PAH831 Mixed Media Art Journaling Monday, 1:30-3 p.m., Herring Center, Graham (HC005) An art journal is a personal place to try things out, express ideas, and get creative while working with a variety of art supplies and techniques. We will dabble with acrylic paints, watercolor, collage, stenciling, masking, stamping and much more. Join us in this relaxing, colorful, (and sometimes messy!) class as we explore mixed media techniques together. Materials fee of $45 is due to the instructor at the first class. Barbara Stoop is a member of the Guild of American Papercutters and has taught at OLLI, and at the John C. Campbell Folk School. She is a retired Presbyterian minister who loves color and creativity. PPG1111 Psychology of Poverty Monday, 1:30-3 p.m., Herring Center, Huff (HC105) Rather than learning about current poverty in Greenville, this class looks at underlying issues, factors, and causes of poverty to understand why people who are poor may think and act as they do. Class participants will decrease judgment and increase compassion by enlarging their understanding. This course will include interactive exercises, clips from DVD, and the poverty simulation as well as refer to books written by the instructor. This four-week course ends April 13. Beth Lindsay Templeton is a writer, poverty advocate, Presbyterian Church USA minister, and workshop/retreat/ small group leader. PPG1115 Mindfulness for Daily Life Monday, 1:30-2:45 p.m., Herring Center, Campbell (HC004) While this time of global and individual stress seems to be outside of our control, we can influence how we relate to the uncertainty and our world. In this course, the instructor will share concepts and practices in mindfulness to help students build resources for inner peace and outer calm. We will focus on three areas of mindfulness: mindfulness of the body, mindfulness of the mind, and mindfulness in action. Together, we will practice various techniques, including the body scan, mindful
Lauren Jarocha is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Furman. Her research includes studies of how the quantum property of spin could be the basis of the avian compass sense. HFE330 Supported Yoga Monday, 3-4:15 p.m., Herring Center, Larkin (HC104) We get significant benefits from yoga's slow and purposeful movements that strengthen our bodies while opening peaceful internal energies. This is a safe, practical style of yoga that is understandable, doable, and accessible. Our breath-centered practice includes strength, flexibility, balance, and relaxation while encouraging us to listen to our body’s individual needs. The class is a mixture of mat/floor and standing postures with props such as chairs, blocks, blankets, and straps available for support. Students should be comfortable getting down to and up from the floor. No previous yoga experience is required. Dhara Baiden embarked on her yoga journey 15 years ago, initially out of curiosity but soon recognizing its profound benefits. Certified as a RYT- 500 and in trauma-informed yoga, she's also a National Board Certified Teacher and a Certified Functional Nutrition Counselor. HFE333 Seated Therapeutic Yoga For Wellness Monday, 3-4 p.m., Herring Center, Crabtree (HC110) Discover how being seated in a chair is a great option to feel the health benefits of Yoga. You will increase flexibility, strength, stamina, balance and stability, muscle tone, better breathing, improve sleep and decrease pain. Suitable for anyone who wants a healing therapeutic approach to exercise, desires increased mobility or just wants to begin the practice of Yoga slowly. Kristi Ried Barton is an IAYT Yoga Therapist, CNHP Nutritionist, Life Coach, Reiki Master and Director of It's Yoga! Studio. She has been guiding clients and students in the Upstate, improving their health and their lifestyles since 1991.
movement, visualizations, breath- focused meditation, mantra-focused meditation, and other meditation skills. At the end of the class, students will have a few mindfulness tools to navigate uncertainty more skillfully. This four-week course ends on April 13. Dr. Min-Ken Liao is a faculty member at Furman University, registered yoga teacher, and certified mindfulness teacher. FRPH1211 Hebrew Prophets III Monday, 1:30-3 p.m., Herring Center, President’s Conference (HC103) In this course, we will read and discuss the Hebrew prophets—Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the 12 minor prophets. The course will continue over the entire year—fall, winter and spring terms, but it is not necessary to commit to the entire series. We will discuss the historical backgrounds of the prophets, their literary art, and their messages. Emphasis will be on an interactive discussion-oriented class. Fred Leffert is a Greenville physician with a lifelong interest in JewishStudies. He has taught several Hebrew classes since 2000. SNM1316 Quantum Mechanics in the Wild Monday, 1:30- 3 p.m., Herring Center, Piper (HC111) Quantum mechanics is the study of matter and energy at an atomic and subatomic scale. It turns out that behavior of matter on this tiniest of scales is very, very different from how we perceive the macroscopic world. It therefore may be surprising to find out that quantum mechanics explains how a lot of everyday things work – including in nature. For example, one theory about how our sense of smell works implicates molecular vibrations whose frequencies are determined by quantum mechanics. Enzymes in our bodies catalyze reactions important to cellular function. Some of them work faster than they should, and quantum tunneling is to blame. We even get to see quantum processes dictating behavior in appearance and behavior nature, from photosynthesis in plants all the way to the migration of birds across the globe every spring and fall. This course will explore the novel field of quantum biology. This course begins March 30.
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