If you’re feeling out of sorts after the long winter, chances are you can use a lift. Joyce Gerrish, a holistic practitioner and teacher, is offering three free classes on energy and auras over the next three Tuesdays at Rainbow Blossom Natural Foods, 3046 Bardstown Rd. in the Gardiner Lane Shopping Center. Although Gerrish offers three classes, attendees are welcome to visit any one, two or all three.

Joel Salatin is a full-time alternative Virginia farmer and nationally known author on sustainable agriculture. His family farm services 10 retail outlets, more than 1,500 families and 30 restaurants through on-farm sales and metropolitan buying clubs with salad bar beef, pastured poultry, pigaerator pork, forage-based rabbits, pastured turkey and forsetry products - using relationaship marketing.

Local historians Vic Megenity and Pam Peters will share an update on the fascinating details they have uncovered about Lucy Higgs Nichols. Lucy went from being a slave in Bolivar, Tennessee to drawing a pension from the U.S. government for her service as a nurse during the Civil War. In 1862 she joined the Indiana 23rd Regiment and returned to New Albany with them after the War.

Add to your outdoor skills by becoming a Leave No Trace Trainer. This course will allow participants to learn, practice, and introduce others to the 7 Principles of Leave No Trace: Plan Ahead and Prepare, Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces, Dispose of Waste Properly, Leave What You Find, Minimize Campfire Impacts, Respect Wildlife, Be Considerate of Other Visitors.

Jefferson Memorial Forest, in partnership with Green Earth Outdoors and SOLO Schools, is offering a Wilderness First Aid certification course. Wilderness First Aid (WFA) creates a solid foundation in the basics of backcountry medical care. Started by SOLO as the “Mountain/Woods First Aid” course in 1975, it is the curriculum upon which all other backcountry medicine courses are based.

Leave No Trace is a national and international program designed to assist outdoor enthusiasts with their decisions about how to reduce their impacts when they recreate outdoors. Green Earth Outdoors, an affiliated partner and approved training provider for the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics has partnered with the Forest for this workshop. Participants will receive introductory training in the skills and ethics of Leave No Trace and the opportunity to practice them on an overnight camping trip. Workshop topics include the underlying ethics and seven principles of Leave No Trace:

Please join us for Nathan Winograd's presentation: "Building a No Kill Kentucky". It will be an inspirational two-hour multi-media presentation followed by a book signing for Irreconcilable Differences. The seminar has been called "a prerequisite for rescue groups and organizations that are serious about changing their communities to No Kill." Animal Advocate, Nathan Winograd is the founder of the No Kill Mission and has helped transform many facilities and counties into No Kill.

Katie Carpenter from the American Printing House for the Blind will join us to share the story of Mary Ingalls. Mary was made famous through her sister Laura’s series of “Little House” books and the NBC television series from 1974-82. Mary lost her sight at the age of 14, and went on to college at the Iowa College for the Blind and became a writer like her sister. Visitors will have the opportunity to view a temporary exhibit about Mary and hear an audio program about her life, along with readings of her poetry. Sponsored by the Carnegie Center, Inc.

Your physical condition and age are less important than your desire to learn Judo. Old injuries are easy to work around. No excuses! FREE Self-Defense class: First Sunday of each month at 2pm Kids' class: Sundays 4-5pm Adult classes: Thursdays 6-8pm and Sundays 7-9pm Mu Do Ryu Judo 3030 Hunsinger Lane More information at mudoryu.com, or call 502.509.JUDO

Louisville’s #1 Station for the Most Music While You Work - Lite 106.9 – has teamed with Southern Kitchens to bring the Taste of Home Cooking School - the #1 culinary demonstration in the country - back to Kentuckiana for the second year in a row!