BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Smith Center for Healing and the Arts - ECPv6.16.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Smith Center for Healing and the Arts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://smithcenter.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Smith Center for Healing and the Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T120000 DTSTAMP:20260310T190049Z CREATED:20260310T190043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T190049Z UID:10001166-1776162600-1776168000@smithcenter.org SUMMARY:Health\, Aging and Sensuality Workshop DESCRIPTION:Are you in touch with your sensual self or have you lost\, or maybe never had\, that connection? This interactive session will explore sensuality as defined by each participant and uncover what factors change the definitions as we mature. \n\n\n\nUsing guided imagery that incorporates the various senses\, basic drawing (no artistic skills are needed)\, writing prompts\, and group discussion\, we’ll get in touch with the body narratives that have influenced our life progression as well as explore how health; relationships with family\, friends\, partners\, and physicians and; other factors play a role in how we disconnect with\, or never even know\, our sensual self. \n\n\n\nSome tips for how to get in touch with the sensual being within will also be shared. \n\n\n\nPlease have paper or a journal\, some colorful markers or crayons\, and be ready to have a lively conversation! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Creativity Program Facilitator \, \n Tina Scott Lassiter\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizer URL:https://smithcenter.org/program/health-aging-and-sensuality-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Arts & Creativity,Writing,Classes & Workshops LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83595571530 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T150000 DTSTAMP:20260313T152729Z CREATED:20260310T173228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T152729Z UID:10001152-1776432600-1776438000@smithcenter.org SUMMARY:SC Writes: A Place for Radical Writing DESCRIPTION:Please Note: This month\, the session is from 1:30-3:00pm ET on Zoom.\n\n\n\nWherever you are on life’s journey\, there are times when it can feel impossible to commit to a recurring program like a workshop series. Radical Writing Space is our answer to this conundrum of wanting to attend for some radical self-care\, but struggling to commit. \n\n\n\nClinical studies have documented the healing psychological and psychical impacts of writing within a safe and sacred space. On the second Friday of each month\, drop in for one hour for Radical Writing Space and join us for inspiring writing prompts\, time to write\, and time to share with one another about your experience of putting your most radical emotions\, feelings\, and experiences on paper. \n\n\n\nThe part that makes this writing so “radical” is that we create a safe space for it all — raw feelings\, emotions\, experiences — and\, together\, we give voice to them in a supportive\, nonjudgmental environment. \n\n\n\nThis healing program offers a place for supporting one another and we stay clear of writing critique. Come and experience writing and sharing together. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cancer Support Program Director | Program Facilitator and Healing Circle Host \, \n Kiersten Gallagher\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Support Group Facilitator | Creativity Program Facilitator \, \n Mindy Brodsky\, LCSW\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizer URL:https://smithcenter.org/program/sc-writes-a-place-for-radical-writing-8/ CATEGORIES:Arts & Creativity,Writing,Classes & Workshops LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83108634604 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T193000 DTSTAMP:20260310T184558Z CREATED:20260310T183959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T184558Z UID:10001164-1777399200-1777404600@smithcenter.org SUMMARY:A Funnel to Love: An Expressive Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:This expressive writing program provides an opportunity for all of those connected to cancer whether you are a patient\, survivor\, caregiver\, etc to bring any emotions in\, whether that be resentment\, anger\, fear\, gratitude\, hope\, or anything else\, and funnel that emotion into love through the process of letter-writing. \n\n\n\nThis program will include 3 opportunities to create love letters to yourself\, another person\, and your future self. During the hour and a half you will be invited to write\, share what feels comfortable for you in the group\, and reflect on how others’ writing resonates with you. \n\n\n\nOverall\, this program aims to channel any cancer-related emotions that have come up for you and funnel those into love letters through a nonjudgmental writing process\, in hopes that you will leave with a stronger sense of self-compassion and love.  \n\n\n\nThe host of this group will be Madison Shaw\, an intern at Smith Center through George Mason’s MSW program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizer URL:https://smithcenter.org/program/a-funnel-to-love-an-expressive-writing-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Arts & Creativity,Writing LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84800351855 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR