Classes and Events

Self-Hypnosis to Calm Our Minds

Instructor: Mary Willix, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist

Thursday, October First 6:30-8:30

Uniquely Natural ($30)

705 S. Public Road, Lafayette

To register call 303-666-6192

In this class you will learn how hypnosis works and gain skills in self-hypnosis. Self-hypnosis is a practical tool for melting away the stresses in our daily lives. Regular relaxation is necessary for health, peace of mind and creative living. You may chose to include 20-minute self-hypnosis, mind-calming sessions into your daily schedule to re-energize your body and restore mental focus. Self-hypnosis at bedtime helps us fall asleep and sleep soundly through the night. Research shows that adequate sleep is basic for proper brain functioning, good health and optimal learning. This class is open to middle school and high school students (who often don’t sleep enough). You may reach Mary Willix with questions at 303-635-6632.

Classes Fall 2009

TO REGISTER: 720-561-3768 or <http://www.bvsd.org/lll>

YOUR DREAMS & YOUR ART

October 24, 2009 (10 -3:30) $75

Boulder Valley School District Lifelong Learning

Mary Willix, Clinical Hypnotherapist

This full-day workshop for artists and writers of all levels provides a supportive space to create drawings, prose poems, paintings, or small clay sculptures based on your dreams. Dream narrator and hypnotherapist Mary Willix will teach you techniques for dream recall, interpretation and how to recognize and separate life-changing dreams from housekeeping dreams. The day will be devoted to your work with breaks for inspiration, learning, sharing and stretching. Group hypnosis will reinforce the connections between dreaming and creativity. You will receive suggestions to practice your craft regularly. “You are unique. When you commit to paying attention to significant dreams and give them form, you will gain strength and insight for transformation and you’ll develop a body of work.” -Mary Willix

Click here for tips to remember dreams and list of what to bring

MORE JOY:

Positive Psychology, Show & Tell, Hypnosis for Change

Wednesdays, Oct. 7-21 (3 sessions) 6:00-8:30 $95

Boulder Valley School District Lifelong Learning

Mary Willix, Clinical Hypnotherapist

Learn about Positive Psychology and the connection between joy and creativity. Clarify what makes you happy then imagine a plan for adding more joy to your life. Bring a photo of yourself that makes you happy – or a book or music CD/cassette – and experience how much fun “Show & Tell” can be. Clinical hypnotherapist Mary Willix will use hypnosis with the group to reinforce increasing joy and will address individual requests for overcoming resistance and programming change. Discover how hypnosis maximizes the power of your mind to create the life you want. Come ready for a shift and use our three meetings to open your mind and expand your heart.

ArtsNow C400: Your Dreams and Your Art

1 - 4 pm, Thursdays
Instructor: Mary Willix

Learn techniques to use your dreams to inspire your art and creative writing. Expand a current project, begin a new one, or journal and illustrate dreams. Class is for artists or writers and newcomers to both. Explore how dream time can guide you to transform your internal, creative urges into external form. Come play with dreams in the spacious studio. (Dream sharing is optional.) Instructor is a dream work facilitator, certified hypnotherapist, linguist, author of two books and a dreamer who plays with art.
        * Sessions: 3
        * Date: May 15 - May 29
        * Location: ArtWorks, 201 2nd Ave. S., Edmonds, WA 98020
        * Class Fee: $115
Registration: Call (425) 640-1243
http://www.edcc.edu/artsnow/registration/

SELF-HYPNOSIS FOR RELAXATION & SOUND SLEEP
In this course students learn what hypnosis is, what it is not, and experience operator-induced hypnosis. Students will practice self-hypnosis between sessions. While the primary goal is relaxation, students may bring specific issues to work on in class (reducing pain, overcoming a specific fear, eating less or more healthily). We will read about sleep - what it is, why we need it, and see how hypnosis can help us get more of it. 3 two-hour sessions.

