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The Art of Aging Gracefully

The Academi Of Life @ 2 West 64th St, New York, NY

Participants will learn ways in which people can face life with confidence and curiosity and most importantly—without regrets—through fostering five core values in our everyday lives: Grace, Connectedness, Accomplishment, Adventure and Spirituality. We spend billions of dollars each year trying to preserve our youth. No matter how hard we try to remain youthful, we are getting older. We can’t deny the fact that we are aging. Aging is simply...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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The Path to Happiness

The Academi Of Life @ 155 E 55th St, New York, NY

Have you ever wondered why you behave the way you do, why you are here, and why it's so hard to be consistently happy? The Self 101 Class explores the answers to these questions through a self-evaluation process. We will learn that a better world begins with a better you. We will discover the path to self-mastery through self-awareness, self-acceptance and self-love– the keys to success and happiness in business and in life. We will also uncover...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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$125
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The Power of Positive Psychology

The Academi Of Life @ 601 W 26th St, 3rd Fl, Ste 325, New York, NY

What is Positive Psychology? According to Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, Director of the University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center and a leading authority in the field of Positive Psychology:  “Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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How to Live a Meaningful Life

The Academi Of Life @ 155 E 55th St, New York, NY

SELF AWARENESS 101: The Path To Fulfillment & Ease What constitutes a worthwhile, joyful and fulfilling life? For each person the answer will be different, since there is no standard path to joy, everyone's path is different. Yet, a joyful, worthwhile and fulfilled life is what we all seek and yearn for. Joy is not something that can be pursued and it's also not a permanent state of chirpiness. It ebbs and flows with periods of great pain...

(6) Beginner 18 and older
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Eating For Meaning

The Academi Of Life @ 520 8th Ave, New York, NY

Improve your health, energy and mood by understanding your relationship with food. Do you sometimes feel just awful after eating certain foods? Are you overloaded with nutrition information, but your diet is still not working for you? Because we’re as unique as our fingerprints, should our diets be customized to support our body make-up and state of mind? Food matters -- food is medicine -- it’s not just health (and skinniness) we are after...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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How to Find the Work You Love

The Academi Of Life @ 2 West 64th St, New York, NY

“Do you ever wake up in the morning and ask yourself: “Am I in the right job?” “At the right company?” “On the right career path?” “Doing what I am supposed to be doing with my life?” If so, you are not alone,” writes Louis Efron, Forbes Magazine contributor. Numerous studies have shown that people dislike their jobs . Deloitte’s Shift Index survey indicates that 80% of workers don’t like their jobs and Arizona based “purpose”...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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How to Find the Love of Your Life

The Academi Of Life @ 520 8th Ave, New York, NY

Learn how you can manifest and create the romantic relationship you yearn for.   What if relationships could be easier, much easier?  What if you could know for certain who is the right person for you?   What if you could have a massive ‘Aha’ moment to break through the limiting patterns, the icy-resistance and the stubborn confusion to enter a place of romantic clarity, peace and love?  You can. Spiritual life coach,...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Design Your Life

The Academi Of Life @ 520 8th Ave, New York, NY

Get the tools to design the life you yearn for and deserve. Are you tired of the way you are living your life? Are you looking to get the spirit of adventure and satisfaction back into your daily life? If the answer is yes, then are you brave enough to do something about it? Pernille Spiers-Lopez knows how to reclaim your life. She did it. Removed from her family, friends, her children, and her own sense of self, as she climbed the corporate ladder...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Rewire your Brain and Body for Elite Performance

The Academi Of Life

In this fast-paced, exciting and intensive hands-on 2 day workshop, executives learn how to apply the science of peak performance to their own leadership style and life skills. Dr. David Bach, a Harvard-trained scientist and physician, and the Founder and President of The Platypus Institute, will guide you through the emerging landscape of cutting-edge peak performance science.  He will teach you easy-to-learn techniques to rewire your own...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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The Storytelling & Listening Workshop

The Academi Of Life @ 34 West 28th St, New York, NY

Students will learn about the remarkable capacity of stories – ‘storytelling that has a transfixing grip on our hearts and minds, that can change our shared experience for the better'. A group of strangers walks into a room and forms a circle. They tell their stories. They listen to one another. Something happens.  Experience what participants have called essential, empowering, and utterly transformational.  Whether you are...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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How to Free The Writer in You

