Create Your Own Spa Experience at the CLL

Relax. Renew. Rejuvenate. September is national self-improvement month, and the CLL is here to help you relax and restore your mind, body and spirit. We have one-day workshops, evening and weekday classes for every schedule. So, no matter how busy you are, you can take time to re-energize this fall! "Touch for Health" Series Are you looking for a natural way to feel better? Touch for Health techniques have helped millions of people naturally renew their healing energies and achieve optimum health, function, and performance. These workshops are one-day only, don't miss out: Touch for Health Series: You Are What You Digest Touch for Health Series: Nervous System Confusion to Organization (Bonus for healthcare and mental health professionals: Touch for Health Series classes offer 2 CEUS for CNA/RN/LVN and MFT/LCSW) Register Now Stress Break Massage Series Stress can hinder healing, but utilizing massage can be beneficial and restorative. Whether practiced in a chair at work or during a hospital recovery, Stress Break massage techniques can reduce stress and promote healing. Explore gentle Swedish massage, therapeutic massage and trigger-point work. Stress Break: Massage Techniques for the Back (6 CEUS for CNA, RN/LVN) Stress Break: Massage Techniques for Professionals and Caregivers (6 CEUS for MFT/LCSW CNA, RN/LVN) Stress Break: Massage for Couples Stress Break: Massage Techniques for Shoulder, Neck and Face (6 CEUS for CNA, RN/LVN) Stress Break: Massage and Reflexology for the Feet (6 CEUS for CNA, RN/LVN) Register Now

More from Spa Scientific Nutrition Sep. 24: Discover how a correct diet can help people heal a variety of health related problems. Register Now More from Spa Focusing: A Pathway to Wellness Oct. 11: Learn to focus, a self-help technique that will help you to experience a deeper sense of the relationship between your body, mind, emotions and spirit. Register Now More from Spa Chinese Brush Painting and Meditation Oct. 21: Come and enjoy a quiet meditation to begin your creative process and learn the timeless beauty of an ancient art form. Register Now

First Week of Fall Term Registration Continues

Registration is open for classes in: BODY, MIND, SPIRIT & BUSINESS, FINANCE, WORK Register online or at the Schott and Wake Campus offices. What's New in Body, Mind, Spirit? Learn to Play American Mah Jongg Stress Break: Massage and Reflexology for the Feet Beyond Dreams - What Are 'Night Time Experiences'? Get Results Using Kettlebell Training and many more! Preview Classes What's New in Business, Finance, Work? Retirement – Your Personal Workshop Collaborative Communication in the Workplace The Soul of the Nurse and many more! Preview Classes

Back by Popular Demand... Candlelight Yoga Dec. 6: Single session class, for all levels : new to experienced. This relaxing yet empowering yoga class promotes your inner strength as much as your physical strength. Register Now Hundreds of Favorite Classes. Mind and Supermind Sept. 8: Join Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D., biologist and author. Sheldrake is among “the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People in 2014.” Register Now Something for everyone. Tai Ji Sep. 9: The benefits of Tai Ji are excellent for stress reduction, balance, pain management and boosting your immune system. Register Now

The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning Summer Term continues through August 23^rd. Registration for Fall Term begins August 18^th. Come choose from evening, weekday and Saturday classes, including one-day workshops starting and ending throughout the term. Register today at www.sbcc.edu/CLL.

Two of the 2014 “Top 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People*” are coming to Santa Barbara!

 August 1st – 3rd
Our friends at La Casa de Maria Retreat & Conference Center present: “Our Emergence into Christ Consciousness”, a retreat with acclaimed spiritual theologian and activist Matthew Fox, PhD.

September 8th
The CLL welcomes visionary biologist and author Rupert Sheldrake for the 35th Anniversary Mind & Supermind (part of our CLL Presents Major Issues lecture & event series).



Listen online to Sheldrake and Fox together in a new series of dialogues on Consciousness and Spirituality. “…profound and challenging reflections on the dance between consciousness, religion, and spirituality in our time.” 

