Moorhead Community Education

"Somatic" means experiencing the body within. This awareness helps us with self-regulation and self-healing. This class is designed to increase awareness of the way you move and release overworked, tight, contracted muscles. Experience a slow gentle awakening through a variety of therapeutic and corrective exercises called Somatic Movement Flows. A chair and other items will be used as props as needed.

Doshas are the three energies that define every person's makeup. Knowing your dosha can help you live a healthier, more balanced life. Elements such as air, water, earth and fire affect us in many ways from our surroundings to the foods we eat. They also affect our body makeup and personality type. Join Marina Behm-Semerikov and learn about your dosha type. You will find out if you are a Pitta, Kapha or Vata, by taking a quiz. We will learn about the three doshas and lifestyles that support each dosha type.

You can't do your best unless you feel your best. Find your way through nutrition, fitness and mindset.

Interested in learning about energy work? Join us for an introduction to energy clearing to maintain healthy energy in your life. Explore numerous techniques, including personal clearing, shielding, clearing clutter and setting intentions. Build positive energy and abundance through the use of crystals, rocks and gratitude.

Join Barbara Edin, integrative physical therapist, in exploring the topic of energy medicine. She has been studying and utilizing holistic care for over 35 years. You will gain an appreciation for the sacred art of breath, self-care techniques and complementary options for healing. You will learn how to increase an awareness of your own energy field and how you can positively influence it for your health and well-being by decreasing pain, anxiety and promoting relaxation. 

Somatics is a mind-body training that involves re-education and movement to experience the body from within. Gentle movement can help ease and/or eliminate symptoms of lower back pain, stiff neck, frozen shoulder syndrome, and several other chronic pain challenges.

Somatic movement flow adds another dimension to your personal journey for better health, well-being, and personal performance. Learn simple strategies for a movement-rich life to strengthen your body and mind. This class is designed to increase your awareness of the way you move and release overworked, tight, contracted muscles. Experience a slow, gentle, progressive awakening through therapeutic and corrective exercises called Somatic Movement Flows. The proven results include being free from chronic pain, increased flexibility, enhanced strength, and improved posture. Somatics means experiencing the body within. This awarensss helps us self-regulate and self-heal. You are left with a profound sense of peace and well-being.

Exercise without putting excess strain on your joints and muscles. The gentle activities in warm water, with guidance from a trained instructor, will help you gain strength and flexibility, while decreasing pain and stiffness. Anyone who has been diagnosed with arthritis or who routinely experiences joint pain, stiffness, and/or limited range of motion is invited to attend. The soothing warmth and buoyancy of warm water makes this program an ideal environment for relieving arthritis pain and stiffness and is beneficial for those with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia and osteoporosis. The water provides gentle resistance to build muscle strength and supports joints to encourage free movement. This program is a fun and safe way to stay fit; the ability to swim is not required. Lockers are available in dressing rooms; participants are responsible for their own padlocks.

No matter your experience or ability, you can benefit from a yoga practice. Develop improved strength, flexibility and balance without getting down onto a yoga mat. This class series will take place seated on or standing with a chair. It's ideal for those with limited mobility.

Jan Nelson, occupational therapist and HeartMath instructor for 10 years, invites you to attend a five-week learning program in the HeartMath method. HeartMath is a highly researched form of stress management that has been shown to be effective and is often utilized at hospitals, clinics, schools and centers. Learn this simple and effective tool utilizing the power of the heart to control emotions to change the body and its cascade of negative emotions within one minute. This is perfect for those in high-stress jobs such as first responders, service members, and others who wish to learn a healthy approach to managing their emotions and bring more joy, peace and gratitude into their lives.  

Jan Nelson, occupational therapist and HeartMath instructor for 10 years, invites you to attend a four-week learning program in the HeartMath method. HeartMath is a highly researched form of stress management that has been shown to be effective and is often utilized at hospitals, clinics, schools and centers. Learn this simple and effective tool utilizing the power of the heart to control emotions to change the body and its cascade of negative emotions within one minute. This is perfect for those in high-stress jobs such as first responders, service members, and others who wish to learn a healthy approach to managing their emotions and bring more joy, peace and gratitude into their lives.  

How will you look and feel if you don't stop your obsession with food today? Hypnosis can help you control your eating habits. Learn to desire the right foods, push your plate away when full and motivate yourself to exercise. All long-lasting behavior changes occur at an unconscious level. With hypnosis, you can make that change. The experience also is relaxing and allows you to be in control at all times. The fee includes a CD and lifetime membership card for free reinforcement. For more information go to www.hypnosisclinic.net. Dr. Mary Fischer is a certified clinical hypnotherapist. 5:45 - 6:00 p.m. Check-in (15 minutes) 6:00 - 7 p.m. Introduction (Required for both weight loss and stop smoking/chewing tobacco clients - all participants must attend.)7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Weight loss hypnosis (Smokers will take a 45-minute break, off school grounds, to have a last cigarette.)8:00 - 9 p.m. Stop smoking and chewing tobacco hypnosis  Hypnosis is relaxing, and you will be fully aware and conscious at all times. Bring a pillow, blanket or beanbag chair for added comfort. Dress comfortably and layer clothing to adjust to room temperature.

