Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Topsham, ME
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Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education Classes
Paint Night Series
with Shirley Anderson, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Unlock your creative potential and discover the joy of paint nights with Shirley Anderson! Shirley's step-by-step guidance will empower you to create your own masterpiece. No experience necessary! All skill levels welcome. Canvas and paints are supplied. Each session is one night.
Caregiving for Dementia 101
with Ashley Butterfield, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Gain confidence in your caregiving journey. Learn what dementia is, how it affects the brain, common behaviors and how to manage them. Explore practical strategies, supportive tools, and real-world approaches to make daily care more manageable and meaningful. Presented by Ashley Butterfield of Bath-Brunswick Respite Care.
Candle Dipping (FF)
with Asia Cole, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Ages: 7 - 16
To register for this program, please call us at 207-729-7323.
Come spend a relaxing afternoon making beautiful beeswax candles. Students will be hand-dipping taper candles and then coloring them in pots of colored wax. Suitable for ages 7+ (under 10 may require adult assistance). A $10 materials fee, payable to the instructor, must be paid the day of class. *The course fee and the materials fee is per participants. **Registrants must register themselves and their child.
Understanding Constitutional Carry and Legal Use of Force
with Alice Bean Andrenyak, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
This three-hour course is for firearm owners and nonowners. You’ll learn what to do when you see an attack or if you are attacked and respond with force. You’ll learn how to contact the first responders, how prosecutors might view what you did, rules about concealed carry in the US and Maine, and various ways to protect yourself without using a firearm. Part of a series but can be taken separately. Class taught via Zoom.
Investing Basics
with Damian Smith, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Learn investment basics, discover how money grows, and build your investment portfolio to confidently reach your financial goals. Presented by Damian Smith of Set Apart Investing.
Flow and Gentle Yoga Live - Online
with Nicola Eden, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
An invitation to meet yourself exactly where you are with curiosity and compassion through traditional poses and flowing movement reaching for the sky and back down to earth. This engaging and sustainable yoga practice is intelligently sequenced and allows for familiarity with the movement and opportunities to make it uniquely your own. Participate in this live-online class from the convenience of your home and create balance in your life with this gentle practice of mindfulness, breath, movement, and relaxation. Guided by Nicola Eden - Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher.
Explorations in Chair Yoga Live - Online
with Nicola Eden, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
You are invited to move and breathe mindfully in this yoga practice, with fluid and functional movement and more traditional holds. The chair can allow participants to access individually appropriate yoga postures and support physical alignment on a stable foundation. Participants move in and out of a chair in this engaging and sustainable 60-minute live-online class. Connect with registered yoga teacher Nicola Eden and meet yourself exactly where you are with curiosity and compassion in the comfort of your home.
Intro to Chair Yoga Live - Online
with Nicola Eden, Merrymeeting Community & Adult Education
Registered yoga teacher Nicola Eden invites you to this gentle movement, breath, and mindfulness practice designed to enhance your well being. Participants remain seated and supported by a stable chair the whole time with a focus on mobility with a flowing, active range of motion, and stability by holding postures steady, all on a foundation of self-compassion. This 30-minute yoga class is offered to you live-online in the comfort of your home.