in the next month. Feel free to pass these along to friends.

Also, my Relaxation Techniques CD is still on sale through the Holidays for only $13!

Warm regards,

Patrick

 

 

 

Free Lecture – What is Compassionate Communication?

A free lecture on what Compassionate Communication is and how to use it.

Some of the basics of this model are;

  • Connecting Needs to Feelings.
  • Learning how to make connective requests.
  • Learning how to receive information clearly without judgement.
  • Recognizing our own needs when we're judgemental.
  • Giving and receiving empathy.
  • How to respond when we hear a "NO".
  • How to express our needs so that they're more easily heard.

We will get some hands-on practice!

Tuesday, November 27th
6:30 pm • Free to public
Missoula Public Library – Small Meeting Room
301 East Main Street

 

Holiday Stress Relief – Missoula

You Can Relax With Self-hypnosis – Tuesdays – 6:00 to 7:30 pm – December 4th & 11th. – $20

In these two sessions, you will learn some simple, effective relaxation, guided imagery and self-hypnosis tools to help you go through this holiday season more relaxed and calm. You will learn simple, yet powerful tools to relax yourself when you're stressed or triggered, so you can feel safer and calmer. You will also learn how to work more directly with your subconscious mind to shift old, ineffective patterns to live more connected with yourself and others.

Need a calm moment? These sesesions can be your mini-retreat from the busyness of the holiday season.

Read more or register online.

 

Solstice Trance Drumming and Intuitive Self-exploration – Missoula

Friday, December 21st – 6:30 until 9:30 PM.  – Cost – $35

Join Patrick Marsolek for a workshop using the sounds of the drum and the rattle and other conscious mechanisms for exploring and experiencing trance. Through trance we gain access to deeper parts of ourselves and of our collective group energy for insight, clarity of purpose, healing, and even personal transformation.

Within the group space, individuals will be able to go deeper into their own experience of  trance and explore their own personal intentions. We will also explore the manifestation of group intention and spirit guidance. 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.

Read more and register online.

 

Communication Practice Group

Every Tuesday at Noon at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center

519 S. Higgins Ave. – Missoula, MT 59801 USA

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

Tuesdays, Jan. 8th – Feb. 5th – 6:00 – 7:30 pm – Cost: 65 or $120 for two.

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.

Read more online.

 

Upcoming Tango Classes and Events

  • Missoula Tango Connections with Patrick & Lori – Regular weekly classes – come and join us anytime. New session starting on Nov. 28th Two Classes – Beginners at 7:25 and Intermediate at 8:35. You can learn Argentine Tango, a highly personal and expressive social dance that can be danced to many different styles of music. It all starts with walking! Walk into a playful, fun, exploration of this exciting, improvisational dance.

  • Helena Tango Classes – Regular Thursday evening classes – 13 W. Placer st.
    This session has just begun. I'm teaching the Beyond Basics class with Megan Wilke at 7:25.
    Also, I'm teaching the Intermediate class with Grace Hodges at 8:35.
     

Our friends Chris and Jennifer will be teaching again in Kalispell on Dec. 9th – Please contact them for more info: tabletoptangofoothills@gmail.com or see the class info. on the Missoula Tango Facebook page.
Flathead Fitness • 300 1st Ave. W. • Kalispell

Also, Lori and I will be presenting a tango lesson for the Whitefish IONS group on Dec. 13th. Come join us for a fun evening!
Read more online. – Bohemian Grange Hall – 125 Blanchard Lake Road