*View London’s Watkins Books Watkins’ “Spiritual 100 List for 2014” http://www.watkinsbooks.com/review/watkins-spiritual-100-list-for-2014

AUGUST 1 – 3

 
“Our Emergence into Christ Consciousness” with Matthew Fox, PhD
(A program of La Casa de Maria Retreat and Conference Center)

Join Matthew Fox, PhD., internationally acclaimed spiritual theologian, Episcopal priest, and activist, for “Our Emergence into Christ Consciousness”, a retreat at La Casa de Maria. Matthew Fox is a prophetic author, educator, theologian, and contemporary scholar/activist for a creation-centered spirituality. He has written over 30 books, including the Cosmic Christ and a new work on Meister Eckhart: A Mystic Warrior for Our Tim. Fox will discuss his ideas surrounding the Creation Spirituality Movement, the struggle for justice and the work of sacred activism and intergenerational wisdom as a part of the picture. It calls us to a deep ecumenism and a path of wisdom for the healing of the planet. La Casa de Maria is an interfaith retreat and conference center.

MORE INFO/REGISTER: https://www.lacasademaria.org/programdetails.asp?progid=RDT368HXMBZ40EBOZRNTIVJPGE5MN6X4

 

• August 1st-3rd, 2014 (Friday 7:30 p.m. to Sunday 1 p.m.)
• La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108
• Residential fee $400, commuter fee $300 (Partial Scholarship available)
• Contact: www.lacasademaria.org, email: outreach@lcdm.org, or call (805) 969-5031

And coming Soon at the CLL:

Extended Minds: Recent Experimental Evidence

When: Monday, September 8th 

Where: New Vic Theatre
(Plus an exclusive VIP Meet & Greet opportunity)

CLL Fall Term Registration begins Monday, August 18

http://www.sheldrake.org/audios/discussions-between-rupert-sheldrake-and-matthew-fox

CLL Celebrates Mind & Supermind

All this year, the CLL celebrates the 35th Anniversary of Mind & Supermind! 

THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 25th

Special guest speaker and Jungian expert Veronica Goodchild, Ph.D., will share images of landscapes and sacred sites that represent her inner journey in the outer world, including her pilgrimage to Camino de Santiago in France. 





Mind & Supermind - Walking the Earth: Inner Journeys in the Outer World
Friday, April 25th
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.  
Focusing on Jung’s studies on synchronicity, Dr. Goodchild will show how contemplative journeys reawaken us to the living spirit of nature and our broader connection to the cosmos — and that the spirit of the Earth, personified in statues, is very alive on the pilgrimage routes through France. Class Cost: $5 

Register HERE. 

How about an entrée before the event?  

Enjoy 20% off dinner at Las Aves Café! 

For your discount, be sure to mention you are attending the CLL Mind and Supermind event! Las Aves Café is located in the BEST WESTERN PLUS Encina Lodge, at 2220 Bath Street in Santa Barbara, across the road from the Schott Campus. Probably the best chile relleno in Santa Barbara! See their menu here. 

The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning Spring Term continues through June 14. Come choose from over 330 evening, weekday and Saturday classes, including one-day workshops starting and ending throughout the term. Register today at www.sbcc.edu/CLL

Important Spring Registration Schedule Information

FIRST WEEK OF REGISTRATION: STAGGERED MARCH 17– 20

The first week of registration will be staggered by subject areas across four days:

Spring Term Classes

Mind & Supermind & More!

Upcoming CLL Classes in Psychology & Spirituality

• Ready to take charge of your thoughts and actions?
• Want to continue your journey of self-discovery?
• Curious about the human mind and behavior?

CLL has great evening and weekend classes for YOU, starting this week!

Single-session psychology classes are still open, but space is going fast. Register now before they fill. 

THIS FRIDAY!

