Click the category below for a description of classes and services.
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This class will help you experience a gentle space using all of your senses in order to help you slow down and incorporate mindfulness and visualization into your day while strengthening your path to peace.
All are welcome. No mindfulness or meditation experience necessary.
With Jo Pessin, Certified Hypnotherapist
Yoga
Yoga’s use of exercise, breathing, and meditation aid in decreasing negative emotions, sleep problems, pain, and fatigue and increase anxiety control.
With Michelle Rappaport
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Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga, the “Yoga of Awareness”, is one of the most ancient forms of yoga. It combines physical postures, breathing techniques, mantra, and meditation to help relax and heal a person’s mind and body. It stimulates the nervous, immune and glandular systems, improves strength & flexibility, centers the mind & opens the spirit. Kundalini Yoga allows us to tap into a vast reservoir of healing energy within the body.
With Lauren Maher
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Gentle Yoga
This Gentle yoga method focuses on proper breathing, relaxation, stretching, and meditation. Experience a feeling of well-being and peace.
With Jenee Macfadden
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Gentle Somatic Yoga
This class will incorporate slow, mindful movements that raise bodily awareness to
heal persistent tension-based patterns in the body. Over time and with consistency, you will notice that you
will become stronger, more flexible, and capable of
maintaining feelings of peace and well being.
With Kimberly Freesh
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Yoga en Español
Participé con nosotros en una nueva clase semanal, yoga suave en Español!
Juntos incorporáremos elementos de meditación, movimiento consciente y respiración con nuestras prácticas de recuperación.
Ofrecemos esta clase para pacientes y sobrevivientes de cancer y también para sus familias y queridos.
Con Erica Rey
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A slow flowing form of exercise often referred to as a moving meditation. A graceful gentle exercise that anyone can learn to do. Tai Chi is an exercise that is beneficial for mind and body and will help reduce stress, improve balance and coordination, enhance memory, lower blood pressure and improve circulation. Beginners are welcome.
With Nancy Hammill
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Guided Imagery
Guided imagery is a relaxation tool that aims at easing stress, and promotes a sense of peace and tranquility during difficult times. The facilitator guides the individual into a safe place or sanctuary and assists their mythic journey while inducing total relaxation. This process allows for the desired result of a mind/body connection that facilitates a sense of wellness.
With Cheryl O’ Neil, Metaphysical Hypnotherapist
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Nurse Navigator
Are you struggling to sort through your medical options? Not sure what questions to ask of your doctor? Looking for alternatives or suggestions for symptom management? The weSPARK Nurse Navigator can help with all this and more. Rebecca provides individualized, personal medical consultations, providing you with answers and resources to better manage, understand and navigate your cancer. She will work with you and your family to educate and support you through your medical decisions and treatment options.
With Rebecca Buck, R.N.
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Acupuncture can effectively treat many of the side effects of cancer. It can also help your body repair itself and thrive once more.
With Eileen Zegar, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M. and Mike Gonzalez BA, MATCM, L.Ac.
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Hypnotherapy
Meet one on one with a Certified Hypnotherapist to work on sleep issues, stress, relaxation, pain management, and fatigue.
With Connie Betterton, C.Ht., JoAnn Pessin C.Ht. and Bird Sizelove C.Ht.
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Integrative Healing Touch
This gentle modality is a relaxing form of bodywork that combines reflexology, reiki, acupressure and oncology massage to relieve tension, improve circulation and help promote the natural function of the related areas of the body.
With Debbie LeVine, Licensed Massage Therapist
Nutritional Counseling
Nutrition can play an integral part in the fight against pre-existing cancers as well as overall cancer prevention. Balanced nutritional intake with the incorporation of certain “super-foods” can help one feel stronger and possibly have more energy throughout their course of treatment or recovery. These personal sessions can help you learn simple tips on how to obtain a healthier diet/lifestyle with ultimate goal of decreasing overall cancer risk.
With Megan Sewards MS, RD
Qi Gong
Qi Gong consists of gentle movements and various meditations designed to massage internal organs, balance and strengthen the body’s energies, relax the mind and improve the body’s circulation. Qi Gong techniques ignite the body’s natural wellbeing and healing ability
With Ed Sullivan
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Reflexology
Reflexology is a natural non-invasive, complementary approach to stress reduction and improved health performed by applying specific pressure and touch techniques to certain areas of the body. Frequently reported benefits include: profound relaxation, improved sleep, reduction of stress and pain, improved immunity and circulation, increased energy and productivity, relief of headaches and more
With Diane Hubner and Chris Lindsey
Reiki Energy Sessions
Reiki is an alternative practice that attempts to harmonize and balance the body, mind, spirit, and emotions. Reiki can help relieve stress, reduce pain, increase energy, stabilize thoughts and emotions, and create inner harmony.
With Brian Kukan, Steven Todd Smith, Alexander Vallejos and Wendi Eckstein
Restoring Individual Spiritual Balance
Find solutions to mental, physical, and emotional blocks. Explore higher awareness through mind, body, and spirit that is based on universal spiritual principles.
With Muriel Guilbaud, Spiritual Counselor
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Join us for our monthly potlucks at weSPARK! Bring your favorite appetizer, salad, soup, stew, side or dessert and join us on the back patio for food and friendship! We are happy to offer ideas and recipe tips should you need a little inspiration. weSPARK provides utensils and beverages and you supply the delicious food and great company. All ages welcome.
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Breathwork (controlled breathing) is a powerful form of meditation that helps to reduce emotional and physical stress and anxiety. Consciously breathing along with the help of sound therapy and aromatherapy, starts to move blocked energy and emotions from the body, leaving you feeling relaxed and with mental clarity.
With Ana Lilia
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Sign up today to learn beauty techniques to help combat the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. LGFB is a step-by-step makeover learning session led by cosmetology professionals using products donated by the cosmetic industry. Each two-hour, hands-on workshop includes a 12-step skin care and makeup lesson, nail care techniques, and professional advice on how to deal with hair loss using wigs, scarves, hats, hairpieces, and other accessories.
Led by the American Cancer Society