Monthly Class Videos

 

We sponsor monthly community classes and events to support your health. We record these classes and feature them here for our members to review. Please enjoy, and let us know if you have any suggestions.

Navigating the Mysteries and Misunderstandings of Menopause

Navigating the Mysteries and Misunderstandings of Menopause

Feeling bewildered by perimenopause’s twists and turns? Fed up with menopausal woes for yourself or your loved ones? Buckle up for an enlightening panel discussion where we’ll explore:  The initial symptoms that are often overlooked or under-discussed Insights into...

read more
Sensual Thriving: Health, Sex, and the Hard Questions

Sensual Thriving: Health, Sex, and the Hard Questions

This event, along with its broadcast and recording, is only for adults, ages 18 and over. Discussing sex and sensuality can be awkward. Do you have questions that are too uncomfortable to ask? Or perhaps you simply haven’t had the forum to explore these topics? Our...

read more
Managing Stress This Holiday Season with Dr. Aneela Cox

Managing Stress This Holiday Season with Dr. Aneela Cox

Discover your inner resilience as we approach the winter holidays, even as stress and uncertainty increase for many. In this class, Dr. Cox will share techniques she has learned through her integrative medicine training to manage the stressors of the holiday season....

read more
Cooking Demonstration with Tom Everts, PA-C

Cooking Demonstration with Tom Everts, PA-C

Join us for a cooking demonstration with interactive conversations about the wonders of food. For live participants, we will discuss what works for you in the kitchen, what foods make you feel best as an individual (everyone’s different), and much more! Tom Everts,...

read more
Grief During the Covid-19 Pandemic with Tamara Hanna, LPC

Grief During the Covid-19 Pandemic with Tamara Hanna, LPC

In this Interview, Tamara Hanna, LPC shares her perspective on how we could be looking at grief during the Covid-19 pandemic. From expanding what we label as "grief," to how we can better support one another while grieving, to how we can support ourselves in working...

read more
What’s Up With Erections?

What’s Up With Erections?

What's up with erections? Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects individuals worldwide, making it a pervasive issue that affects the lives of many people at some point. But did you know that ED can be more than a standalone concern? Join our esteemed panel of experts as...

read more
How to Find Calm in the Storm with Emily Horn

How to Find Calm in the Storm with Emily Horn

The guided meditation above is from the class, "How to Find Calm in the Storm," that Emily Horn offered virtually on April 25, 2020. In order to protect participant privacy, the class itself was not recorded. Emily Horn is an authorized dharma and meditation teacher...

read more
The Gifts in Disruption with Andrew Burdette, LCHMCA, LCASA

The Gifts in Disruption with Andrew Burdette, LCHMCA, LCASA

When we experience disruption in our lives, it often stirs our fears and feeds our anxiety. In these times, it is valuable to recognize the opportunities that come with interruption. As most of us are spending more time at home, it can be easy to feel isolated from...

read more
Cooking Without Sugar: A Class & Demo With Ofri Gilan

Cooking Without Sugar: A Class & Demo With Ofri Gilan

Learn about different types of sugar and how they are presented on food labels, ways to overcome sugar cravings, ideas for weaning off sugar, and alternatives to sugar for cooking and snacking . Our presenter, Ofri Gilan—chef, educator, and owner/founder of Asheville...

read more
Wonderful Wild Foods with Luke Cannon

Wonderful Wild Foods with Luke Cannon

Interested in local wild foods? This fun and illuminating presentation highlights many of our finest Appalachian wild edible plants and fungi. In this presentation Luke discusses many of his spring and summer favorites as well as harvesting ethics, philosophies, best...

read more
How to Set Goals That Stick with Keith Wimsett

How to Set Goals That Stick with Keith Wimsett

Keith Wimsett will share the top five strategies that some of the most successful people in the world use to achieve their goals and transform their lives.  This class will break down, step-by-step, how to make your New year's Resolutions "quit proof" and entirely...

