Cancer Support Group
DC, United StatesOur cancer support group provides opportunity to explore your cancer experience in a safe group setting and to connect with others facing similar challenges.
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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Caregiver Support Group
DC, United StatesThis group, led by a licensed psychologist, is designed to provide cancer caregivers with the opportunity to meet other caregivers, learn about useful tools for self-care, and explore ways to thrive in the caregiving role.
Effective Communication with Your Healthcare Team: What You Need to Know
Join to learn how to approach difficult conversations with your cancer care team, self-advocacy, and health literacy issues.
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit.
Chair Yoga
DC, United StatesConnect 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.
Multiple Myeloma Cancer Support Group
DC, United StatesThis monthly support group, in partnership with GW Cancer Center, is for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma and their caregivers.
Gentle PM Yoga
DC, United StatesEnjoy a greater sense of well-being and enhanced energy through yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation.
Grieving Together: An Ongoing Circle
If you’ve lost a loved one, a healing circle for those in grief is an opportunity to share what’s on your heart and mind, to listen, and be listened to deeply and generously.
Meditation and Mindfulness
DC, United StatesDeveloping mindfulness skills can help combat stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. Join for regular sessions to help you better understand your mind.
Knitting on the Couch
DC, United StatesTrained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
Healing Circle for Metastatic Breast Cancer Thrivers 45+
This peer-led healing circle, for people who are 45+ living with Metastatic Breast Cancer, will provide a safe place to connect and share in community.
YAC Hot Topics: ADA Accommodations and Adjusting to Work/School Post-Diagnosis
This webinar will discuss the practical and legal tools that exist to minimize challenges and cope with side effects of cancer at work and in school.
Energy Balancing
DC, United StatesBring 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.
Radical Writing Space
Join us for inspiring writing prompts and time to write and share your experience of putting your most radical emotions, feelings, and experiences on paper.
CANCELED – Being Together Mindfulness
Specifically, mindfulness helps you access the ability to be non-judgmental, compassionate, patient, present and aware. Join a slightly different guided meditation each week based in mindfulness.
Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
DC, United StatesEn Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
Young Adult Cancer Survivors Hiking in the City
Rock Creek Park Nature Center and Planetarium 5200 Glover Rd NW, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin other young adult cancer survivors for a morning of hiking at Theodore Roosevelt Island.
2Unstoppable Zumba 6-Week Series
DC, United StatesJoin Cori Price, Cancer Exercise Specialist and Zumba Instructor, for a fun 6-week series class where we will move and dance 2Ugether to fun and upbeat music!
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.
CANCELLED – Strengthening Each Other: A Healing Circle for Muslim Sisters Living with Cancer
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts 1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC, United StatesA safe and accepting space for Muslim sisters living with cancer to meet, share their stories, and heal together.
