CLL Newsletter February 2015

February 2015

February at the CLL It’s all happening in February! February may be the shortest month, but its filled with celebrations! All month long we celebrate Black History, as well as Valentine’s Day, President’s Day and Lunar New Year! There may be only a few days left in February, but there’s a lot happening at the CLL. In this Issue: Welcome, Jeanette!  Tuition Assistance Classes Starting Soon Learn Something New with Look & Learn What Our Students are Saying Welcome, Jeanette! We’re pleased to welcome Jeanette as our new Associate Director! Jeanette grew up in Atlanta and then graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with an engineering degree. Prior to joining us at the CLL, Jeanette served as the Director of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in Santa Barbara for 11 years and was responsible for overseeing all programs and fundraising events for the Central California region. Jeanette also taught English in Beijing, China, and worked in the Technology Department of software company MicroStrategy, Inc. in Virginia.

Try something new at the CLL Important Dates: Jan. 12 – March 21: Winter Term – classes & workshops start throughout the term! Feb. 20: DEADLINE for Spring Tuition Assistance Applications March 21: Last Day of Winter Term March 3 – April 4: Spring Break March 9: Spring Classes Display Online

Tuition Assistance Deadline: February 20 The deadline to apply for a $75 CLL Spring Term Tuition Assistance award is this Friday, February 20th, at 4 p.m.  Click here to apply online, or you can apply in-person at the Wake or the Schott campus front desk.

Classes Starting Soon We may be halfway through the Winter term, but there are still many classes that have yet to start! Be sure to register early, to ensure your class will run. These classes are starting soon:  Feb. 20: Creating Your Personal Archive Feb. 21: Intro to Glass Fusing Feb. 21: Focusing: A Pathway to Wellness Feb. 21: Water Wise, Dollar Wise Landscape Solutions Feb. 27: De-clutter and Sell Your Treasures on the Internet Feb. 28: Washoku: Japanese Cooking

Look & Learn Have you always wondered what the proper technique is when using a microphone? Learn how to properly sing (& speak) into a microphone with CLL instructor, Celeste Tavera in the CLL’s Look & Learn video: Using a Microphone. Learn something new in just a minute or two with our growing collection of Look & Learn ‘how-to’ videos, featuring the CLL’s expert, professional teachers. View ALL Look & Learn videos on the CLL’s YouTube Channel.

What Our Students are Saying “The CLL will enhance your life with new experiences.” – Elaine Grinnell, CLL student Did you have a great experience at the CLL? We'd love to hear from you! Send us an e-mail us at infoCLL@sbcc.edu.

Winter Term 2015 Classes under $1

Did you know, the CLL offers several classes and workshops free of charge? 

Many classes are sponsored by partners in the community, or are covered through private donations. 

Space is limited, and these classes will fill fast. Register today!

Winter Term 2015 Classes under $1:

• Balance:Use It or Lose It
• Family History Research: Beginning to Intermediate
• Medicare: De-mystifying Your Options from Part D to the Donut Hole
• Bamboo inYour Environment: Indoors and Out
• Bamboo: Imagining the Possibilities
• Are You Prepared For Retirement?
• Manage Your Own Portfolio
• Investing and FinancialPlanning for Women

Last-minute Gift Ideas? Over 50 Classes for Under $50 at the CLL

Are you looking for last-minute gifts? 

This holiday season, surprise and delight your friends and family with the gift of learning and fun! SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL) eGift Cards are a unique gift for the holidays and any occasion.

CLL eGift Cards are available to purchase online here or at the SBCC Schott or SBCC Wake Campus Information/Registration office.

With a CLL eGift Card, you can gift a series of classes or a one-time DIY workshop. This winter, the CLL offers something for everyone, for every interest, and every schedule. CLL eGift Cards can be made out in any amount, and with over 50 classes under $50, CLL eGift Cards are the perfect gift for everyone on your list!

Winter Term 2015 Classes under $50

$25 and under

Comprehensive Adrenal Treatment Nourishing Your Primal Body  Sleep Solutions  Mind and Supermind: 'Loving What Is': A Workshop With Byron Katie  A Virtuoso Season:  A Guide to CAMA's Current Season  Socially Responsible Investing  Death - A Ticket to a New Destination  How Psychic Energy Heals and Harms  How to Heal the Dark Side with Spirit Friends  Nurturing the Soul on the Journey toward Self-Realization  Smart Financial Planning: Look Inside Wall Street's Black Box  Attracting Abundance  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Healing With the Tearless Trauma Technique

Procrastination and Perfectionism  When Too Much Is Not Enough: How to Understand and Control Cravings  Intro to Glass Fusing  The Soul of the Nurse  The Secrets of Men's Depression - The Plight of Wounded and Wounding Men  Your Energy Field: How to Use it for Protection, Projection and Manifestation  Stories in Art - American Art and Artists  Candlelight Yoga  Body Mind Wakeup Call  Easy Does It Exercises  Zumba Gold  Sustainable Garden Design Walkabout  Mature Driver Renewal:  A Review Course The Night Sky

$50 and under:

ArtRage for iPad Artists Become a Savvy Traveler  Digestive Health: A Common Sense Approach  How to Reach Your Goals - 21 Tips from a Certified Life Coach  Current Events  Art of Mediumship: Talking to Spirit  Building Your Intuitive Muscle Practicing Mindfulness - Harmony, Health, Happiness  Terrible Twos to Frustrating Fours  Make Argentine Empanadas from Scratch  Peruvian Ceviche  Fitness for Adults  Creating Your Personal Archive  Looking for Love in All the Right Places  Stress Break Massage for Couples  Keeping an Art Journal  Color Magic For You  Yoga Yoga for Active Seniors  Gentle Yoga for Seniors  Total Body Boot Camp  Mature Driver Initial Course

Bridge Workshop  Bridge: Beyond the Basics Start Playing Bridge Now  Helping Children Heal From Stress and Trauma  Compassionate Communication  Focusing: A Pathway to Wellness  Healing and Enlightenment How to Communicate Simply, Lovingly, and Effectively  How to Enjoy Anger  Strength and Stability Training for Seniors  Advances in Biology: Prospects for a Longer, Healthy Life  Infant Times I: Newborn to Crawling   Infant Times II: Crawling to Walking   De-clutter and Sell Your Treasures on the Internet Pilates for Life  Songwriting Playshop  Music Times I/II  Pequeños Cantantes - Para Padres Con Ninos 12 to 48 meses  Make Friends with a Tuber: Root Vegetable Side Dishes  Simple and Sane Detox Diet  Nature, Hiking and Self-Healing – Beginning

March MFT & LCSW CEU Classes in Santa Barbara

Earn CEUs at one-day workshops in March! 

CLL offers more than 40 classes each term where YOU may earn your mental health care or nursing CEUs. And now all CEU units are free*!

Let CLL be your source for professional education and advancement. Classes include complementary, integrative and behavioral topics with engaging teachers. March single-session classes are still open, but space is going fast. Register now before they fill.

Psychic Energy Heals and Harms

with James Kwako, MD

Saturday, March 1 

10 a.m. - 12 Noon

CEUs: 2

Class Cost: $10

Psychic energy is the subtle energy of our body, emotions, and mind. It is the energy with which we choose healthy and unhealthy ways to live, react to life, and relate to others. 

Secrets of Men’s Depression - The Plight of Wounded and Wounding Men

with Wendy Allen, MFT

Saturday, March 1

9 a.m. - 12 Noon

CEUs: 3

Class Cost: $15
Learn to study the symptoms and diagnosis of men's depression, and learn that standard diagnosis by therapists and doctors is based on research regarding how depression presents in women.

Seasonal Medicinal and Edible Plants
with Susan Reinhart
Saturday, March 1
10 a.m. - 12 Noon
CEUs: 2 (RN/LVN, CNA)
Class Cost: $10
Class focuses on seasonal medicinal, edible, useful and poisonous plants that are present in the Santa Barbara backcountry. Learn about their uses, preparation, botanical characteristics and preparation.

Your Energy Field: How to Use it for Protection, Projection and Manifestation 

with Terri Cooper, MFT
Thursday, March 6
9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
CEUs: 3 (MFT/LCSW)
Class Cost: $15 Materials Cost: $2
You are a field of energy living in a larger field of energy. Learn about how we interact with external energy and how calibrating your own energy field determines the success or challenges of your life.

Conquering Compulsive Overeating

with Gloria Arenson Brockway
Thursday, March 13
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
CEUs: 3
Class Cost: $15
Discover how underlying decisions you made about yourself long ago, then buried in your unconscious mind and body, are like time bombs waiting to go off and ruin your best efforts.Learn powerful new techniques to make you a winner at losing.

