Life Skills Training in San Francisco, CA

This class guides students through and total body stretch to relax and elongate tired muscles.

Discover the basics of sensible organic gardening. Find out how to build good soil, what you need to know about amendments and fertilizers, and tricks and tips for beautiful gardens, even in containers and tiny spaces. Learn about water-saving irrigation, how to start seeds and nurse them into healthy seedlings, and how to pick the best transplants...

All classes are changing to Remote Video only for the time being. We'll revisit as the situation improves.  How can we build strength on an unstable core? How can we increase our speed and agility on an unstable core? The Pilates philosophy focuses on training the mind and body to work together toward the goal of overall fitness. Pilates teaches...

NYS Department of Education approved program which meets the required 24 hour in-class and in-car instruction. Upon successful completion of the course students will receive MV-285 certificate, valid for two years. This certificate is required for students 17 years of age to schedule road test and received Drivers License through the NYS Division of...

This introductory business statistics course will cover descriptive statistics, tables and charts, and normal distribution.  You will also be introduced to control charts, confidence intervals, and sample-size determination. Sample tests of hypothesis, simple linear regression, and an introduction to multiple regressions will also be covered....

This course focuses on the basics of improving your public speaking and presentational skills. Our text material is co-created by TEDTalks, an American media organization that posts talks under the slogan "ideas worth spreading". Students will analyze various works of TEDTalk presenters and practice all four skills – listening + speaking, reading...

This writing course is focused on mastering writing for academic or professional use. Offered in 6 different levels, this writing course focuses on building sentences into paragraphs and paragraphs into essays. In the high intermediate - advanced course, you will learn proper MLA formatting and how to write various essay types (e.g. narrative, argumentative,...

This session will cover dormant season pruning and transplanting for specific plant types, winter weeding and garden care, best tools and practices, and planning ahead for the new growing season. Though it seems there isn't much to do in the garden over winter, dormant season tasks can set the stage for a good gardening year.  When weather...

Learn to call plants by their botanical names in this self-guided online class.  In this course, you will: learn the in’s and out’s of the scientific naming of plants understand why these naming conventions are useful and important get tips and tricks for pronunciation, and learn botanical names for 40 common plant species that are...

What if you slept? And what if in your sleep your dreamed? And what if in your dream you went to Heaven? And there you plucked a strange Flower: And what if when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand. Samuel Taylor Coleridor (1777-1834)    Dreaming is one of the most ancient medicines and shamanic practices. It is here when we...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Explore how to grow plants without soil using hydroponics, which promotes fast growth and requires less water and space than conventional gardens. You'll learn what systems work best, which plants to choose, and how to make sure they get proper nutrition. While...

Scratching the Surface: Soil Formation, Structure, and Chemistry Students will be introduced to the format of the class series and learn the essential basics of soil science; how they are formed, their physical properties and chemistry. Students will be provided and introduced to soil management plan and soil assessment worksheets to develop for...

This class teaches us how to prune rhododendron, hydrangea, callicarpa, Viburnum bodnantense and abelia. Included in this two-hour slideshow are basic pruning techniques techniques, common pruning mistakes and corrective pruning. This lecture series is designed for those who work in landscape maintenance. Each lecture provides information...

Do you want to write for television, but don’t know where to start? Not to worry. Veteran TV writer Steven Peros will provide the foundation you need to begin your journey into the world of writing for the small screen. Steven has sold four pilots (to MTV and NBC-Universal, among others), and wrote for one of AMC’s first scripted series, (which...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Florists and floral designers who want long-lasting, gorgeous interior plantings won't want to miss this unique class from florist, horticulturist, and indoor plant expert Chris Raimondi. In this class, Chris shares essential horticulture practices for proper...