COMMUNITY BRIEFS
By Daily Press staff
A local grocery store is offering free nighttime lectures designed to improve your health.
Wild Oats, located at 500 Wilshire Blvd., is offering a selection of free lectures in January. Here’s the schedule: ■ Jan. 17, 7 p.m. — Soup, glorious soup: free cooking class with Real Cooking’s Victoria Bloch and Hollie Greenwood. Learn to fix three healthy winter soups: creamy winter squash soup, hearty lentil and root vegetable soup, and mid-winter beef and vegetable soup. Recipes and tastes of all soups provided. ■ Jan. 18, 7:15 p.m. — Weight loss that stays off: creating freedom with food. A free lecture with food coach Susan Marque that shows you the three easy steps to create and keep your desired weight. Free tastes as well. ■ Jan. 19, 6 p.m. — Free lecture on using accupressure for weight loss, with Grace Suh Coscia. Learn about a self-accupressure technique that will allow you to lose weight by speeding up your metabolism. A licensed acupuncturist with a private practice in Santa Monica, Grace Suh Coscia specializes in weight loss, facial rejuvenation and allergy elimination. ■ Jan. 21, 2 p.m. — Vitamin D and its importance in vibrant health, with John Cannell, M.D., founder of the Vitamin D Council. Explore the myths and truths about the essential vitamin. ■ Jan. 23, 7 p.m.— Shift your perspective and change your life: Be impeccable with your word. A free lecture by Linda Landon, certified business and life coach, personally trained by world-renowned author of “The Four Agreements,” Miguel Ruiz. ■ Jan. 24, 7 p.m. — Lecture by Judy Mazel, world-renowned author and founder of “The Beverly Hills Diet” and “The New Beverly Hills Diet.” Includes topics such as how three squares can make you round and how enzymes relate to health and weight. ■ Jan. 25, 7 p.m. — Singles’ night at Wild Oats with free lecture: sex, lies and how to connect. Relationship coach and author Rori Gwynne hosts the first singles’ night at Wild Oats on Wilshire Boulevard. Learn new ways to enjoy every romantic encounter, whether what you’re looking for is a partner for the evening or a partner for life. Free Wild Oats pizza provided. ■ Jan. 30, 7:15 p.m. — Overcome emotional eating. Julie M. Simon, M.A., M.B.A, M.F.T., covers not only the emotional and physiological aspects of eating, but also the cognitive and spiritual dimensions. ■ Jan. 31, 6:30 p.m. — Exercise therapy for pain relief. Learn how to correct your posture and eliminate pain through specific individualized exercises with Frank Titus, B.S., L.M.T. Frank has been in the field of exercise therapy for more than 10 years, educating people on how to take responsibility for their own pain relief.
Events will be held in the upstairs community room. To reserve a spot, call Jim Price at (310) 576-9277.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 17, 2006. Read the original PDF.