MEDITATION:

Intro to Meditation. Learn the basics of this vital practice for calming and centering the mind. Experience meditating in a supportive environment with a group. $45 for a 4-week session.

Meditation Level 2. Continuing exploration of meditation techniques. Requires instructor permission. $40 for a 4-week session.

Instructor: Stephanie Draus, ND.

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NEW! Beginner’s Knitting. Learn at your own pace and find a knitting method that's most comfortable for you. This class will help build knitting skills: casting on, knit and purl stitches, casting off, and interpreting knitting patterns. Instructor: Vera Videnovich.

Changing Woman, a group for Women in Transition. A safe and supportive group to discuss changes, emotions, decisions, relationships, and more. Facilitated by Debbie McDermitt, LCSW, and Stephanie Draus, ND.

WRITING

"I Remember" 12 Steps to Creative Recovery: A Writing Class to kick start your story
Writers, are you mired in doubt, avoidance or anxiety? This writing workshop is based on the idea of recovery and renewal, forgiveness and moving forward. Your commitment to a six week writing class is taking that first step. The group will work together and separately using exercises, sharing work, and finding the power to follow through. Each week will focus on revealing more about your process as a writer and give you the tools and strategies to start, continue or complete your writing dreams.
(Fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, essays, or short stories welcome.)

Instructor: Molly Moynahan.

Finding Your Voice: Writing in an Age of Anxiety

“I remind myself of this when I cannot get any work done: to live as if I am dying because the truth is we are all terminal on this bus.” Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird.

Teacher, writer and believer that art will bring us through the darkest days, Molly Moynahan will guide you towards beginning, continuing or finishing your dream project. Fiction long or short, screenplays, memoir, or creative nonfiction, this 6 week class will support, inspire and encourage you towards your own personal best. Using a variety of writing exercises and the writing workshop model, students will have the opportunity to share, critique and create. Instructor: Molly Moynahan.

NEW!! YOUTH WRITING:

“Don’t I Know You From Somewhere?” A writing class for youth that encourages creative thinking and self-discovery. (ages 11-15)

This writing series for youth focuses on the study of character traits and defining one’s self. Students will create their own short story, arranging various fairy tale characters, favorite athletes and other stars together in an interesting scenario. Their stories and personal character sketches will be combined in a take-home booklet, and they’ll have the opportunity to participate in a reading to their parents. Instructor: Jennifer Chesak.

Rev. 12/6/09

**We require pre-registration and prepayment in order to hold a space in any class or group (with the exception of Belly Dance).

**To register for any class, send us an email or call us at 773-486-3797. You can also register online here.

KNIT 2 : two workshops in one!

1)Knitting with Vera Videnovich - Vera teaches a challenging project. Price of class includes yarn that is hand-spun and hand-dyed by Vera especially for this workshop.

2)Yoga for Knitters - Stretch and strengthen those overused hand, wrist, and shoulder joints. Move those parts you've been sitting on all day! Crocheters, embroiderers, and other non-knitters are welcome. Taught by Debbie McDermitt.

The Mandala Experience. An intensive art-based workshop for people seeking balance, insight, peacefulness and growth. Participants will experience the creative and healing process of making mandalas using paint, oil pastels and other media. Mandalas are a timeless, circular art form, seen as universal symbols of the self, and this workshop will teach how to use them for personal growth and insight.

No art experience or special skills necessary. Art materials are included.

Facilitated by Amy Lynn, an art therapist and counselor. For more information about the workshop and facilitator, please visit Amy's website.

Mindfulness Sunday. Spend a few hours practicing the art of being. The day begins with yoga and proceeds to sitting, listening, and other meditation. We end with eating meditation, hosted by The Hot Spot on Armitage. Led by Stephanie Draus, ND, and Debbie McDermitt, CYT.

The Writer Within. In this writing workshop you will create a map to guide yourself to your authentic voice. Focus, connect, and find inspiration. Open to writers at all levels. Instructor: Molly Moynahan.