Candle Making

This is what stand up paddle boarding is all about! You’ve taken your beginner SUP lessons in a marina, put in some hours on a sunset cruise or Paddle Method Workout and now you are ready to get out on the ocean or bay and into some waves and see the world from a SUP point of view. You have earned it! This is what it’s all about and why we live...

Spectacular sunsets like you’ve never seen them before! Unwind, and enjoy a night on the water with your friends, a significant other or meet someone new! Cruise under the setting sun and then under the stars and experience the water from a whole new perspective! Paddlers with some previous experience will enjoy this paddle more than those without....

This lesson all about having fun, students are also likely to encounter seals and dolphins during their SUP lesson! In the SUP lessons students learn: Safe Launching Balance and Stance Proper Paddling Technique Speed Paddling Turning Safe Landing Note: All students must know how to swim. Reservations are required for lessons, and are very...

This is the place to start and is our most popular SUP Tour – a lesson and tour combined – includes a Level 1 Paddle Method lesson from a certified paddle Pro so that paddlers of all abilities can enjoy the always entertaining scenic Sea Lion colonies and migrating sea birds from the nearby Ballona Creek wetlands with confidence - great for groups;...

Discover some of the southland’s finest chocolate candy makers and the basics of bean-to-bar chocolate making in a relaxed, daylong journey. All the while, you will be able to indulge your own chocolate obsessions and make gift purchases for family and friends. Led by choc-holic John Powers, you will begin your day at the long-standing Edelweiss...

Pushing you to meet your unique photographic goals technically and creatively. Working towards developing a strong portfolio & gallery quality work. Prerequisites: Intermediate Photography or Portfolio review

Ready to try your hand at drawing with graphite? Give the Intro to Drawing with Graphite course a try. Tuition includes instruction at Pastimes for a Lifetime's beautiful zen studio, a Project Booklet you may keep and complementary use of school supplies. Ideal for beginners as well as students returning to art classes after a long absence. Learn...

Our classes develop and foster confidence, focus, self awareness, creativity, sensory awareness, choice making, memory and sequencing skills, preparation, investigative skills, reading and comprehension skills, building the necessary tools for a competent actor who is capable of taking direction and has the stamina necessary while filming or taping....

This course will take the necessary elements of social swing dancing (Lindy Hop) and teach them within an amalgamation that combines fundamental movements with more complex elaboration on those movements.  Emphasis is on connection to develop lead/follow skills as well as authentic grounded styling unique to the street dance roots. This class...

This workshop offers advances techniques beyond beginning photography. We will be working towards a deeper understanding of composition, lighting (natural and artificial) including flash.  Exploring diverse imagery i.e. portraiture, still life, landscape and street photography, all to help you develop a strong point of view and to integrate camera...

This workshop offers advances techniques beyond beginning photography. We will be working towards a deeper understanding of composition, lighting (natural and artificial) including flash.  Exploring diverse imagery i.e. portraiture, still life, landscape and street photography, all to help you develop a strong point of view and to integrate camera...

There are five areas of concentration in our on-going curriculum: Scene Study Cold Reading Interview Technique Improvisation Character Development Students are not allowed to critique other students, but are instead encouraged to comment positively on specifics within any actor's performance. Direction is given through choices, emotional development,...

In Kabbalah 1, you learned the basics of the path to fulfillment. In Kabbalah 2, things get personal. Now we begin to delve deeply into advanced topics, striving to fulfill your true purpose through your relationship with yourself, other people, and the Light. Kabbalah 2 gives you the opportunity to work with a teacher one-on-one to help you apply...

Join us for this unique Yoga Flow class, where free movement - free flow - connecting back into primal movements will be our main focus!  We will integrate these aspects with warrior aspect. Animal Style Poses, Vinyasa, mixed with Martial arts and Capoeira. Let's get into our bodies and have fun!

HypnoBreathwork® is a cutting edge method using breathwork to clear energetic patterns, hypnosis to reprogram subconscious beliefs, and visioning to fire new neural pathways for sustainable behavior change. This unique formula accelerates trance-induced states to heal unprocessed emotions from the root and take intuitive action to create the life...

Heal your body and relax your mind with Vibrational Sound Therapy I balance the first 8 chakras with tuning forks, utilizing sound frequencies to clear any unwanted energy patterns as well as light-touch healing. The 8th chakra is in your aura, when balanced it opens the gateway for divine love and spiritual wisdom. You will leave feeling relaxed and...

YOU'VE HEARD WENDY SHAPERO ON TV! Now hear Wendy LIVE as she illustrates how YOU could actually begin using your speaking voice for commercials, films and videos!  Most people go about it the wrong way.  Wendy will show you a unique, outside of the box way to cash in on one of the most lucrative full or part-time careers our there! ...

Our top Instructors at Flappers Comedy University will teach you and your friends how to take your funny ideas and turn them into jokes fit for the stage. This One Day Stand Up Comedy Intensive is the perfect "sampler" to introduce you to many of the different classes offered at Flappers Comedy University, and is specially tailored towards both beginning...

Whether you want to audition for “The Voice” or just want to learn to sing in tune, here’s a chance to learn all the so-called “fundamentals of contemporary singing.” Breathing, range, intonation, vocal power, blending with registers, gaining confidence, and overcoming performance anxiety are just some of the topics we’ll cover in...

This class is available online and safe in-studio - Click here for the online class Knowledge of this traditional classical medium is required in most art academies. Why not learn the fundamentals here first? Unique projects in Linda’s curriculum present the basics of sketching and creating illustrations that contain incredible depth and tone....