This class will:

• Help relieve stress
• Tone and strengthen your body
• Teach ancient healing and fortifying breathing practices
• Incorporate yoga, pilates and other powerful movement practices
• Make you laugh
• Restore your nerves
• Give you peace
• Give you wisdom

Guided by Andrea Deerheart,PhDc,RYT founder of the Heartway and yoga teacher.

WHEN: Tuesdays from 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm

FEE: $10

WHERE:
Anneliese Schools’ Willowbrook Campus
20062 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651

Held in the “Great Room” — follow the SEEDS signs.

By Doug Stotts

SEEDS is proud to be working with Laguna Beach artist Doug Stotts to offer a plein air painting class for kids. SEEDS has partnered with the Hortense Miller Garden to provide a beautiful natural setting for the class venue. The class will focus on the fundamentals of plein air (open air) painting. Some materials will be provided by Crystal Cove Alliance. Children will leave with a one-of-a-kind piece of art.

WHEN: Sat., May. 12, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

FEE: $25. Discount available for Friends of SEEDS. Ages. 8-12. Limited to 10.

WHERE: Hortense Miller Garden

Located in Upper Boat Canyon, Laguna Beach.

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Wed., May 16, 7 p.m.

May 19, 26, June 2, 2-5 p.m.

This three-part workshop will focus on increasing self-esteem in children by creating a deeper connection to the self and harmonious relationships with others.

WHEN: All classes will include yoga and meditation taught by Anna Krajec.

• Workshop One: May 19th from 2-5 p.m.: Finding your way to wholeness through your elemental birth year. This workshop will focus on children’s gifts, rights and responsibilities with Instructor Susan Hough. Catherine Clark will also speak and engage with the children about children’s rights and responsibilities.

• Workshop Two: May 26th from 2-5 p.m.: Self-empowerment and animal allies. Instructor Susan Hough will help children discover their animal ally and lead an “I AM, I CAN” meditation. Catherine Clark will focus on the development of selfhood and self-empowerment.
• Workshop Three: June 2nd from 2-5 p.m.: Ritual, brain building and resolution. Instructor Susan Hough will do a ritual with the children to help them find their voices and release their fears. Catherine Clark will focus on brain building, and engage the children in the conversation on bullying, using her wonderful dolls while discussing compassion, forgiveness and resolution. Workshop will close with a Pink Bubble meditation that releases attachment to outcome, yet has them visualize their highest good and the highest good of everyone present and in the whole world.

FEE: $150 for all three workshops. Financial assistance available.

WHERE: Anneliese Schools’ Willowbrook Campus

20062 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach

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About the Instructors:

• Catherine Amandla Clark, Ed.D. founded the HEAL Foundation that assists children of trauma and loss with hand-made dolls to help heal and strengthen the self. More info: http://www.myselfhood.com
• Susan Hough is a healer and life coach with 25 years experience in the helping professions, with a focus in mental health facilities. More info: http://www.inspiretoaction.com
• Anna Krajec is the visionary behind IWE and the Founder of Green Valentines Festivals, which were both created to raise awareness on sustainable living and aimed at creating a bright future of our children.More info: http://imaginewisdomeducation-iwe.org/

Join us for our SEEDS Book Club! We will pick one book to read each month that focuses of taking care of ourselves, our families and our environment. We hope this free book club will inspire you to become more mindful about your choices and to live life to the fullest.

May Book Selection: 

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

In this non-fiction book, best-selling author Barbara Kingsolver portrays the year her family lived off the land. In her words, the book “is the story of a year in which our family deliberately fed ourselves on products grown close to home, and what we learned from the experience. One of the great surprises was the way this book connected us with a world of other people who are enthusiastically exploring their own local food communities.”

WHEN: Wed., May 30 (last Wednesday of each Month), 6 p.m.

WHERE: Anneliese Schools’ Willowbrook Campus located at 20062 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach. Meet in the kitchen near the garden.

If you do not own a copy of the book, we encourage you to check it out at a local library or purchase a used copy through Amazon.com.  Alternatively, you can download the audio version on iTunes.

Many of us struggle with finding the Middle Way when it comes to food and consumption in general. Mindful eating is a simple, powerful, and healing practice that enables us to stay present and connected through the activity of eating. It allows us to cultivate the mind of meditation through mealtime and makes us more available to enjoy the simple, delicious, and beautiful moments of our lives. It also helps us to uncover the hidden dynamics in ourselves around desire, insufficiency, and greed, and allows us to develop the radical art of satisfaction – in every moment.

