Saturday, March 7, 2020 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

St. Thomas Seniors’ Centre 225 Chestnut Street

St. Thomas, ON

$45 registration includes 3 workshops & lunch

Online at www.ywcaste.ca

In person YWCA St.Thomas-Elgin

16 Mary Street W, St. Thomas, ON N5P 2S3 Open Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm

By phone (519) 631-9800

Toll Free 1-800-461-0954

Some workshops require a small additional fee

to cover supplies incurred by the instructor

Additional fee is to be paid up front

at the time of registration.

Payment required in advance

Credit Card, Debit or Cash accepted

Due to limited space

refunds will not be given

Dress comfortably! For gym activities please wear comfortable clothing and footwear. See workshop

descriptions for full requirements.

Please dress in layers as the temperature fluctuates throughout the centre.

What’s Happening When?

9:30 am Doors Open & Sign-in

10—11:30 am Workshop #1 Cookie Painting & Decorating Gentle Yoga Flow & Guided Meditation Creamy Vanilla & Espresso Body Scrub Beeswax Collage with Leaves & Flowers Get Uke-ified! Daily Mindfulness Practices The Art of Self Compassion

11:45 am LUNCH

12:15 pm GUEST SPEAKER

Sarah Foshay, From There to Here

1—2:15 pm Workshop #2 Sensational Salsa Making The Joy & Pleasure of Movement - It’s

Called NIA Create Your Own Organic Incense Cones Beeswax Collage with Leaves & Flowers Get Uke-ified! Daily Mindfulness Practices How to Use Cannabis for Health & Wellness

2:30—4 pm Workshop #3 Get Into Your Head: Create a Bobble Head

Puppet with an Imaginary Journey Zumba Divas: Be the Inner Diva & Empower

You! Introduction to Creative Writing Drumming for Wellness Experience Chakra Clearing & Yoga Nidra How to Use Cannabis for Health & Wellness Drinks & Eats, The Perfect Party Treats!

Guest Speaker

Sarah Foshay

DURING REGISTRATION SELECT ONE WORKSHOP FROM EACH OF THE ABOVE WORKSHOP TIMES

Beeswax Collage with Leaves & Flowers Heather Robinson - gathered Beeswax is simply beautiful, both aromatic and rich in its texture and variety of colours. In this workshop we'll use beeswax combined with paper images, pressed leaves and flowers to collage the cover of a journal. Materials fee $5.00 Cookie Painting & Decorating Genevieve Scarfone - Seed Confections Learn to paint sugar cookies using various techniques including folk art, watercolour, and animal portraits Each participant will go home with multiple cookies. Creamy Vanilla & Espresso Body Scrub Kim Goodhue & Ashley Tucker - Purely Wicked Exploring vegetative all natural ways to heal your skin and body. After concocting our herbal tinctures and infusions we’ll make a beautiful rich vanilla and espresso body scrub which you will take home and enjoy. Materials fee $5.00 Create Your Own Organic Lemongrass & Lavender Incense Cones Ashley Tucker & Kim Goodhue - Smoke n’ Ashes Learn the art of creating handmade incense including techniques for successful burning and ensuring an enchanted scent. Each participant will be led step-by-step to create their own cones which they will get to take home. (2-3 cones each) Materials fee $5.00 Daily Mindfulness Practices Jennifer Lang What practical steps can you take to train your mind? Developing a personal mediation practice helps one learn techniques for decreasing anxiety, building concentration, stabilizing mind and body, developing trust and clarity. Drinks & Eats, The Perfect Party Treats! Chandany Chen & Bridget Atkinson Fee, EatOA! & London Training Centre Learn how to create fun, easy hors d'oeuvres and drinks for your next party! Participant in hands on recipe demonstrations, enjoy 4-5 menu items and finish with mocktail lessons! Drumming for Wellness Lynn Sloan Get into the rhythm of wellness through this guided drumming circle. Feel the beat of the music and your connected feminine energy. *Drums and percussion instruments will be provided. Experience Chakra Clearing & Yoga Nidra to Connect with Your Highest Self Jessica & Joan Younker - It Rocks Good Vibrations Learn about and experience chakra clearing, yoga nidra and how to use crystals and essential oils to get back in alignment with your true self. Leave with a chakra bracelet and sample of an essential oil. *Dress in comfortable clothing. Materials fee $15.00