Mind and Supermind: Melting Polar Ice: Remembering our Broken Bonds with Nature

Guest Speaker: Robert Romanyshyn, Ph.D

Friday, February 28

7 p.m. - 9 p.m. 

The melting polar ice cap is a metaphor for the gradually eroding bond between the human psyche and unspoiled nature. Using imagery from his journey to Antartica, Romanyshyn shows the importance of reconnecting  the fracturing  yet intrinsic  bonds  between nature and humanity. Class Cost: $5

This Saturday! 

Psychic Energy Heals and Harms

with James Kwako, MD

Saturday, March 1

10 a.m. - 12 Noon

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

with Wendy Allen, MFT

Saturday, March 1

9 a.m. - 12 Noon

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

with Terri Cooper, MFT

Thursday, March 6

6 p.m. - 9 p.m.  

Did you know? Many psychology classes also offer CEUs (Continuing Education Units), free of charge! 

You might also be interested in more psychology & spirituality classes in March: 

• Imagery and Self-Hypnosis for Health and Harmony
• Conquering Compulsive Overeating
• Finding Meaning in Near-Death and After-Life Experiences
• Healing and Enlightenment
  
  

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

Take charge of your life with our one-day Psychology Workshops

·         Ready to take charge of your thoughts and actions?

·         Want to continue your journey of self-discovery?

·         Curious about the human mind and behavior?

·         CLL has great evening and weekend classes for YOU, starting this week!

Don’t wait for the New Year to make a positive change in your life.

Spaces in these one-session classes are going fast, Register Today!

Thursday, October 17th

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Creative Spiral: Spirited, Passionate,Intuitive, Real, Authentic Living— with Brecia Kralovic-Logan

The Creative Spiral is the path which each of us travels from awareness which is externally oriented to that which is inwardly sensed or known from the vast resources of our soul, the source of creation within us (Helen Warren). Follow the Creative Spiral to illuminate the pathway from your inner center of wisdom to the creative expression of your individuality. Using the acronym SPIRAL, we will explore 5 facets of a Spirited, Passionate, Intuitive, Real, Authentic life.

Explore your own personal creativity and self-expression using discussion, writing exercises, art making, guided imagery, spirituality, and movement.

Class Cost: $10

Space is limited. Register NOW!

Friday, October 18th

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Break (or build) those habits NOW in—

Self-Hypnosis for True Personal Mastery— with Terri Cooper

Self-Hypnosis is an easy, powerful way to shift your thinking, your feeling and your actions at the core level to achieve the positive changes you desire. Gain the skills to hypnotize yourself in this safe, supportive and fun environment. Build self-esteem, overcome addictions, achieve deep, restorative rest in minutes, while clearing the blocks to success: fear, anxiety, pain, and self-doubt at the core level. You are getting ve-e-e- ry sleepy, and it's a good thing!

Class Cost: $15

  

(Did you know?— you DON’T need 21 days to create a new habit. New habits can be integrated easily within just a few moments, through self- hypnosis!)

SPOTS ARE GOING FAST – only FIVE spaces left! 

Register NOW 

Saturday, October 19th

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Attracting Abundance— with Gloria Arenson-Brockway

If you are a “follower” of Gloria’s, you might have taken her courses multiple times already. Well known in the field of energy psychology, she is insatiably curious, and does not stop learning.

Learn strategies to release self-destructive patterns and achieve financial and life goals by transforming their relationship with money. Identify how barriers to financial success are often formed in childhood when money is used to express desires, power, love, envy, anger or revenge in the family. They unravel the psychological threads that entangle them in 'money madness', and learn to eliminate self-destructive patterns, magical thinking and irrational attitudes that hold them back.

Class Cost: $15

Register TODAY

The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning fall term continues through Dec 14th! We offer hundreds of daytime, evening and Saturday classes, including one-day workshops starting and ending throughout the term.

Find out more about the new SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning at http://sbcc.edu/CLL

or browse all CLL classes at: http://sbcc.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010&catalogid=3&