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Join us for the 2009 Montana Men's Gathering
September 24 - 27
At Camp Mimanagish
South of Big Timber, Montana
We'd like to invite you to attend the Montana Men's Foundation annual fall gathering at Camp Mimanagish on the Boulder River. Come share your life experiences, reconnect with nature, and experience a supportive community of men. Join us as we explore what it means to be a man in today's world: in relationship, at work, with family, and by oneself. We offer this event as a gift to ourselves and each other, a time and place to find restoration, insight, and renewed energy.
All you need to do is bring yourself and whatever it is you're carrying. We welcome the ordinary, enthusiastic, dramatic, bored, bedraggled, and rambunctious. We cannot pretend to offer initiation to men, but we'll honor and support the changes you might be going through. Our goal is to relax into our authentic selves without any pretense. This gathering will be a place to lighten the load for a while, retreat into nature to get some perspective, and spend time with some truly amazing men.
To bring us together and help us find our balance, we'll be offering a number of group activities including: rhythm and song, yoga and movement, art making, simple rituals, heart-to-heart discussions, self-awareness exercises, time on the land, and more.
And if you need to chill out for a time, take a solo hike, or just not do anything for a while, we'll respect that too. This will be an environment for self-care and honest community. Our time together will be shaped around what we each bring to the gathering, the challenges we are facing and the ideas and creative impulses that are inspiring us.
We'll be staying at beautiful Camp Mimanagish on the Boulder River, located in the heart of the Abasaroka Wilderness, 40 miles South of Big Timber, Montana. This rustic camp is a place of genuine retreat, away from cell phone reception and internet access, a place where we can enjoy nature and step away from the busyness of life for a time. 
Set among Fir and Aspen trees, the beautiful Boulder River flows right next to the camp. And hiking trails into the wilderness begin just downstream.
Participants will be lodging in the many cabins available and chef Darry Stearns will be joining us again to provide his hearty, gourmet meals. Here you can enjoy a warm fire, a satisfied belly, a story, music, or the quietness of nature.
We're looking forward to seeing you at this year's gathering!
-Matthew and Patrick Marsolek and the Montana Men's Foundation.
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2009 Facilitators
For nearly two decades, Matthew Marsolek has been facilitating men's retreats in Montana and Canada, and numerous events with Drum Brothers world music ensemble. In addition to his contagious enthusiasm and a passion for rhythm and sound, he brings a wealth of experience in team building, group dynamics, and ritual making. Over the years, Matthew has co-facilitated with Michael Meade, Timothy Tate and Greg Jahn, among others, and continues the tradition of mentoring younger men.
Patrick Marsolek has over 12 years experience leading groups in consciousness exploration, personal development, and healing. As the director of Inner Working Resources, he teaches compassionate communication to businesses, individuals and families, and offers self-empowerment seminars throughout the Northwest. Patrick is the author of Transform Yourself: a self-hypnosis manual, and has a clinical hypnotherapy practice in Helena and Great Falls.
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