Eating and Walking Your Way to Wellness as a Cancer Survivor (detail)
Tuesday, MAY 13, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Many cancer survivors mistakenly believe that everyday lifestyle choices become irrelevant once they have been diagnosed with cancer. Science increasingly shows such beliefs to be mistaken. What you eat and how much physical activity you engage in daily matter a great deal, both during active treatment as well as after treatment. Our goal is to share practical, time-tested nutrition and physical activity strategies that have helped survivors regain physical function and emotional well-being. Ample time for questions is included.
6 Week Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) Class (detail)
These classes are the signature educational programs of the Mindful Awareness Research Center and an excellent introduction to mindfulness. You will learn mindfulness meditation practices including sitting, walking meditations, and how to work with difficult thoughts and emotions. These practices develop greater mind-body awareness and reduce stress. You will learn how to incorporate mindful awareness in to your daily life.
MAPs for Professional and Family Care-Givers - New (detail)
The challenge of caring for a patient, parent, a spouse or a child in the midst of your busy life can feel overwhelming and leave you stressed out on a daily basis. This class series, taught in a gentle and gradual way, will offer you some vital yet simple tools of Mindful Awareness and ways to incorporate them into your daily lives. You will learn mindfulness meditation practices including sitting, walking meditations, and how to work with difficult thoughts and emotions. This is our basic MAPs for daily Living with a new emphasis on practices to develop greater mind-body awareness, reduce emotional reactivity, and promote a general sense of health and well-being. (We welcome nurses, activists, doctors, mental health professionals, healing arts professionals and those caring for family & friends)
A Loving Legacy: Turning Memories into Memoirs (detail)
3 Mondays – 5/19, 6/2, and 6/16
Memories of everything that has ever happened to you are stored in your unconscious. There are hundreds of stories residing inside you. These stories are your identity.
Using combined techniques of relaxation, visualization, and Fast Flow Writing™ to access emotions, sensory memories, and life experiences, Dr. Ballon will help participants transform their memories into memoirs.
Dr. Ballon brings a unique expertise as an international writing consultant and longtime psychotherapist in facilitating self-exploration, self-discovery, and a powerfully authentic voice in writing.
Each workshop will involve a combination of listening, writing, sharing, and receiving feedback. Sharing what one has written is optional. The program is well-suited for adults and high school students. No writing experience is necessary. |
