Pickleball: Learn to Play!

Come try your hand at one of the fastest growing sports in the country! 

Pickleball is a racquet sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. This weekly clinic will be held in the high school gym, and will consist of general instruction and open play.

Instructor: Betsy Sweet

6 Thursdays, 6-7:30 pm

Begins: October 5, 2023

Location: MCHS Gym

Registration: $35

Acadian Arts Asian Fusion Cooking Retreat 

Roosevelt Campobello Island International Park

New Brunswick Canada

October  6-9  1 PM Friday -  1 PM Monday

$495 includes workshops and meals

Your instructor, Chris Toy is the author of 6 popular cookbooks, a private chef, and has taught Asian-fusion cooking for several Maine community education programs. Cooking students will learn how to prepare a variety of recipes from Asia, Europe, and the Americas incorporating traditional and local ingredients. Each meal will actively engage cooks with the tools, techniques, and stories behind the dishes being created. All meals are included in the workshop fee as well as specially planned optional evening activities designed to extend your learning from the day’s workshops. Step back to a time when President Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor, and their family escaped to their “beautiful little island” in the Canadian maritimes, Campobello Island. We will be exclusive guests of the international park, staying in historic Victorian cottages. Workshop participants will be immersed in the same coastal scenery enjoyed by the summer residents at the turn of the 20th century. Register for the retreat then call Sherry Mitchell at 506-752-2922 to make room reservations. Only Acadian Arts Retreats participants will be allowed to reserve overnight accommodations in the park.

Comments from recent Acadian Arts Retreats participants,

“I learned so much that Chris taught me, and the recipes were attainable.”

“Enjoyed the view and the food.”

COVID note: For everyone’s comfort and safety we suggest doing a COVID test 24 hours prior to arrival. We will be following CDC guidelines according to location and dates.

HISTORY OF MALAGA ISLAND  

 Learn about the eviction of a complete community living on Malaga Island in Casco Bay in 1912. Learn the prehistory of the island's use by our indigenous people and post history of the island after the eviction. Learn a bit about the mainland African American village in coastal Maine that no longer exists but predated the Malaga Island Colony. Visit the island remotely through a slide show created by Master Maine Guide, Alice.  

Class meets Live Online by Zoom

October 11, 2023

Time: 6:30-8:30 pm

Registration: $35

From the Instructor:

I have been leading interpretive historical tours to this island since 1989, and have done serious historical research. I am a Master Maine Guide who has been guiding for over 40 years, running my own full year guiding business (Alice's Awesome Adventures). Former Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Guides Board Examiner.

Acadian Arts Asian Fusion Cooking Retreat 

The Willows York Beach 

October 12-15  1 PM Thursday -  1 PM Sunday

$495 includes workshops and meals

Your instructor, Chris Toy is the author of 6 popular cookbooks, a private chef, and has taught Asian-fusion cooking for several Maine community education programs. Cooking students will learn how to prepare a variety of recipes from Asia, Europe, and the Americas incorporating traditional and local ingredients. Each meal will actively engage cooks with the tools, techniques, and stories behind the dishes being created.

Retreat to The Willows, a beautiful Victorian home with architecture that echoes the rich tradition and elegance of the 1800s. York Beach is just a short stroll to breathtaking views of the sand, surf, and rocks. A modern updated kitchen awaits the cooks.  There is a spacious dining room and gracious living room with comfortable seating for all participants to relax, socialize and make new friends. All meals are included in the workshop fee as well as specially planned optional evening activities designed to extend your learning from the day’s workshops.

Day students are welcome.

For special weekend accommodations call Chris at 207-653-3163 or email him at christoy.net@gmail.com.

Comments from recent Acadian Arts Retreats participants,

“I learned so much that Chris taught me, and the recipes were attainable.”

“We became extended family.

COVID note: For everyone’s comfort and safety we suggest doing a COVID test 24 hours prior to arrival. We will be following CDC guidelines according to location and dates.

MAP AND COMPASS LEVEL 1    

Hike, snowshoe, geocache, hunt, and enjoy the woods and fields of Maine with confidence that you can read a topographic map, understand the symbols, know which way a river flows, plot a course bearing, use online resources, and how to get to safety.  Familiarization to using a compass and map outdoors included. Students must have a DeLorme Maine Gazetteer, and a 2-degree baseplate compass.

Class meets Live Online by Zoom

Instructor: Alice Bean Andrenyak

2  Mondays, 5:30-8:30 pm

October 16 & 23, 2023

Registration: $50

From your Instructor:

I am a Master Maine Guide who has been guiding for over 40 years, running my own full year guiding business (Alice's Awesome Adventures), former Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Guides Board Examiner, and 1:1 trainer. Many current Registered Maine Guides trained with me. I  have been a teacher in public education, adult education, online education, and for non-profit organizations since 1968.

