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Sustainable Journaling
Sustainable Journaling
Create a sustainable and fulfilling journaling practice. Learn the benefits, adaptations and a range of diverse strategies to best suit your needs.
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CANCELLED – Wake-Up Morning Stretch
CANCELLED – Wake-Up Morning Stretch
This morning stretch yoga class combines gentle postures, including some extended holds, to awaken your mind, body & spirit and prepare you for your day.
8 events,
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.
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LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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Grieving Together with Healing Circles Global
Grieving Together with Healing Circles Global
If you have lost a loved one, this is an opportunity to share what is on your heart and mind right now, to listen and be listened to deeply and generously.
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Give Your Voice Life After Death: An Ethical Will Writing Workshop
Give Your Voice Life After Death: An Ethical Will Writing Workshop
A typical legal will is about property and assets you will leave behind. But what about the intangible parts of you that you hope your loved ones will remember?
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Chair Yoga
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.
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Gynecologic Cancer Support Group
Gynecologic Cancer Support Group
This monthly support group is designed for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with gynecologic cancers and their caregivers.
4 events,
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Outside the Lines: Social Hour
Outside the Lines: Social Hour
Catch up with one another as we reclaim art-making as a healing tool. Participants are welcome to work on their own creative projects as we socialize.
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Meditation and Mindfulness
Meditation and Mindfulness
Developing mindfulness skills can help combat stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. Join for regular sessions to help you better understand your mind.
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Knitting on the Couch
Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
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Loss of a Loved One to Cancer Support Group
Loss of a Loved One to Cancer Support Group
This monthly support group, facilitated by a licensed clinical social worker, is for anyone who has lost a loved one to cancer.
2 events,
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Energy Balancing
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.
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Previvor Support Group
Previvor Support Group
This group is for previvors who have an elevated predisposition for a cancer diagnosis or those who have tested positive to cancer genetic markers.
2 events,
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Radical Writing Space
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.
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Being Together Mindfulness
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.
1 event,
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Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
3 events,
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2Unstoppable Virtual Zumba
2Unstoppable Virtual Zumba
Zumba class brings people 2Ugether to “sweat it on” while taking the work out of workout, mixing low and high intensity moves for a dance fitness party.
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Sustainable Journaling
Sustainable Journaling
Create a sustainable and fulfilling journaling practice. Learn the benefits, adaptations and a range of diverse strategies to best suit your needs.
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DC Young Adult Cancer Meet Up and Support Group
DC Young Adult Cancer Meet Up and Support Group
This monthly gathering is an opportunity to meet other young adult cancer survivors and their caregivers in their 20s, 30s and early 40s.
4 events,
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CANCELLED – GW Cancer Center Nutrition Club
CANCELLED – GW Cancer Center Nutrition Club
Opportunity for cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and providers to learn about the role of nutrition in cancer prevention, treatment & survivorship.
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Sexual and Urinary Health: Optimizing Your Quality of Life
Sexual and Urinary Health: Optimizing Your Quality of Life
Join Dr. Rachel Rubin and Dr. Lauren Trosch who will discuss some common genitourinary problems and ways to find some help.
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Caregiver Support Group
Caregiver Support Group
This 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.
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Cancer Support Group
Cancer Support Group
Our cancer support group provides opportunity to explore your cancer experience in a safe group setting and to connect with others facing similar challenges.
7 events,
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LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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Grieving Together with Healing Circles Global
Grieving Together with Healing Circles Global
If you have lost a loved one, this is an opportunity to share what is on your heart and mind right now, to listen and be listened to deeply and generously.
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Give Your Voice Life After Death: An Ethical Will Writing Workshop
Give Your Voice Life After Death: An Ethical Will Writing Workshop
A typical legal will is about property and assets you will leave behind. But what about the intangible parts of you that you hope your loved ones will remember?
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Chair Yoga
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.
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Prostate Cancer Support Group
Prostate Cancer Support Group
This monthly support group, in partnership with the GW Cancer Center, is designed for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with Prostate cancer.
5 events,
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Writing Outside the Lines
Writing Outside the Lines
With our stories as a springboard, we will independently explore transforming our stories into written work in a variety of genres.
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Knitting on the Couch
Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
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Healing Circle for Metastatic Breast Cancer Thrivers 45+
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.
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Coping Through Comedy: Comedy Writing Workshop
Coping Through Comedy: Comedy Writing Workshop
This workshop provides a safe and creative environment for those touched by cancer to express themselves and find humor in the difficulties of cancer.
1 event,
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Energy Balancing
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.
3 events,
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Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
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Healing Circle for Young Adults with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Healing Circle for Young Adults with Metastatic Breast Cancer
A demand-driven, patient-led support group for young women and men (diagnosed between the age of 18 - 45ish) with metastatic breast cancer in the DMV.
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Stitched Together
Stitched Together
Gathering in community as many have done for centuries, share ideas for using needle and thread to bring joy and creativity to our everyday lives.
2 events,
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2Unstoppable Pilates
2Unstoppable Pilates
Taught by Cancer Exercise Specialist Cori Price, Pilates can safely and effectively strengthen your core and help with breath, focus, and control.
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Sustainable Journaling
Sustainable Journaling
Create a sustainable and fulfilling journaling practice. Learn the benefits, adaptations and a range of diverse strategies to best suit your needs.
2 events,
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Healing Circle for Moms with Cancer
Healing Circle for Moms with Cancer
This ongoing healing circle will focus on the unique needs of mothers, with children of any age, who are living with cancer.
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YACS Hot Topics – Being Well Informed: Everything You Need to Know About Fertility Preservation
YACS Hot Topics – Being Well Informed: Everything You Need to Know About Fertility Preservation
This presentation will briefly cover what are the Standards of Care for male and female fertility preservation and the process to pursue.
