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- Download a PDF September Calendar.
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Living on the EDGE- GYN Cancer Survivor Conference
Tuesday, September 6th at 5:30 pm – A special conference for women and caregivers dealing with GYN cancers. This year’s conference will be held IRL (in real life) at the Village Inn and Conference Center in Clemmons. Dinner will be served. This event is free, but registration is required by September 1st! Each survivor is allowed one guest.
This year’s speaker is Dr. Katie Taylor, PT, DPT, CLT, OCS. Dr. Taylor will discuss lymphedema, pelvic floor disorders, and chronic pain and how to treat them.
Move More, Stress Less
Begins Monday, September 12th – An 8-week movement program you do from home! We email you a weekly wellness topic with an exercise video of the week. You track your physical activity each week. Prizes are offered for participation! All movement counts: any ability level and any amount of time. This is about keeping you active no matter where you are or what physical abilities you have.
Art & Wellness
Thursday, September 22nd at 2 pm – A wellness group focused on healing through art in partnership with the Sawtooth School for Visual Arts. Supplies will be available for delivery (depending on address) or pick up at Cancer Services one week prior to the class.
Virtual Cooking Class with Angela Dennison, RD
Wednesday, September 28h at 6 pm – Join us for this fun and interactive cooking class with special guest, Angela Dennison, Nutrition Program Manager at Wellness House, a cancer support non-profit in the Chicago area. Angela will teach us a delicious butternut squash soup recipe. It’s super easy and very tasty! She will also show us how to work with artichokes – something Julie has yet to master.
- Pink Ribbon Talks: Saturday, October 1st– We are excited to let you know we are doing an in person kick off to breast cancer month! Find details, location, and registration information on The Pink Ribbon Talks webpage! We hope to see you at this event –In Real Life and online!
- Mindfulness Power Hour: Wednesdays at 12 noon – A 4-week introduction to mindfulness, led by Sara Bridges, Oncology Counselor at Novant Health Cancer Institute. Learn the benefits of mindfulness and how it can help you reduce stress and anxiety.
If you would like to be added to our wellness group reminder list, please register here!
- Blood Cancer Wellness Group – No meeting this month. See our Virtual Cooking Class instead.
- Breast Cancer Wellness Group – Thursday, September 15th at 12pm
- GI (Gastrointestinal) Cancer Wellness Group – Tuesday, September 13th at 6pm
Email Julie Pope for group login information. - GYN (Gynecologic) Cancer Wellness Group – See our Living on the EDGE- GYN conference instead.
- Oral, Head, Neck Cancer Wellness Group – Wednesday, September 14th at 3pm
- Sobrevivientes – Wednesday, September 7th at 6pm.
Email Gloria at gloria@cancerservicesonline.org or text “Asistire” 336-897-9191.
- Chair Yoga with Sue Evans: Every Tuesday at 5:30pm, brought to you by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
No registration needed, click here to join the class.
Sue Evans, MBA/MHA, RYT500
336-406-7082
suevans002@gmail.com - Yoga for Cancer with Angela Gallagher: Every Wednesday at 9am and 5pm, brought to you by Novant Health.
No registration needed, click here to join the class.
Password: 059017
Contact Angela Gallagher for details – asgallagher@novanthealth.org or 414-5942. - Yoga for Cancer Patients: Every Monday at 9 am and Friday at 10am, brought to you by Novant Health.
Novant Integrative Medicine
725 Highland Park, Suite 200 (upper level)
Highlights for September Programs at Hirsch Wellness include:
- “The Wonders of Citrus Oils” with Clinical Aromatherapist Kimberly Seymour
- “Bayeux Tapestries” – a 3-part workshop with Textile Designer Jacqui Mehring
- “Exploring Creative Writing” with Author and Horse Trainer, Ginger Gaffney
- “Perceptions in Healing” with Eowyn Ahlstrom
- “Let’s Talk Nature at Noon” with Horticultural Therapist, Catherine Crowder
- “Plein Air Painting” with Artist Mavis Liggett
- “Your Story of Healing Through Art” with Teaching Artist and Adjunct Assistant Professor Kim Cuny
- Plus, weekly Taiji-Qigong, Chair Qigong and Yoga sessions
For additional information on all class offerings, visit Hirsch Wellness Classes.
Our office will be closed Monday, September 5th in observance of Labor Day.
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Friday 9 AM – 2 PM
