Personal Growth & Lifestyle   

**Unless otherwise specified, to be eligible for a free class during our Open House, you may only register for a class with an instructor you have not taken before.** REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

Unwind your day with a mindful meditative approach to making art. Neurographica was developed as an art therapy practice to help individuals process emotions and reduce stress. This class will use this technique to ease stress while making a beautiful abstract work of art. Students begin with random, spontaneous lines and incorporate circles into their design, later rounding off intersections and adding color with a choice of media. Students of all artistic levels are welcome.

Watch a short video introducing neurographica here.

Take a look at some pictures from Carlise Azmitia's past classes here.

Carlise is teaching the following classes this fall:

• Nerikomi Air-Dry Clay Workshop, Tue, 10/20, 6:00 pm
• Kinusaiga Fabric Tuck Workshop, Thu, 11/12, 6:00 pm
• A Yarn Bowl Workshop: Coiled in Color, Thu, 11/19, 6:00 pm
• Felted Holiday Ornament, Mon, 12/7, 6:00 pm
   

 

**Unless otherwise specified, to be eligible for a free class during our Open House, you may only register for a class with an instructor you have not taken before.** REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

Scent is the sense most strongly connected to memory, with the power to calm the nervous system, shift mood, and bring us back to ourselves in an instant. Plants, too, support our regulation and well-being in ways we often overlook. Join Ella to explore the foundations of horticultural therapy and deepen your connection to the natural world through scent, touch, and creative practice.

We’ll begin the class by awakening our senses through playful scent explorations, guessing herbs, passing around fresh plants to touch and smell, and noticing how each aroma makes us feel. Participants will learn how to harvest and dry lavender at home, following the process from the plant to the dried botanicals we’ll be working with.

Together, we’ll craft personalized aromatherapy jars filled with dried lavender and colorful flowers to take home or gift. Using leaves and small nature treasures, we’ll also create handmade rubbings on tags/cards for each jar, a simple, heartfelt “to and from” keepsake inspired by the world around us. No prior experience with aromatherapy or crafting is required. We’ll close by enjoying a special homemade treat.

Leave feeling grounded, refreshed, and carrying the scent of lavender with you long after the day ends.

Ella will be teaching the following classes this Fall:

• House Plants 101: Bring Nature Indoors, Tues, 9/22, 5:30 pm
• Orchid Care, Mon, 11/9, 6:30 PM

 

We’ll begin with a warm welcome and a chance to reflect on our connection to nature, plants, and community. Participants will engage with a variety of indoor plants using their senses—observing textures, shapes, scents, and unique characteristics while learning essential plant-care skills such as watering, lighting, plant origins, and common uses. Questions and discussion are encouraged throughout the session.

We’ll also explore the benefits of horticultural therapy and how caring for plants can support emotional well-being, reduce stress, and foster a sense of connection and purpose. Each participant will pot and take home their own plant, applying the techniques learned in class. We’ll conclude with a brief reflective exercise focused on personal growth, leaving you with practical plant-care knowledge, a deeper appreciation for the natural world, and a living reminder of the power of nurturing both plants and ourselves.

Tai Chi-Qigong is a healing exercise for our body, opening blocked energy channels through proper posture, breath work, and advanced concentration within graceful movement. Through this practice the condition of cells, muscles, bones, and joints are strengthened and revitalized, improving the function of internal organs and intestines.

Tai Chi (TaeGeuk) is the principle of the cosmic energy cycle. When cosmic energy is created and eventually reaches its peak, instead of disappearing, the energy converts into a different type of energy, thereby continuing its lifecycle.

Qigong is the understanding and application of the Tai Chi principle into our lives. We can embrace the cosmic energy cycle and transform ourselves, leading a less self-centered and more altruistic, devoted life.

