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Online: Posture, Get it Straight - Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Thinner & Feel Great

This is an online class held via Zoom. Please make sure you have a current email on file so we can send you the link and PDF handouts prior to class. Ever caught your own reflection to see that your head hangs too far forward, or your shoulders are too rounded, or you slump too much? You will learn how to correct common posture problems and learn an ‘Instant Alignment Technique’ that will have you standing straighter immediately. We’ll discuss easy to implement tips when at a computer, in a car or working out. There are many benefits to improving posture. And, the good news is no matter how long you may have had poor posture, it is NEVER TOO LATE to make improvements. Your clothes will fit better, too! You’ll need a resistance band for some exercises.

Online: Posture, Get it Straight! Look 10 Years Younger and Feel Better

This is an online class held via Zoom. Please make sure you have a current email on file so we can send you the link and PDF handouts prior to class. Ever caught your own reflection to see that your head hangs too far forward, or your shoulders are too rounded, or you slump too much? You will learn how to correct common posture problems and learn an ‘Instant Alignment Technique’ that will have you standing straighter immediately. We’ll discuss easy to implement tips when at a computer, in a car or working out. There are many benefits to improving posture. And, the good news is no matter how long you may have had poor posture, it is NEVER TOO LATE to make improvements. Your clothes will fit better, too! You’ll need a resistance band for some exercises.

Online: Psychic Development & Mediumship

This is an online Zoom class. You will receive a link to the class and all information prior to the start via email. Please make sure your email is on file with us. Think you’re not psychic? Think again! Each one of us is born with an innate sensitivity to the world of energy within and around us. By learning how to pay attention to and trust the subtle impressions we all get, we can gain amazingly accurate insights into the questions of our lives and the lives of others. During this five-week course, you will build confidence in your natural abilities through engaging, skill-building exercises and will practice exchanging healing and empowering messages with your classmates. Come experience the freedom and fun of opening to your inner gifts as you grow in your spiritual connection!

Wed, Oct 2 - Oct 30

Online: Seated Abdominal Strengtheners That Won't Stress Your Back or Neck

This is an online class held via Zoom. Please make sure you have a current email on file so we can send you the link and PDF handouts prior to class. Abdominal muscles weaken and lose shape due to past pregnancies, surgeries, sitting at a desk all day, being sedentary and poor posture. Common abdominal exercises like crunches can place too much stress on back and neck joints. Learn a series of extremely effective exercises to quickly strengthen all four layers of the abdomen, without stressing back or neck joints and without getting on the floor.

Online: Soothe Those Achy Joints

This is an online class held via Zoom. Please make sure you have a current email on file so we can send you the link and PDF handouts prior to class. Do you have joints that ache - a knee or hip or back? Whether you have arthritis, bursitis or just creaky joints, this workshop is for you. Joint lubrication exercises are quite simple and easy to do yet produce rather remarkable results by helping to free your joints of pain. You’ll also discuss which nutrients are needed to help keep your joints healthy.

Online: Strong Is the New Skinny - Strengthening Exercises for Home

This is an online class held via Zoom. Please make sure you have a current email on file so we can send you the link and PDF handouts prior to class. Not everyone can be skinny, but EVERYONE can be stronger - even if you don’t get to the gym several times/week. Learn how to strengthen your arms, back, shoulders, chest, hips, butt and thighs using resistance bands while watching your favorite TV or radio show. There are many benefits to having stronger muscles – they boost metabolism; maintain/increase bone density, make daily tasks easier and help you age with quality and grace. These multi-tasking exercises can fit easily into even the busiest of schedules. It is a wonderful thing to be strong, fit and functional. You’ll learn lots of tips and techniques to improve overall health and wellness. You will need a resistance band for some of the exercises.

Online: Techniques to Activate Your Brain's Creativity Center

This is an online class held via Zoom. Please make sure you have a current email on file so we can send you the link and PDF handouts prior to class. Learn the many things you can do to tap into your brain’s creativity center. You’ll discuss and do ancient breathing patterns to activate the right side of your brain where creativity lives. You’ll do acupressure points that offer instant clarity and calm. Learn the Energy Medicine technique called ‘Thumping’ to activate creative centers as well as how colors play a role in brain function. Leave class with a bunch of new tools to help you be your best before endeavoring on any creative activity.

Online: The Art of De-Aging: Peel Years Off Your Bio Age

This is an online class held via Zoom. Please make sure you have a current email on file so we can send you the link and PDF handouts prior to class. Your chronological age is the number of years you have been alive. It is a fixed number and cannot be changed. Your biological or body age, however, is measured by how well your organs and body systems work. And there are many things you can do to affect your biological age. You have more control over how your body ages than you may think. Research has shown us that you can peel years off your bio age. In this workshop, you will learn simple, scientifically proven things you can do right now to decrease your body age. Also, you will learn facial acupressure points to help erase years from your face naturally by increasing muscle tone, decreasing puffiness and eye bag. Reduce lines and prevent new lines from forming. Help yourself look better, feel younger and age with health and vigor.