read more
Food As Medicine with Zev Friedman

Food As Medicine with Zev Friedman

Just as polluting our parent ecosystems can make us sick, so can we support our health through wise land care and daily nutrition habits that give us what we need to thrive. In this session, we will delve into how soil, geology and environmental factors influence the...

read more
The Way of Grief: A Holistic Look at Bereavement

The Way of Grief: A Holistic Look at Bereavement

Come together with your community to explore the contemporary views of grief, the transformative power of change, and the ways we can support one another through the inevitability of death.  This class is the final installment of a four-part monthly series on death...

read more
Creating an End-of-Life Care Plan

Creating an End-of-Life Care Plan

Prepare for your final chapter in life through the use of living wills, advance directives, designated power of attorney, and vigil plans. Our panel of local experts will answer all of your questions in this second installment of our four-part series: “On Death and...

read more
Peaceful Parenting: 7 Steps to Avoid Power Struggles

Peaceful Parenting: 7 Steps to Avoid Power Struggles

As parents we are all familiar with power struggles. Whether our children are two or twenty-one years old we have all experienced the frustration and disbelief of these confrontations as our children behave like saboteurs to gain control. Power struggles are the...

read more
Myths and Realities of Death and Dying in America

Myths and Realities of Death and Dying in America

Join us for a panel discussion on important, often unexamined questions such as: What does dying look like? What are the options for end-of-life care in America? What is hospice and palliative care? What is a death doula? What are some holistic approaches to...

read more
Tame Your Pelvic Pain with Dr. Susie Gronski

Tame Your Pelvic Pain with Dr. Susie Gronski

  Men and women alike can take control of their pelvic pain, and Dr. Susie Gronski wants to show them how. This community class will explore pelvic floor function, anatomy, and both the possible causes of and resources for alleviating pelvic pain. Integrative...

read more
The Healing Power of Nature with Dr. Kurt Beil

The Healing Power of Nature with Dr. Kurt Beil

In our modern world we often forget that our environment influences our health. Research shows that exposure to the natural world and the lack thereof is an important determinant of individual and community health and well-being. This talk explores some of the...

read more
Intro to Ayurveda with Greta Kent-Stoll

Intro to Ayurveda with Greta Kent-Stoll

Ayurveda addresses the roots of illness and gives you the tools for optimal well-being. By optimizing your body’s ability to self-heal, this ancient Vedic science guides you to your most healthy, vibrant state.Greta will discuss the foundational concepts of Ayurveda....

read more
Thyroid Health with Dr. Brian Lewis

Thyroid Health with Dr. Brian Lewis

Our very own Dr. Brian Lewis will provide an overview of how the thyroid functions, how to promote thyroid health through lifestyle, and the treatment of common thyroid conditions. Together we will discover hidden causes of thyroid imbalance and learn how to interpret...

read more
The Scoop on Poop with Dr. Gronski, DPT, PRPC

The Scoop on Poop with Dr. Gronski, DPT, PRPC

Do you ever find yourself forcing it to poop? Pushing and straining is detrimental to your overall health and well-being, but not everyone likes talking about this common problem. Pooping can feel great, and in this workshop you'll learn how! This workshop will show...

read more
Positive Psychology with Dr. Brent Beam

Positive Psychology with Dr. Brent Beam

What if you could easily cultivate habits that lead to lifelong happiness—would you pursue it? The field of positive psychology reveals just how happiness is constructed, the habits of the world’s happy people, and how all of us can boost our happiness, for good....

read more
Lifestyle Medicine with Brian Asbill, MD

Lifestyle Medicine with Brian Asbill, MD

Brian Asbill, MD presents the latest compelling evidence on preventing and reversing chronic disease with lifestyle medicine. Dr. Asbill is a board-certified Cardiologist currently working at Asheville Cardiology. This is a great summary of the evidence behind why...

read more
Science of Sleep

Science of Sleep

Linda Camaratta, RN has extensive experience with coaching individuals toward healthy sleep. She covers a variety of natural methods for promoting healthy sleep and offers practical advice for insomnia. The video is about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

read more