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The Healing and Cancer Foundation provides in-person talks, retreats, virtual presentations and lectures, books, DVDs and other self-empowering products.

When we visit a city, we hope to offer a 'package' of public talks, interactive seminars and weekend retreats for cancer patients and their loved ones, as well as lectures and wellness sessions for professionals. An example package is a Thursday night public talk, a Friday early morning 'grand rounds' for cancer centre professionals, a Friday day-long seminar for either professionals or the public, followed by a weekend retreat for people affected by cancer.  The weekend retreat starts Friday at 5:30 pm till Sunday at 3 pm. We don't expect the local organizers to arrange for all of these events in every city.

We are also seeking opportunities to reach out beyond our current scope. We want to create documentary materials for different types of cancer (colon, thyroid, rare cancers, and so forth).  We want to work with people affected by cancer in other communities such as First Nations, religious, cultural, and sexual orientation, to name a few. Our hope to is create a wide range of DVD educational series and documentaries that we would offer freely to everyone, and which could help those newly-diagnosed from that community.

The following is a list of the separate services we offer to empower people affected by cancer.

The Skills for Healing Weekend Retreats

This support group experience combines lectures (how to get the best care from the medical system, the five pillars of empowering your body, how to work with and transform difficult thoughts and emotions) with the teaching of essential skills like meditation, Yoga, and mindfulness-based stress reduction. Attendees learn to access their inner strength and wisdom in large and small group discussions.

To learn more about the Skills for Healing Weekend Retreats

 

Public Talks

A dynamic and passionate speaker, Dr. Rob Rutledge shares his insights as an oncologist working with people facing life-threatening illness along with the growing scientific evidence of the mind-body connection. Rob teaches a practical and integrated approach to the cancer diagnosis.

Examples of his talks include The body-mind-spirit connection: Making the difference on the cancer journey; When a loved one has cancer; The role of complementary medicine in complete cancer care; Transformative stories of love, wisdom and healin.

Dr. Timothy Walker has led meditation retreats throughout North America since 1985. With a personable style and healing presence he brings a diverse knowledge of sacred traditions, the psychology of meditation, the science of mind-body medicine and mindfulness-based stress reduction to his work and presentations.

Professional Talks

Rob offers academic presentations to health care providers on the following topics: Why body-mind-spirit medicine should be standard of care (the benefits of psychosocial oncology); The role of spirituality in cancer care; and Professional Caregiver Health: Taking Care of Us

Self-empowering products

The Healing and Cancer Foundation relies on donations to produce and ship the following products. Please feel free to share them with others. All of the products (with the exception of The Healing Circle) can be downloaded free of charge or viewed directly on this website.

  1. Six-DVD (8 hours) educational series contains all of the lectures, experiential exercises, and large and small group discussions from the weekend retreat filmed on Vancouver Island, Canada in 2008.

  2. Yoga for cancer survivors (20 minutes). This gentle yoga sequence combines a gentle stretching and relaxation sequence and finishes with a a healing visualization. Ideal for those new to yoga and the spiritually inclined.

  3. Cosmic Free Qi Gong (20 minutes). Based on an Eastern practice of balancing our life energy with simple standing exercises, many weekend retreat participants rated this exercise highly.
  4. Healing and Cancer Documentary (45 minutes). This video follows the experience of five cancer survivors through a weekend retreat. It is an intense and inspiring testament to the power of the human spirit.

  5. One-on-one and telephone sessions: Dr. Tim Walker offers his services through his psychotherapy and healing practice. Contact Tim at 902 431-4097 or learn more by visiting his website www.dharmasunhealing.com

  6. Documentary productions. The Healing and Cancer Foundation continues to produce documentaries and educational products for different groups of people affected by cancer internationally such as different types of cancer, ethnic groups, and other cultures.

  7. Please see how to organize a retreat

    Giving Back. The Healing and Cancer Foundation provides the infrastructure for you to donate your time, passion and expertise to projects which will help others affected by cancer. Please click here to view the volunteers page. We need your help.