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EMPATHY: Love, Compassion and Our Lives!

Join Renee for a timely, interactive healing arts “workout,” designed to strengthen your empathy and compassion as we also examine the virtue of love.

Stages of Healing: Therapeutic Play-Making

In a 4-week group drama therapy experience, we will articulate and transform our own stories of healing and loss into a new artistic expression.

Read with Smith Center

For our March 1st book club session, we will continue discussing "The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times" by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams.

Head and Neck Cancer Support Group

DC, United States

This monthly support group is designed for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with Head and Neck cancers and their caregivers.

Medical Cannabis for Oncology Patients

This session will address evidence-based research and practices for medical cannabis use for oncology patients, focusing on the DC area.

Tools for Living Authentically with Cancer

As a 2-time survivor and daughter of a 4-time survivor, cancer has been a part of my life for decades. I hope to share ways we have coped, dealt and healed.

Cooking with Soy: The Basics of Tofu, Tempeh and Miso

Smith Center for Healing and the Arts 1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Chef Kara will share the most recent studies and guidance regarding the use of soy products as part of a cancer-fighting diet to promote health.

Insightful Collage Watercolor Workshop

Learn basic watercolor techniques and explore ideas behind colors, shapes, and textures. We will create a meaningful collage through a fun creative process.

Joint Freeing Series: An Everyday Practice

This class will teach you how to do the joint freeing series, which can help you gain and maintain mobility, strength and flexibility in the joints.

Seeing with the Heart

We will select an image of our own and write a 5-line cinquain poem. The poem is meant to "express the heart of an experience in just a few words."

Your Body’s Story

Body image can shift in cancer patients during treatment & survivorship. Come explore your relationship with your body in the past, present & future.

Through My Eyes: A Photovoice Experience

Photovoice involves the use of photography to visually represent and narrate everyday experiences. It can generate new insights into our social realities.

How to Support Your Pelvic Floor

Learn to better manage problems with your pelvic floor that can lead to urinary leaking, difficulty going to the bathroom, and pain with intimacy.