7 events,
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LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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Grieving Together with Healing Circles Global
Grieving Together with Healing Circles Global
If you have lost a loved one, this is an opportunity to share what is on your heart and mind right now, to listen and be listened to deeply and generously.
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2Unstoppable Zumba Gold
2Unstoppable Zumba Gold
Class introduces easy-to-follow Zumba choreography that focuses on balance, range of motion, and coordination. Come ready to feel empowered and strong.
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Chair Yoga
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.
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Multiple Myeloma Cancer Support Group
Multiple Myeloma Cancer Support Group
This monthly support group, in partnership with GW Cancer Center, is for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma and their caregivers.
4 events,
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Outside the Lines
Outside the Lines
Outside the Lines: A Creative Art Studio will help you reclaim art-making as a healing tool through guided creative projects.
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Meditation and Mindfulness
Meditation and Mindfulness
Developing mindfulness skills can help combat stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. Join for regular sessions to help you better understand your mind.
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Knitting on the Couch
Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
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Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra
You are invited to rest while being guided into a state of deep relaxation, the aim of which is to quiet the mind, relieve mental and physical stress, and to guide you to come home to yourself.
3 events,
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Energy Balancing
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.
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Art Lab: Celebrating the Creative Spirit
Art Lab: Celebrating the Creative Spirit
Integrate movement and playful sharing into your art making experience while sharing insights, joys and concerns.
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A Healing Circle – Support Group for Gay Men with Prostate Cancer
A Healing Circle – Support Group for Gay Men with Prostate Cancer
We 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.
2 events,
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House Calls with Kiersten
House Calls with Kiersten
House Calls with Kiersten offers an opportunity for our program participants to check-in and chat monthly with Kiersten on Zoom or by phone.
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CANCELLED – Being Together Mindfulness
CANCELLED – 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.
2 events,
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Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
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Writing Through the Seasons: The Healing Power of Nature
Writing Through the Seasons: The Healing Power of Nature
Writing Through the Seasons will guide us in poetry and writing practices that explore seasonal changes as opportunities for healing and creativity.
4 events,
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2Unstoppable Barre
2Unstoppable Barre
Join for a low impact, high-intensity and body strengthening workout! This workout is made for cancer survivors to build strength, agility,
and flexibility.
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Sustainable Journaling
Sustainable Journaling
Create a sustainable and fulfilling journaling practice. Learn the benefits, adaptations and a range of diverse strategies to best suit your needs.
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Cooking with Kara: Healthy Holiday Favorites
Cooking with Kara: Healthy Holiday Favorites
This program is being offered virtually through Zoom. In order to participate and receive the Zoom link, register by clicking the RSVP button above or by emailing programs@smithcenter.org with Chef Kara Garrett Join Chef Kara for an informative and interactive hour where she will prepare 2 side dishes & 1 dessert to use in your … Continue reading Cooking with Kara: Healthy Holiday Favorites
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2Unstoppable Virtual Meet-Up
2Unstoppable Virtual Meet-Up
Join us for our monthly Meet-Up for INSPIRATION & SUPPORT to KEEP MOVING.
3 events,
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Early Stage Cancer Caregiver Support Group
Early Stage Cancer Caregiver Support Group
There are over 2.8 million cancer caregivers in the US, most of them caring for someone with early stage disease. Are you one of them? You are not alone.
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Cancer Support Group
Cancer Support Group
Our cancer support group provides opportunity to explore your cancer experience in a safe group setting and to connect with others facing similar challenges.
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Caregiver Support Group
Caregiver Support Group
This 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.
5 events,
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LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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Grieving Together with Healing Circles Global
Grieving Together with Healing Circles Global
If you have lost a loved one, this is an opportunity to share what is on your heart and mind right now, to listen and be listened to deeply and generously.
-
Chair Yoga
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.
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Gentle PM Yoga
Gentle PM Yoga
Enjoy a greater sense of well-being and enhanced energy through yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation.
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Creating Symbols for Personal Power
Creating Symbols for Personal Power
Using modern and ancient techniques of developing symbols allows your imagination to wonder and form a personal affirmation sigil. Each sigil contains specific messaging that is meant to empower you.
2 events,
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Knitting on the Couch
Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
0 events,
1 event,
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2Unstoppable Yoga4Cancer
2Unstoppable Yoga4Cancer
Whether you are new to yoga or an experienced yoga practitioner, this class is for anyone touched by cancer, including caregivers, family, and friends.
0 events,
1 event,
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Loss of a Parent to Cancer Support Group
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.
5 events,
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LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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Grieving Together with Healing Circles Global
Grieving Together with Healing Circles Global
If you have lost a loved one, this is an opportunity to share what is on your heart and mind right now, to listen and be listened to deeply and generously.
-
Chair Yoga
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.
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SC Writes for Young Adults
SC Writes for Young Adults
Welcome back to SC Writes for Young Adult Cancer Survivors (YACS), where we will deepen our writing and sharing in a safe and supportive environment.
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Gentle PM Yoga
Gentle PM Yoga
Enjoy a greater sense of well-being and enhanced energy through yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation.
2 events,
-
Knitting on the Couch
Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
-
LGBTQ+ Cancer Support Group
LGBTQ+ Cancer Support Group
This monthly support group is designed for adults diagnosed with cancer who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community.
3 events,
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.
-
Energy Balancing
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.
-
Previvor Support Group
Previvor Support Group
This group is for previvors who have an elevated predisposition for a cancer diagnosis or those who have tested positive to cancer genetic markers.
1 event,
-
Being Together Mindfulness
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.
1 event,
-
Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
