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Tai Yoga
with Michelle Spencer
This is a live, online class via Zoom.
A practice that will involve a series of slow, rhythmic movements and physical postures, meditation, controlled, breathing, stretching, and strength for the mind and body. This class is a combination of tai chi, traditional yoga, and qi gong.
January 21, 28, February 4, 11, 25, March 4 and 11
Stress Reduction & Relaxation with Therapeutic Yoga
with Michelle Spencer
This is a live, online class.
This 60 minute yoga practice will provide sequences that calm the nervous system, along with stretching and warming the muscles while preparing the mind to rest. Breathing techniques, short meditation and positive affirmations will end the practice
January 21, 28, February 4, 11, 25, March 4 and 11
Chair Yoga
with Michelle Spencer
This is a live, online class via Zoom.
This morning class practiced in a chair offers mind and body benefits without having to get up and off the floor or even changing into Yoga clothes. Enjoy a “pick me up” at home or at your office by using structural techniques to improve your range of motion, relax tight or overused muscles and release tension from the mind.
January 23, 30, February 6, 13, 27, March 6
Watercolor for Beginners and Intermediates: Tuesdays
with Mike Duffy
This is an in-person, classroom-based course at Mount Desert Island High School.
This class will gently guide you into watercolor painting. We'll cover the basic stuff like how to do a wash, what kind of brush, what kind of paper and what kind of paints to use. We'll also cover more advanced and stylized skills in this class. Drawing skills are not needed.
Learn how to mix colors and how to understand the color wheel. Each week or two we'll create a masterpiece suitable for framing.
PLEASE PLAN TO PAY $10 to the instructor on the first night of class for materials.
Cancellations: If the high school is closed during the day for any reason (weather, power, other), the evening classes are also cancelled unless otherwise notified. It would be wise to check your email before driving to class for any last minute updates.
Harnessing the body systems potential for health, wellness, and stress reduction
with Tom Speare
A six-week series to learn how to regulate, stabilize and calm the mind and body through age old and evidence-based practices. This series will teach you through direct experiences involving breathwork, guided visualizations, mindfulness practices and more, how to navigate the pressures of our world today while remaining centered and steady.
No prior experience is necessary. You already have the tools within you to shift how you respond to the world around you. This series will show you the ways to access your internal toolbox for positive and lasting changes.
This is an in person class.
Drawing for Beginners
with Mike Duffy
This is an in-person, classroom-based course at Mount Desert Island High School.
In this drawing class, we'll cover the basics of drawing leading to more intricate techniques as we progress through the class. We'll learn how to sketch before we learn how to draw. We'll cover the basic skills of drawing including line and form, shading and perspective, figure drawing (with an occasional model), portrait drawing, still life drawing, 2 pt. and 3 pt, perspective and tonal value drawings. You will also draw in your sketchbook as homework each week (the best kind of homework!) and we'll work with different drawing media like pen and ink, pastels and charcoal.
PLEASE NOTE: You will need:
1. Drawing pad no smaller than 9 X 12
2. Drawing pencils: HB pencil, 2B pencil, 4B pencil
3. White and/or kneaded eraser.
Watercolor for Beginners and Intermediates: Thursdays
with Mike Duffy
This is an in-person, classroom-based course at Mount Desert Island High School.
This class will gently guide you into watercolor painting. We'll cover the basic stuff like how to do a wash, what kind of brush, what kind of paper and what kind of paints to use. We'll also cover more advanced and stylized skills in this class. Drawing skills are not needed.
Learn how to mix colors and how to understand the color wheel. Each week or two we'll create a masterpiece suitable for framing.
PLEASE PLAN TO PAY $10 to the instructor on the first night of class for materials.
Cancellations: If the high school is closed during the day for any reason (weather, power, other), the evening classes are also cancelled unless otherwise notified. It would be wise to check your email before driving to class for any last minute updates.
Putting Literacy in Financial Literacy: Book Club with FAME
with FAME Finance Authority ME
This is a live, online class.
Join FAME’s College Savings Counselor, Maire Pelletier, in exploring the book Girls That Invest by Simran Kaur. This course is a great introduction to investing. All experience levels are welcome! (For general education purposes only, and should not be used as legal, tax, or financial advice)
Book Synopsis: Your step-by-step guide to financial independence―from the creator of the #1 investing education podcast, "Girls That Invest". Ever wondered how on earth the stock market works, but felt too intimidated to ask "those" questions? This is the book for you! In this guide to investing in stocks (aka shares), Simran Kaur teaches the essential principles you can apply to any market, anywhere in the world. Because money provides the freedom to say yes or no, the freedom to handle whatever life throws at you, and the freedom to grow and prosper. This book is your invitation to join the thriving community of women who are building a better financial future. Investing is for everyone. Pick up Girls That Invest, become an investor-in-training, and claim a space for yourself in the world of finance―so you too can find financial independence and create generational wealth.