What will your future be like if you do not stop smoking or chewing tobacco today? Don't let tobacco control your life. If you're ready to quit smoking or chewing, hypnosis can help you stop immediately, without withdrawal, cravings or gaining weight. All long-lasting behavior changes occur at an unconscious level. With hypnosis, you can make that change. The experience also is relaxing and allows you to be in control at all times. The fee includes a CD and lifetime membership card for free reinforcement. For more information go to www.hypnosisclinic.net. Dr. Mary Fischer is a certified clinical hypnotherapist. 5:45 - 6:00 p.m. Check-in (15 minutes - Required for both weight loss and stop smoking/chewing tobacco clients)6:00 - 7 p.m. Introduction (Required for both weight loss and stop smoking/chewing tobacco clients - all participants must attend.)7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Weight loss hypnosis (Smokers will take a break, off school grounds, to have a last cigarette.)8:00 - 9 p.m. Stop smoking and chewing tobacco hypnosis  Hypnosis is relaxing, and you will be fully aware and conscious at all times. Bring a pillow, blanket or beanbag chair for added comfort.

Register for both sessions at a discounted price.All long-lasting behavior changes occur at an unconscious level. With hypnosis, you can make that change. The experience also is relaxing and allows you to be in control at all times. The fee includes a CD and lifetime membership card for free reinforcement. For more information go to www.hypnosisclinic.net. Dr. Mary Fischer is a certified clinical hypnotherapist.5:45 - 6:00 p.m. Check-in (15 minutes) 6:00 - 7 p.m. Introduction (Required for both weight loss and stop smoking/chewing tobacco clients - all participants must attend.)7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Weight loss hypnosis (Smokers will take a break, off school grounds, to have a last cigarette.)8:00 - 9 p.m. Stop smoking and chewing tobacco hypnosis  Hypnosis is relaxing, and you will be fully aware and conscious at all times. Bring a pillow, blanket or beanbag chair for added comfort. Dress comfortably and layer clothing to adjust to room temperature. Hypnosis to Stop Smoking or ChewingWhat will your future be like if you do not stop smoking today? Don't let tobacco control your life. If you're ready to quit smoking and chewing, hypnosis can help you stop immediately, without withdrawal, cravings or gaining weight.  Hypnosis to Control WeightHow will you look and feel if you don't stop your obsession with food today? Hypnosis can help you control your eating habits. Learn to desire the right foods, push your plate away when full and motivate yourself to exercise.

You’ve heard so much about yoga; you know it’s supposed to be great for you by making you fit, flexible, focused and stress free. You want to go, but don’t know where to begin, if you’re doing it right, or what yoga even is. Attend an Intro to Yoga workshop to help ensure your journey starts from the most enjoyable and empowered place possible. Intro to Yoga workshops focus on step-by-step poses, alignment adjustments, and focus practice for your body. These intimate group experiences offer a safe, nurturing and inspiring setting to begin your yoga journey or refresh your skills if you are already practicing. You will leave the workshop understanding basic yoga techniques and foundation poses to help you feel confident in a scheduled group class. Bring a yoga mat, towel and water bottle; mats available in studio.

Looking for better health? Happiness? Peace of mind? Learn how to circulate and balance the intrinsic energy, the vital force of the body, known as Chi in Chinese. This set of 19 movements and one pose is a soft, flowing, moving meditation practiced by tens of thousands of people around the world. It’s easy to learn and brings benefits to many -- including peace of mind, improved health and joy.

Based on extensive research at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute (JRI), this unique, adaptive form of yoga works on lessening symptoms caused from trauma, whether from assault, abuse, war or other causes. Amy Weiser Willson, a 300-hour yoga instructor and a Iraq combat veteran trained by the research team from the Trauma Center, will lead participants through a series of gentle movements suitable for any body and ability. The series will focus on the six therapeutic goals of trauma-sensitive classes to help overcome the body’s response to trauma. While traditional treatments work with the memories of trauma, they don’t address the physical reactions of trauma the way this specialized yoga does. Physical bodies hold trauma: scents trigger reactions, for example, and noises cause a physical reaction first as the body startles before the mind processes. Trauma-Sensitive Yoga re-creates the bond and connection with one’s body. “Befriending one’s own bodily sensations through yoga will overcome the imprints of trauma,” writes one of the researchers.