FEE: $40

WHERE: Anneliese Schools’ Willowbrook Campus

20062 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach

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About the Instructor: Deborah Eden Tull is a mindfulness and meditation teacher and sustainability consultant who teaches the integration of compassionate awareness into every aspect of our lives. More info: http://www.deborahedentull.com

What is Scrip? With the Scrip program, you purchase gift cards to places you shop frequently (gas, groceries, etc.) and a portion of the gift card price gets donated to SEEDS. It’s easy!

Use of Funds.  Scrip  funds are used to fund Music and Gardening Programs at Anneliese Schools in Laguna Beach. Keep in mind that the net profits from your purchases and 100% of your direct donations go directly to Anneliese Schools for funding of these special programs.

Annual Contribution. SEEDS will use the most current available percentages in determining Anneliese parents’ required annual contribution based on the most current order form made available at your child’s campus.

Order Form. Download Scrip Order Form and drop off at your child’s campus or purchase Scrip cards online  at www.shopwithscrip.com :Log In #: 77A42BCA21786.

How Does it Work?
Following is a detailed explanation of how Scrip Program works:

1.  All Scrip card orders must be submitted Monday close of business at your child(ren)‘s campus.

2.  All Scrip card orders may be picked up Friday close of business at your child(ren)‘s campus.

3.  Orders may be submitted online or at your child(ren)’s campus.

4.  Scrip cards for the following vendors  must be purchased directly and cannot be ordered online:
Whole Foods Market, Mother’s Market, Native Foods, JC Beans, Dizz’s Restaurant, Ruby’s, South Coast Plaza and The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

Thank you for supporting the music and gardening programs with your purchases!

2 tablespoon olive oil

1 large yellow onion, chopped

1 3/4 lb butternut squash -peeled and cut in 1/2 inch pieces

3 large carrots, peeled and cut in 1/2 inch pieces

1 teaspoon paprika

1 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

3/4  teaspoon turmeric

3/4 teaspoon ground coriander

6 cups vegetable or chicken stock

salt and pepper

1/2 cup plain yogurt

1/3 cup chopped cilantro, including stems

1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

In a 4 quart soup pot over medium low heat, warm the olive oil.  Add the onion and saute, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes.  Add the squash and carrots, and saute, stirring for 10 minutes.  Add the paprika, cumin, turmeric and coriander and continue to saute, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes longer.  Add the stock and bring to a boil over high heat.  Reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered until the squash and carrots are soft, 30 to 40 minutes.  Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.

Working with 2 cups at at time, puree in a blender until very light about 3 minutes.  As each batch is pureed, transfer it to a large saucepan.  If the soup is too thick, thin it with a little water until it is the consistency of heavy cream.

Place the soup over medium high heat and warm to serving temperature.  Season with salt and pepper.

Season yogurt with salt and pepper.

To serve, stir the cilantro and lime juice into the soup, mixing well.  Ladle the soup into warmed bowls and drizzle with yogurt. Serve at once.

Sept. 19 through Dec. 16

 The 3 W’s of GREEN Living: We will be in charge of the worm composting, the waste reduction and the best water practices at Manazanita campus this Fall. This, of course, means we will be learning about and playing with worms, water and waste streams. Our students will turn carrot tops into black gold, we will audit several familiar waste streams and discover the magic of water.

Applied Acoustics: Students will learn about the science of sound while making music from unlikely objects: We will explore the heavenly sounds made from rubbing the rims of wine glasses (filled with water!), make resonators out of plastic water bottles for analyzing certain frequencies in ambient noise, we’ll build a monochord, an ancient device used to measure the harmonic overtones in a vibrating string, and we’ll learn what qualities make us identify a sound as ‘musical’. Students are encouraged to bring in ‘found items’ for making music and analyzing sound. The term will culminate with a short performance and demonstration of what students have explored.

Drumming Circle: Students will explore rudimental drumming, building complex drumming patterns out of simple, rhythmic building blocks. Students will perform using rhythm sticks (which double as drum sticks), tuned hand drums and djembes. At the end of the term, students will be able to perform perididdles and single and double-stroke drum rolls.

Knit and Natter: In this fun class, grade students will knit a puppet or continue knitting their class project. Kindergarten children will enjoy learning finger knitting. Everyone will enjoy knitting and conversation while improving fine motor skills and making a knitted craft.

Sewing: Use needle and thread to make decorations for Fall, October, Thanksgiving and the Winter seasons. Students may also choose to bring items from home to alter or repair or sew on buttons.