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Telesis Classes Winter/Spring 2013
Enrichment classes which support healthful mind, body, and spirit practices, including meditation, mindfulness, ayurveda, and Feldenkrais Method movements.
Beginning Your Meditation Practice
Live an Abundant Life--Yes You Can!
Natural Solutions to Anxiety, Mental Fatigue and Insomnia
The Sacred Art of Communication: Emotions
BEGINNING YOUR MEDITATION PRACTICE
4 Wednesdays, April 10 – May 1
This four week series will introduce you to the art of meditation, its benefits for body, mind and spirit. Each session you will be introduced to practices that can help with stress, anxiety and worry and feeling ”blue,” as well as coping with the unanticipated events and pressures of life. We will learn about the importance of breath and the role it plays in helping us reach a place of inner peace.
Instructor: Kathryn Rambo, MT-BC Board certified music therapist, OSB Oblate Benedictine Oblate Holy Wisdom Monastery Madison WI, Reiki Master
THL-134-01
6:00 – 7:00 p.m./$48
BRAIN LONGEVITY
Monday, April 22
Your brain is a muscle and—like your other muscles—it needs to be cared for. Gain a better understanding from the Ayurvedic perspective of how the brain and nervous system function and are affected by your daily activities, what role menopause and aging play in the cycle of seeming brain deterioration and how to curb memory loss and cognitive degeneration. Learn techniques and tips on how to boost your brain longevity as well as a body-mind exercise to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
Instructor: Jamie Durner, Ayurvedic Natural Health Practitioner
THL-471-01
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./$32
CREATE A HOME HERBAL PHARMACY
Wednesday, April 3
Learn how to help your entire family with their common health ailments. There are natural remedies you can use at home first before you see a doctor. Dr. Joanne Aponte will discuss natural and herbal remedies that address common ailments such as colds and flu, ear aches, broken bones and sprains, headaches, upset stomach, minor burns, insect bites and others. At the end of this class you will have a list to stock your herbal pharmacy and have the tools you need to help your entire family recover from common everyday ailments.
Instructor: Joanne Aponte, ND, Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
THL-455-01
6:30 – 9:00 p.m./$36
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CREATIVITY AND HEALTHY AGING:
How Creativity Counters the Effects of Aging
2 Thursdays, February 21 & 28
Current evidence now supports the relationship between creativity and healthy aging. By intentionally using our creativity, we wake up our entire system, we receive numerous mind-body-spirit health benefits including a reduction in stress level and we help free ourselves from limiting beliefs that can drain us of our vital life energy. In this class, you will learn: four important areas where creativity can be used regularly to support healthy aging; simple meditation techniques to connect mind with heart for greater balance, self-worth and feelings of accomplishment; several exercises to experience the creative process firsthand; and a method in which to select future activities that will best serve you for long-term expression and fulfillment.
Instructor: Ian Baker Johnson, BFA, MS, CWC is dedicated to the study of personal growth, spirituality and consciousness. She is a life coach, a professional artist and a trained Mindfulness instructor from the UMass Medical School Center for Mindfulness.
THL-535-01
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./$48
EFFORTLESS GARDENING
2 Thursdays, April 4 & 11
Pursue your passion for gardening this spring with powerful legs that bend, push and pull. This experiential workshop will teach you to work SMART in the garden. These cleverly designed movement lessons will help you get closer to the earth with ease, use long handled tools in ways that don’t stress your back and learn how to free your ribs so that you can powerfully and painlessly lift, push and pull. Our lessons are based on the Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education which means that movements are done slowly and with careful attention. You will not engage in strain or aerobic action.
Instructor: Laura Sebastian, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® and Cranio Sacral Practitioner
THL-269-01
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./Limit 10/$48
NOTE: You must be able to lie on the floor. Please bring a large towel for head support and dress in layers.
ESSENTIAL OILS IN SKIN CARE:
What to Use, What Not to Use and Everything in Between
Thursday, April 4
The skin is our largest organ and it needs extra-special care and attention. In this fun and informative class, you will learn about skin types and conditions and the differences between them. We will also discuss the layers of the skin and how essential oils and products work on them, and we will talk about essential oils that are beneficial in skin care. You will learn about a variety of carrier oils that are used in skin care products and facials. Finally, we will devote time to the new sunscreen labeling laws and discuss how to choose the right sunscreen, along with reviewing products. So bring your skin care questions and get ready to glow!
