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  • 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: 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.
  • 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: Morning Has Broken – If You Want To Sing Out – Peace Train – The First Cut is the Deepest – The Wind – Where Do The Children Play
    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: Homeward Bound – Simon and Garfunkel Sweet Baby James – James Taylor Higher Love – James Vincent McMorrow Lean on Me – Bill Withers River of Dreams – Billy Joel I Don't Want to Live On The Moon – Jeffrey Moss
    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: All You Need is Love – The Beatles Sweet Child of Mine – Guns N' Roses Oh What A World – Kacey Musgraves Autumn Leaves – Eva Cassidy Version Mother Nature's Son – The Beatles We Shall Overcome – Pete Seeger
    Tags: Expressive Arts, Meditation, Music Therapy, Video
  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, the nutrition coordinator with Dana-Farber’s Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for healthy cooking inspiration. This recipe is credited to Minimalist Baker. Find it here!
    For Dana-Farber patients interested in scheduling a nutrition consultation, please call 617-632-3006. We would like to extend a special thank you to Sodexo Food Services and Molta Media for helping to make this video possible, as well as our philanthropic partners whose continued generosity supports the Zakim Center's group programming.
  • 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: The Climb – Miley Cyrus God Bless The Broken Road – Rascal Flatts Rise Up – Andra Day I Can Change – Lake Street Dive In My Bones – Lauren Shera I Am Light – India.Arie

    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