Women's Health Series

Live online by Zoom

3 Mondays, 2 Wednesdays

Begins: Monday, October 16, 2023

Time: 6-7:30 pm

Yes, Breathing is Different for Women                                         Monday October 16, 2023

The field of science and research has predominantly focused on male subjects. However gender differences do affect breathing control and vulnerability to illness. Women recover faster from hypoxia, respond differently in sleep apnea and heart rate variability.

Pain conditions and breathing in women                         Wednesday Oct 18, 6:00-7:30

Pain perception differs depending on the concentration of sex hormones in the body, and dysfunctional breathing can aggravate pain.

Female Sex Hormones                                                             Monday Oct 23, 6:00-7:30

Women with PMS have a higher-than-normal sensitivity to CO2, perhaps caused by progesterone, resulting in “pronounced hyperventilation” - and that the hyperventilation is responsible for the PMS symptoms. That same over-breathing contributes to anxiety and can derail our stress management strategies.

Pelvic floor dysfunctions                                                   Wednesday Oct 25

The pelvic floor muscles and respiratory diaphragm are structurally and functional connected by fascia and muscles that control urine flow.

Managing menopause                                                            Monday,  October 30

Women who smile enter menopause about a year and a half earlier than those who don’t. This already points to an obvious link between menopause and overall wellbeing and, more specifically, respiratory health.

About your instructor:

Carole Freeman, B.S. RRT, Breathing Specialist

Carole’s background has been equal portions of respiratory therapy, exercise physiology, and massage therapy. Her career as a respiratory therapist began at Loma Linda University Medical Center where she discovered that most adult patients were in the hospital because of poor lifestyle choices.That inspired her to attend graduate school at LLUMC, majoring in Health Sciences. She now focuses her work in a relatively new field of pulmonary medicine - Recognizing and Treating Breathing Disorders. Breath-Taking Online is an online school offering a wide variety of Self-Paced, On Demand classes encompassing the entire field of BreathingDisorders. Carole’s mission is to share this information, along with personal experience and background, to help others breathe easier and feel healthier.

Carole Freeman

Carolef218@gmail.com

Breath-TakingOnline.com

 with the pelvic floor to stabilize posture and improve core strength

Women's Health & Fitness 101

Live online by Zoom

2 Tuesdays, 2 Thursdays

Begins: Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Time: 6-7:30 pm

A Comprehensive Course on how to Regain Lost Energy and Stamina

For women of ALL fitness levels and ages who want to regain their energy and stamina, be more active and enjoy life.

Because women are different hormonally and anatomically, they benefit from different strategies and training. For example, women's lungs and airways are smaller than men’s of the same size. Smaller airways create air turbulence which can make it harder to breathe during exercise.

The ins & outs of optimal breathing                                       Tuesday Oct 17, 6:00-7:30                 

• What if you’re breathing all wrong?
• Establishing a starting point
• How to calm your breathing when you feel short-of-breath
• How to increase oxygenation to the body and brain
• The impact of hormones on your training
• What most people do wrong when exercising
• How to tell if your diaphragm is working for you, or against you

Respiratory Muscle Strength Determines Endurance           Thursday, Oct 19, 6:00-7:30

• How to build respiratory muscle strength
• How to breathe for optimal endurance
• Reduce shortness-of-breath when active
• What most people do wrong when exercising
• Why you fatigue

New rules for cardio and stamina                                       Tuesdays, Oct 24, 6:00-7:30

• Core strength training                                                           Thursday, Oct 26, 6:00-7:30

The concept of “Core Strength” (doing more sit-ups) misses the true foundation of Core Stability: the breath.

Carole Freeman, B.S. RRT, Breathing SpecialistCarole’s background has been equal portions of respiratory therapy, exercisephysiology, and massage therapy. Her career as a respiratory therapistbegan at Loma Linda University Medical Center where she discovered thatmost adult patients were in the hospital because of poor lifestyle choices.That inspired her to attend graduate school at LLUMC, majoring in HealthSciences. She now focuses her work in a relatively new field of pulmonarymedicine - Recognizing and Treating Breathing Disorders.Breath-Taking Online is an online school offering a wide variety of Self-Paced, On Demand classes encompassing the entire field of BreathingDisorders. Carole’s mission is to share this information, along with personalexperience and background, to help others breathe easier and feel healthier.

Carole Freeman

Carolef218@gmail.com

Breath-TakingOnline.com

Adult Coed Volleyball

Please join us for coed volleyball from late October through April.  No skill required, just come out and have fun on Sunday afternoons from 4-6.  We range in age from 18-72.

Please contact Dick Watson at 293-2857 for details.