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For over twenty years, our life-enhancing retreats for people with cancer have been at the heart of our work. Smith Center retreats offer a respite from everyday life with a cancer diagnosis and an opportunity to be fully immersed in healing. Our retreats are designed to empower participants to make life-affirming changes by offering tools, … Continue reading 3-Day Residential Retreat
with Jennifer Bires, LICSW Although we will all die, it's a difficult thing to talk about, especially when faced with a life-threatening illness. This group discussion will help you think of some of the necessary, practical considerations. We will also take time to discuss how death impacts us emotionally and relationally. About Jennifer Bires Jennifer … Continue reading Practically Dying
Registration for this program is full. If you would like to be added to the waitlist for this event, please send an email to: erin@smithcenter.org. In Partnership with Sephora and The GW Cancer Center Through this free, hands-on class for cancer patients and survivors, learn soothing skincare routines and makeup tricks to help restore glow, … Continue reading Brave Beauty in the Face of Cancer
With Varahi Kelsang, MD, MA, MS Grief is an essential thread in the fabric of our life. It is there both individually and in the context of our community. It has the power to change us. At best grief will awaken a person. However we need to heal in order to move forward. This workshop will … Continue reading Coping with the Grief and Loss of a Loved One
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
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
With Rebecca Wilkinson, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT In this workshop, we will explore the challenges we have encountered and honor the process that helped us survive and even thrive in the face of such adversities. We will create shrines using small boxes with an inspiring collection of found objects and art supplies to honor our resilience and … Continue reading Creating Altars to Honor Resilience and Perseverance
with Jonathan Gilbert, L.Ac. Regardless of how strong we are able to be, a cancer diagnosis creates a fundamental shift in our lives. Be it a patient, a caregiver or a colleague; the stress of this change can be difficult. Jonathan Gilbert will be looking at this stress through the lens of ancient Chinese medical … Continue reading Viewing Stress through the Lens of Ancient Chinese Medical Philosophy
Please join The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery for the 7th Annual Alchemical Vessels Benefit Event Benefit Tickets Available at: www.joanhisaokagallery.org VIP & General Admission ticket purchases include original artwork. All proceeds from this event go directly to support our cancer support programs.
with Chef Cathryn Pethick Abundance, bounty, new growth: With the rise of Spring, our fresh food choices expand as the Spring markets fill with the season's best offerings. It is worth the time it takes to nourish our bodies well, and the simple pleasure of freshly-made food, vibrant, beautiful and a joy to see and … Continue reading Vibrant Spring Cooking to Nourish and Heal
With Aminah Sané Ghaffar This program will focus on the ideology of Indigenous medicine from a Native American perspective. You will have a chance to experience the healing power of the Jingle Dress Dance, which is a traditional healing dance that originated from the Ojibwa/Anishinabe tribe. Through storytelling, traditional dance, singing, and drumming, experience the … Continue reading Hawk Medicine: An Insight into Indigenous Medicine Using Dance and Storytelling
With Candida DeLuise, LICSW This workshop presents evidence-based meditation techniques to help us focus and be more fully present. We will learn several mindfulness and meditation practices to deepen our relationship with ourselves and our world.
With David "Lucky" Goff & Wendy Miller Smith Center will be offering an online Healing Circle via Zoom in the spring of 2019 with David “Lucky” Goff and Wendy Miller. Those who have been most gravely tested by life have the most loss, and potentially the most to gain. Yet it is in how we … Continue reading Online Healing Circle
with Lauren Cates, LMT & Christina Tian, LAC, CMD, DACM, BSBA, Dipl. OM Learn more about how the benefits of oncology massage, acupuncture, & acupressure in the treatment of cancer and management of cancer side-effects. About Lauren Cates, LMT Lauren is one of Healwell’s founders, its Board Chair and Executive Director. Lauren speaks around the … Continue reading Massage & Acupuncture in Integrative Cancer Care
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 GW Mindfulness & Meditation (*Please Note Location*)
This retreat is designed to empower those living with Metastatic Breast Cancer to make life-affirming changes by providing tools and knowledge in a safe and caring community of others facing a similar diagnosis. During the retreat, you will experience: *A respite from the stresses of daily life with a cancer diagnosis *Gentle, therapeutic yoga and … Continue reading Metastatic Breast Cancer One Day Retreat
with Michael Lerner The healing power of love is beyond comprehension. Yet love is also one of the most complex experiences in life, yielding pleasure and pain in equal measure. Join Smith Center Co-Founder Michael Lerner to explore love in poetry, sacred texts, and archetypal psychology, drawing on Rumi, Hafiz, Jung, Hillman and others. About … Continue reading The Healing Power of Love
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.
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