Meditation and Mindfulness
Developing mindfulness skills can help combat stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. Join for regular sessions to help you better understand your mind.
If you have a problem accessing our program calendar, please email programs@smithcenter.org. We will be happy to talk about our program offerings and assist you with registration.
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Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
A Year of Living Mindfully
This group will examine a different topic each week relevant to members' lives. We will explore meditation and mindfulness practices that can be applied to life experiences in a supportive way.
Cancelled – LGBTQ+ Cancer Support Group
This monthly support group is designed for adults diagnosed with cancer who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Thinking about the Holidays
This program is being offered in a virtual format. In order to participate, please click the RSVP button above or email programs@smithcenter.org. with Sarah Diehl, MDiv, MS, LCPC in partnership with Ulman Foundation, Life with Cancer and Hope Connections Holidays can be a lot. Music, decorations, food, gifts, travel. Overstimulation. Pressure for feelings of joy, … Continue reading Thinking about the Holidays
Cancelled – Leukemia and Lymphoma Support Group
This monthly support group is designed for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with Leukemia or Lymphoma. The group will incorporate education lectures coupled with emotional support.
Energy Balancing
Bring the subtle energies of your body back into balance with a half-hour of stress-reducing relaxation to calm the body and enhance your well-being.
Young Adult Supper Club: Friendsgiving
Join other young adult cancer survivors around the table to share a delicious meal and good conversation at Smith Center’s Friendsgiving.
A Healing Circle – Support Group for Gay Men with Prostate Cancer
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts 1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United StatesWe are a group of gay men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer or who are recovering from treatment that offer support to each other.
Painting for Life
By intentionally focusing on the emotional process rather than the artistic product, participants are able to unleash their creative powers and produce striking works that have the power to heal and awaken.
The Mindful Cancer Journey
This group will examine a different topic each week relevant to members' lives. We will explore meditation and mindfulness practices that can be applied to life experiences in a supportive way.
Loss of a Parent to Cancer Support Group
The loss of a parent from cancer brings with it many complex feelings. Sadness, anger, and regret are just a few of the feelings you may experience.
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit.
Chair Yoga
Connect body and mind. You are invited to relax deeply as we move through a series of gentle seated and supported poses that promote self-care.
Gentle PM Yoga
Enjoy a greater sense of well-being and enhanced energy through yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation.
Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
Qigong
An all levels introduction to the practice of Qigong including discussion, movement and an energetic transmission and meditation.
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Spiritual Companioning
Regardless of your personal beliefs or faith system, working with a spiritual companion offers you an opportunity to reflect with another on what is going on for you spiritually, and explore how to integrate your cancer experience with your personal beliefs.
