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  • A Pain in the Neck (and how to get rid of it)

    Stretches alone won’t eliminate your neck aches and pains. The neck muscles and tissues need to be strengthened to support the load of the head and better your posture. We will use therapy balls, blocks, straps, and the wall among other props to do exercises and sequences to bring awareness and strengthen neck muscles and shoulder joints, and rewire the load we place in our tissues around the area. Many exercises will be supine, some sitting, and others standing. Open to anyone and everyone who wants to learn how to decompress, relax, and apply easy techniques to feel better in one of the areas where we hold the most tension. All mobility/fitness levels are welcome. Please note: Students must bring the following to class: Yoga mat Yoga belt/long strap/belt Theraband/resistance band Tennis ball/therapy ball Yoga bolster or firm cushion
  • Adult, Infant & Child CPR with AED

    This American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED course trains participants to provide first aid, CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Expect to learn about adult and child CPR and AED use, infant CPR, first aid basics including choking, medical emergencies, injury emergencies, environmental emergencies, preventing illness and injury, and opioid-associated life-threatening emergencies. This intensive three-hour course is for anyone with little or no medical training. Participants will be emailed a course completion card, valid for two years. Educators and students can register at a reduced rate. Please register first and then email us within 24 hours and we will refund you for the amount.
  • Astrology for Beginners

    Understanding your astrology chart can help you build on your natural skills and abilities and reveal when to explore the most opportune moments for progress in your life. Learn how to read your unique birth chart and gain understanding of the meaning behind signs and houses and placement of each planet. We will study the aspects and interactions between planets, stars, and personality and learn how to interpret each placement in your chart to discover the key to development of your natural abilities and personality traits.
  • Conflict Resolution

    We all encounter conflict every day, either as a participant or an observer. How conflict is resolved (or not resolved) has a large impact on our quality of life. Through practice and roleplaying, learn strategies that effectively resolve conflict amicably and allow both parties to feel like a positive outcome has been achieved. You will develop useful conflict resolution skills for resolving personal conflicts or those of others.
  • Conversation & Connection: A Guide to Friendship for Young Adults

    It’s an awkward topic, but have you ever thought to yourself, “I feel so lonely sometimes. How can I deepen my relationships? How do I make new friends?” Meaningful relationships can help boost self-esteem, improve family dynamics, and increase work success, but in adulthood, there are fewer and fewer built-in opportunities to socialize. Through discussion and roleplay, learn strategies that can be used in multiple contexts to initiate and maintain conversations, how small talk can lead to deeper connection, the hidden expectations and rules around conversation and friendship, and how to identify and see value in different types of friendships. Designed for adults ages 18–30.
  • Facial Yoga

    Pamper yourself with facial yoga. Learn how to use facial yoga poses to tighten and tone facial muscles, which help to reduce wrinkles and leave your skin rejuvenated. You will also learn eye exercises to alleviate eye strain and a sequence of facial massage techniques. All of these techniques will be learned seated in a chair. We will end class with a meditative guided relaxation, for which you can stay seated or lie down on a yoga mat. No prior yoga experience necessary. Please Note: wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or large towel to set or lie on. If you are not comfortable on the floor, you may stay in a chair. No prior yoga experience necessary.
  • Healing & The Art of Touch: Acupressure, Self Massage & Foot Reflexology

    Learn how to ease tension, increase circulation, and relieve pain with simple massage techniques you can do on yourself. We’ll use our own hands, fingers, and elbows to reduce stress. Discover how to activate energy meridians, and stimulate the lymphatic system. We will also practice acupressure and foot reflexology techniques to reduce pain, improve digestion, sleep better, and bring greater harmony to your body. Please note: planned no class dates on May 21 and 28
  • Hip Mobility Workshop

    Do you suffer from tight hips? Through a variety of floor, seated, and standing exercises we will gradually access the joints, strengthen muscles, and make space in the hip area. These simple mobility drills will fire up hip muscles, glutes, and sacroiliac joints and give space to the lower back by opening up the hamstrings. Explore and deepen range of movement; develop strength around the hip joint muscle and hip flexors; access scar tissue; find how understanding the hip joint function can help your daily standing-walking habits; and get the chance to rewire some old patterns. Open to anyone in need of decompressing tight hips and/or strengthening the area. Please note: Students must bring the following to class: Yoga mat Yoga belt/long strap/belt Theraband/resistance band Tennis ball/therapy ball Yoga bolster or firm cushion.
  • Holistic Wellbeing During Menopause

