Zumba Toning  

Join Karen’s Zumba class from the comfort of your home!

Zumba Toning combines targeted body sculpting exercises and high-energy cardio work with Latin-infused Zumba moves to create a calorie-torching, strength training dance. Everyone will need a set of 1 to 3 (max) pound weights.

 Instructor: Karen Dube

6 Thursdays, 6-7 pm

Session 1: Begins September 17, 2020

Location: Online Live (Zoom)

Registration: $60 per Session

Changing the World from the Inside Out

Daily Practices to Help Us Love Ourselves, Each Other, and Our Beautiful Planet as We Ride the Storms of Life

 We will explore teachings and practices to help us create ease and happiness in our daily lives. We will learn how mindfulness and meditation can help us move towards transforming suffering. We will also explore Engaged Practice – the importance of bringing our solidity & practice out into the world to take action. We will have some musical offerings. Different forms of meditation will be introduced, mostly based on the teachings of Zen master, poet, and social activist, Thich NhatHanh. Whether you are new to meditation or have practiced it before, all are welcome.

Guide: Marty Soule

6 Wednesdays, 6:30-8 pm

Begins: September 23, 2020

Time: Settle in at 6:15, class 6:30 – 8pm

Location: Online Live (Zoom)

Registration:  $10

Registered Maine Guide Training

This training prepares you for all 3 licenses: Recreation, Fishing & Hunting (with emphasis on Map & Compass), Search & Rescue and Canoeing & Canoe Rescue. You will be 100% ready to take one of Maine’s toughest outdoor tests. A manual with practice tests will be provided on the first day of class. Anyone pursuing their Maine Guide License will also need First Aid, which is available for students on a date TBD. An enrollment form will be sent with the class confirmation.

Instructor: John A Rogers, Maine’s Outdoor Learning Center

Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 9 am-5 pm

Dates: October 1-4, 2020

Location: PDC, 75 North Road, Readfield

Registration: $495

Songwriting 101 

 Do you have imaginative ideas to share that might be said in a song? Would you like to make your personal stories sing? Through inspiring writing prompts, inventive exercises, and enjoyable writing 'games', Martin Swinger engages participants in the beginning steps of turning original ideas into songs. In a safe and positive community, you'll have fun expressing ideas while building songwriting skills. Anyone can learn and succeed at their own pace and level - no experience necessary, though experienced writers are welcome. Classes will be held on Zoom, so computer access is a must. Be willing to write in-the-moment and share ideas. Be prepared with a notebook and your favorite pen.

Limit: 10 students. 

Instructor: Martin Swinger, Songwriting, performance and vocal coach

7 Thursdays, 7-8:30 pm

Begins: October 8, 2020

Location: Zoom

Registration: $75

"Martin Swinger is one of those rare singer-songwriters who excels at everything: singing, songwriting, guitar-playing, and being so present with his humor, tenderness, and wild mind that his performances are also deep conversations, soul to soul and heart to heart, about the quirks, surprises, and love that brings us most alive. His songs, ranging from the little plastic parts that hold the world together, to what enlightenment comes from Buddha and Betty Boop falling in love, are whimsically and wisely original and enduring."

 -Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Kansas Poet Laureate Emeritus

Yoga for Everybody and Every Body

 In these challenging times are you stiff, stressed, tired and cranky?  For thousands of years, the yogis of India studied and learned profound ways to manage stress, lower anxiety and depression and maintain youthful vigor - even reversing the effects of aging!

 In this course you will learn simple ways to help your body to become flexible, become more naturally pain free, and how the mind-body practices of yoga literally change your brain.

Even if you’ve never done yoga, or are a dedicated practitioner, this is an opportunity for you to experience from your home, the power of subtle, accessible yoga from an experienced teacher.

Each week you’ll be moving and stretching in a safe way, experimenting with your breath, and accessing the benefits of meditation to benefit your body and mind.  You’ll learn how new advances in neurobiology affirm that these time- honored practices are powerful for establishing lasting well-being.

Instructor: Susan Coady

6 Mondays, 4:30-5:45 pm

Begins: October 12, 2020

Registration: $66

Location: Online Live (Zoom)

Susan Coady has taught and studied yoga, meditation and Ayurveda for 40 years, and is certified through Kripalu Center in Stockbridge MA.  She is currently an avid student of Raja Choudhury.

Introduction to Numerology

Ever wonder if there is more meaning to your name? The ancients believed our destinies were written in our names. Tanya has studied, practiced and taught numerology for over 20 years. Have paper and pen ready for this fast paced session.

Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Time: 6-7 pm

Registration: $10

Location: Online Live (Zoom)

Tanya Quarterman is a Certified Hypnotherapist practicing since 2002, a Certified Hypnotic Instructor since 2009, and a Reiki Master Teacher since 2005. She has been teaching for Maranacook Adult Ed program since 2006.  All of Tanya’s classes will be held Online Live (Zoom)

Yoga for Everybody and Every Body

 In these challenging times are you stiff, stressed, tired and cranky?  For thousands of years, the yogis of India studied and learned profound ways to manage stress, lower anxiety and depression and maintain youthful vigor - even reversing the effects of aging!

 In this course you will learn simple ways to help your body to become flexible, become more naturally pain free, and how the mind-body practices of yoga literally change your brain.

Even if you’ve never done yoga, or are a dedicated practitioner, this is an opportunity for you to experience from your home, the power of subtle, accessible yoga from an experienced teacher.

Each week you’ll be moving and stretching in a safe way, experimenting with your breath, and accessing the benefits of meditation to benefit your body and mind.  You’ll learn how new advances in neurobiology affirm that these time- honored practices are powerful for establishing lasting well-being.

Instructor: Susan Coady

6 Thursdays, 9 -10:15 AM

Begins: October 15, 2020

Registration: $66

Location: Online Live (Zoom)

Susan Coady has taught and studied yoga, meditation and Ayurveda for 40 years, and is certified through Kripalu Center in Stockbridge MA.  She is currently an avid student of Raja Choudhury.

Tanya Quarterman is a Certified Hypnotherapist practicing since 2002, a Certified Hypnotic Instructor since 2009, and a Reiki Master Teacher since 2005. She has been teaching for Maranacook Adult Ed program since 2006.  All of Tanya’s classes will be held Online Live (Zoom)

Stress & Anxiety Redux 

Participants will learn and practice hypnotic suggestions and techniques and have the opportunity to engage in mini meditations designed to reduce stress and anxiety and build coping skills.

Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020

Time: 6-7 pm 

Registration: 4 weeks: $35

                       or 6 weeks for $45