Get Uke-ified! Kim Vandersluis - Little Bright Cup of Sunshine Learn the basis of playing the Ukulele, including reading tabs, basic chords and a few songs! You'll love the versatile and fun instrument. *Please bring your own ukulele or let us know during registration and one will be provided for you.

Get Into Your Head: Bobble Heads With an Imaginary Journey Michele Desjardins - Expressive Arts Facilitator /Therapeutic Arts Practitioner

How many times do you have a rolling conversations going on in your head? Let’s Get Into Our Heads and create a one of a kind Bobble Head Puppet while taking an imaginary journey with our new friends, share conversation, laughter and the joyfulness of playing. Materials fee $8.00

Gentle Yoga Flow & Guided Meditation Kathryn White - Thrive Nutrition & Yoga Experience a gentle flow and guided meditation that will open your body, mind and spirit. *Bring your own mat, water bottle, and blocks (if you have them) and wear comfortable clothes.

How to Use Cannabis for Health & Wellness Andrea Meharg - Reveal Cannabis You may have heard that cannabis can help with pain, stress, insomnia, depression anxiety and more. But, why does it work? How can I take it? What do I take? All these questions and more will be answered by a certified cannabis coach and educator.

Introduction to Creative Writing Kelley Armstrong If you've ever wanted to write creative prose - be it a novel, short story, creative non-fiction or memoir - this workshop will help you get started. Learn the basics of writing and storytelling from a #1 New York Times Bestselling Author.

Sensational Salsa Making Tammy Shaw - DeBackere Farm Market Participants will make fresh salsa from scratch by using produce that is grown locally in the summer. Materials fee $5.00

The Art of Self Compassion Cheryl Barendregt Come and discover what self compassion is and how it can lead to a healthier, less anxious and more joy-filled life. All you need to bring is an open mind and open heart!

The Joy & Pleasure of Movement - It’s Called NIA! Gillian Channer - NIA with G NIA is a non-impact, body positive, inclusive movement practice combining dance, tai-chi and martial arts actions and mindful fun moves exploring playfulness.

Zumba Divas: Be the Inner Diva & Empower You! Lisa (Zumbalee Pat) Patrick - Union Sports Centre Enjoy a total body cardio, aerobic workout that will get your heart pumping and allow you to burn those unwanted calories. *Must bring your own hand towel.

Guest Speaker - Sarah Foshay Food is an important part of cultural identity. It’s a way for immigrants to preserve and express their traditions and for others to experience and appreciate their culture. That’s the inspiration behind From There To Here: Our Family Table Cookbook, a project by The St. Thomas-Elgin Local Immigration Partnership (STELIP). The book is a culinary celebration of the community, featuring stories of St. Thomas-Elgin immigrants through their food heritage. The book will have an official unveiling at Women’s Day 2020. “My vision of the book and the motive behind it is embracing differences, embracing newcomers and embracing traditions,” says Sarah Foshay, one of the contributors and the Women’s Day luncheon speaker, who will talk about the book and the stories it encompasses. She was born in Canada but her family traces it’s ancestry back to late-Middle-Ages Germany, Prussia and Holland and the founding of the Mennonite Church. They eventually emigrated to Mexico and subsequently Canada. So, her traditional family cuisine is a mixture of those cultures. Taking a global culinary journey, this cookbook will feature 12 participants from 10 different countries. It is with honouring the tradition of cooking and passing treasured recipes down from generation to generation, we also realize all that we have in common. This cookbook truly demonstrates how we are all enriched by embracing cultural diversity when we welcome those From There to Here.