    Begin an enlightening journey towards enhanced health and well-being during menopause. Dive into a 360-degree approach, emphasizing diet, nervous system regulation (stress management), exercise, and hydration. Learn how these factors can positively impact menopause symptoms, including skin health, bone density, digestion, nutrient absorption, and sleep quality. Discover strategies to alleviate joint pain, headaches, and anxiety, and address decreased libido. Empower yourself with practical insights and lifestyle adjustments to navigate this transformative phase with resilience and vitality.
  • Introduction to Hearing Loss & Hearing Aids

    Hearing loss is a common affliction, affecting more than half of those over age 75, yet most of us know little about it. Learn all about the auditory system, the anatomy of the ear, common conditions related to hearing, and how hearing loss can affect your health. With the recent availability of over-the-counter hearing aids, get valuable information about the difference between those you can buy in a store or online and those that audiologists offer.
  • Introduction to Tarot Reading

    Learn the basics of tarot and give and receive readings with instructor guidance in this interactive workshop. Practice tapping into your intuition by learning the meaning of the cards and the significance of numerology as it relates to the tarot. We will practice some simple readings and learn some basic layouts using the Crowley-Thoth Tarot deck. This is a great way for beginners to learn and practice the basics and for intermediate readers to improve their abilities.
  • Legacy Letters

    A legacy letter is a written document that allows you to share your life lessons, express your values, and transmit your blessings to future generations. Also called an ethical will, it is shorter than a memoir— typically just a few pages. Writing one is a rewarding experience that creates an enduring gift for family, friends, and other loved ones. This introductory workshop includes discussion and brief writing exercises to help you examine your life history, explore your values, and capture important insights. Receive advice, encouragement, and a model structure to help you draft and complete your own legacy letter.
  • Life in Five Senses: Beyond the Book

    Awaken your senses and get inspired by happiness researcher Gretchen Rubin’s book Life in Five Senses. She explores the science behind our five senses and how simple attention practices can make your life richer. We’ll read the book together and bring it to life through creative weekly sensory experiments. Along the way you’ll discover your neglected sense(s), create a vivid five-senses portrait of yourself or a loved one, and develop a toolbox of methods to make yourself happier by consciously engaging with what you see, hear, smell, taste, and touch.
  • Makeup & Skincare for Graceful Aging

    Please note: This class will be held at Arlington High School Update your makeup and skincare routine for your mature skin. Join a professional makeup artist to learn how to apply cosmetics that address age-related concerns like fine lines, wrinkles, and loss of elasticity. This class will focus on how to use products to enhance your face shape, define your eyes, and create a sophisticated makeup look that isn’t overdone. Alexandra will demonstrate techniques on a class volunteer as she walks you through a makeup routine for 50+ skin and answers questions about specific challenges. She will also touch upon skincare suggestions for hydration, makeup products that are easy to apply, and tools needed to complete these makeup looks.
  • Plan Ahead for Caregiving: A Practical & Emotional Guide

    Most caregivers enter their role with little or no planning. Instead, a crisis arises, making the situation extremely challenging and stressful. If you are an adult child who is noticing aging-related physical and/or mental or cognitive deterioration in an older relative, learn a practical step-by-step approach to planning for caregiving. In the first session we’ll cover key topics to help you evaluate your loved one’s situation and when to step in to offer support; what your conversation should consist of and topics to cover; setting up a plan collaboratively; and services and resources for older adults. In the second session we’ll address ways of managing the emotional challenges that many caregivers experience including what it means to be a caregiver, caregiver stress syndrome, how to manage stress, and services and resources for caregivers.
  • Raw & Living Foods

