redfox
4-1-13, 11:59pm
I was over the moon to find this upcoming retreat over the weekend. I was offered a very generous scholarship, and will be participating in prep for my surgery, which is next week, the 11th, and in prep for the rest of my journey with cancer & regaining my health.
I am posting this as a way of celebration, and in case anyone in the PNW is interested. I'm also quite interested in your experiences of mindfulness & big life challenges. I am a lazy and intermittent meditator... Quite clearly, I have an opening for more practice!
Awake & Alive: Mindful Living with Cancer | April 4 - 7, 2013
This life-affirming, empowering retreat offers anyone with a cancer diagnosis the opportunity to explore what it means to live fully awake and alive– even while facing serious illness. Gentle and insightful mindfulness practices provide a way to investigate the inner world of our experience of illness and help us navigate its emotional, psychological, and spiritual challenges. In a safe and nurturing environment, where everyone shares the same diagnosis, we will take time to listen deeply to ourselves and to one another and to encourage and support inner exploration, discovery and growth. Respecting each person's unique way of approaching cancer, we will reflect on how it may be possible to embrace life with zest, courage and vitality...no matter what!
Facilitators
Erica Rayner-Horn M.A., L.M.H.C.A., is a mindfulness-based psychotherapist in private practice in Seattle, and specializes in mindfulness as it relates to health and wellbeing. She trained at the Center for Mindfulness in Massachusetts as an instructor of the 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, and leads workshops on mindfulness, stress reduction and related topics throughout the Northwest. She has taught at cancer support groups for CancerLifeline, local hospitals including Evergreen, Northwest, and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; as well as presenting at the University of Washington. Recent activities include: instructing an 8-week Mindful Eating program as part of a research study for the V.A. Hospital, an interview on the subject of mindful parenting by Seattle Child Magazine and an appearance on the About Happiness Show on Alternative Talk Radio.
Elana Rosenbaum, M.S., M.S.W., B.C.D., is a psychotherapist, cancer survivor and long-time teacher of mindfulness-based practices. She has worked directly with Jon Kabat-Zinn and is a pioneering teacher of mindfulness-based stress reduction that has helped thousands of people world wide cope with physical and emotional difficulties. In 1995 she was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and subsequently underwent stem-cell transplantation. Her ability to thrive and embody mindfulness in the face of adversity led to the development of a mindfulness-based intervention for bone marrow transplant patients at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Emory University and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Her personal experience and professional expertise has inspired many to live well regardless of the circumstances of their lives. She is an internationally known speaker, consultant and workshop leader as well as author of Here for Now: Living Well with Cancer through Mindfulness (2005) and Being Well (even when sick): Mindfulness Practices for People Living With Cancer and Other Serious Illness. (2012)
I am posting this as a way of celebration, and in case anyone in the PNW is interested. I'm also quite interested in your experiences of mindfulness & big life challenges. I am a lazy and intermittent meditator... Quite clearly, I have an opening for more practice!
Awake & Alive: Mindful Living with Cancer | April 4 - 7, 2013
This life-affirming, empowering retreat offers anyone with a cancer diagnosis the opportunity to explore what it means to live fully awake and alive– even while facing serious illness. Gentle and insightful mindfulness practices provide a way to investigate the inner world of our experience of illness and help us navigate its emotional, psychological, and spiritual challenges. In a safe and nurturing environment, where everyone shares the same diagnosis, we will take time to listen deeply to ourselves and to one another and to encourage and support inner exploration, discovery and growth. Respecting each person's unique way of approaching cancer, we will reflect on how it may be possible to embrace life with zest, courage and vitality...no matter what!
Facilitators
Erica Rayner-Horn M.A., L.M.H.C.A., is a mindfulness-based psychotherapist in private practice in Seattle, and specializes in mindfulness as it relates to health and wellbeing. She trained at the Center for Mindfulness in Massachusetts as an instructor of the 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, and leads workshops on mindfulness, stress reduction and related topics throughout the Northwest. She has taught at cancer support groups for CancerLifeline, local hospitals including Evergreen, Northwest, and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; as well as presenting at the University of Washington. Recent activities include: instructing an 8-week Mindful Eating program as part of a research study for the V.A. Hospital, an interview on the subject of mindful parenting by Seattle Child Magazine and an appearance on the About Happiness Show on Alternative Talk Radio.
Elana Rosenbaum, M.S., M.S.W., B.C.D., is a psychotherapist, cancer survivor and long-time teacher of mindfulness-based practices. She has worked directly with Jon Kabat-Zinn and is a pioneering teacher of mindfulness-based stress reduction that has helped thousands of people world wide cope with physical and emotional difficulties. In 1995 she was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and subsequently underwent stem-cell transplantation. Her ability to thrive and embody mindfulness in the face of adversity led to the development of a mindfulness-based intervention for bone marrow transplant patients at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Emory University and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Her personal experience and professional expertise has inspired many to live well regardless of the circumstances of their lives. She is an internationally known speaker, consultant and workshop leader as well as author of Here for Now: Living Well with Cancer through Mindfulness (2005) and Being Well (even when sick): Mindfulness Practices for People Living With Cancer and Other Serious Illness. (2012)