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Lifestyle courses available in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and Mosman area. Enrol online today.
Northern Beaches & Mosman College offers a wide range of lifestyle classes and training. Study locally with campuses and courses located at Brookvale, Mosman and Narrabeen. Learn something new or improve your current skills.
Gardening for Beginners
Course Outline: Whether you have a large garden or small balcony, learn the basic skills of good gardening. Discover what type of soil you have, which potting mix is best, how to choose ‘the right plant for the right place’ and find out how to maintain your outdoor space with the minimum of effort from the ground up. Course introduction: The living plant - plant requirements Soil - types, analysis, soil testing, improvement Pot selection, potting mixes, fertilizers Plant selection...
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Garden Design in Large and Small Spaces
Course Outline: Nowhere to relax or entertain outdoors? Is your outdoor area looking tired? Whether you have arid acreage, a barren balcony or a cluttered courtyard, you can transform it into a stylish sanctuary. Discover how to use space effectively and the concepts of good design. Recognize your soil type and determine how to choose appropriate plants and materials. Achieve a professional, cost-effective design with minimum effort. Comprehensive course notes are provided and...
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Blogging Bootcamp
Course Outline Get that blog written! This four-week course will take you through all the nuts and bolts of how to write a blog. The course has a strong practical element and there will be a chance for participants to get feedback on the writing tasks that are set. The course will cover: Defining your target audience Working out what it is you have to say Creating a content calendar which will make your blog sustainable for the long term How to research, structure and write a blog...
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Kitchen Medicine
Course Outline Prior to the 1970’s the main gathering source for our food, veggies and small goods were not the huge juggernaut supermarkets, and malls of today. Our everyday supplies came from the from local markets, the greengrocer, local butcher, fishmonger, baker and candlestick maker or our garden beds. The family kitchen was a most valuable resource as the first stop medicine chest.Historically our elders would pass this information down – with the increasing fragmentation...
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Healthy Home
Course Outline Is your home making you sick? Do you have persistent headaches, unexplained respiratory symptoms, shortness of breath or sleep difficulties? Or experience fatigue, mood swings or joint pain? Our homes, sadly, are full of hidden hazards that are swarming all around us. musty smells mould condensation poor water supply dust mites chemicals, poisons; and more Given we spend ninety percent of our time indoors isn’t it time to pay attention and create a healthy, nurturing...
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Focus Techniques - Focus, Memory and Attention
Course Outline What is the mind, the two sections , consciousness and the subconsciousness. *Ways of reaching and using both to achieve focus and attention. Self hypnosis, visualisation and sublimation *Using language , positive feedback and time distortion. *Belief systems and prejudiced concepts. Repetitions, associations, pegging and colours. Using emotional traumas for our benefits. *Mind tricks and placebo effect. Please Bring: Notepad & pen How to Enrol You can enrol online...
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The Versatility of Paper Crafts
Course Outline This 4-session fun-filled course (2.5 hours each session) is perfect for anyone who would like to explore innovative paper crafts or learn new skills for leisure. You will learn to design and make compelling paper creations such as greeting cards, displayed artworks, custom paper frames, decorative fridge magnets, figurines and much more. By the end of this course, you will become a confident paper crafter well-equipped to continue creating your future paper arts to...
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ENLIVEN - Transformation through Movement, Breath and Sound
Course Outline Let go of the old, open to the new, as you powerfully transform your energy through movement, breath and sound. Be supported to move towards optimal health, happiness and vitality. You will be introduced to energy gathering exercises, meditation and self-healing techniques based on the profound healing art of Qigong. Learn to harmonize and powerfully build your internal life force or ‘Qi’- benefiting all aspects of your life. The morning will complete with a deep...
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Book Group - Reading for Pleasure (For Existing Students Only)
Course Outline: This course encourages reading and the sharing of ideas through discussion, looking at the influence of our personal history and how it relates to our preferences in book selection today. Please Bring: Please purchase or come with the following books: *Term 1 - 2024 Booklist: Yellowface Rebecca F. Kuang The Soumate Sally Hepworth Birthday Stories Haruki Murakami About the Tutor: Margaret Baird is a trained English teacher. She currently works as an Individual...
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African Drumming One Day Workshop
Course Outline Bust out of the covid blues! Come down for an African style boogie and bang your lil’ heart out to the primal grooves of ancient tribal African rhythms on crackin’ African djembe drums. You'll learn a multi-layered African rhythm and feel the way the parts groove with each other under the direction of an experienced teacher and facilitator. Learn how to use the drum as a bridge from your monkey mind to the spaciousness within. Practice mindfulness, or rather...
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