The Academi Of Life @ 155 E 55th St, New York, NY

Everything in your life, from the mundane to the extraordinary, is a story waiting to be told. Many of us want to leave behind a record of our lives that we were here. Yes, our footprint. In this workshop, you will discover your own unique and powerful story. We will use the memoir form of writing to encourage you to live out loud and to help you comprehend the value of your life. “If you are not afraid of the voices in you, you will not fear...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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How to Free The Writer Within - Part 2

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We have been asked to provide a follow up class to our “How to Free the Writer Within” – the introduction to memoir writing workshop, lead by author, entrepreneur, and lecturer, Marva Allen. To take this class as a prerequisite you would need to have taken a basic introduction to writing class, or our “How to Free the Writer Within” workshop, with clear understanding of such aspects as characterization, plot, voice and more. In this workshop,...

(6) Intermediate 18 and older
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Self 101 - The Path to Happiness

The Academi Of Life

Our deepest desire is to be happy and to have a fulfilled and peaceful life, but how do we get there? Have you ever wondered why you behave the way you do, why you are here, and why it's so hard to be consistently happy? The Self 101 Class explores the answers to these questions through a self-evaluation process. We will learn that a better world begins with a better you. We will discover the path to self-mastery through self-awareness, self-acceptance...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Life 101 - The Art of Living

The Academi Of Life

Join us as we discover why our way of life, work, relationships and play, while materially rich, might be leaving us emotionally, relationally, socially, physically, and spiritually if not empty, then perhaps just a little bit unhealthy. Eventually, most of us learn valuable lessons about how to conduct a successful and satisfying life. But for far too many people, the learning comes too late to help them avoid painful mistakes and decades of wasted...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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How to Mend a Broken Heart

The Academi Of Life @ 2 West 64th St, New York, NY

We'll clear out what needs clearing out in order to so that we might be sufficiently prepared to welcome what's longing to come to us next. The experience of heartbreak--whatever its source--represents a kind of initiation, and a marked departure from a map that may once have felt clearly-marked into a forest that can be wild and unruly and breathtaking. How we choose to enter the forest, and be in it, says a lot about the kind of shape we'll...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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How to Find the Path to True Love

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In this workshop, we will draw on our personal experiences and some of Polly’s favorite poetry to respond to the question: What is love, anyway? Differentiating love from desire, romance, attachment bonds, and idealization, we have a clearer sense of whether we are truly loving our partners, children, parents and friends or whether we are in an unconscious identification or enmeshment that results in one of us feeling used, cheated or erased. ...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Surviving Financially after Divorce, Separation or Loss

The Academi Of Life

If you are divorced, recently separated, widowed, or simply want to know more about your financial situation this workshop is for you. For many people admitting that they know nothing about their financial situation after a loss is far too embarrassing and devastating. A new study found that people in relationships generally hide the details of their financial status from their partners.   So when a person either divorce, separate or lose...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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How To Be Happy – For Teens and Tweens

The Academi Of Life

What constitutes a worthwhile, joyful and fulfilling life? For each person the answer will be different, since there is no standard path to a calm, peaceful, and joyous life; everyone's path is different. Yet, a peaceful, calm, joyful and fulfilled life is what we all seek and yearn for. Joy is not something that can be pursued and it's also not a permanent state of chirpiness. It ebbs and flows with periods of great pain and suffering. This acceptance...

(6) All levels 13 - 18 years old
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How to Improve Your Mood - Dance

The Academi Of Life

We need to dance … dancing is food for the soul, ‘it’s silent poetry.’ Studies show that dancing is not only good for your physical health it also has an impact on your emotional center and generally enhances your mood and mental well-being when you move your body. Specifically there are three elements in dancing that will improve your mind and body health: it’s social (you meet people) it’s physical (you are getting exercise ) ...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Masterful Parenting

The Academi Of Life

Learn how children can thrive in a supportive home environment created by parents who embody, and teach by example. Parenting is hard -- yet it’s one of life’s most rewarding and fulfilling experience. It’s also, one of the most researched areas in the entire field of social science, yet there is no parenting manual. Current research shows that the most important thing a person can do to be a better parent is to focus on developing him or...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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