Wellbeing at City Lit
Wellbeing comes in all shapes and forms.
Whether you are looking to learn about mindfulness, aid relaxation, improve your diet or just have a few hours to yourself every week to do something you enjoy, our courses will guide you towards finding a healthy balance between your physical and mental wellbeing.
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- Modern calligraphy
Course start date: Sat 7 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Veiko KespersaksLearn how to write elegant stylish letterforms using a flexible pointed nib with ink. Once you have learnt how to write a basic alphabet, we’ll begin breaking the rules of traditional calligraphy to find a style that is all your own. The course is suitable for beginners as well as improvers.Full fee £359.00 Senior fee £287.00 Concession £233.00 - Ikigai: the Japanese secret to a long and happy life Course start date: Sun 8 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Hilary LyonsThe people of Japan believe that everyone has an Ikigai or a reason for being. Finding it can lead to a happier, more fulfilled life. Learn how to live in the moment and pursue your purpose and passion.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Indian head massage: workshop Course start date: Tue 10 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Janet WhiteheadDiscover the ancient and highly therapeutic practice of Indian head massage. Learn how tension is held in the neck and shoulders and how to alleviate this in family and friends by practising a basic routine.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Alexander Technique: introduction Course start date: Thu 12 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kamal ThapenDiscover how to return your body to its natural state of balance and poise in this beginner's guide to the Alexander Technique. Learn how to relieve stress by becoming mindful of muscular and mental tension.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00 - Communicate with confidence through voice and body languageCourse start date: Sat 10 May 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate MontagueDiscover how to enhance your vocal and physical impact and presence in many situations and become aware of habits that may hold you back from achieving your full potential. Skills include establishing rapport, assertive posture and gesture, vocal energy, projecting an effective personal style, sensitive listening and communicating with care and conviction. This Saturday course will be delivered in the college.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00 - Nutrition: an introduction Course start date: Sun 22 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ellie HollyWould you like to explore the relationship between diet and wellbeing? This is an introductory course aimed at giving you a good overview of healthy nutrition and current nutritional trends. You will discover the impact of food on your health and wellbeing, and explore ways to improve your general nutrition.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - How to spark your creative writing Course start date: Sat 21 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sophie McKenzieDiscover the joy of creative writing! Leave stress and worry at the door and find new ways to express your creativity on this fun, dynamic and supportive short course. - Living well with hearing loss Course start date: Wed 25 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lisa CoxThis course will give you practical strategies for coping with your hearing loss and will help improve your confidence and well-being.
This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £45.00 Concession £35.00 - Essenian Healing: workshop Course start date: Sat 28 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Antonello BrunettiDiscover this ancient form of Spiritual-Energy Healing. Learn Auric Reading techniques using the Anatomy of physical and subtle bodies. Identify the emotional reasons behind illnesses, promoting a deeper understanding of the root causes. Perform Energy Healing therapies using Vibrational Sound, Acupressure and Essential Oils.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Pilates: Friday chill out Course start date: Fri 11 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Monica WillettLearn Pilates exercises to improve your health. The course is taught at a gentle and enjoyable pace and covers basic moves to improve core strength, balance and posture. Suitable for all, including complete beginners.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £83.00 - Feldenkrais: awareness through movement Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Charlotte SeirbergLearn how to reduce tension and move with more ease, and notice improvements in your mobility, posture, breathing, balance, coordination and quality of life.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00 - Alexander Technique: Workshop Course start date: Sun 3 Aug 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cristina Codina LlavinaDiscover how to return your body to its natural state of balance and poise in this beginner's guide to the Alexander Technique. Learn to become mindful of muscular and mental tension in one Sunday workshop.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £62.00 - Creative nature writing Course start date: Sun 10 Aug 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jennifer WongDo you enjoy being in nature and want to capture that on the page? Learn how to write about the natural world in this fun course, which encourages you to step outside into the urban 'wild' to seek inspiration for your poetry or prose. - BSL level 1 Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Antony RabinHave you always wanted to learn British Sign Language and communicate with Deaf people? Develop the skills you need to gain the level 1 BSL qualification, accredited by Signature. The fees for BSL level 1 courses include a year's subscription to Signworld.
You may wish to study BSL without the pressure of an exam, or just for fun. We can arrange for you to be taught without a formal final assessment and you will receive a certificate of attendance.Full fee £629.00 Senior fee £528.00 Concession £477.00 - The saxophone story Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Albi GravenerHow did a musical joke became arguably one of the most distinctive and expressive of all instruments? We will focus on this strand within the history of jazz but not exclusively.
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