Spring: SELF-HYPNOSIS FOR RELAXATION & SOUND SLEEP
        Item: L408 MARY WILLIX
        7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: MAB 0108
        Sessions: 4 Tu Credits:
        5/6/2008 - 5/27/2008 Fee: $150.00

Summer: SELF-HYPNOSIS FOR RELAXATION & SOUND SLEEP
        Item: L117 MARY WILLIX
        7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: MAB 0108
        Sessions: 3 Tu Credits:
        7/1/2008 - 7/15/2008 Fee: $125.00
Registration:
http://atcampus.net/EdmondsSched4/index.html?print=/edmondssched4/output/course_2148.htm

Your Brain and Your Health (Full)
C894, April 4-April 18, Fridays
10:30am-12:30pm
MAB 108 $30
We will explore what neuroscientists have discovered about the brain in recent years and what our brains need to remain healthy as we age. Professionals now know that a proactive lifestyle that promotes brain health develops brain reserves that may delay the onset of neuro-degenerative disease. Neurologist Richard Restak's The Naked Brain (2006) is our textbook, but students are encouraged to share information from other sources. Language professor Mary Willix taught at UCSD, Mesa College, North Seattle Community College and elsewhere. She is the author of two books and numerous articles. 3 sessions.

http://www.edcc.edu/cri/Spring08_Classes.php#your

SELF-HYPNOSIS FOR RELAXATION & SOUND
SLEEP

L335                               Instructor Mary Willix, M.A., C. Ht
7:00 – 9:00 PM Tu           MAB 108, Edmonds Community College
1/8/08 – 1/29/08           $150 (8 hours)

Course description: In this course students learn what hypnosis is, what it is not, experience “operator-induced” hypnosis as a pathway to self-hypnosis and practice self-hypnosis at home. We will read about sleep – what it is, why we need it and how hypnosis can help us get more of it.

SelfQuiz
1.Do you feel tension in your body the day after a stressful incident?
2.Do you experience tension headaches, upset stomach or other physical
discomforts that you think are caused by stress?
3.Do you worry about work or family problems while you’re trying to fall asleep?
4.Does it take you more than 30 minutes to get to sleep?
5.If you wake up during the night, do you have difficulty going back to sleep?
6.When your focus at work is interrupted, do you have difficulty re-focusing?
7.Do you hold your breath when you feel stressed?
8.Do you forget to take stretch breaks & eat nutritious snacks and then wonder why you feel stiff and light-headed?
9.Do you have “nervous habits” that you wish you didn’t have?
10.Do you “press on” even when your body mind and emotions tell you to stay home and rest?

If you answered “yes” to 2 or more of the following questions, you area good candidate for self-hypnosis. Please be advised that if you have a medical sleep disorder, you need to be evaluated at a sleep clinic. If you have an emotional disorder, you need a medical evaluation. If you have been assessed for either and your medical provider recommends hypnosis, you are welcome to attend. Please let the instructor know that you have a medical referral.

Our primary goal is to learn relaxation techniques that will help you stay calm and focused throughout your day and to have the kind of good night’s sleep that allows you to wake up feeling refreshed. Our secondary goal is to look at recent research on the brain and sleep in the context of why staying grounded, calm and focused is important. Like meditation, yoga and other traditional forms of maintaining balance, self-hypnosis is a safe, practical tool that you can use for health and well-being.

Spanish Town Watercolor BEGINNING ADULT SPANISH
(with hypnosis)
July Session in Edmonds

Tuesday Evenings,
July 10, 17, 24 and 31
Frances Anderson Center
700 Main Street
Edmonds WA 98020
7:00 - 8:30 PM
$140
Minimum class size: 6
Maximum class size: 15

Mary Willix Picture
In this beginning Spanish class, professor Mary Willix will use hypnosis as an aid for deep learning, retention and recall – eliminating any anxiety you may have about learning a foreign language. Come and enjoy a new experience as you gain a skill that opens doors to adventure and creates new neural pathways in your brain. Prof. Willix has taught Spanish at NSCC, UW Experimental College, USCD, San Diego Mesa College and elsewhere. Call 206-384-8228
to register. For inquiries email Mary from the home page.

YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR ART, with Mary Willix