Want to invite birds, bees, and wildlife into your yard? It's easier than you think—and it mostly starts with what not to do. This autumn, learn how to easily add life and health to your outdoor space. We will walk through a slide presentation full of actionable ideas and wrap up with a Q&A session to answer your specific questions. Leave with the confidence to begin creating your own backyard nature preserve for you and your family to enjoy all year long!

During this hands-on Kintsugi-inspired workshop, participants will have the opportunity to learn, create, and share. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, highlighting the cracks instead of hiding them–embracing imperfections as part of the object’s history. This philosophy can also serve as a powerful metaphor for personal growth and healing.

Students will learn about this historic art form and how it can apply to each person. They will be guided through a modern approach, wherein they break, paint, and rebuild their own bowl, showing and creating a connection to their journey. Participants will paint their bowls and then highlight the cracks with gold glue making it unique to them. Attendees will also have the opportunity to share collectively or in small groups, conversing about how we have all been challenged in various ways, and how there is strength in the growth of the rebuild. As an art therapist, Tara offers opportunities for connection through art, relating it to self and the healing process of putting our own pieces back together.

Take a look at some pictures from Tara DeLuca's past classes here.

Adult ADHD impacts virtually every aspect of life, more so if the condition remains undiagnosed, untreated, or ineffectively treated. Join this 3-part interactive workshop to learn about ADHD, why it’s so misunderstood, how to manage it, and how to build support around you.

Session one will provide a definition of ADHD, how it looks different on everyone, particularly men vs women, and a discussion on the impact on your life.

Session two will discuss strategies for building awareness around your strengths and challenges, and how to find solutions for getting things done in a way that works for you.

Session three will discuss relationships and ADHD. Distractibility impacts how people interact in school, work, and with friends and spouses. Discussion will include shifting the mindset, shame, and how to develop a system to reduce chaos and create calm.

This will be a safe space with plenty of time to share and ask questions. Resources will be provided for your journey with ADHD. It’s never too early or too late to learn how to work with your diagnosis.

This course teaches the lifesaving skills of adult Hands-Only CPR, adult/child/infant CPR with breaths, adult/child AED use, and mild/severe airway block for all ages. Skills are taught in a dynamic group environment, which provides students with the most hands-on CPR practice time possible. This class is ideal for new parents, grandparents, babysitters, and others interested in learning how to save a life, but do not need a CPR course completion card to meet a job requirement.

For over 20 years, Cindy Greenstein--The Points Mom--has used credit card points to travel the world while rarely paying for airline flights and hotel rooms. Some of her five-figure family travel savings include trips to Aspen ($26,000), Greece ($23,000), and London ($15,000). Cindy, an attorney and former certified public accountant, founded The Points Mom to share her credit card rewards program expertise with family, friends, and small business owners who don’t have the time to learn how to maximize their points.

In this class, Cindy will share her knowledge with you and guide you in obtaining and using “the right cards” based on your spending habits to maximize your rewards for free travel. She will compare credit card flexible rewards programs and discuss why airline and hotel cards are not always the best option for purchases. In addition, Cindy will help you understand the various ways to redeem rewards for the most value, talk about card benefits, and share some of her favorite cards.

Using all seven ancient Tibetan sound bowls, this energizing sound bath will clear and ground your chakras, which are energy centers located at specific points in the body that directly affect our health and well-being.  It will help to rebalance, realign, and reharmonize your body and may also improve mental clarity.

If you register for Sound Bath: Complete Chakra Cleanse and Breathwork Healing: How to Free Your Mind Combo, you will receive a 10% discount. Click here to register for the combo.

Students who register for both Sound Bath: Complete Chakra Cleanse and Breathwork Healing: How to Free Your Mind at the same time receive a 10% discount.

To register individually, follow the links below.

Sound Bath: Complete Chakra Cleanse, Wednesday, 10/21, 6:30 pm
Breathwork Healing: How to Free Your Mind,  Wednesday, 12/9, 6:30 pm

This workshop will teach students how to avoid being attacked, how to disengage from an attack before things get physical, and how to defend themselves against a couple of the most frequent forms of assault. Students will learn a few basic strikes that, while easy to learn, are extremely effective in creating an opportunity for you to escape from a dangerous or inappropriate situation.

