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December 2024 newsletter

Upcoming events:

Free Your Voice: Sound Healing Workshops

DECEMBER 1ST 2024 & JANUARY 17, 2025

Facilitating Free Your Voice: Sound Healing Workshops has been an honour for me. The first one was in July, and since then I have led twenty-one people through this journey of sound. Several participants have provided feedback about how the experience has positively impacted their lives.

Free Your Voice has been an interesting journey for me as well. I have been channeling sound for almost twelve years now, during that time, many people have asked me how I learned to do this and a few have suggested that I should teach others. The time felt right to finally share my knowledge this year; between July and October I ran the class four times, three in Regina and one in Weyburn.

The current 2.5-hour workshop is an introductory session. We sound together for each chakra, talk about the importance of having our throat chakra clear. I share a fun and effective exercise to release anger, grief, and lower vibe emotions.

I will be headed to Fillmore, Saskatchewan on December 1st to offer the last one for the year, then starting up again on January 17th back in Regina. There are eleven spots available in each class, save yours here. I am securing a date to offer the workshop in Yorkton, possibly in the February timeframe.

Would you like to host Free Your Voice in your location? Let’s talk!

Vacation alert

DECEMBER 22ND TO JANUARY 5TH, 2025 INCLUSIVE

🎄My husband, Jaret, reminds me frequently that I am supposed to be semi-retired, that being said, Sparks of Healing will be closed for two-weeks over the holidays for me to kick back, spending time with family and friends. I see books, holiday movies, board games, and jigsaw puzzles in my future.

If you need to treat yourself to calming Reiki vibes, or receive hypnosis to manage all those family gatherings before Christmas, be sure to book your time in soon to not be disappointed. I’m here for you! ✨

Speaking of the Holidays…

FAMILY TRADITIONS; A REMINDER TO ASK WHY…

I had a conversation with a good friend the other day about the stress and expectations that crop up around this time of year. I thought you might benefit from this discussion as well.

Christmas has become an oblication (vacation filled with obligations) for many. The volume of gift giving, excess socializing, and feasts that could feed a high school football team are common.

WHY?

Maybe it is time for us to take an honest look at these family traditions with fresh eyes and ask why we are doing things; if we truly want to carry on with the way things have “always been done”.

Rather than a huge meal with all the fixings, maybe your family would rather have a Christmas lasagna, build your own pizza, or taco feast. Do we really need mashed potatoes and perogies? (If you know, you know, it’s definitely a Saskatchewan thing.)

Is everybody trying to find time with you all squashed in one month? If yes, can some of the get-togethers be moved to January?

If we are really supposed to be celebrating peace, joy, and goodwill to all, perhaps we could throw in compassion for self and slow down a notch or ten.

What do you do for Christmas, Patricia?

Well, thanks for asking. Trying to find a date for my kids to get together for holidays is worse than booking meetings for C suite executives; I know, I did that for years. I am no longer married to the father of my children. He and I have both remarried. His new wife is also on her second marriage, as are the parents of my daughter-in-law, who are also both remarried. By my calculations, there are ten different family gatherings that need to be coordinated around one day. UGH!

My solution was to offer to have not-Christmas. I have chosen a day other than the 25th. I also host not-Easter, not-Thanksgiving… you get the picture. We have forgone the big meal in favour of brunch. We can prepare most of the dishes the day before, leaving time to visit in place of frantic KP duties. There are lots of leftovers and one less turkey meal for everyone. It works.

What can you do to ease the stress of the season and put some jolly back into your December?

If there is a little voice in your head that keeps telling you that you have to do particular things, take the time to ask it why…