Finding Meaning in Near-Death and After-Life Experiences

with James Kwako, MD
Saturday, March 15
10 a.m. - 12 Noon
CEUs: 2
Class Cost: $10
Prepare for and adjust to the death of family and friends using near-death and after-life experiences. Learn about new research, extraordinary experiences, and ways to verify the continuity of life through descriptions by physicians and researchers in multiple cultures.

Healing and Enlightenment

with Timothy Conway
Saturday, March 15
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
CEUs: 6
Class Cost: $30
Along with sacred music and readings from and discussions of spiritual traditions, emphasis will be on first-hand, direct experiencing of profound states of relaxation, letting go, visualization, spiritual healing and transcendence. 

*Class fees include tuition and may include materials fees as noted at registration. CLL is pleased to provide your CEU credits at no additional charge.

The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning Winter Term continues through March 22! We offer many evening, weekday and Saturday classes, including one-day workshops starting and ending throughout the term. Register today at www.sbcc.edu/CLL.

Be Our Valentine!

Love is in the air, at CLL!

Here are some delightful and budget-friendly ways to share your love, inspired by upcoming classes at CLL!

· Bicycling for Health and Happiness
· Hiking Santa Barbara
· Fine Cuisine of Mexico

Bike Around— Santa Barbara has such natural beauty to offer, and its views are all accessible by bicycle! Hop on your bikes (or tandem-bike if you have one) for an exciting excursion that get your hearts racing! Bonus points for packing a picnic.

Take a Hike— Hold hands and enjoy your surroundings together. There are many trails, beaches, parks and neighborhoods in Santa Barbara waiting to be explored by you!

Spice it up!— Enjoy each other’s company by cooking a meal together. Consider spicing things up with cayenne chili peppers, serrano peppers, jalapeños, paprika or cinnamon!

Make it a Movie-Night— The Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s “Third Weekend” falls on Valentine’s Day. The festival’s top-films will have FREE encore screenings at the Riviera Theater all-weekend long!

Stumped? Give the Gift of Learning!—
Nothing says I love you like a simple Valentine’s Day card. A CLL eGift Card that is! Give your special someone the gift of learning something new!








The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning Winter term continues through March 22nd! We offer many daytime, evening and Saturday classes, including one-day workshops starting and ending throughout the term. For more information visit www.sbcc.edu/CLL

Earn CEUs at CLL!

Feb. CEU Classes that won’t put you to sleep

Sleep is a trending topic in national psychology and mainstream news. Earn MFT/LCSW CEU credits while you learn about cutting edge topics and therapies.

CLL offers more than 40 classes each term where YOU may earn your mental health care or nursing CEUs. And now all CEU units are free*!

Let CLL be your source for professional education and advancement. Classes include complementary, integrative and behavioral topics with engaging teachers. February single- and multi-session classes are still open, but space is going fast. Register now before they fill.

Optimum Sleep!
with Susan Webster
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
2 Saturdays, beginning February 22^nd

Did you know what you eat may affect the length and quality of your sleep?  That for optimum sleep you shouldn't eat within three hours of your bedtime?  That people who sleep 7-8 hours a night tend to weigh less than those who sleep less?  Join Optimum Sleep to learn more! Class Cost: $42.00 CEUs: 6

This class is no sleeper—it’s almost FULL!

Tools for Healthy Living

with David Beamer

3 Tuesdays, beginning February 25^th

5:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Learn it all in this hands-on class! Discover Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Self-Hypnosis, Energy Work, and Choice Theory and how to manifest what you desire. Class Cost: $30 CEUs: 6 

Don’t let this class start without YOU. 

One-session only— don’t miss it!

Change Your Thoughts and Change Your Life with Cognitive Behavior Therapy

with Gloria Arenson Brockway

Monday, February 24^th

6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

This self-help method is easy to learn and use! Learn to identify, evaluate and correct the distorted thoughts that lead to anxiety, fear, depression, compulsion and more. Class Cost: $15 CEUs: 3

All booked up for February? Plan ahead and register now for these single-session CEU classes in March:

·       Psychic Energy Heals and Harms

·       Secrets of Men’s Depression

·       Your Energy Field: How to Use it for Protection, Projection and Manifestation

·       Imagery and Self-Hypnosis for Health and Harmony

·       Conquering Compulsive Overeating

·       Finding Meaning in Near-Death and After-Life Experiences

·       Healing and Enlightenment

*Class fees include tuition and may include materials fees as noted at registration. CLL is pleased to provide your CEU credits at no additional charge. 

The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning Winter Term continues through March 22! We offer many evening, weekday and Saturday classes, including one-day workshops starting and ending throughout the term. Register today at www.sbcc.edu/CLL.

