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In honor of what would have been Brendan's 30th birthday this year, tickets to the Celebration of the DC Young Adult Cancer Community are available in increments of $30. Please be as generous as you can.
with Priya Shamsundar, NP Please join us for an engaging presentation that reviews palliative care medicine as a medical specialty that improves quality of life and helps to relieve symptoms at home for people of any age, at any stage of an advanced illness, whether that illness is curable, chronic, or life limiting. The underlying … Continue reading Quality of Life Workshop
This class is now full. Please call (202) 483-8600 for any inquiries. with Chef Kara Garrett A healthy diet doesn't mean you always have to skip the dessert! Join Chef Kara to explore wholesome and nutritious holiday desserts to enjoy without the guilt. Learn about sugar's impact on your body, how to make healthier sugar … Continue reading Healthier Holiday Desserts
Explore the role of nutrition in cancer care in this fun and informative cooking class. Learn the basic principles of healthy and delicious food selection and preparation.
with Harpreet Gujral, DNP, FNP-BC We will discuss what self-compassion is and learn about it's 3 elements. We will learn practice tools to cultivate self-compassion for our own healing and for loving others. About Harpreet Gujral, DNP, FNP-BC Harpreet Gujral DNP, FNP-BC is both a clinician and healthcare administrator who brings three decades of experience … Continue reading Self-Compassion for Getting Healthier
with Sylvia Sturm and Connie Custer Anyone can learn and use Reiki. This gentle hands-on modality utilizes the power of universal life force energy to harmonize the energies of the body. It is a gift anyone can use daily to instill deep relaxation. When deeply relaxed, the body can begin to use its own inner … Continue reading Reiki 1 Certification: Part 1
This class is now full. Please check back at a later date for a similar program. with Chef Kara Garrett Start out the new year on a healthy note! Learn tips to make weekly meal planning easier and together we will prepare simple make-ahead and easy-to-reheat meals for the week. We will prepare 4 dishes … Continue reading Healthy Menu Planning and Meal Prep
with Erin Price, LGSW, and Samantha Evans PLEASE NOTE: This program is now full, however, if you would like to be added to the waitlist please complete the form below and we will let you know if space opens up. This one day retreat is designed to empower cancer patients who have completed treatment … Continue reading Survivorship One Day Retreat: What’s Important Now?
with Sylvia Sturm and Connie Custer Anyone can learn and use Reiki. This gentle hands-on modality utilizes the power of universal life force energy to harmonize the energies of the body. It is a gift anyone can use daily to instill deep relaxation. When deeply relaxed, the body can begin to use its own inner … Continue reading Reiki 1 Certification: Part 2
with artist Leigh Davis Join us for a conversation and discussion with artist Leigh Davis focusing on ELEs (end-of-life experiences). ELEs are unusual experiences that typically occur around the time of a death and are experienced by a person who is dying or who has lost a loved one. These experiences can be interpreted as … Continue reading A Conversation and Discussion of End-of-Life Experiences
with Erin Price, LGSW, and Samantha Evans A workshop for caregivers of a loved one at any stage of cancer treatment. We will incorporate writing and creativity to process the topics of self-forgiveness and guilt. About Erin Price Erin serves as Smith Center’s Director of Young Adult and Psychosocial Support Programs. She is trained … Continue reading Caregiver Workshop: Self-Forgiveness and Guilt
with Ravenna Raven & Jenny Hegland Join poets Ravenna Raven and Jenny Hegland for a 5-15 minute conversation as they write custom poems that are composed, typewritten, and given to each participant. Participants can arrive anytime between 12:00 and 3:00pm and wait their turn for a conversation with one of the poets. Tea and water … Continue reading Free Custom Poetry
with Deidre Orceyre, ND, MSOM, L.Ac. Dr. Orceyre is offering short (30m), healthy living consultations for members of the Smith Center community who may be unable to access medical integrative services in a clinical setting due to cost limitations. By Appointment Only. Naturopathic Consultations are offered in 30-minute sessions, monthly on Thursdays from 5:00-7:00pm. By … Continue reading Naturopathic Consultations
with Tamara Wellons, Artist in Residence Manager at Smith Center for Healing and the Arts featuring Kinard Cherry Valentines Day 2020! Please join us for a new concert series at the gallery hosted by our very own Tamara Wellons, Artist in Residence Manager at Smith Center for Healing and the Arts and Washington, DC based … Continue reading Tami and Friends
Explore the role of nutrition in cancer care in this fun and informative cooking class. Learn the basic principles of healthy and delicious food selection and preparation.
with Donna Smith, JD Compassion & Choices will host a week of events to highlight the passing of the Death with Dignity Act DC Week of Compassion Tuesday, February 18th - Smith Center Presentation and Discussion Donna Smith, JD, will present her passionate work with Compassion and Choices DC to Smith Center participants. Donna's talk … Continue reading Care and Choices at the End of Life
with Rick Black, an international prize-winning haiku poet Take some of your most cherished and beloved memories -- and turn them into haiku or short poems to share with others. When you're feeling low and just need an extra boost, it will help remind you of your favorite times and people. An experienced poet will … Continue reading Healing Haiku Workshop
with Helen Frederick The Healing Arts Series Exploring the concept of site-specific space and working from a probe the instructor will provide, you will experiment with one element that can be repeated, expanded, or interfaced with itself to plan a small artwork. With personally defined activities derived from objects that act as touchstones, you will take a … Continue reading Experiencing Our Touchstones Together: A Workshop with Helen Frederick
with Johnathan Gilbert, L.Ac., NCCAOM Nearly two thousand years ago a series of Chinese medical classics were written with the idea of not only treating illness but also exploring our place and meaning in the world. In this lecture Jonathan Gilbert will be looking at a few of these ideas and images and explain how … Continue reading Traditional Chinese Medicine: Nature and Imagery
with Danielle Ferris, MS, OTR/L, CLT 45-minute Group Exercise class. Pump It Up PINK! Features a full body workout set to upbeat music. Using The Strength ABC program, based on the PAL Trial, participants will participate in progressive weightlifting through a series of core, upper body and lower body exercises using light weights. Exercises involve … Continue reading Lift and Learn About Lymphedema
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