This workshop is also open to high school students, but they must be accompanied by a registered adult.  Each person should register separately.

Join Aviva Chansky Guttmann in any–or all–sessions of her Energy Psychology Series. Modern life is replete with circumstances and situations that challenge our nervous systems, and we attempt to cope using the skills and tools we have. However, at times we get overwhelmed and feel anxious. In three classes, which can be taken together or independently, Aviva will discuss mind-body approaches designed to enhance your physical, emotional, and mental well-being by working with both your thoughts and your body’s energy systems:

• Self-Tapping for Stress Management, Mon, 11/3, 6:00 pm
• Enhancing Connections Through Active Listening, Tues, 11/10, 6:00 pm
• Using Words to Heal, Tues, 11/17, 6:00 pm

Sign up for the series and save $10.

We live in a fast-paced and stressful society which is perpetuated and reinforced by social media’s frenetic presence in our lives. Our nervous systems attempt to match this constant state of readiness and alertness but as a result, we often feel depleted and lacking emotional and energetic reserves. We are not designed to remain in this high activation state as often as the world encourages it.

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), also known as tapping, offer an easily available method of self-care and self-soothing based on Eastern methods of energy healing. Tapping involves gentle self-administered finger tapping of meridian points along our bodies. It is a non-invasive method of calming the nervous system. Some liken it to “emotional acupuncture” (without the needles).

Aviva will lead an interactive and informative workshop showing participants how to self-administer tapping, teaching about the meridian points, offering some background and history of EFT, and she will provide resource handouts for participants to take home. 

Orchids are among the world's most beautiful and often misunderstood houseplants. In this interactive workshop, participants will discover what makes orchids so unique by exploring their natural habitats, how they grow, and why they require care that differs from most traditional houseplants. We'll cover the most common orchid varieties found in stores and review the essential care practices needed to help orchids thrive at home.

Each participant will bring an orchid of their choice—whether a newly purchased plant or one they already own—and receive step-by-step guidance as they repot it. Together, we'll learn how to identify healthy and unhealthy roots, when and how to trim roots, how to care for damaged or aging leaves, and best practices for watering, light, humidity, and long-term maintenance to promote healthy growth and encourage reblooming. By the end of the workshop, participants will leave with a freshly repotted orchid, practical skills they can confidently apply at home, and a deeper appreciation for the beauty, resilience, and unique nature of these extraordinary plants. Questions and discussion are encouraged, and this will be a supportive learning experience for both beginners and experienced plant enthusiasts.

Join us for an interactive and dynamic workshop in which participants will be guided in developing and practicing the skills of active listening. Many of us struggle with situations and relationships where we feel not fully understood for our intent, nor heard completely when we express ourselves. Aviva will teach the skills of active listening. Participants will enjoy guided practice exercises in these skills in addition to increasing empathy and validation skills. These skills will be useful and valuable in any interaction and relationship, offering more connection and clarity between partners.

Have you ever wondered why some homes immediately feel warm, elegant, and inviting—even without expensive renovations or designer furnishings? In this engaging 90-minute class, you'll discover the professional design principles that interior designers and luxury home stagers use to create beautiful, balanced spaces, and learn how to apply them in your own home, regardless of your decorating style or budget.

Through inspiring before-and-after examples, you'll learn how to improve the look and feel of every room using color, lighting, furniture placement, accessories, artwork, and styling techniques that create a polished, welcoming home. Whether you're refreshing your current space, preparing your home for entertaining, thinking about selling in the future, or simply want to fall in love with your home again, you'll leave with practical ideas and actionable tips you can begin using immediately.

Carefully crafted words can help people resolve distressing memories, limiting beliefs, and emotional blocks in an energy psychology approach known as Logosynthesis. As with most energy methods, the source of calm and equilibrium comes from within, and the practitioner helps the individual discover it.

