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Workshops & Demonstrations
Where registration is requested - call, email, or visit the McKellar Library
705 389-2611 info@mckellarlibrary.ca
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Upcycled Basket Making Workshop with Erin Alladin Learn a skill and turn trash into utility! Join Erin Alladin to make coiled baskets using unused electronic cables and an ancient basket-making technique. No prior experience is needed, but you're encouraged to bring along any round, narrow cables (like phone-charging cords) that need a second life. Needles, thread, and prepared birch bark bases will be provided. |
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Forest Bathing with Van Saberton Forest Bathing is a gentle, mindful walk designed to help you slow down, reconnect with nature, and rediscover the quiet wisdom of the natural world. Forest bathing, or Shinrin-yoku, is not about exercise or reaching a destination. It’s about immersing yourself in the present moment, awakening your senses, and allowing the forest to guide you toward calm and clarity. This will be a slow walk with guided invitations, a meditation/moment of stillness as well as a closing circle with tea to share your experiences if you feel called to. |
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Fermented Foods - Benefits, Demos & Samples The benefits of making and consuming Fermented Foods are well known - reduction of food waste, promotion of better gut health and preserving home grown food. This workshop will give you an introduction to the processes of fermenting and pickling vegetables. The benefits will be discussed, some simple demonstrations will be shown, and you will hear some journey stories from beginners and local experts. Samples will also be served to you along with some lovely sour dough crackers. To cap it all off, we will send you home with a fermenting kit and some recipes to get you started - 10 minutes is all it takes. |
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CSS Seniors Exercise Demo with Paula Nichols Join Paula Nicholls, volunteer instructor with Community Support Services, for a demonstration and informative talk about the community exercise program offered at the McKellar Community Centre. Learn how these fun, welcoming classes, held twice weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., help participants improve strength, balance, flexibility, and overall well-being while staying active and connected in their community. |
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Tai Chi with Nicoletta Rogers Join Nicoletta Rogers, of the Canadian Tai Chi Academy, for an interactive demonstration. She will introduce 2 of the 7 foundation exercises and go through the first 3 or 4 moves of the set. Learn about the health benefits of Tai Chi and experience them for yourself. |
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Pickleball & Badminton Demos with the Both activities can be slow or fast paced and typically played as doubles. Pickleball is a paddle sport with a tennis type net that combines elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis. Badminton is played using a racket to propel a lightweight "birdie" back and forth across a chest high net. A key difference between these sports is that the "birdie" cannot touch the ground. Hand to eye coordination is the key along with fluidity of motion. |
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