Life Skills Training in Chicago, IL

Action packed and calorie burning workout. Also known as Thai Boxing. Learn various punches, elbows, knees and kicking techniques that wear down and knockout your opponent or attacker. Required equipment: Hand wrap Cup and supporter (for male)

While Pilates classes are a great tool to keep every body type healthy and functional, Pilates classes can enhance athletic performance in all areas; from building strength, encouraging co-ordination; adding flexibility and balance. This class will focus on the basics, and will integrate aspects useful to an actively athletic life.  Useful for...

Celebrate the energy of the social, hard-working Metal Rat with fun, frivolity, and festivities of the 2020 Chinese New Year. Become informed about the meaning of the Metal Rat along with individual animal readings. Discover the ancient practice of welcoming the gods of wealth and partake in various foods used in traditional Chinese New Year celebrations....

An introduction to the game that is fun, mentally stimulating, and a great way to meet people. The first hour of this class is instruction and covers the basics of bidding, playing the hand, and scoring. The second hour will be open play where you can practice what you've learned, ask questions, and have fun playing the world's greatest card game....

Explore the history of photography beginning in 1827 with the first photograph, through the age of Daguerreotype portraits, the photograph’s early development as an art form, the invention of Kodak’s Box Brownie and through to contemporary photography. Along the way we’ll discover some of the great photographers and examine how this relatively...

Join us as a team member from our education department leads you On a tour of all 63,000 square feet of Eataly Chicago.  Guests will stop and sample the wares from our Mozzarella Lab, Salumi & Formaggi counter, Fresh Pasta counter, Bakery, Produce department (we even have a vegetable butcher!), Gelato Bar, and Caffè Lavazza. In addition...

Our BJJ classes develop the ability to convert core power to control and upset balance as well as submit a much larger opponent; effective in both sport and self-defense. BJJ focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting, joint-locks and choke holds.

Intensify your Pilates routine by incorporating apparatus equipment! The Reformer, a spring-loaded resistance machine, is one of the low-impact and effective ways to tone muscle, strengthen joints and realign the body.  Advanced Classes: De-stress your mind and refine your muscles! Bring your Pilates practice to the next level by challenging...

Take a tour of Chicago's premier fully-operational urban winery, located in the heart of the West Loop. Tours include: A glass of City Winery wine per guest upon arrival. A tour of our facility guided by one of our wine experts. Tasting flight of three City Winery wines paired with three crostini appetizers. 10% discount on any retail wine...

Start vegetables from seed in this hands-on workshop and go home with a tray of seeds -- all supplies included! Discover techniques and benefits of growing your vegetables from seed started indoors. Explore lighting, soil types, containers, sowing schedules, and plant selection with a gardening expert. Avoid common pitfalls and improve seed starting...

The American Heart Association's Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support course is totally redesigned for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in the resuscitation of a patient, whether in or out of hospital.  Through the ACLS course, providers will enhance their skills in the treatment of the adult victim of a cardiac arrest or...

Snowboarding is becoming more and more popular each year. It is an exhilarating way to get a great workout in beautiful surroundings. If you have already mastered skateboarding (or surfing), you will find snowboarding relatively easy. Even if you have had no prior experience, the expert instruction provided in this class will help get you started....

Learn to identify, diagnose, treat, and prevent some of the most common diseases, insects, animal pests, and environmental problems encountered by our region’s landscape industry. Topics include Integrated Pest Management (IPM), cultural care, basic entomology and pathology, pesticides and alternatives, and animal management. PGL 1, PGL 2, and...

This class reviews both lower body (hips, legs and feet) and upper body (including arms, chest and neck) massage and gives students an opportunity to bring together the separate components in order to create a continuous whole body massage, a vital part of the experience.  Required Material: Bring 2 towels & 2 sheets. Pre-requisites: Massage...

Absorb the ancient vibrations of sacred mantras and connect in satsang—to sit together in truth—with sound, breath, and meaning. Experience short meditations and chant mantras in devotional practice. Kirtan is a powerful path to an awakened state of being as you elevate your spirit, open your heart and raise the collective consciousness. Kirtan...