Instructor: Kimberly Grasso, RA
THL-321-01
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./$32
FIVE MINUTES OF MINDFULNES
2 Thursdays, April 18 & 25
Learn the basics of mindfulness and how practicing for even minutes a day can contribute to a happier, more rewarding and aware life. You will understand how stress can be reduced and overall wellness increased, and how—through mindful attention in all areas of your life—you can build better, more satisfying connections and relationships no matter what your age. In this introductory class you will learn the basics of mindfulness, the importance of mindful breathing, the benefits of mindful speaking and deep listening, and the connection between mindfulness, optimism and happiness. You will even learn simple mindfulness exercises to use with children.
Instructor: Ian Baker Johnson, BFA, MS, CWC is dedicated to the study of personal growth, spirituality and consciousness. She is a life coach, a professional artist and a trained Mindfulness instructor from the UMass Medical School Center for Mindfulness.
THL-146-01
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./$48
LIVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE
Yes You Can!
Thursday, March 21
Create a more meaningful, rewarding and abundant life for yourself—a life that includes making your dreams for unique creative living and self-expression real. Discover what you want most, what abundance means to you and how you can make a personal plan to begin creating a life of “true prosperity for yourself,” replacing what is missing with abundance in every area of creative living with ease, peace and joy. You deserve an abundant life. Now is the time to begin creating it.
Instructor: Jo McReynolds Blochowiak, Knowledge Ventures
TPD-484-01
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./$32
NATURAL SOLUTIONS TO ANXIETY, MENTAL FATIGUE AND INSOMNIA
Monday, April 8
Do you fall asleep but wake again and can’t go back to sleep? Or sleep restlessly so that you wake up tired and fatigued? Do you find that your mind doesn’t seem to work as well as you’ve gotten older or that you respond with anxiety to life stressors? In Ayurveda, all these concerns are impacted by one of the three life forces in your body called Vata, or the life force that moves things. This life force increases, sometimes to excess, as you get older or get overloaded by modern intensity. In this class, you will learn how to make sense of your anxiety, mental fatigue and insomnia and what natural home measures to add to your Wellness Toolkit so that you can go through your day feeling your best—with vibrant energy, healthy body and calm mind! Class will include breathing and mental stress release techniques.
Instructor: Jamie Durner, Ayurvedic Natural Health Practitioner
THL-412-01
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./$32
REIKI – LEVEL II
3 Mondays, February 11, 25 and March 11
In Reiki Level II, you will gain an understanding of advanced hand positions for treating others, as well as an overview of sending distance Reiki and using Reiki for emotional healing. Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that promotes the body’s natural healing abilities. A practitioner uses specialized hand positions to help bring life force energy into balance. The ability to use Reiki is not “taught,” but is passed on during an "attunement" given by the Reiki master. Prior Reiki instruction or the completion of Reiki Level I is required for this class.
Instructor: Jeffrey Montoya, Principal Reiki Master/Teacher, Milwaukee Reiki Center and founder of the Milwaukee Reiki Association
THL-376-01
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./Limit 12/$64
THE SACRED ART OF COMMUNICATION: EMOTIONS
2 Wednesdays, February 27 & March 6
This two-week class will explore the intricacies and complexities of communicating our feelings to others. We will also learn about the filter called “self-talk” that can distort emotional messages from others. The class will help you understand the role emotions play in communication. We will look at debilitative emotions, examine our “self-talk” and learn effective ways of communicating difficult or problematic emotions effectively.
Instructor: Kathryn Rambo, MT-BC Board certified music therapist, OSB Oblate Benedictine Oblate Holy Wisdom Monastery Madison WI, Reiki Master
THL-104-01
6:30 – 8:00 p.m./$40
TMJ HEALTH AND COMFORT
2 Wednesdays, April 24 & May 1
Over 50 million people suffer with pain, tension and dysfunction around the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), the hinge that connects the lower jaw to the temporal bone of the skull. Jaw pain, tension and popping, as well as neck, head and shoulder pain, are common issues that can result from whiplash, teeth grinding, stress, dislocation, arthritis and misalignment of the neck. In this workshop, you will learn the primary movements of the jaw and connections between neck and jaw, head and jaw, eyes and jaw, as well as to the spine. You will learn specially designed movements that are part of the Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education, giving you greater range of jaw movement free of restriction and pain.
Instructor: Laura Sebastian, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner® and Cranio Sacral Practitioner
THL-605-01
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./Limit 10/$48
NOTE: You must be able to get on the floor.
