Join us at the Cancer Wellness Center for Zentangle, an easy-to-learn, meditative, and enjoyable method of creating art through drawing structured patterns. This practice offers a relaxing journey into creativity. No art experience is required. Presented by: Mary Hamming, CZT RSVP below to attend in-person Limited to 12 people If registration is full, please call […]
The labyrinth is an ancient symbol for healing and a path to renewing the body-mind-spirit connection. Walking a labyrinth involves the creative and intuitive mind (right brain) and can be calming and balancing. Join us as we walk the labyrinth together. We will meet inside the Center for a brief discussion and some optional journaling […]
What is an emotion? Is an emotion different than a feeling? Through the somatic understanding that your mind affects your body while your body affects your mind, we’ll dive into how our emotions show up in often unexpected ways, affecting who you are and how you physically and emotionally feel and experience the world. Picking […]
This is a hybrid class offered both in-person at the Cancer Wellness Center and virtually on Zoom Gentle Yoga – Mondays with Bhavisha Yoga uses physical postures, breath work and meditation to bring mind and body back into a balanced state. These classes are for all fitness levels and can be practiced in a chair […]
Everyone responds to having cancer differently. For some of us, humor gets us through the hard stuff and allows us to process our experience in a way that has helped us not only cope, but feel better. We know laughing releases serotonin, which can help your body heal. That’s just science, people! This workshop is […]
This group provides opportunities for peer support, information sharing, and educational lectures provided by healthcare professionals. Group is facilitated by Gina Baldacci, LCSW, and is generously supported by the Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation. Open to patients, families and their loved ones. To register, contact Alana Lebovitz, MSW, at (847)562-4981 or alebovitz@cancerwellness.org PLEASE NOTE: *Class opens […]
Gentle Yoga – Wednesdays with Judy Yoga uses physical postures, breath work and meditation to bring mind and body back into a balanced state. These classes are for all fitness levels and can be practiced in a chair if necessary. The instructor will lead the class without being able to give corrections for those who […]
This is a hybrid class offered both in-person at the Cancer Wellness Center and virtually on Zoom Are you an experienced yoga practitioner who wishes to deepen your understanding of all the aspects of yoga through the lens of a personal practice? Vinyasa yoga is a systematic application of yoga that involves the integration of […]
What is an emotion? Is an emotion different than a feeling? Through the somatic understanding that your mind affects your body while your body affects your mind, we’ll dive into how our emotions show up in often unexpected ways, affecting who you are and how you physically and emotionally feel and experience the world. Picking […]
The 2024 Cancer Wellness Center Better Together Benefit will take place at Chevy Chase Country Club. We look forward to this event every year. It is an opportunity for our community to come together to celebrate and support the Center and its mission to improve the emotional and physical well-being of people affected by cancer. […]
