Class Facilities
AHD runs weekly evening classes with four terms per year of nine weeks duration.

These classes are held at the Salvation Army Conference Centre in The Basin beginning at 7.00 pm and finishing at approximately 9:30 pm.

There is a break for supper. Classes coincide with state school terms. Students are formed into small groups of approximately 6 to12 students with a tutor allocated for the term. These groups are kept small to provide the students with ample opportunity to express themselves and to interrelate with each other. Students within the groups naturally begin to form friendships which continue as they progress along the path of developing their full potential in happiness and inner peace.

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Format of Class Lectures:
The first priority at each class night is to allow the students to shed any stress and unhappiness which may have accumulated during the week.

This happens with a short exercise, which promotes stillness in body and mind.

The tutor will then present one of several things depending on the circumstances of the class as outlined below.

1. Some information from the rich heritage of past masters in human development.
2. An exercise to assist students to develop one or more of the senses.
3. The true role of emotion and love at the students' current level of development.
4. The role of intellect, reason and intuition in our lives.
5. An exercise of contemplation.
6. Information on the workings of the heart, mind, intellect, being and the ego.
7. A quotation or reading may be looked at and studied in detail.
8. Some music will be played and listened to in quietness.
9. Information as to why I sometimes feel stresses, angry and unfulfilled.
10. What role "desire" plays in our lives and where desires are held?
11. How does habitual behaviour and memory play out in our lives today?

During the class, the students are frequently given the opportunity to speak of their personal experiences in relation to the topic of the evening.

For example, with exercises on the senses, students will be given a sense to use and class discussions will follow from that exercise.

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