Health & Human Sciences
DECORATING/INTERIOR DESIGN
Feng Shui…Connect With Your Environment (0534) (Please note new date change)
One class, Saturday, November 8, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., Cost: $40
Instructor: Jenna Boyd
Audience: Anyone interested in Feng Shui, moving into a new home, enhancing an existing home or wanting to learn how to improve the quality of their life through their environment
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, November 5
Have you heard about Feng Shui but always wondered how harmony can actually be created in your life by moving your furniture and belongings around? Things happen when you change the “energetics” and “patterns” in your home, work or any environment. Discover how your environment is affecting and reflecting your life, and gain the
skills to make positive adjustments and experience more joy in your home and work spaces. Learn the principles of Feng Shui as well as how to apply them in your home and office in order to create an overall balanced environment. Select an area from your home or work needing attention and complete weekly homework projects to help bring the space in alignment with Feng Shui concepts, such as the Bagua and Five Elements.
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HEALTH, WELLNESS & FITNESS
Basic Women’s Safety and Self-Defense (0544)
Seven classes, Thursdays, October 16, 23, 30,
November 6, 13, 20 and December 4, 7–9 p.m., Cost: $140
Instructor: Chip Slade
Audience: Women of all ages
Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 9
This course will help women understand the dangers presented by sexual predators. Learn to minimize vulnerability to assaults. With lecture and hands-on training, the first half of each class will be spent in the classroom and the second in the gym. Learn to identify “rape-drugs,” analyze potentially dangerous scenarios, and study several methods of verbal assertiveness. During the second half of class, learn basic self-defense techniques designed for women to use in emergency situations. Wear athletic clothing, tennis shoes and minimize jewelry.
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Discovering a Spiritual Path with Heart (1097)
One class, Saturday, October 4, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Cost: $70
Instructor: John Orr
Audience: Anyone interested in developing a meditation practice or seeking an appopriate spiritual path.
Registration Deadline: Friday, September 26
Explore the possibilities of discovering a spiritual path that emphasizes living with loving—kindness, compassion and wisdom. Gain instruction in mindfulness meditation and how to establish daily practice at home. Discuss the challenges of living with awareness in our modern society and how difficulties can become the raw material for inner awakening. There will be a balance of meditation instructions and practice along with the discussions. The recommended text for the workshop is A Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield. Bring a folded blanket and cushion if you wish to sit on the floor. Chairs are available.
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ORGANIZING
Mission: Organizing for Disaster (1237)
One class, Thursday, October 2, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Cost: $20
Instructors: Janice Russell and Katie Page
Audience: Adults who want to be prepared for disasters that life may throw their way
Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 25
A hurricane or tornado is on the way. What should you grab so you can rebuild your life if necessary? Someone dies unexpectedly. What should they have in place to make it easier for their relatives? Many believe that a natural, weather-related, or man-made disaster won’t affect them; after the fact they regret that they didn’t make any contingency plans. Learn how to get organized in case a disaster strikes.
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Stop Letting “Stuff” Overwhelm You (1090)
One class, Monday, October 6, 6:30–9 p.m., Cost: $25
Instructors: Janice Russell and Katie Page
Audience: Anyone who wants to make a lasting change to bring order into their lives by identifying how to part with “stuff,” as well as those interested in becoming professional organizers
Registration Deadline: Monday, September 29
Do you feel so overwhelmed by “stuff” that you have considered taking a torch to your personal or work clutter? Does the stress associated with these piles of confusion cause you to be less efficient in your professional or personal tasks? This seminar will help expose the habits surrounding “stuff accumulation.” Learn new methods for handling the items that enter work or home space. The principles covered in this class are foundational to getting organized in every area of life.
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Hone in on Home Organization (1072)
One class, Monday, October 13, 6:30–9 p.m., Cost: $25
Instructors: Janice Russell and Katie Page
Audience: Anyone looking to make their home environment more functional and peaceful, as well as design students or those interested in becoming professional organizers
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 6
Is clutter at home cluttering your mind during the day? Clutter is the enemy of organization. Disarray in one area can impact how effective you are in all areas—at home, in your mind, at work and at play. From the garage to the bathroom, gain information to organize your home in a way that will help you be more organized personally and professionally.
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Perish the Home Paper Pile (1073)
One class, Monday, October 20, 6:30–9 p.m., Cost: $25
Instructors: Janice Russell and Katie Page
Audience: Anyone who wants a plan to reduce incoming home papers and organize those that need to remain, as well as those interested in becoming professional organizers.
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 13
Is the paper clutter at home distracting you from concentrating on other home or work tasks? Paper clutter is one of the greatest sources of frustration at home or work. Seeing piles of paper can de-motivate you and prevent you from being effective at home or at work. From which papers to keep to how and where to file those papers, become engaged and motivated and gain the information you need to file your papers in a way that will help you be more organized personally and professionally.
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Contain Your Collections and Photos (1251)
One class, Monday, October 27, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Cost: $20
Instructors: Janice Russell and Katie Page
Audience: Anyone looking to elevate their photos, collections, and memorabilia from clutter to cherished memories, as well as those interested in becoming professional organizers
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 20
Are your photos in their original packaging or on your computer in one big file? Is your favorite collection in whatever box was handy when the items came off a shelf? Is the memorabilia from a past trip in a bag somewhere? Photos, collections and memorabilia represent cherished memories, but often the way they are “housed” is anything but admirable. Learn methods to better maintain and honor these memories.
