July 28
What Caregivers Need To Know About Communication in Dementia, 10am-noon, free, Purpose, Inc. Cognitive Therapy and Counseling Center, 300 Corporate Pointe, Suite 468, CC, 310.410.4551.
August 1
Don’t Heat Up Your Kitchen: Cook Cool During The Summer With Paula Gray, Pampered Chef Consultant, 10-11:30am, free, Center for Healthy Aging, 2125 Arizona Ave, 310.576.2550 x390.
ONGOING
Dance and Live Fiddle Band, the California Dance Cooperative holds contradances (which is sort of like square dancing, only more fun) on the first and fourth Saturday night of every month, Brentwood Youth House, 731 S. Bundy Dr., 7:30pm, all ages welcome, $9, 818.951.2003.
Free Mental Health Workshop: Recovery, Inc. presents its weekly workshop providing self-management techniques in dealing with stress, depression, anxiety, etc., Mondays, 7pm, Westside Christian Fellowship 2948 Colorado, eleanorkirby@sbcglobal.net.
Santa Monica Swim Center is offering the Big Fun therapy program, which promotes the integration of children with all forms of special needs into every aspect of life, 877.bigfun8.
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital seeks volunteers to spend four hours a day helping patients. Adults and teens may apply, 310.825.6001.
Team Survivor Los Angeles offers free health and exercise classes for women living with cancer, 310.477.8557.
Therapeutic Hatha Yoga, with Bea Ammidown, E-RYT 500, Wednesdays, 7-8pm; Thursdays, 10-11am; Fridays, 10-11am, Yoga Prose, a yoga and writing workshop continues to 12:45pm; and Saturdays, 9:30-10:30am, 310.358.3338 or beayoga888@verizon.net.
Yoga Classes at Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, including a kid’s yoga class, classes in Spanish, beginner’s courses and free meditation and kirtan every Wednesday at 7pm and Sunday at 6:30pm, 13325 Beach Ave., MDR, 310.822.yoga.
YogaWorks will be offering complimentary “Yoga for Surfers” classes every Saturday from 10am-11am, through September at the QuikSilver Edition Mission, 1621 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. Each participant will also receive a complimentary two-week YogaWorks membership to continue his or her practice outside of the Mission, RSVP to quiksilvereditionmission.org.
Young Adults Group Fighting Cancer Together, the Wellness Community WLA, 2716 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 1040, Tuesdays, 310.314.2555.
