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Yoga Nidra with Georgia Daniel
Yoga Nidra translates to Yogic Sleep. Join me on this course with a difference. Fancy a super early night?....then this is the course for you!
Nidra is a deeply restful Yoga practice, and a very effective way to rest and restore at the end of the day.
If you want to manage stress and anxiety and reduce fatigue, we’ve got you covered!
Yoga Nidra with Georgia offers you the tools, time and space you need to manage stress and open yourself up to a place of stillness, calm and deep relaxation.
Yoga Nidra helps you to easily drift into a clam and meditative state from a place of comfort and ease, not only gently opening the body but to prepare you for a restful night's sleep.
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Dates:Wed 21/08/2024 -
Thu 29/08/2024Times:5:00pm - 6:30pmDuration:2 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Georgia DanielCourse code:Q00016946How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:8 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £22.20
Crafts: Card Making
Join us for a creative Card Making course at Parkstone Connect, a vibrant day centre dedicated to adults with learning difficulties. Our welcoming environment fosters creativity and fun. Participants will explore a variety of card-making techniques, including stamping, embossing, and die-cutting, to craft beautiful, personalized cards. Led by experienced tutors, the course provides all materials and offers step-by-step guidance, ensuring everyone can enjoy the process and create stunning cards to share with loved ones. Whether you're a seasoned crafter or a complete beginner, our supportive community is here to help you unleash your artistic potential.
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Dates:Mon 02/09/2024 -
Mon 18/11/2024Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:Tricuro -Parkstone Connect Day Centre (P
Croft Road
Poole
BH12 3LDTutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00017321How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £75.60
Beginners Photo Editing
Sometimes you get that perfect shot. The lighting is right, the exposure is perfect, and the composition is balanced. Until you notice a stranger lurking in the background of the photo that throws everything off. Not to worry, there are tools that can help you erase photobombers without leaving a trace! This photo editing course teaches you how to end up with that perfect snap every time. If you enjoy photography or creating images, this course is for you! You will learn how to Add text to images and apply effects. Customise templates and create a collage. Add animation and save as a video or animated gif for a website.
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Dates:Mon 02/09/2024 -
Mon 14/10/2024Times:6:00pm - 8:00pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Mark TurkCourse code:Q00009577How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £51.80
Gardening Practical: Autumn Gardening at Parkstone
This course is for clients of Parkstone Connect Centre, and leads them on to the next steps of gardening. The course will continue learning and embedding skills involved in all aspects of gardening, so the skills learned can be applied to work within and outside the centre
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Dates:Wed 04/09/2024 -
Wed 18/12/2024Times:10:00am - 2:00pmDuration:15 sessionsLocation:Tricuro -Parkstone Connect Day Centre (P
Croft Road
Poole
BH12 3LDTutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00009531How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £189.00
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Craft: Beginners' Modern Calligraphy
Begin your exploration of modern calligraphy by mastering essential tools and techniques. Learn foundational strokes, letter forms, and explore various modern styles such as minimalist and brush lettering. Experiment with colour and traditional mediums to enhance your creations. Practice creating compressed and expanded letter forms to understand spacing and composition. Explore different calligraphy tools including brush pens, pointed pens, and markers to develop your unique style
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Dates:Wed 04/09/2024 -
Wed 04/12/2024Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Fiona MitchellCourse code:Q00016796How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £88.80
Art Practical: Encaustic art with colour therapy combined – with a spiritual twist
While away a few hours with holistic teacher Georgia, where she will take you on a journey with encaustic art; a beautiful way of linking in with your subconscious and creating an extraordinary piece of work that you can then reflect upon, use a gift card, frame or send as a special momentum of love or friendship. During this relaxing course you will learn not only various ways of using wax and heat combined, but you will also cover the chakras, energy concepts, totum animals and colour therapy. Learn why you are attracted to certain colours and how these tie in with energy imbalance.
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Dates:Wed 04/09/2024 -
Wed 27/11/2024Times:2:30pm - 4:30pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Georgia DanielCourse code:Q00018627How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £38.85
Craft: Beginners' Traditional Calligraphy
Explore the art of calligraphy, no artistic background required. Join us to try your hand at creating elegant lettering. This course offers a solid grounding in various aspects of this craft, catering to beginners and enthusiasts alike. Work with readily available equipment and employ simple yet effective techniques. The primary goal is to provide you with a foundational understanding of calligraphy, emphasising accessibility and ease of learning. Starting with the elegant Roman capitals this course will cover some of the classic styles. Great for left and right handers. If you like stationery you will love calligraphy.
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Dates:Thu 05/09/2024 -
Thu 05/12/2024Times:3:00pm - 5:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Fiona MitchellCourse code:Q00016802How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £88.80
Fitness and Exercise: Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra translates to Yogic Sleep. It’s a deeply restful Yoga practice, and a very effective way to rest and restore at the end of the day. If you want to manage stress and anxiety and reduce fatigue, we’ve got you covered! Yoga Nidra with Georgia offers you the tools, time and space you need to manage stress and open yourself up to a place of stillness, calm and deep relaxation. Yoga Nidra helps you to easily drift into a clam and meditative state from a place of comfort and ease.
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Dates:Thu 05/09/2024 -
Thu 24/10/2024Times:5:00pm - 6:30pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Georgia DanielCourse code:Q00018661How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:9 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £38.85
Art Appreciation: Renaissance Beauty in the work of Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer
This course in art appreciation provides close attentions to particular works of art from two important artists, Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer, working in Europe in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The focus will be upon specific paintings, drawings and prints in relation to their concept of beauty. The course will present a range of work by both artists and each week will select one work for a Close View and detailed attention. Particular attentions will be given to Dürer’s painting in Venice and to his woodcuts and engravings; to Leonardo’s drawings and to his work in Milan.
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Dates:Mon 09/09/2024 -
Mon 30/09/2024Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:The Kindle Centre (Hereford)
ASDA
Belmont Road
Hereford
HR2 7JETutor:Allen FisherCourse code:Q00016513How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £33.60
Textiles & Fashion: Visible Mending with Sashiko and Boro Mending
This course will teach you plenty of skills on how to mend your clothes beautifully and originally. We will look at the historical art of Sashiko patterns and the Boro mending technique that was used in Japan in the Edo period and also plenty of other Visible mending techniques. There will be plenty of beautiful patterns to choose from and to learn about and to sew yourselves. A grasp of basic hand sewing is needed. We will expand our knowledge on the resources needed throughout the course and learn about the history of this technique. Later on we will also look at other various visible mending techniques and how and why these are used.
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Dates:Tue 10/09/2024 -
Tue 26/11/2024Times:9:00am - 11:00amDuration:11 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Rebecca SpearCourse code:Q00018288How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:0 places remainingStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £92.40