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Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Pathway to Well-Being
An intriguing wellness trend for 2024 revolves around vagus nerve stimulation.
This practice employs a variety of different ways to stimulate the vagus nerve, which regulates various bodily functions, including digestion, heart rate, and breathing. Stimulating the vagus nerve ca
Vagal nerve stimulation can be done by practicing meditation, humming, singing, and even cold water and ice baths. This form of stimulation holds immense potential, with health benefits ranging from lowered blood pressure and reduced heart rate to stress response management and even seizure control in epilepsy.
Join me on this super short course taking place in the last two weeks of August where you will learn about the vagus nerve and practice ways of stimulating this extraordinary area of the brain.
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Dates:Wed 21/08/2024 -
Thu 29/08/2024Times:1:30pm - 4:00pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Georgia DanielCourse code:Q00016966How you'll learn:OnlineStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £37.00
Fitness and Exercise: Get Up and Dance
A fun and friendly online exercise class to get you up and ready for the day ahead.
Blow away the cobwebs with a workout to your favourite feel good music; a great mixture of oldies and new songs too.
Join in with a gentle warm up, then an all over workout based on dance moves and finish with a relaxing cool down and stretch.
All ages and abilities are welcome. Join in at your own pace.
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Dates:Tue 10/09/2024 -
Tue 10/12/2024Times:9:30am - 10:30amDuration:13 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Suzanne SwainCourse code:Q00010895How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £48.10
Music Making: Beginners
Come and join us on this friendly and supportive course which will support you on your journey from music listener to music maker!
Try out a range of different music making activities that will allow you to develop and explore your music making skills, as well as building your knowledge of practical music theory.
The course includes activities to explore your potential in music making on a physical or virtual keyboard, as well as wider music making skills including singing, digital music making and performing. You will be supported and encouraged to share recordings of your music making with the group.
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Dates:Wed 11/09/2024 -
Wed 11/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Lorna PooleCourse code:Q00018341How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:1 place remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £88.80
Fitness and Exercise: Dance Fitness
A fun and friendly on line exercise class to get you dancing around the room and set you up for the day ahead.
Blow away the cobwebs with a workout to your favourite feel good music; a great mixture of oldies and new songs too.
Join in with a gentle warm up, then an all over workout based on dance moves and finish with a relaxing cool down and stretch.
All ages and abilities are welcome. Join in at your own pace.
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Dates:Wed 11/09/2024 -
Wed 11/12/2024Times:9:30am - 10:30amDuration:13 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Suzanne SwainCourse code:Q00010897How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:8 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £48.10
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Singing:
If you enjoy music, then this course is for you! No experience is needed to take part in this course. This is a class for people with a learning disability.
Join us as we listen and move to the rhythm of the music; or maybe you'd even like to sing along! We will enjoy some old favourites and also enjoy something new. The Reaching Out Programme classes are open to people living in the community that can have their needs met by the class.
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Dates:Mon 16/09/2024 -
Mon 16/12/2024Times:4:00pm - 5:30pmDuration:13 sessionsLocation:Hammonds (Bognor Regis)
210 Hawthorn Road
Bognor Regis
PO21 2UPTutor:Josephine AllumCourse code:Q00010902How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:1 place remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £81.90
Singing: Reaching Out
If you enjoy music, then this course is for you! We will be doing some listening and moving to music. You may like to follow some of the rhythms in the music and play or sing along. There will be some old favourites for you to enjoy and maybe even remember the words. We may learn something new, just to give ourselves a bit of a challenge! We may even compose our own songs! But don’t worry, there will be plenty of help to make this easy! No experience is needed to take part in this course. Taking part will lift your spirits and make your heart sing! The Reaching Out Programme classes are open to people living in the community that can have their needs met by the class. This is a class for people with a learning disability.
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Dates:Tue 17/09/2024 -
Tue 17/12/2024Times:1:00pm - 2:30pmDuration:13 sessionsLocation:Aldingbourne Trust
Blackmill Lane
Norton
Chichester
PO18 0JPTutor:Josephine AllumCourse code:Q00013251How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:9 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £81.90
Literature: Representations of Childhood
From the most idealised to the most troubled narratives, childhood has consistently been a source of inspiration in literature. In this course, we will be considering how a range of authors represent childhood, the themes that connect with this idea, and how different contexts have changed how childhood is portrayed. Through our discussions, we will be analysing texts across different genres, reflecting on the questions and challenges that writers face when representing this profoundly influential stage in life.
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Dates:Tue 17/09/2024 -
Tue 26/11/2024Times:1:30pm - 3:30pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Clare JacksonCourse code:Q00017743How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00
Singing:
If you enjoy music, then this course is for you! We will be doing some listening and moving to music. You may like to follow some of the rhythms in the music and play or sing along.
There will be some old favourites for you to enjoy and maybe even remember the words. We may learn something new, just to give ourselves a bit of a challenge! We may even compose our own songs! But don’t worry, there will be plenty of help to make this easy! No experience is needed to take part in this course. Taking part will lift your spirits and make your heart sing!
The Reaching Out Programme classes are open to people living in the community that can have their needs met by the class. This is a class for people with a learning disability.
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Dates:Wed 18/09/2024 -
Wed 18/12/2024Times:10:30am - 12:00pmDuration:13 sessionsLocation:Chestnuts (Bognor Regis)
London Road
Bognor Regis
PO21 1AZTutor:Josephine AllumCourse code:Q00010876How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:8 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £81.90
Music Appreciation: Music for Wellbeing
From Beethoven to Blur, or Metallica to Mongolian voices, music can lead us from one state of mind and body to another. This course looks at the power of music and how it can be used as a source of energy to improve our overall health, self-esteem, and wellbeing. You will be given the opportunity to explore your own personal relationship with music, considering the impression music had on you when growing up; including how you feel about singing and why? There is extensive research supporting the psychological, social, and behavioural benefits that happen when an individual finds their voice. We will consider this and how the benefits of singing, song writing, and voice exploration can give us a feeling of belonging. By experimenting in a group, you will experience what it feels like to be part of something that is bigger than yourself!
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Dates:Tue 15/10/2024 -
Tue 17/12/2024Times:1:00pm - 5:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:NST Hub (North Somerset Training Communi
31 Alexandra Parade
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1QZTutor:Katie DexterCourse code:Q00017799How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:6 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £151.20
Music Appreciation: Shakespeare and Verdi
Verdi dominated Italian opera in the 19C with a series of highly dramatic works. He was an avid reader of literature and the great playwrights; most of his operas are derived from their works. His favourite writer was Shakespeare and he took great pride in his operatic settings of Macbeth, Othello and Falstaff. If you are a lover of Shakespeare, then you will learn how an operatic setting with its dramatic music and singing can provide an enhanced experience of these great dramas.
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Dates:Sat 10/05/2025 -
Sat 10/05/2025Times:10:00am - 4:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:The Bradbury Community Centre (Wokingham
Rose Street
Rose Street
Wokingham
RG40 1XSTutor:Robin JohnCourse code:Q00017430How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £25.20