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- Early morning Yoga
Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carolina SanchezA great way to start your day, this yoga class will help improve body awareness, posture and flexibility. Practise relaxation and concentration exercises before work. For all ages, levels of fitness and experience.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00 - French beginners: module 1 Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelLearn French on this lively interactive course for beginners. The course will be taught in French, with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Brazilian Portuguese beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Isabel Dos SantosWith a population of 214 million, Brazil is the sixth largest country in the world by population size. This course aims to introduce you to Portuguese mainly as spoken in Brazil, and is taught by a native Brazilian, though you'll cover other varieties of Portuguese as well. You'll learn how to introduce yourself, talk about yourself and your family, and begin building your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills so that you can build a solid base for future study.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Polish beginners: an introductionCourse start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Agnieszka HerbaLearn to speak Polish and develop your speaking and listening skills in these communicative courses, which emphasise the practical use of the language. Suitable for complete beginners.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - Norwegian beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Finn BuggeLearn to speak Norwegian and develop your speaking and listening skills in these communicative online classes, which emphasise the practical use of the language.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - Meditation De-mystified and Made Easy Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sally PageLearn all about meditation and learn how to make it easy, simple and enjoyable. 10 sessions will take you through the basic theory and a step by step meditation practice which we build as the course progresses. Includes mantra, breath and visualisation meditation techniques.
Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00 - German beginners: module 1 Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anna RiolandChoose either an in-person course in the heart of London or live online sessions.This course aims to enable students to begin to communicate with some fluency in a range of everyday situations.The emphasis is on the practical use of German and the development of your speaking and listening skills. Based on chapters 1-4 of Willkommen (Hodder Arnold).
Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Yoga: beginners Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Biljana CacicAre you new to yoga? This beginners' class offers a chance to develop and improve your body and breath awareness, posture, strength and flexibility, and practise relaxation techniques to help you release tension.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - City Lit evening reading groupCourse start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Claire AllenShare thoughts and ideas about what you are reading, with books chosen by the group. Please come to the first session with suggestions (contemporary literary fiction in paperback) and having read 'The Wren, The Wren' by Anne Enright. We meet on the following dates: 22/9, 20/10, 24/11, 12/1, 16/2, 16/3, 11/5, 8/6, 6/7.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00 - Literary ScienceCourse start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julian BirkettFrom the theory of evolution to quantum physics and artificial intelligence, modern science has upended our understanding of the world and our place in it. How have writers of fiction responded to these radical changes?
We consider a range of fiction, including Frankenstein by Mary shelley, Angles and Insects by AS Byatt, Copenhagen by Michael Frayn and Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Inclusive choir (for people with learning disabilities)Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Improve your vocal ability. Compose original group vocal pieces. Listen to music from different parts of the world. Perform to an audience.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £219.00 - Writing for business Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Deborah MartinMasterclass sessions packed with ways to develop an advanced skillset, to write persuasive and informative emails, reports and proposals. Learn about the elements of language, style and structure that you need to write to a sophisticated level in the workplace.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00 - Meditation for Emotional Wellbeing Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sally PageLearn how to de-stress, rejuvenate and cultivate calm using a variety of Mindfulness and Meditation techniques. From understanding why we get stressed, to applying this understanding in everyday real life situations. Releasing stress to cultivate an experience of calm, a positive state of mind, and significantly reduce stress levels and tension held in the body.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £69.00 - Hindi beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sabrina OsborneGet off to a flying start in Hindi is this lively face to face course in Central London. This is a stand alone course to give you a basic introduction to the Hindi language.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - French beginners at a gentle pace: module 1Course start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Do you want to start learning French but worried that you might not be able to keep up? Our French at a gentle pace courses are designed to cover the same material as our standard French courses, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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