Shambhala Mountain Center Blog

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.