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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: Eight Days a Week - Love Me Do - Hey Jude - I Will - All My Loving

    Tags: Expressive Arts, 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: Daydream Believer - The Monkees Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House Dream a Little Dream of Me - The Mama's and the Papa's The River of Dreams - Billy Joel Pure Imagination - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factor

    Tags: Expressive Arts, Music Therapy, Video

  • Description: In this 40-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: When I see You Smile - Bic Runga To Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan Falling In Love With You - Elvis You Belong To Me - Patsy Cline Aphelion - Heather Woods The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack

    Tags: Expressive Arts, Music Therapy, Video

  • Description: In this 40-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: Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves Brighter than the Sun - Colbie Caillat Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles Island in the Sun - Weezer I'll Follow the Sun - The Beatles

    Tags: Expressive Arts, Music Therapy, Video

  • Description: Meditation is a practice that can help us learn to be present in the moment and navigate life's challenges. The class is led by Patty Arcari, PhD, RN, program manager of mindfulness and meditation at Dana-Farber's Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies.

    Tags: Calm, Peace, Presence, Meditation, Relaxation

  • Description: Meditation is a practice that can help us learn to be present in the moment and navigate life's challenges. The class is led by Patty Arcari, PhD, RN, program manager of mindfulness and meditation at Dana-Farber's Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies.

    Tags: Calm, Peace, Presence, Meditation, Relaxation

  • Description: Download this bookmark onto your computer as a PDF, then print it out to color on your own time. Remember to print on front and back! Show us your skills and send us an email with the finished product!
  • Description: With unexpected changes in our day to day lives, our usual self-care habits may be interrupted. Journaling is a simple and quick way to help cultivate awareness, express feelings, and reduce stress. This six-week group will teach you evidence-based strategies for coping with stress and improving quality of life through journaling. All sessions meet via Zoom. No prior experience is required, but space is limited.

    Led by Heather Woods, MA, MT-BC, the group will meet on Tuesdays from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. beginning November 2nd, skipping Thanksgiving week and ending December 14th. To register, please email Zakim_Center@dfci.harvard.edu.
  • Description: With unexpected changes in our day to day lives, our usual self-care habits may be interrupted. Journaling is a simple and quick way to help cultivate awareness, express feelings, and reduce stress. This six-week group will teach you evidence-based strategies for coping with stress and improving quality of life through journaling. All sessions meet via Zoom. No prior experience is required, but space is limited.

    Led by Heather Woods, MA, MT-BC, the group will meet on Tuesdays from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. beginning November 2nd, skipping Thanksgiving week and ending December 14th. To register, please email Zakim_Center@dfci.harvard.edu.
  • Description:
    Meditation is a mind body practice that has long been used to help produce a sense of calm and relaxation. Meditation may help patients cope with illness and enhance overall health and well-being. The practice of meditation involves finding quiet time and place free from distraction. You will need to sit comfortably. In the beginning of your practice, you learn to relax your body, concentrate on your breath and quiet your mind. Quieting your mind is the challenge. The challenge during meditation is not to be caught in the mind's wandering, and not to judge your thoughts.


    Mindfulness is the ability to bring present moment awareness into all the activities of daily living, while experiencing these same benefits. Cultivating a regular practice of meditation may bring you to a new level of mindfulness in everyday life. Mindful awareness helps us to understand the mind and its relationship to the body and spirit. Paying attention to everyday experiences like eating, or wal...