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Don’t Deal With Cancer Alone – Join a Support Group

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:12:05 +0000

From the diagnosis where you feel completely out of control, overwhelmed and over saturated to the place where your life is turned upside down, you need someone to talk to. Cancer causes you to deal with body image, confusion over treatment, side effects, infertility and more. There may be issues in the workplace, access to medical care issues and emotional issues after cancer. There may also be questions like, how do you integrate this experience into your life, how do you live with the memory, recurrence and relationship issues? Cancer support groups are here to help you cope.

Join Shambhala Mountain Center for Courageous Women, Fearless Living. This cancer retreat will provide you with the guidance and companionship you need to assist you on your way. Integrating body, mind, and heart, you will discover ways to meet all of your experiences directly and courageously. Led by an extraordinary team of experts in the field, this cancer program will include meditation instruction, healing visualization practice, yoga sessions, whole-being health care and nutrition tips, small group discussions, art therapy, ritual, sacred dance, and community building. Contact Shambhala Mountain Center to learn more.

Shambhala Mountain Center’s Cancer Retreat

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:13:00 +0000

What happens in a cancer support group, like those offered by Shambhala Mountain Center, is that you get great emotional support and information. You’ll receive empathy and be able to share your experience with people who are dealing with the same thing. And while you may be scared to see people sicker than you, you learn that everyone’s cancer experience is uniquely theirs and just because someone else is going through a bad time, doesn’t mean that you’ll go through a bad time. Essentially, our support group helps validate your own personal experience.

It is within Shambhala Mountain Center’s cancer retreat where real friendships form, where a one on one relationship becomes truly beneficial. Our cancer retreat provides an opportunity to find humor and compassion in the experience.

Within our cancer retreat setting, you can inspire hope in each other. You can teach each other how to distinguish the difference between healing and curing, and support each other through each step of the journey.

When dealing with cancer, it’s very easy to feel isolated. But when you sit with someone who has empathy, you exchange information and the meeting takes on a life of its own. People who meet in cancer support groups look and realize that the odds of each other meeting without the cancer would have been remote. So you find these unlikely relationships that develop as a result of this cancer.

To learn more about Shambhala Mountains Center’s cancer retreat, Courageous Women, Fearless Living, contact us today.

Relieve the Stress of Cancer through Sacred Movements with Sofia Diaz

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:20:16 +0000

Cancer patients who suffer from severe pain, fatigue and mental stress can use sacred movements to calm their nerves and empower their souls. In Shambhala Mountain Center’s retreat, Courageous Women, Fearless Living, attendees practice breath and movement exercises that can help them get though times when they are suffering great pain or feelings of discomfort. Patients use sacred movements to eliminate the negative thoughts they have about cancer and being sick, so they can then concentrate their energy on healing.

Join Sofia Diaz, a gifted teacher of sacred movement, and feminine spiritual practice, as she explores ways in which you can help relieve the stresses and discomforts that come from cancer.

As a renowned writer on sexuality and spirituality, Diaz derives her form of teaching and body philosophy from the South Indian Temple Arts and their accompanying scriptures, making her well connected to the body and the way in which movement, breadth and meditation can heal the body and mind. For more information on Courageous Living, Fearless Living and the teachings of Sophia Diaz, contact the Shambhala Mountain Center today.

Five-Day Retreat for Women Dealing with Cancer

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:18:20 +0000

There is nothing fair about cancer and no one deserves to have it. Upon diagnosis you may feel scared, angry, numb or confused. And while you may mentally shut down once you hear the word “cancer”, this stage in life often becomes a time of personal reflection as you learn to cope with your illness. You may begin to look closely at your religious beliefs, your personal and family values and what’s most important in your life. Wherever you look for answers, accepting the diagnosis and figuring out how cancer fits into your life is a challenge.

Cancer can change your sense of self, that is, how you think of your body, yourself, and your future. Grief is a normal response as you give up your old ideas of yourself and begin to develop ways to cope with the new, unwanted changes in your life. While it may take time for you to become aware of these losses and changes, it can help if you share your grief with someone close to you or with a community devoted to helping those with cancer.

Shambhala Mountain Center in the beautiful Colorado Mountains offers just that, a community of women sharing and learning to embrace their cancer experience. In Courageous Women, Fearless Living, you are guided by experts who understand that cancer is a journey that can be navigated to bring profound healing and awakening. The leaders of this cancer retreat get you to open up physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually so that you can answer the question, how do I face my fear directly so that I can live life more fully?

Join other women battling cancer and Shambhala Mountain’s extraordinary team of experts in this unique five-day retreat. The program will include meditation instruction, healing visualization practice, gentle yoga sessions, whole-being healthcare and nutrition tips, small group discussions, art therapy, ritual, sacred dance and community building.

For more information on Courageous Women, Fearless Living, contact Shambhala Mountain Center today.