Personal Growth & Lifestyle   

In this class, you will create a small indoor sun-loving succulent garden, which you will take home in a ceramic vessel, and you will learn how to care for it. The Outdoors Contained will also show an indoor tropical arrangement and discuss how you can make one at home.

In this class, you will learn the value of native plants in our ecosystem, focusing on some specific and popular native flowering plants in our area, some of which can be started from seed as well as bought in a nursery. Participants are welcome to bring names of plants or areas of need they have in their own yards for discussion. We will also discuss handy phone apps that can help you identify unknown plants so you can decide whether to encourage local wildflowers or take out invasive or unwanted species. Informational handouts, book titles and weblinks to follow up on the information discussed during the session will be provided.

Finally, after explaining winter seeding, our planting will begin. Soil, seeds, and various (recycled) containers will be provided, and participants are welcome to bring their own (used plastic produce containers work well). You will then take home your planted containers with easy follow-up care instructions provided so that come spring, you will enjoy the beautiful flowers.

Course description to come.

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.

Have you struggled with disorganization most of your adult life? Have you tried self-help strategies to conquer your disorganization without much, if any, success? Does your disorganization result in negative feelings and/or consequences on a regular--maybe daily--basis? If you are personally struggling with chronic clutter and disorganization, or have a loved one who is, this is the workshop for you! Rachel will provide you with the ability to:

• understand when and why clutter becomes chronic
• explore the underlying emotions of cluttering behavior
• determine which decluttering strategies may work best for you
• support a loved one struggling with chronic disorganization
• utilize therapeutic interventions to help manage the clutter

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 discount of $9.  Click here to register for the combo.

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 discount of $9.  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 save $9.

This course will help you unlock the power of effective communication and master the art of public speaking. You will learn to speak so people will listen, overcoming barriers such as shyness and body language, as well as to listen and focus. We will discuss several impediments to effective speeches, including linguistic crutches, overused expressions, and cliches. Students will work in pairs and individually on exercises to develop and practice a variety of skills and at the end will present a speech of their choice, whether original or historical.

Don’t get stuck inside this Winter! Join Cindy By Nature and her mindful outdoor community to embrace the beauty and peace of this special season. Cindy provides warm wool blankets, seat cushions, and hot seasonal tea to help keep you comfortable. You will take in the many powerful benefits of being immersed in nature, including increased immunity, decreased stress levels, and improved cognitive function. Cindy will guide you through a program designed to help you relax and find a deeper connection with the natural world. She will offer a gentle movement and stretch sequence, share the history of the land, and then lead a slow and quiet walk through this natural gem we have set aside to enjoy. This Winter, get outside and go within.

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. 

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.