Life Skills Training in NYC, New York

Join CourseHorse for our one-hour special virtual trivia night! Test your knowledge across a wide range of topics including music, movies, pop culture, history, sports, frozen foods, dog breeds, Seinfeld characters, ice cream flavors and many other surprises... How this will work: This will take place live over a Zoom conference. You will either...

We've chosen two Brooklyn neighborhoods that exhibit a degree of pizza diversity perfect for saucy exploration. You'll compare Neapolitan, NY style, and a hybrid of the two. You will visit 3 amazing NYC Pizzerias. Expect to walk about 1 mile. What's Included All tours include pizza tastings, kitchen tours, in-depth pizza analysis, and everybody...

*** This is an online course. Zoom link will be sent to you upon enrollment. Overcome public speaking fear with gradual exposure, in a supportive environment. Based out of New York City for 30 years, we are now offering these classes online to an international audience. Once the 10 session package is purchased, the student may use their sessions...

Students will work at the level of the bones, to align the bones using the muscles of deep postural support: the psoas, the hamstrings, the external rotators, and the pelvic floor. We don't work to exercise these muscles but rather to wake them up, to become conscious of their role in the support and movement of the body. We work for the body to become...

Waterstones enable you to get the sharpest edge in an efficient and clean manner. No messy oil or grinding down your tools! In this one evening session, students will learn to sharpen woodworking chisels and plane blades, as well as pocket knifes and kitchen knifes using Japanese water stones. Tool sharpening with waterstones is a fundamental part...

Step aboard the teak decks of our elegant 1920s style yachts, the Manhattan and Manhattan II, and enjoy NYC's architectural landmarks from the water. The "Around Manhattan" tour narration, provided by members of the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) NYC chapter, is general enough for visitors yet detailed enough for the locals. Aboard the...

A great abundance of edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms makes this park a great place for edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms in late summer. Burdock, an expensive detoxifying herb sold in health food stores, abounds in cultivated areas throughout the park. You can also use this invasive species as a superb root vegetable, or even...

The 2021 foraging season, the 39th, opens with Central Park, a perennial popular venue for foragers, beginning at 11:45 AM, Saturday, March 6, just inside the park at West 72nd St. This tour will be co-led by "Wildman," and his daughter, Violet Brill, who will be leading some solo tours throughout the Greater NY area again as well. Most foragers...

We believe that chess is a great tool for education:  a learning environment organized around games effortlessly engages students, demands focus and motivates the learner to spend time immersed in problem solving. Chess has the power to enhance creativity, concentration, critical thinking skills, memory and imagination at any age. We love chess....

Bonsai is the ancient Japanese art form of miniature trees in containers.  It is an art form that helps connect us to nature. Through this process, it strengthens our spirit. This is why Bonsai can be a figurative mirror image of the grower. With an open heart and mind, students can start their own journey of personal growth through the art of...

Find out how a century of culinary evolution produced today's gastronomic galaxy. See century-old brick ovens and classic slice joints that will fill both belly and mind. You will visit 3 amazing NYC pizzerias. Expect to walk about 1 mile. What's Included All tours include pizza tastings, kitchen tours, in-depth pizza analysis, and everybody gets...

Inwood Hill Park is one of the best places for foragers to search for wild foods in late spring, and you'll get to enjoy dozens of them. The city's hilliest park, with a large, mature forest, meadows, thickets, and cultivated areas, it's loaded with edible and medicinal wild plants. Red, white, and pink mulberries will be at their peak now. Too perishable...

Did you know succulents breathe through their stomata at night and other houseplants typically during the day? This water-conserving process is called crassulacean acid metabolism.  Join us as we discuss the structural differences between succulents and other houseplants, how their needs differ, and how to propagate them. After potting up together,...

Packed with antioxidants and vitamins, elderberry fruits and flowers have been used across cultures for centuries to prevent colds and flus, treat fevers, and tame inflammation. Delve into the many healing properties of this commonly used medicinal plant while making a 3 oz. bottle of elderberry syrup to take home.