Parks, Recreation and Culture Winter 2025 Activity Guide

Register online at recreation.nanaimo.ca General Inquiries 250-756-5200 46 Becoming Psychic: A Psychic Development Series NEW! Everyone is psychic, and in this three-class series, learn how to access and strengthen your intuition. All are welcome. Please bring a note pad and pen. Instructor: Queen Bee Tarot Tue, Jan 14-28 | 6-8 pm | $111/3 | 132400 Bowen Park Complex Tarot for Life: Learn the Ancient Art of Reading Tarot Join us for a four-class series elevating the beginner to practitioner using the Rider Waite Smith deck which will be available for purchase. No experience necessary. Instructor: Queen Bee Tarot Tue, Feb 11-Mar 4 | 6-8 pm | $150/4 | 132399 Bowen Park Complex Stroll with the Pro - Ducks &Waterfowl Walk with one of our local biologists for one of these FREE sessions to unlock the mysteries of ducks and other waterfowl. Sun, Jan 19 | 10-11:15 am | FREE | 132599 Diver Lake Park Sun, Feb 23 | 10-11:15 am | FREE | 132600 Sun, Mar 9 | 10-11:15 am | FREE | 132601 Buttertubs Marsh (Miner’s Cottage) Soap Making & Aromatherapy Baths This is the perfect class for Valentine’s Day! Make soap with nourishing ingredients from scratch. In this hands-on class, make and take home two different kinds of soaps, a finished soap bar, six different tub fizzers and bath salts with a variety of aromatherapy scents. Recipes for pet soap, laundry soap and herbal shampoo are included. Please bring a hand towel and shoe-box to class. An additional fee for supplies is required. Instructor: Cheryl Theilade Sat, Feb 8 | 9 am-12 pm | $40/1 | 131724 Beban Park Social Centre Organic Hemp Seed Oil Skincare Discover the amazing properties of hemp seed oil! This oil is high in essential omega fatty acids and proteins. It absorbs well into the skin and is very healing and rejuvenating. Participants will make and take home a hemp body lotion, body exfoliant, bath and body oil and a soap. Recipes for healing salves and body washes are included. An additional fee for supplies is required. Instructor: Cheryl Theilade Sat, Feb 8 | 12:30-2:30 pm | $40/1 | 132740 Beban Park Social Centre Aromatherapy - The Art of Blending Aromatic essences are derived from portions of the plants. Discover this alternative form of healing! Learn the top ten essential oils, their therapeutic properties and how to use them safely and effectively. We will create blends for sleep, concentration, lymphatic drainage, scarring, acne and other ailments. Create your own personal synergy (blend), a roll-on, massage oil, a solid scent perfume and a perfume spray. Recipes and blends will be provided. An additional fee for supplies is required. Instructor: Cheryl Theilade Sat, Feb 8 | 3-5 pm | $40/1 | 132742 Beban Park Social Centre M ke Move a