Water Harvesting Workshop & Sustainability Classes

With the State of California recently declaring a drought emergency, water resource management is a high priority. The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL) invites the community to attend a Water Harvesting Workshop on Jan. 30, Feb. 1 and Feb. 8. The workshop will provide attendees with hands-on experience with water harvesting systems and drought tolerant landscaping.

CLL classes are well known for enriching the lives or our students. We also get to help community members make a difference by exploring solutions to major environmental, socal and political issues. —Andy Harper, Executive Director, SBCC CLL

Join CLL for this workshop and our other special Winter Term workshops and events, focused on local AND global sustainability. CLL classes are making a difference! These workshops fill fast, register today!

CLL in the news!
Did you catch CLL's Water Harvesting Workshop on KEYT News Channel 3's evening newscast? 

Jan. 30, Feb. 1 & 8 (3-session workshop)
Water Harvesting Workshop

Presenter Jeffrey Adams will explore the potentials for water harvesting on personal properties or as an addition to professional services or community programming. Participants will learn techniques to migrate storm water runoff issues and decrease the need for using drinking water for outdoor irrigations. Rain gardens, rain tanks and grey water are among the water harvesting techniques discussed. Participants will also determine how much water they can potentially harvest and the appropriate system as well as the requirements to apply through the Santa Barbara Water Harvesting Program.

This special 3-part program is part of CLL’s first full season of CLL Presents, a new lecture and special event series, inviting the community to engage with dynamic experts around today’s major issues.

Date:           3-part series: Thursday, Jan. 30 (2 – 5 p.m.), Saturday, Feb. 1 and Feb. 8

                    (9 a.m. – 3 p.m.)
Location:    SBCC Schott Campus, 310 West Padre St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Tuition:       $15
Details:       The two Saturday sessions include actual projects at the Schott Campus
Contact:      infoCLL@sbcc.edu

Please register HERE.
Course #: 601077

Feb. 22
Design Like a Pro Workshop: Demystifying Sustainable Garden

Many garden encyclopedias boast 'thousands of plant listings!' But who has room in their garden for all of them? Like everyone, gardeners want to get the most from the money they spend. Be inspired by this power-packed half-day workshop which is taught by award-winning landscape architect, Billy Goodnick. Learn the fundamentals of smart garden design so that you can purchase with purpose and bring home the best plants for your garden. Explore your own ideal style, and discover how to create year-round beauty, protect the environment and save money by selecting winning plants.

Date:           Saturday, Feb. 22 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Location:    SBCC Schott Campus, 310 West Padre St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Tuition:       $20
Contact:      infoCLL@sbcc.edu

Please register HERE.
Course #: 601073

Feb. 28
CLL Presents— Mind and Supermind: The Melting Polar Ice: Remembering our Broken Bond with Nature

The melting polar ice is a symptom of the split between mind and nature that lies at the origins of our scientific-technological world-view. Extending his earlier historical studies of the origins of modern science, the images, music and words of the DVD, special guest lecturer Robert Romanyshyn, Ph.D. made of his journey to the Antarctic show how that landscape of stillness and deep silence in the outer world is also a matter of the feeling heart that becomes responsive to the spiritual depths of nature. It is an inner journey in the outer world that re-situates us within the mind of nature.

Date:           Friday, Feb.28 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Location:    SBCC Schott Campus, 310 West Padre St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Tuition:       $5 (Partially covered through private donations)
Contact:      infoCLL@sbcc.edu

Please register HERE.
Course #: 202197

March 8
Sustainable Garden Design Walkabout

This walkabout builds on the Sustainable Garden Design Workshop and includes an initial 'refresher' of sustainable garden design principles. Alice Keck Memorial Garden is a living, 3-dimensional gallery demonstrating the application of basic design principles. Learn to see garden design as more than a collection of colorful flowers and gain a better understanding of the multiple roles plants can play in the landscape. Gain an appreciation for how form, foliage, density, and visual texture are the building blocks of year-round beauty and interest. Discover how proper plant selections and spacing result in a low-maintenance, environmentally superior landscape.

Date:           Saturday, March 8 from 9 a.m.  – 12:30 p.m.

Location:    SBCC Schott Campus, 310 West Padre St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Tuition:       $20
Contact:      infoCLL@sbcc.edu

Please register HERE.
Course #:  601076

The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning winter term continues through March 22! We offer many daytime, evening and Saturday classes, including one-day workshops starting and ending throughout the term. For more information visit www.sbcc.edu/CLL