Brainerd Public Schools

This is an online interactive class! Abdominal muscles weaken and lose shape due to past pregnancies, surgeries, sitting at a desk all day, being sedentary and poor posture. Learn a series of extremely effective exercises to quickly strengthen all four layers of your abdomen, WITHOUT stressing back or neck joints and WITHOUT getting on the floor. Common abdominal exercises like crunches can place too much stress on back and neck joints.

One-hour Live Zoom Class! (You will receive a zoom link from the instructor.) It is spring-time! Are you getting out to create images? Join Professional Photographer, Jay Grammond as he leads us on a photographic journey of possibilities that will get you out of the house and into your own yard, or local park this season. You will learn to see and compose creatively; how to create or look for great backgrounds; what subjects to focus on; and helpful apps and resources that could help you create your best images yet!

Demystify the electric pressure cooker / multi-cooker called the Instant Pot® during a LIVE VIRTUAL class! Learn the foundations of cooking and care, and how to make a few amazingly satisfying dishes in the Instant Pot. Breakfast, Lunch / Dinner, and Dessert menu items will be demonstrated. In addition to an Instant Pot® Yogurt Tutorial, menu items will include Creamy Steel-Cut Oatmeal or Egg Bites, either Creamy-Cheesy Tuscan Chicken with Pasta or Creamy-Cheesy Broccoli Chicken with Pasta, and luscious Lava Cakes or dreamy Banana Bread. Menu items on the day of the class will depend on ingredients that are on hand. There will be time for a Q & A session as well. A PDF with the Instructor's Original Recipes will be provided, and will include other tips and terminology that will help build Instant Pot® confidence and creativity. This class will take place on Zoom, a free online software. Participants will receive instructions on how to access the class prior to it starting. As an added bonus, the instructor has created a private group on Facebook exclusively for participants of her cooking classes. Everyone will receive an invite to the group although joining is optional. The group will provide an opportunity for members to ask questions, share their own creations, interact with other participants and support each other on their Instant Pot® journey. Come join the fun! Note: One registration fee for this on-line virtual class can include participants from the same household only.

This is an online interactive class! In the past you probably could drop weight by cutting back on calories or exercising a bit more. But then suddenly the scale stops moving and you just can’t seem to lose weight. THE GOOD NEWS - You could lose up to 20 pounds in a year – without eating less. Just by revving up your metabolism, you can burn more calories every day, lose fat, boost energy, feel stronger and more fit. In this class, you will learn 20 SIMPLE things you can do every day to boost your metabolism and burn as much as 30% more calories every day.

This is an online interactive class! Ever had a day where you can’t stop eating? Do you crave starches, snack foods, and sweets and find the more you eat, the more you want to eat? Is your snacking out of control? In this workshop, we will discuss a two week plan that will STOP your cravings (no kidding!), help you lose weight and help keep your insulin levels balanced. Overcoming carb cravings is not a matter of willpower but a matter of biology. Learn how you can stop the vicious cycle of food craving and weight gain. No hype – just the facts.

One-hour Live Zoom Class! (You will receive a zoom link from the instructor.) Are you a Photographer that wants to take your images to the next level; or maybe someone that is just getting going in photography? Do you want to be a photographer that TAKES Pictures; or one that CREATES Images? You’ll leave this class with ideas and concepts that you can put into practice right away. We will cover some compositional basics that will surely improve your images if you are not using them; and we will discuss concepts of building your Photographic Vision to take your images from good to great!

One-hour Live Zoom Class! (You will receive a zoom link from the instructor.) Raise your hand if you are ready to be able to get in the car and do a day or weekend Road Trip around the State! We could almost feel the breeze from all the hands shooting up! Join Professional Photographer, Jay Grammond as he takes you on a Virtual Road Trip around the state to learn about some of Minnesota’s waterways which were so vitally important to travel and trade in bygone days. In today’s world, these same waterways are vital to the State’s and local community economies; and to the citizens as a form of recreation and relaxation. After participating in this class, you should come away with the seeds of your own road trip ideas planted and ready for Spring and Summer.

This is an online interactive class! Confusion abounds about vitamin supplements. Do you need them? Which ones are best? How do you choose? In this workshop, you will learn the 7 guidelines that determine if a supplement is well balanced or a waste of money. (The instructor DOES NOT sell any supplements). Also, we’ll discuss what current research says about: antioxidants, phytochemicals, anti-aging nutrients, colloidal minerals, chelated minerals, sustained release formulas, and herbal preparations such as Glucosamine Chondroitin, Melatonin, St. John’s Wort, Ginkgo, Ginseng, Echinacea, & DHEA.

This is an online interactive class! Is fat collecting around your mid-section and no matter how well you watch what you eat or how much you exercise that weight is not budging? If this is your story, your inability to lose weight probably has more to do with your hormone levels than anything else. Until you discover and correct any imbalances, trying to lose weight will be like shoveling sand against the tide. You will learn key strategies for fighting fat and losing weight including: concrete solutions (not tricks, not using your will power) for controlling appetite and cravings; boosters to keep your metabolism burning brightly; how to tell if your thyroid is creating weight problems and what to do about it; hormone mimicking chemicals; what HRT or birth control pills have to do with weight gain; hormone levels checked reliably; steps needed to safely break the vicious cycle of hormone related weight gain to help your body begin to lose weight again.

Online, Interactive, Live Class! The challenge of being a survivor can be daunting. We will discuss problems and solutions in a number of common areas that our experienced instructor team deals with routinely, including: Solutions for my pets when I am gone How to handle protecting the family home? What about surviving spouse social security and pensions? What should I consider in changing my Will? What about my spouse’s guns, tools and collectibles? Personal protection for the survivor moving forward like guardianships, trusts, prenuptial and new relationship tools This class will address these issues in a compassionate and comfortable environment so that the various points-of-view of everyone in attendance are addressed. Registration deadline 3/8/2021.