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Patch Picks: Unique Classes For Adults
Get smart: dance flamenco, balance your checkbook. Try a new summer class for your student-starved mind.
Palo Alto offers a wealth of classes for adults looking to learn something new. Sharpen your mind and body this summer with a dance class, meditation session, flying lesson, gardening seminar or financial coaching:
At Ananda Palo Alto, you can learn the art of practicing healing meditation. Whether for stress relief or spiritual practice, learning to meditate can create a positive influence in your life, helping you deal with the craze of work and family life. One of the largest and oldest meditation centers in Northern California, Ananda meditation focuses on calming the mind and the heart.
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Find Ananda Church at: 2171 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. When: Thursdays, 7:30-9 p.m. Price: $45.
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Enjoy a unique summer workout learning brazeo [arm movements], taconeo [footwork patterns], and palmas [hand-clapping] with these weekly flamenco classes for beginners. All classes are accompanied by live flamenco guitar and can be purchased at a discount when buying multiple classes at once.
Find it at: , 4000 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto. When: Mondays, 7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Price: $19-$24 per class. Drop-ins welcome.
3. Growing Vegetables in the Cool Season
Master Gardener Marcia Fein demonstrates seasonal vegetable gardening, including timing of seed starting and planting to maximize harvest; planning the warm to cool season transition; watering, feeding, weeding, and managing pests in the cool season; and cool season cover crops.
Find it at: Palo Alto Demonstration Garden, 851 Center Dr., Palo Alto. When: Saturday, Aug. 6, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Price: Free.
4. Learn to Fly
Flight instructor Lucy Geever of Advantage Aviation offers learn-to-fly seminars, private pilot ground school and flying lessons, and free seminars for pilots.
Find it at: 1903 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. http://advantage.enldev.net/ Price: $249 and up.
Learn how to build financial independence with these one-on-one financial consultations. Free 15 minute appointments available.
Find it at: Atherton Library, 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane, Atherton. When: Tuesdays through Nov. 22, 6:40 p.m. to 8 p.m. Price: Free.