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Living at the Speed of Stress (1250)
One class, Monday, November 3, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Cost: $20
Instructors: Janice Russell and Katie Page
Audience: Adults who want to learn strategies to live a more manageable and fulfilling life
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 27
Has your life been invaded by stress? If your answer is a resounding “YES,” it’s time to learn strategies to thrive in a world that has gone (slightly) bonkers. Since much of our stress is connected to too much to do, this seminar goes beyond stress management basics and equips attendees with the tools to avert common stressors and to successfully adapt to new ones. Discover how to use some stress to your advantage and then dismiss the rest.
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Organizing for a Less Stressful Holiday Season (1096)
One class, Thursday, November 20, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Cost: $20
Instructors: Janice Russell and Katie Page
Audience: Adults who would like to be “organized enough” for the holidays so they can really enjoy the holidays
Registration Deadline: Thursday, November 13
Do you want to reduce stress and increase time during the holiday season? Do you find yourself getting frustrated trying to buy gifts, plan parties, and decorate within a short period of time? Would you like to be able to enjoy the holiday season? If you would like to “declutter” the busyness of the holidays, this seminar will help you discover how to simplify gift buying and party planning, organize for trouble-free decorating, and prevent the dread of “undecorating.”
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PERSONAL GROWTH
Create and Live Your Best Life: Personally and Professionally (1253)
One class, Thursday, October 16, 6:30–9:30 p.m., Cost: $30
Instructor: Stefanie Zizzo
Audience: Women and men who are tired of always waiting for “someday” to experience a better quality of life and are ready to take action now toward greater fulfillment and the achievement of their lifelong goals and dreams
Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 9
Have you been leading your life from a safe, familiar, comfortable place? Is your life good, but you are wishing you could be more, do more and experience more? Are you eager to step out of your comfort zone, yet not quite sure how to do it or where to go once you do? Begin to review your life as it is today, discovering what areas you are most eager to see grow and change. Gain clarity of what would give your life more meaning, purpose, passion and energy—and where it may already exist in your life. Identify what may be keeping you stuck from achieving what you want in life. Create strategies that will help you to stretch beyond your comfort zone and seek new possibilities.
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Creating the Life You Want with Awareness, Connection and “Simple Practice” (1098)
Five classes, Mondays, October 27, November 3, 10, 17, 24, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Cost: $100
Instructor: Suzanne Ballantyne
Audience: Adults looking for a life-path, changing career paths, finding themselves in a moment of unexpected change, and those thinking about retirement as well as small business owners interested in discovering ways to make positive and successful changes to grow their businesses and motivate their employees
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 20
Bring: a notebook for exercises and notes
Learn how to move beyond your own preconceived limitations for your life. We can all develop the skills and practices required to live with joy and success. Whether you’re just starting your career, thinking of changing careers or preparing to retire, you’ll learn how to take care of yourself from now to success. “Everything takes practice, including courage, joy, peace and success.”
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Engaging Aging: Lifelong Learning and Practices for Healthy Growth and Change (1254)
One class, Thursday, October 23, 6:30–9 p.m., Cost: $25
Instructor: Suzanne Ballantyne
Audience: Adults who are already thinking about retirement or preparing for retirement as well as any adults interested in finding more meaning in their lives and/or thinking about making lifestyle changes
Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 16
Bring: a notebook for exercises and notes
“Engagement is essential to healthy aging.”—Gail Sheehy. Most of us can expect to live well past the age of retirement. How do you stay engaged? Health and wealth are big concepts that affect every area of our lives. We can acquire skills and practices over our lifetimes that allow us to grow and change more wholly and effectively. Learn how to be creative with your lifestyle. Dream and plan a life of peace and fulfillment.
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Out of Your Comfort Zone: Getting Off the Fence (1099)
One class, Thursday, November 6, 6:30–9:30 p.m., Cost: $30
Instructor: Stefanie Zizzo
Audience: Women and men who are stuck on the fence, hesitating to move forward toward the achievement of their goals and dreams, yet wanting to take action and make some choices and decisions.
Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 30
Would you like to stretch out of your comfort zone to achieve a better quality of life—yet instead you remain on the fence—caught between two worlds? One world is comfortable, known, predictable—yet perhaps boring, frustrating or draining. The other is exciting, energizing and fun—yet also unknown and scary. Getting off the fence is easier when we feel compelled or pulled toward what is on the other side. Look at both—what keeps us on the fence and what can pull us off of it.
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PERSONAL STYLE
Ageless Beauty—The Key to Looking Your Best at Any Age (1094)
One class, Tuesday, October 14, 7–9 p.m., Cost: $20
Instructor: Bev Dwane
Audience: Women
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, October 7
Today’s woman is more active and in better shape than ever before. The way you look is a reflection of how you think and feel. Learn the tips and tricks to keep your appearance up-to-date and youthful.
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In the Dressing Room with Bev—Learn the Secrets Image Consultants Know to Help You Look Your Best (1093)
One class, Thursday, November 20, 7–9 p.m., Cost: $20
Instructor: Bev Dwane
Audience: Women
Registration Deadline: Thursday, November 13
Save time and money shopping. Learn what makes an outfit a great one, what to avoid, and how to ensure they fit you perfectly.