This method is based on the idea that many of our problems—such as anxiety, fear, or limiting beliefs—are caused by “frozen” energy in our personal space and aims to dissolve these energy blocks, allowing emotional energy to return to an uninterrupted flow. Logosynthesis is suitable for adults open to exploring the connections between mind, body, and spirit, and it fits well alongside other energy psychology methods like self-tapping and mindfulness practices.

Join the Outdoors Contained to learn how to embellish a cut green wreath. They will provide the wreath as well as a variety of ribbons, fruits, feathers, berries, and natural elements and will teach you to curate and assemble your own holiday wreath which you will take home to celebrate the season as well as the holidays.

Take a look at some pictures from The Outdoors Contained's past classes here.

Have you ever dreamed of experiencing the festive atmosphere of European Christmas markets? Save the airfare! Instead, we invite you to join Nancy as she shares her first-hand knowledge of delightful pre-Christmas traditions in German-speaking countries. Come taste a sampling of traditional Christmas market foods and learn about the artisanal wooden and glass decorations sold at the markets. Practice the German names for these specialties and a few basic German phrases to have in your back pocket if you go to a Christmas market.

No knowledge of German is necessary for this class.

Hormonal changes during and after menopause affect your skin in ways that your old routine may no longer address. In this practical, empowering session, you'll learn how to identify common concerns such as dryness, loss of elasticity, uneven texture, sensitivity, and pigmentation, and you'll leave with a step-by-step skincare routine tailored for mature skin. Agnes will decode the ingredients that actually make a difference (exfoliating acids, hyaluronic acid, ceramides, peptides, and vitamins A, C, E, D, and K) so you can shop smarter and stop guessing. You'll also explore how diet, hydration, exercise, and sleep support your skin from the inside out.

Breathwork is an active meditation technique with a two-part inhale and single exhale done consistently for 30 minutes, followed by relaxation and a return to normal breathing.  The technique brings us into a deeper state of consciousness and clears "stuck energy" quite rapidly and safely. Results often include more mental clarity and less anxiety; an easier time connecting with family and friends; the experience of more joy, peace, and spiritual connection; and a boost of intuition and creativity.

If you register for Sound Bath: Complete Chakra Cleanse and Breathwork Healing: How to Free Your Mind Combo, you will receive a 10% discount. Click here to register for the combo.

During this hands-on Kintsugi-inspired workshop, participants will have the opportunity to learn, create, and share. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, highlighting the cracks instead of hiding them–embracing imperfections as part of the object’s history. This philosophy can also serve as a powerful metaphor for personal growth and healing.

Students will learn about this historic art form and how it can apply to each person. They will be guided through a modern approach, wherein they break, paint, and rebuild their own bowl, showing and creating a connection to their journey. Participants will paint their bowls and then highlight the cracks with gold glue making it unique to them. Attendees will also have the opportunity to share collectively or in small groups, conversing about how we have all been challenged in various ways, and how there is strength in the growth of the rebuild. As an art therapist, Tara offers opportunities for connection through art, relating it to self and the healing process of putting our own pieces back together.

Take a look at some pictures from Tara DeLuca's past classes here.

Step into the new year with intention and clarity by creating your own vision board collage. This inspiring workshop begins with a gentle guided meditation—accompanied by sound bowls, chimes, and other soothing instruments—to help you connect with your inner wisdom and reflect on your hopes and goals for the year ahead. After centering yourself, you’ll use a variety of fun and inspiring art supplies to bring your vision for 2026 to life. Whether you're focusing on personal growth, relationships, health, or creativity, your collage will become a powerful visual reminder of the direction you want to take. Enjoy herbal tea and a nourishing snack as you create, and share reflections in a warm, supportive community. You'll leave with a beautiful, tangible symbol of your intentions—something to return to throughout the year to focus your energy, stay aligned, and manifest your aspirations. No artistic experience is necessary, and all materials are provided.