Online: Thyroid Things You Need to Know

This is an online class held via Zoom. Please make sure you have a current email on file so we can send you the link and PDF handouts prior to class. If you currently take thyroid medication but are still gaining weight and still have a variety of symptoms, there's more you need to know. Fatigue, weight gain, depression, anxiety, rising cholesterol levels, inability to focus, thinning hair, digestive problems, abnormal blood pressure, reduced sex drive, and heart palpitations are only some of the symptoms. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how thyroid function can make any illness worse; the 5 things that need to be measured, but usually aren’t; why the #1 thyroid replacement may not be helping you; connection between thyroid, fibromyalgia and arthritis; foods that help or hinder; commonly misunderstood rules of how and when to take thyroid meds; environmental triggers and info you need to discuss with your doctor. This workshop is a source of information only and should by no means be considered a substitute for the advice of a qualified medical professional.

Online: Thyroid Things You Need to Know

This is an online class held via Zoom. Please make sure you have a current email on file so we can send you the link and PDF handouts prior to class. If you currently take thyroid medication but are still gaining weight and still have a variety of symptoms, there's more you need to know. Fatigue, weight gain, depression, anxiety, rising cholesterol levels, inability to focus, thinning hair, digestive problems, abnormal blood pressure, reduced sex drive, and heart palpitations are only some of the symptoms. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how thyroid function can make any illness worse; the 5 things that need to be measured, but usually aren’t; why the #1 thyroid replacement may not be helping you; connection between thyroid, fibromyalgia and arthritis; foods that help or hinder; commonly misunderstood rules of how and when to take thyroid meds; environmental triggers and info you need to discuss with your doctor. This workshop is a source of information only and should by no means be considered a substitute for the advice of a qualified medical professional.

Online: Vitamins & Herbs - Facts & Fallacies

This is an online class held via Zoom. Please make sure you have a current email on file so we can send you the link and PDF handouts prior to class. Confusion abounds about vitamin supplements. Do you need them? Which ones are best? How do you choose? In this workshop, you will learn the 7 guidelines that determine if a supplement is well balanced or a waste of money. (The instructor DOES NOT sell any supplements). Also, you’ll discuss what current research says about: antioxidants, phytochemicals, anti-aging nutrients, colloidal minerals, chelated minerals, sustained release formulas, and herbal preparations such as Glucosamine Chondroitin, Melatonin, St. John’s Wort, Ginkgo, Ginseng, Echinacea, & DHEA.

Online: Women, Weight & Hormones

This is an online class. You will receive email instructions for logging in a few days before the class start date. Please have a current email address on file with us. Are you finding no matter how well you watch what you eat or how much you exercise that weight is not budging? Your inability to lose weight probably has more to do with hormone levels than anything else. Until any imbalances are corrected, trying to lose weight will be like shoveling sand against the tide. We’ll discuss concrete solutions (not tricks, not using your will power) for controlling appetite and cravings; simple things you can do every day to boost your metabolism; major sources of hormone mimicking chemicals and how to get rid of them; what HRT or birth control pills have to do with weight gain; how to have your hormone levels checked reliably; what steps need to be taken to safely break the vicious cycle of hormone related weight gain.

Online: Women, Weight & Hormones

This is an online class. You will receive email instructions for logging in a few days before the class start date. Please have a current email address on file with us. Are you finding no matter how well you watch what you eat or how much you exercise that weight is not budging? Your inability to lose weight probably has more to do with hormone levels than anything else. Until any imbalances are corrected, trying to lose weight will be like shoveling sand against the tide. We’ll discuss concrete solutions (not tricks, not using your will power) for controlling appetite and cravings; simple things you can do every day to boost your metabolism; major sources of hormone mimicking chemicals and how to get rid of them; what HRT or birth control pills have to do with weight gain; how to have your hormone levels checked reliably; what steps need to be taken to safely break the vicious cycle of hormone related weight gain.

The Unity That Is In Us All

Seriously! We're more alike than different and that means everything. From our physical bodies and beyond into the cosmos, we have some similar characteristics, a connection if you will, as if divinely created that way. Explore the Golden Ratio and how it shows up in the world. Find out what humans have in common with food, flowers, and nature. There are no coincidences. If you're open to expanding your mind, this class if meant for you.

Educational Service Center

Yoga for Healthy Bones

This “all levels” low-intensity yoga class will focus on maintaining healthy bones. You will love learning a mix of classic poses, somatics, yin styles, and joints & glands techniques along with breath work and restorative poses - while focusing on bone health. Most people begin to experience bone loss after the age of 40, and it can continue to diminish. There are things you can do to help. Explanations of why the poses are beneficial and handouts for a home practice (if you would like) will be provided along with a lot of fun! No experience necessary. Beginners welcome. Yoga or exercise mat needed and a block or two if you have them. If you have been diagnosed with a fracture or osteoporosis, please check with your provider prior to class. (You can still attend, but there may be movements they do not want you to do).

Wed, Oct 2 - Nov 6

Educational Service Center