Sunday, May 13th, 2pm – 4:30pm, Wednesday, May 16th, 7pm – 9pm, Sunday, May 20th, 2pm – 4:30pm
Instructor: Erica Jackson,
Discover how your entire body can be an instrument for full expression, and how both your singing and your normal speaking voice can be expanded and freed in range and emotional expression.
Erica Jackson has worked internationally as a
performer for over 20 years. She has hosted TV
documentaries in Canada, acted on stage and in film in
Candana, the United States and New Zealsnd, read the
news and weather on Japanese television, as has done
countless voice overs and narration in Canada nad
Japan.
Enrolment 2 – 8
Telephone: 250 247 8339
Location: Determined by group size
Saturday, May 19th, 10am- 5pm
Instructor: Brenda Olson,
Learn several traditional Chinese acu–points that you can use on yourself to relieve many common ailments: Back aches, neck pain, shoulder tension, stress, PMS, nausea, sinus congestion, insomnia and more...
Brenda Olson graduated in 2005 from the Canadian Acupressure College in Victoria, with a specialty in Jin Shin Do® Bodymind Acupressure. She started her practice on Gabriola Island and in Nanaimo in April 2006.
Enrolment 4 – 8
Details tba
Saturday May 5th, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Instructor: Lee Aldis
Spend a day learning about Laughter Yoga, meditation, and more. The course includes a short introduction to Laughter Yoga, Laughter Yoga excercises and short meditations and visualizations that will be practiced throughout the day. We will be making puppets from receycled paper products and paper mache, and Mandala art as a process of fulfilling desires. There will also be a short talk on Ayurveda and the care of your skin, including a vegetable facial according to your skin type. For those wanting to experience a deeper level of meditation, Primordial Sound mantra meditation will be offered during a second day so that you experience the mantra meditation and come back the next day for questions concerning the meditation and talk about higher states of consciousness.
Please call the instructor for more information before registering!
Sandra Lee Aldis is a long time Gabriola Island resident, who continues to find joy in creating puppets, music and stories and working with children and adults to express their creativity through that medium. She iscertified through the Deepak Chopra Center for Mind/Body medicine as an instructor for Primordial Sound Meditation and received a Chartered Herbalist Certification through Dominion Herbal College in Vancouver, including Levels I&II Bach Flower Remedies. She has also taken courses in Ayurveda through Deepak Chopra Center and holds a B.A. from Malaspina University-college. She hasI have been working with Artist's in the School Programme since 1994.
Enrolment 10 – 20
Instructor Contact: Telephone: 250-247-8786
e-mail address: slaldis@shaw.ca
Location: To be announced
Materials: supplied
Saturday, April 21st, 10am – 3:30pm and Sunday, April 22nd, 1 – 5pm
Instructor: Leah Hokanson
Sight-singing is the ability to interpret musical notation on sight, like reading a book. Learn the fundamentals of reading music in a fun, engaging atmosphere with other singing enthusiasts.
Leah Hokanson has been a piano instructor to all ages and ability levels for over twenty years. She holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in piano performance from Whitworth College and Washington State University respectively. She served as a teaching assistant I piano pedagogy at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, while she was a candidate for Doctor of Musical Arts. She has taught both private and group lessons and has a keen sensitivity to the individual needs of students. She believes that knowing the language of music can enrich all our lives, not just those with "talent".
Enrolment:3-20
Instructors Contact: Tel: (250) 247-9854, leahokanson@yahoo.com
Location: The Women's Institute Hall, South Road, Gabriola Island
Materials: none
