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.
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique, or Tapping) is a fast-acting, evidence based mind-body technique that can be used to decrease stress and anxiety, soothe physical or emotional pain, resolve trauma, lift mood, and help with recovery.
The staff of Smith Center for Healing and the Arts invite you to participate in a program they have designed called: An Invitation to Healing. The program is designed for cancer patients/survivors at any point in their cancer journey, who wish to explore what it means to heal, and experience practices that have been shown to promote physical, social, emotional and spiritual well-being.
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.
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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.
Enjoy a greater sense of well-being and enhanced energy through yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation.
Join Renee for a hands-on, interactive art “workout,” designed to strengthen your tenacity and courage.
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.
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.
Developing mindfulness skills can help combat stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. Join for regular sessions to help you better understand your mind.
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
This monthly support group, facilitated by a licensed clinical social worker, is for anyone who has lost a loved one to cancer.
Join 2Unstoppable's Michelle Stravitz and Ilana Gamerman in this virtual workshop to learn why exercise is one of the most important lifestyle choices you can make. Leave with knowledge, tools and resources to help you get moving and stay strong.
Welcome to "Pop-Up Book Club," a community of book lovers diving into current and relevant book material. For our first session, we will read The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama.
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.
Join Nancy Novack, PhD, for a discussion about the financial challenges that many experience when living with cancer.
This group is for previvors who have an elevated predisposition for a cancer diagnosis or those who have tested positive to cancer genetic markers.
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.
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
Join us for a series of three classes where you will learn to use yoga poses, breathing techniques, and meditative practices to create meaningful and personalized practices that will benefit you in any situation.
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.
This monthly gathering is an opportunity to meet other young adult cancer survivors and their caregivers in their 20s, 30s and early 40s.
An opportunity for cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and providers to learn about the role of nutrition in cancer prevention, treatment & survivorship.
Our cancer support group provides opportunity to explore your cancer experience in a safe group setting and to connect with others facing similar challenges.
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.
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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.
This monthly support group is designed for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with gynecologic cancers and their caregivers.
This monthly virtual group is for Stage 1 - 3 Breast Cancer patients and survivors and is open to those newly diagnosed, in treatment, or in survivorship.
Enjoy a greater sense of well-being and enhanced energy through yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation.
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.
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.
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
This workshop provides a safe and creative environment for those touched by cancer to express themselves and find humor in the difficulties of cancer.
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.
House Calls with Kiersten offers an opportunity for our program participants to check-in and chat monthly with Kiersten on Zoom or by phone.
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.
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.
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.
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
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.
We will adapt our heavier winter diet to revitalize and support our body-mind with a Kapha-balancing menu, featuring foods that will lighten and refresh our energy for the season of flourishing!
This ongoing healing circle will focus on the unique needs of mothers, with children of any age, who are living with cancer.
A safe and accepting space for Muslim sisters living with cancer to meet, share their stories, and heal together.
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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.
This monthly support group, in partnership with the GW Cancer Center, is designed for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with Prostate cancer.
Enjoy a greater sense of well-being and enhanced energy through yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation.
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.
Outside the Lines: A Creative Art Studio will help you reclaim art-making as a healing tool through guided creative projects.
Developing mindfulness skills can help combat stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. Join for regular sessions to help you better understand your mind.
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
Join us for a panel discussion with three young adults and a nurse navigator. Topics include: menopause symptoms and emotions, working with your gynecologist and sharing resources. This will be an interactive discussion.
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.
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.
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
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.
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.
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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.
This monthly support group, in partnership with GW Cancer Center, is for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma and their caregivers.
Enjoy a greater sense of well-being and enhanced energy through yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation.
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
This monthly support group is designed for adults diagnosed with cancer who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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.
In this workshop, join art educator Martina Sestakova in a visual exploration of your senses and what makes you a unique self.
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.
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.
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
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.
Yoga 6-week series for anyone touched by cancer, including caregivers, family & friends.
A safe and accepting space for Muslim sisters living with cancer to meet, share their stories, and heal together.
Our cancer support group provides opportunity to explore your cancer experience in a safe group setting and to connect with others facing similar challenges.
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.
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.
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.
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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.
This monthly support group is designed for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with Leukemia or Lymphoma. The group will incorporate education lectures coupled with emotional support.
Enjoy a greater sense of well-being and enhanced energy through yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation.
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.
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.
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.
Developing mindfulness skills can help combat stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. Join for regular sessions to help you better understand your mind.
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
This monthly support group, facilitated by a licensed clinical social worker, is for anyone who has lost a loved one to cancer.
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.
At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death.
Pink Ribbon Pilates is designed to specifically address the needs and challenges facing everyone recovering from cancer-related surgery.
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.
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
Join 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!
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.
Yoga 6-week series for anyone touched by cancer, including caregivers, family & friends.
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