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  • Description: In this 30-minute class you will experience an alternative mindfulness meditation experience with the presence of live music. Research shows that listening to live music during meditation may help focus an active mind, decrease heart rate, anxiety and pain, and guide you to a deeper relaxation. 

    Songs: Red Red Robin – Harry M. Woods Side By Side – Harry M. Woods Sophi – George Woods Morning One – Heather Woods Try a Little Tenderness – Harry M. Woods, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly The Class of 1910 – David Woods Endless One – George Woods

    Tags: Expressive Arts, Meditation, Music Therapy, Video
  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, RD, LDN, CNSD, a nutritionist with Dana-Farber’s Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for healthy cooking inspiration. This week's topic: Five Vegetables to Add to Smoothies

    Resources: Veggie Based Smoothies (PDF)

    Tags: Banana, Beets, Blender, Carrots, Cauliflower, Kale, Protein, Recipe, Strawberry, Spinach, Zucchini
  • Description: In this 30-minute class you will experience an alternative mindfulness meditation experience with the presence of live music. Research shows that listening to live music during meditation may help focus an active mind, decrease heart rate, anxiety and pain, and guide you to a deeper relaxation. 

    Songs: Nat King Cole All Of Me – Frank Sinatra Our Love Is Here To Stay – Ella Fitzgerald The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra My Funny Valentine – Frank Sinatra La Vie En Rose – Edith Piaf

    Tags: Expressive Arts, Meditation, Music Therapy, Video
  • Description: Join Nancy Campbell, MS, an exercise physiologist at Dana-Farber, for a 45-minute workout focusing on strengthening the whole body.


    Tags: Beginner-intermediate, Bone, Full body workout, Muscle, Weight lifting, Weights
  • Description: Free the skeleton from stress with deep breathing and meditation In this 45 minute class, we will first free the upper body skeleton (neck, shoulders, arms, and wrists) and then we will free the lower back while stimulating the lungs and massaging, through movements, the internal organs. We will stretch the ribs and lung area while breathing deep and emptying the mind. We will practice standing meditation (Yi Chuan) with elbows over our heads and breathing deep while evoking the spirit. We will stretch the neck to six different angles with the goal of increasing the range of motion, if needed, or to maintain the full range, if you still have it. Then we will work on freeing the most stubborn group of muscles in our body, the hamstrings, which will also help reduce stress on the knees and lower back. We will finish with twisting and rotating to continue freeing the lower back while stimulating movement in the digestive organs.  
    Some of what we will learn and practice: Hold the...
  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, RD, LDN, CNSD, a nutritionist with Dana-Farber’s Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for healthy cooking inspiration. This week's topic: Basics of Pressure Cooking with an Instant Pot

    Resources: Pressure Cooking (PDF)

    Tags: Cooking, Chicken, Equipment, Instant Pot, Recipes
  • Description: In this 30-minute class you will experience an alternative mindfulness meditation experience with the presence of live music. Research shows that listening to live music during meditation may help focus an active mind, decrease heart rate, anxiety and pain, and guide you to a deeper relaxation. 

    Songs: Hit The Road, Jack – Georgia – I Can't Stop Loving You – Here We Go Again – Come Rain or Come Shine

    Tags: Expressive Arts, Meditation, Music Therapy, Video
  • Description: In this 30-minute class you will experience an alternative mindfulness meditation experience with the presence of live music. Research shows that listening to live music during meditation may help focus an active mind, decrease heart rate, anxiety and pain, and guide you to a deeper relaxation. 

    Songs: Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles Friday I'm In Love – Phoebe Bridgers version I'll Be There For You – Maisie Peters version I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For – Sarah Jarosz version The Heart of Live – John Mayer Auld Lang Syne – James Taylor version

    Tags: Expressive Arts, Meditation, Music Therapy, Video
  • Description: During the months of January and February, Juliana will be offering live yoga classes (Yoga Flow, Chair Yoga Flow, and Chair Stretch & Strength) on Wednesdays only. Her Tuesday and Thursday classes have been cancelled due to a temporary change in schedule. We apologize for any inconvenience, but encourage you to browse the Digital Library to take our previously recorded yoga classes whenever you'd like!
  • Description: This class is great for building up strength and stretching the entire body while being supported by a chair (seated and/or standing behind a chair). This class starts with a seated warm up, moving to an engaging sequence of strengthening with light weights, followed by stretching and cool down.