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Wednesday
ILR847 How Can I Help the Basic
Goodness of Society
6 sessions, 12 hours
The focus of this course is to learn to create situations of more
wakefulness, compassion, and wisdom in our lives, in the world,
and in human society. This includes finding the wisdom that is
present in ourselves, and also in politics, economics, education
systems, and our relationship with the ecosystem. Our focus will
not be on abstract ideas and theories, divorced from our lives and
world. Instead we will take a very experiential approach that looks
at real experience and how these questions and themes apply to our
everyday lives as modern people, living in very specific situations
and facing global challenges. In this way, ancient contemplative
wisdom can connect directly with our modern lives and questions.
Instructor:
Dr. Jerry Webster presently serves as the Shastri,
or head teacher, with the Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center
in Washington, D.C. He obtained his Ph.D. in Curriculum and
Instruction from the University of Maryland and has taught
literature there and multiculturalism for Montgomery County
Public Schools. Dr. Webster’s 40 years of teaching experience
began with the Peace Corps in Afghanistan. He currently teaches
this course and others at Johns Hopkins University.
4-Digit Number: 7908
Wed, 10am - 12pm, 1/17 – 2/21
Location: Conference Center (E Building)/E106
Tuition: $40.00
Fee: $89.00
Total: $129.00
MD residents age 60+ pay fee only
ILR700 Just Try It! BeginningYoga
5 sessions, 7.5 hours
Yoga will help you feel good. It’s a fun activity that can produce
powerful results, wake up your body, sharpen your mind, and
clarify your spirit. This course introduces you to the basic
movements and poses of yoga so you may begin the process of
transforming the way you look, feel, and move as you proceed
safely and at your own pace. Through your practice, you will
discover a new level of physical, energetic, and emotional
consciousness, all the while building strength, flexibility and
improved range of motion. All poses will be carefully modified
for each student’s needs and abilities. Bring a yoga mat and other
props, if you have them, or two rolled up bath towels.
Instructor:
Linda Franklin, RYT200, began practicing yoga in
2008 as a way to reduce stress and improve focus, while increasing
fitness. She was so taken by the inclusive, gentle approach of
her teacher, that she pursued and received her own teaching
certification from the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in
Lenox, Massachusetts, and Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra training from
Jennifer Reis. Linda’s classes have a gentle touch, and focus on
listening to and respecting the body’s messages - making yoga an
experience that welcomes everybody.
4-Digit Number: 7877
Wed, 2pm - 3:30pm, 1/24 – 2/21
Location: Athletics Center (D Bldg)/D129
Total: $69.00
Now offering two sessions …
ILR765 Feldenkrais: Awareness Through
Movement
8 sessions, 12 hours
Awareness Through Movement® classes, developed by
physicist and judo master Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, improves
mobility and the brain through directed attention, visualization
and stress-free movement. We will focus on solutions to the
challenges that older adults face, restoring functions necessary
for an active and enjoyable retirement. Whether you want
to improve your golf swing or need a way to ease back into
exercise, this class is the perfect way to reduce pain while
improving balance, flexibility, strength, vitality and focus.
Participants must be able to lie on a mat. Feldenkrais requires
the use of a special mat. If students do not own the proper
mat, they may purchase one from the FCC bookstore.
Instructor:
Hannah Vo-Dinh, GCFP has been authorized
by the North American Feldenkrais Guild to teach Awareness
Through Movement
©
classes. She has taught classes at All Saints’
Episcopal, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick
and Common Market. In addition, she organized the Frederick
Feldenkrais Festivals and has been a guest instructor at the
Baltimore and DC Feldenkrais Festivals. A 2016 graduate of
the Feldenkrais Method Training Program of Baltimore, she
has completed 4 years and over 950 hours of training. She is
the owner of Mind Body Sense, LLC and in addition in teaching
group classes, she works privately with individuals who have
neurological, mobility, balance and pain issues as well as those
who wish to improve athletic and artistic performance.
4-Digit Number: 8089
Wed, 6pm - 7:30pm, 1/31 – 3/21
Location: Conference Center (E Building)/E126AB
Total: $119.00
OR
4-Digit Number: 8090
Wed, 6pm - 7:30pm, 4/4 – 5/23
Location: Student Center (H Building)/H202/203
Total: $119.00
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