Healing and Cancer Series: An 8 Week Interactive Webcast
The Healing and Cancer Foundation is excited to offer this free online support resource for individuals who have been affected by cancer.
The 8 week Series presents an opportunity for individuals with a cancer diagnosis to empower their mind, body, and spirit and connect with others on the cancer journey. The series is facilitated by Dr. Rob Rutledge and Dr. Tim Walker, founders of the Healing and Cancer Foundation and authors of The Healing Circle. This program is designed for all ages, abilities, and cancer types.
The Series was orginially offered as a live weekly wecast, consisting of eight sessions. In each session participants will develop skills for healing through informative lectures, discussions, and question and answer sessions, paired with guided meditations, therapeutic yoga, and Qi Gong.
For more information contact us at info@healingandcancer.org
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Week One: Introduction to Healing and Cancer
During the introductory session we will offer an overview of the content and philosophy of our integrated approach to a cancer diagnosis. We will blend practical ways to empower yourself with wisdom and an attitude of compassion for yourself and others on the journey.
Week One Sessions
Yoga and meditation video
Preparation Materials
Readings: Chapter 3 "What is Healing?" and Chapter 5 "Andrew" from The Healing Circle.
Optional Materials: Before the Beginning, Chapter 1 "My Healing Journey", and Chapter 2 "Setting an Intention to Heal" from The Healing Circle, Introduction Video from a Skills for Healing retreat.
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Week Two: Empowering the Body
Evaluation: We ask that all registered participants who were able to join us for Week Two take a moment to fill out our online evaluation form at http://www.healingandcancer.org/node/74 We value your feedback!
The second session takes the science and wisdom of healthy lifestyle choices to a much deeper level. When we consider how precious life is, we can begin to bring the spirit of love and kindness to the care of our miraculous bodies.
Week Two Sessions:
Yoga and Meditation video and Webcast video archive
Preparation
Readings: Chapter 8 "Complete Cancer Care- Part 2" and Chapter 9 "Karen" from The Healing Circle.
Optional Materials: Chapter 6 "Complete Cancer Care- Part 1", and Complete Cancer Care video from a Skills for Healing retreat.
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Week Three: The Power of Mindfulness & The Medical System
Our third weekly session, The Power of Mindfulness & The Medical System we will explore how by practicing mindfulness both as formal meditation periods and the ongoing practice of mindfulness in everyday life you can better deal with all of the disorientation and stress of a cancer diagnosis. We will also talk about how to empower ourself in dealing with the medical system with practical advice and clear thinking strategies.
Week Three Video:
Meditation and Qi Gong video, and Webcast session
Preparation
Readings: Chapter 10 "The Power of Mindfulness", Chapter 12 "The Raisin Eating Meditation", and Chapter 16 "Kathy: Miracles Can Happen" from The Healing Circle,
Optional Materials: Chapter 15 "Why Meditate?", Mindfulness Talk, and Raisin Eating Exercise from a Skills for Healing retreat.
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Week Four: Emotions
This week you will learn the skill of working with difficult emotions. First we learn to accept whatever we're feeling, then through loving kindness towards ourselves we can transform the energy of our emotions into an energy that helps heal our lives.
Week Four Video:
Click here for the meditation and Qi Gong video, and the webcast video archive
Preparation
Readings: Chapter 33 "Embracing Emotions with Kindness and Awareness", Chapter 32 "Peter"
Optional Materials: Chapter 31 "The Bowl of Loving Kindness Meditation"
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Week Five: Stress
Video:
Click here for the filmed body scan session, and view the webcast video archive here
Preparation
Readings: Chapter 19 "Talking about Stress", Chapter 14 "Cathy"
Optional Materials: Chapter 20 "Practicing the Relaxation Response in the Chaos of Life", Stress talk video
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Week Six: Reframing
This week we will be working on the powerful skill of reframing. This will allow you to see how your thoughts affect your emotions and how you can reframe your difficult thoughts around your cancer diagnosis to feel more empowered. The three step process begins with deliberate mindfulness of your thoughts, followed by developing insight and finally reframing with a rational voice and loving-kindness toward yourself.
Video:
Click here for the filmed yoga session, to, to be viewed Tuesday May 17th at 8pm EST, prior to joining us live on Wimba. (please note we have adjusted the curriculum as such the video this week is listed as Week 5)
Preparation
Readings: Chapter 26 "Reframing Stressful Thoughts with Kindness and Insight", Chapter 25 "Reframing for the Cancer"
Optional Materials: Chapter 23 "Reframing 'I can't do it'"
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Week Seven: Fear and Hope
Learning to work with the fears that come with a cancer diagnosis is one of the most important skills on the healing journey. Exploring fear consciously not only dispels the power of fear over us, but is the gateway to our spiritual growth and the inherent joy of being alive.
Video:
Click here for the filmed yoga session, to, to be viewed Tuesday May 24th at 8pm EST, prior to joining us live on Wimba.
Preparation:
Chapter 35 "When Fear is the Teacher" and Chapter 36 "Christine"
Fear and Hope talk from a Skills for Healing weekend retreat
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Week Eight: Nuturing a Spiritual Life
The world of spirit is around us and deep within us all the time. In this session we will discuss the ways to nuture a psiritial life, and ways to view all of our human experience as a journey of reclaiming our already existing wholeness.
Video:
Click here for the filmed yoga session, to, to be viewed Tuesday May 31th at 8pm EST, prior to joining us live on Wimba.
Preparation:
Chapter 38 "Circles within Circles", Chapter 39 "International Julie Day", & Chapter 40 "Julie, meet Randy"
Julie's Story video, and Spirituality Talk from a Skills for Healing weekend retreat
Optional Materials:
Chapter 37 "The Story of my Grandmother"
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