Learn about diverse holistic healing systems. Many alternative medicine therapies have been used successfully for hundreds of years, but are not practiced in modern mainstream medicine. If you are looking for an alternative treatment for a nagging health problem, if you want to treat the cause of your problem rather than the result, if you want to tap into your body’s natural healing processes, take this class.

 

Instructor: Janean Hamilton, RN, D.O.M, AP is nationally certified in acupuncture and herbal medicine and has been a registered nurse for over 20 years. She received her MS in Oriental Medicine from Florida College of Integrative Medicine and is an active faculty member at the college.

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Best seller lists can be bewildering to the most seasoned reader. There are too many books and too little time. The Book Club carefully selects its reading list, so you can be sure the book has value. The monthly discussion covers not only the plot and characters but also critiques the writer, pointing out things a casual reader might miss.
(Click here for a reading list)

 

Facilitator: Virginia Barker is Executive Director of the Institute. She has a MA in Liberal Arts and has completed her Ph.D. course work in American Literature.

If you can hand write a sentence, you can learn calligraphy. In this class you will learn to write an italic style using a calligraphic marker. The class will cover technique and breakdown of the letter parts, assembly of the letters, and refinement and rhythm. You will be able to write both upper and lower case letters in this beautiful calligraphy hand.

 

Please bring a calligraphic marker (Dual 3.5 & 2.0), pad of graph paper (11X17: 8 squares to inch, non-repo), a ruler, pencil, and note paper. All supplies are available at DK Art Supplies by Lake Square Mall, 352.326.0555.

 

Instructor: Sandra Wright is a calligrapher and artist currently teaching in Mount Dora, Maitland, and The Villages. She is president of the Scribes of Central Florida.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that every year about 76 million people in the United States become ill from pathogens in food. Of these, about 5,000 die. People who think they have an intestinal virus often have food poisoning. Food safety, quality meat selection, food labeling, and organic foods are a few of the topics to be covered in this informative class.

 

Instructor: George Trenfield has a BS in Agricultural Economics and is a graduate of the Agriscience Leadership Class of the Florida Dept. of Agriculture.

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Do you have a vocabulary of at least 50 words in Spanish? Do you understand basic verb conjugations in the present tense? Are you interested in the culture of Central America? Do you want to practice your Spanish with others who have these abilities and interests? If so, this class is for you. Each week will have a different theme such as: in the kitchen, at the bank, out shopping, at a restaurant, at the doctor’s office, and Central American heroes, writers, and artists.

 

Instructor: Dorothy De Mallona has a MS in education. She lived and taught in Nicaragua for six years.

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Any illness dramatically changes our lives. How we cope with illness affects not only our perception of the illness but also how we physically feel. Illness coping strategies are not hard-wired in our brains. These strategies need to be learned and practiced. Whether you are ill or someone you love is ill, this class will give you pointers on the best way to manage all the many situations that arise.

 

Instructor: TBA

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Do you wonder why you often feel misunderstood? Are you uncomfortable with resolving conflict? Communication truly is the key to all successful and healthy relationships. Learn ways to better listen and be heard. You will learn to have more confidence in communicating in your everyday life, which will enhance all aspects of your life.

 

Instructor: Peggy Keene is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, RN, MS who has been in private practice in Lake Co. since 1992

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This class is for the novice. You will learn basic vocabulary, verb conjugations, and all the other parts of a sentence. At the end of the class, you will be ready to join the next conversational Spanish class.

 

Instructor: Dorothy De Mallona has a MS in education. She lived and taught in Nicaragua for six years.

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The Great Books of the Western World is a 60-volume collection of the books on the Great Books list. A prominent feature of the collection is a two-volume Syntopicon that includes essays written by Mortimer Adler on 102 "great ideas." In the 1950’s Adler televised 52 half-hour lectures on “great ideas’ from the Great Books. Each week this class will view a video of one of Adler’s lectures and then discuss it. Some of the great ideas to be covered are: Art, Law, Justice, Truth, Language, Punishment, and Learning.

 

Instructor: Virginia Barker received her MA in Liberal Arts from St. Johns’ College, one of the few colleges and universities with a great book curriculum.

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Your chances of being sued next year are one in four, according to Arnold S. Goldstein author of Asset Protection Secrets. Even if you are not sued, you are just as likely to have a legal grievance that causes you to consider suing someone else. Rather than calling the number on your TV screen during a lawyer’s commercial, take this class and learn the how, where, when, and why of lawsuits and what to expect when you sue or you are being sued.

 

Instructor: Walter Forgie is an attorney whose practice includes: civil litigation, wills, estate planning, trusts and estates, criminal law, and elder law. Previously, he was a state prosecutor with the Lake County State Attorney’s office.

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Rather than saying curiosity kills the cat, think of curiosity as building the brain. Most of us are curious to some degree, but we take a lot for granted. This class delves into such everyday topics as: how modern surgical techniques work, how we learn to read, how Florida state government works, how recycling works, and how Trout Lake Nature Center works. The classes are always informative and often insightful as they look into things and analyze how they work.

 

Instructor: Angelo Perciballi is a retired Air Force general officer with a MS in aeronautics and astronautics. He works as an engineering systems consultant.

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What do you do when there are two right things to do and you can only do one of them? Do you give your shoes to a beggar or do you protect your health, since you have miles to walk to your destination in cold, rainy weather? Do you report a theft of food or do you keep silent, believing the thief is hungry? A new dilemma is presented for each class and discussions are always interesting. Surprisingly, many people change their initial reaction after hearing other points of view. This is a no-stress class with free coffee from Olivia’s Coffeehouse.

 

Facilitator: Virginia Barker, Executive Director of the Institute.

Prevention is the key to stopping the ability of and opportunity for a criminal. The use of instinct, knowledge, common sense, and awareness can make you a tough target. Besides being alert and aware of your surroundings, the knowledge of some simple security measures will help keep you and your property safe. This class will cover: home security, traffic safety, and sexual predators.

 

Instructor: Senior Officer Misti Mohrenne has been a Eustis Police Officer for 10 years. Working through the Office of Community Relations, Mohrenne conducts educational programs throughout the community.

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Are the internet social networks the only way you can keep up with the younger members of your family? Do you want to set-up your own Facebook page? Do you think only birds Twitter? Join the 21st century and get an overview of how to use the major social networking sites such as Facebook, Linkedin, Myspace, and Twitter. You will also learn which sites are good for job searching and what information you need to keep private.

 

Instructor: Steve Moulden directs the Information Technology Department for the City of Eustis. He has a M.S. in Information Technology.

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John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelly epitomize Poetic Romanticism. They wrote in a brief period of time some of the most memorable poems in the English language. This class will survey the short, tragic lives of the poets, the influences on their poetry, and read several of their best known poems.

 

Instructor: Virginia Barker is Executive Director of the Institute. She has a MA in Liberal Arts and has completed her Ph.D. course work in American Literature.

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From the time we are children, our culture sends us powerful messages about how to be happy, how to win, and how to be successful.

 

The Lojong -- a collection of Tibetan mind training teachings -- turns many of these ideas upside down and provides us with a template of true happiness, satisfaction and peace, bringing to focus a way of selflessness whereby the mind is trained to go beyond its ordinary self-centered preoccupations and anxieties and learns, by gradual degrees, to place others at the focus of its interests and concerns.

 

This two-hour course will include lecture, discussion and meditative sessions and will be beneficial for all, regardless of amount of experience with Tibetan Buddhist ideas and practices.

 

Instructor: Mark Winwood is the founder and resident teacher of the Chenrezig Project, a Tibetan Buddhist study and practice group. He teaches at several educational institutions and is a frequent traveler to India.

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Each week this two-hour class will discuss one element of good writing and put it into practice with fun in-class writing exercises. There will be short reading assignments. Writing elements to be covered include: audience awareness, delicious details, creating characters, lyrical language, the glamour of grammar (not), meaningful messages, pesky pronouns, purple prose, and comfortable clichés. At the end of the class, you will be the writer you never thought you could be.

 

Instructor: Melinda Simmons, M.S., M.L.S. is the chair of Lake Sumter community College’s Department of Humanities and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

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