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Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States
With Erin Price, LGSW Developing mindfulness skills can help combat stress, anxiety, and uncertainty in everyday life. This series will explore various mindfulness skills over four weeks. All are welcome to attend one session or all four. Session topics include: Wednesday, January 9: Sitting Meditation Wednesday, January 16: Body Scan Wednesday, January 23: Guided Imagery … Continue reading Breathing in Wellness: Mindfulness Series
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States
With Bryant Johnson, Personal Trainer to RBG and Author of The RBG Workout, Michelle Stravitz, co-founder, 2Unstoppable, Ilana Gamerman, co-founder, 2Unstoppable Join us for an afternoon of Motivation, Conversation, and Empowerment! Meet Bryant Johnson - Supreme Court justice and octogenarian Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal trainer and author of The RBG Workout, How She Stays Strong and … Continue reading A Fitness Conversation with Bryant Johnson and Michelle Stravitz
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States
This program is postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date. With Melanie Edwards Join in harmony to relieve stress, find inner peace & express your authentic self with musical mending. Singer, songwriter and musician, Melanie Edwards, uses different instruments & singing techniques with therapeutic mantra chanting in a form of call and response … Continue reading Music Healing Methods For Cancer
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States
with Jenna Perkins, RN, WHNP-BC Please join us for a discussion as we explore the ways that a cancer diagnosis can affect your sex life. You can expect to learn about tools that can help prevent and treat common conditions that contribute to discomfort with intercourse. We will discuss both medication and lifestyle management options. … Continue reading The “S” Word: Sex After Cancer
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States
With Erin Price, LGSW Developing mindfulness skills can help combat stress, anxiety, and uncertainty in everyday life. Join us for regular sessions to help you better understand and transform your mind. All experience levels welcome to attend! Location: GW Cancer Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036, 1st Floor in the Katzen Board Room Erin's … Continue reading Mindfulness & Meditation at GW Cancer Center
This class is full. Please contact us at programs@smithcenter.org or 202.483.8600 to be added to wait list. With Laura Pole, RN, MSN PCNS Come in from the cold and warm up in Chef Laura's healing kitchen. You'll learn how to prepare delicious nourishing soups and stews using warming winter vegetables, beans and grains. And how … Continue reading Savoring Seasonal Soups and Stews
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States
With Yael Flusberg, C-IAYT, E-RYT500, RMT, MS Enjoy a greater sense of wellbeing and enhanced energy in our gentle yoga classes. Learn various yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation to help reduce stress, as well as balance mind, body, and spirit. Our classes are specifically designed for adults facing stress, cancer, … Continue reading Gentle Yoga For Cancer Patients
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States
Presented in partnership with Cancer Support Community This workshop will raise awareness among patients and caregivers about diagnoses, treatment options, managing side effects, coping with the psychosocial impact of neuroendocrine and carcinoid tumors, and fostering constructive dialogue with their healthcare team. Presenters will include Dr. Giuseppe Esposito, Chief of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT and Professor … Continue reading Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Neuroendocrine and Carcinoid Tumors (NETs)
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States
with Eva & Meera The purpose of this workshop is to promote communal growth. We will experience a fusion of mystical preserved practices and a modern twist of curated poses designed to enhance togetherness. Experienced meditators and beginners alike will come away with deeper insights into the reality of “no self.” Sufi whirling is an … Continue reading Sufi Meditation and Reiki Infused Workshop
With Chef Kara Garrett This two-part class is an introduction to food choices that are shown to reduce cancer risk and improve health. Session 1 from 11:00am - 1:30pm will consist of a lecture, cooking demonstration by Chef Kara and we will enjoy a healthy lunch together. We will review nutrition components that have been shown to delay/inhibit … Continue reading Cancer Prevention in the Kitchen: Two-Part Series
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States
with Julia Rowland, Ph.D. Behavior change, why is it so hard to do? Come and learn the answer to this age-old question, along with techniques you can use to reach the goals you set for yourself. Even if you have long since given up those New Year's resolutions, it is never too late to honor … Continue reading Behavior Change: Deconstructing the Process
With Aminah Keats, ND, FABNO Learn how to safely integrate evidence-based natural medicine into an integrative oncology plan in order to reduce side effects associated with conventional treatment, support immune function and implement cancer-fighting effects. About Aminah Keats, ND, FABNO Dr. Aminah Keats is board certified in naturopathic oncology and has specialized in integrative oncology … Continue reading The Role of Natural Medicine in Integrative Cancer Care
