Have you wondered what meditation is like or how to counter stress patterns more effectively? This class will assist you in establishing a meditation practice and introduce you to practical mindfulness practices you can resort to whenever you feel stressed out. Taught in an informal, personalized, manner by a certified stress management and yoga instructor with a twenty-year meditation practice. Please bring a cushion or small blanket for the meditation. *No Class: 2/18.

This intermediate to advanced-level class integrates pen and ink techniques with watercolor. Students will gain skills for observational drawing with traditional ‘dip pens’, and precision painting with watercolor. Through projects such as utilizing color theory to paint white flowers, students will develop in-depth skills for illustration. Students can either buy themselves the required materials - a materials list will be provided - or they can buy material kits from the instructor (additional $30 fee).

We will create designs on glass with a frosted look. These designs will be permanent on the glass. Bring your own wine glasses, vases, etc to personalize. Some glass items will be provided as well. Quick, fun, easy projects with beautiful results. Lab fee: $5.

Learn to make delicious vegetarian Indian food in this class taught by Dee Patel of Namaste Indian Food. Dee has had a passion for cooking Indian food since she was a teenager living with her grandmother in India, and she loves to share both her own and her grandmother’s recipes. Her menu will feature samosas, mint chutney, sweet chutney and a lovely Indian Chai tea! Registration fee includes all ingredients.

This Zoom series provides training on four essential topics for providers who work with parents/caregivers of infants and/or young children: Mandated Reporting: For providers requiring Mandated Reporter Training by the State of Maine. Upon successful completion of the training, the Mandated Reporter Certificate is granted by the Maine Office of Child and Family Services. Infant Safe Sleep: Topics covered include the ABCDs of safe sleep, Maine data, common myths and FAQs and how to support parents/caregivers. Period of PURPLE crying: The Period of PURPLE Crying is an initiative to avoid abusive head trauma (shaken baby syndrome) by educating parents and providers on the normal developmental phase of increased crying in early infancy, action steps, and understanding why shaking a baby is dangerous. Protective Factors: The Protective Factors Framework is a set of strengths-based ideas used to guide programs, services, supports and interventions aimed at preventing child maltreatment and promoting healthy outcomes.

For continuing students from the "Introduction to Tarot" class to explore different methods of reading and using the cards for personal growth, spiritual guidance, and looking at the world through myth, metaphor, and mysticism. Materials needed: Tarot deck(s) of choice, blank journal or binder suggested.

Get yourself noticed at work – in a good way! If you think that creative writing is just for fiction writers, think again! Creative writing can improve every aspect of your life, including the workforce. Join your instructor, freelance writer and author Stephanie Henry to see how the art of creative writing can be applied to everything from creating professional but memorable work emails to improving your everyday reports and quarterly or yearly evaluations. *No Class: 2/18.

As we approach the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the War of Independence, the role that Boston played as the site for so many of the critical events in the decade leading up to the war, needs to be explored. How was it that this seaport town with one of the largest populations of any place on the Atlantic seaboard, became the seat of so much violence and controversy in the period from 1765? And what was it like to live in Boston at this time in history? Instructor: James Kences