    Discover how feasible and beneficial it can be to ditch the heat and begin embracing a raw and living foods lifestyle. Proper nutrition is essential for good health. However, just choosing to eat nutritious foods may not be enough—it is also important to pay attention to how they are prepared. Cooking can alter, and often destroy, the nutrients, before you have the chance to ingest, digest, and absorb them. Adopting a raw and living foods lifestyle can avoid this loss of nutrients and enhance your health. Learn about the disadvantages of cooking food, the benefits of delicious raw alternatives, and ways to adopt this new surge of nutrition into your daily life.
  • Reiki Certification

    Learn Reiki for self-healing; to support friends, family and pets in their healing process; and/or to become a Reiki professional. Level 1: Receive the attunements believed to allow Reiki healing energy to flow through your hands. Each participant will get a complete Reiki treatment and then practice giving one to another student. We will cover health effects, how to best utilize this gentle healing modality for the benefit of yourself and others, and how to open a Reiki practice. Note: Receive a Reiki Level 1 certificate at the successful completion of the training. Level 2: Add power and versatility and enhance your Reiki with three specific practical techniques. Learn to intensify Reiki energy, combine the practice of Reiki with psychological and emotional issues, and discover how to heal from a distance. Note: A Reiki Level 2 Certificate will be issued at the successful completion of the training. Reiki Level 1 Certificate is a prerequisite for taking this class.
  • Soap Making for Healthy Living

    Soap making is a surprisingly old craft—dating back at least 5,000 years—and it uses only a few simple ingredients. Nowadays, however, many of the products we put on our bodies are hardly simple and many of them are downright harmful. You can step out of the beauty industrial complex by learning how to make your own soaps. Don your safety goggles as we walk through all aspects of making soap. You’ll take home up to 10–15 bars of soap that you made yourself with fully pronounceable ingredients and your choice of essential oils.
  • Spine Mobility Workshop

    We tend to overlook the importance of our spine as the key structure that keeps us upright and connects the different parts of our skeleton to each other: our head, chest, pelvis, shoulders, arms, and legs. This class focuses on spinal articulation by visiting extension, flexion, side movements, and twists to increase space and ease of motion, and decrease discomfort and rigidity. We will embark on supine, seated, and standing exercises that are meant for everyone who wants to feel and move better. All mobility/fitness levels are welcome. Please note: Students must bring the following to class: Yoga mat Yoga belt/long strap (8-10 feet long) Blanket Blocks
  • Sunrise Walking Meditation

    The word “meditation” is likely to conjure up an image of a cross-legged person sitting still in a quiet room. While this is a great way to find stillness for some, others find incorporating movement, such as walking, to be helpful. Walking mindfully in nature can help us access a deep, calm presence. We also start to build a greater connection to the natural world and strengthen skills that cultivate wonder and awe. Learn about and practice mindfulness while walking. We will start with some simple guidance and then walk slowly and silently, immersing ourselves in the beauty of what surrounds us, pausing to listen to a poem or relevant reading, and ending with a simple breathing exercise.
  • Take Control of Your End-of-Life Planning (It's never too early to start!)

    Please note: This class is $45, the price was incorrect in the printed catalog. Everyone 18 years and older has the right to be fully informed about their health care and to make choices based on their goals, values, and beliefs. On too many occasions, families’ lives are torn apart when unexpected or expected end-of-life happens at any age or stage without the proper planning. Learn how to put documents in place that will inform the medical community and your loved ones (and remove the burden from them) by creating a health care plan. We’ll talk about what a health care plan is, what forms and documents are involved, which forms are legal and which are for informational purposes, and with whom to communicate your plan.
  • Tools to Calm the Mind for People Who Can’t Sit Still

    When was the last time you simply sat down and relaxed? In our tech-heavy, fast-paced world, getting caught up in scrolling, distractions, and rabbit holes is easy and happens before we know it. If you’re grappling with stress, disconnection, or stagnation, learn practices that can reclaim your awareness. Experience them in a safe, supportive environment that will allow you to explore what works best for you on this journey to living life more fully.This course will include three skill-building sessions and one final integration session to ask questions, share tips, and practice the new skills. Please Note: Wear comfortable, loose clothing, and bring a blanket and yoga mat or meditation cushion/pillow if you have one.