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  • Description: Ramel Rones, Tai Chi Master, demonstrates Qigong and Tai Chi techniques for post holiday recovery, which can be practiced sitting, standing, or lying down. In this class we will use body, breath, mind, energy and spirit to reduce physical, emotional and mental stress.  We will learn and practice: 
      Tai Chi Ball Cleansing and Nourishing



      Internal Organ Massage

      Nourishing our Physical and Energetic Bodies

      Spine Massage

      Dynamic and Static Stretching 

      Strengthening Exercises

      Hip and Groin Stretches

      Dissolving Physical and Mental Stress

      Zen Mind Meditation
  • Description: This Yoga Flow class is designed for participants that have had practiced yoga and have less range of motion limitations. The class is moderately paced to cultivate strength, flexibility, and balance within a gentle, continuous sequence of postures. Focus: chest opening.
    Tags: Beginner-Intermediate, Blanket, Block, Rfm, Strap
  • Description: This 30-minute aerobic cardio workout class will help get your heart rate up and pumping in a fun way! Aerobic cardio exercise promotes cardiovascular endurance and helps improve cognitive skills, posture, balance, overall mental health and mood. Suited for beginner to intermediate levels with modifications available. 
    No equipment needed. For safety: make sure your workout area is cleared to avoid tripping/bumping; wear appropriate footwear that is secure and comfortable for walking/marching (low impact); if uncomfortable standing, seated & chair supported variations are offeredInstructor: Juliana Berfield
  • Description: Ramel Rones, Tai Chi Master, demonstrates Qigong and Tai Chi techniques with a focus on the spine, which can be practiced sitting, standing, or lying down. In this class we will focus on the spine with static and dynamic movements, deep breathing, meditation and evoking the spirit using beautiful movements of different animals. 
    Some of what we will learn and practice: 
    • Gentle hip rotations

    • Stretching the spine muscles - lateral and rotation

    • Deep breathing and meditation

    • Crane Stands on a Bamboo

    • Spider Climbs the Wall

    • Zen Mind
  • Description: In this 30-min class, you’ll incorporate core strength and stretch movements to improve your core stability and body wellness. Sessions involve a mix of yoga, barre, Pilates, and muscle conditioning with controlled breathing and alignment that builds strength and endurance. 
    Props: core ball, block, strap, elastic band, blanket, yoga mat. Level: beginners welcome; all levels.
  • Description: This 45-minute chair yoga invites you to find movement in a way that is gentle and supportive. The practice invites awareness into the body and activates muscles in the spine that help you find length up through the spine for better posture and energy flow. If you are new to yoga, have difficulty getting down to the floor, experience pain in your muscles or joints, loss of energy, or balance issues due to peripheral neuropathy, this class is for you. All levels welcome. 
    Focus: twists
  • Description: This 30-minute aerobic cardio workout class will help get your heart rate up and pumping in a fun way! Aerobic cardio exercise promotes cardiovascular endurance and helps improve cognitive skills, posture, balance, overall mental health and mood. Suited for beginner to intermediate levels with modifications available. 
    No equipment needed. For safety: make sure your workout area is cleared to avoid tripping/bumping; wear appropriate footwear that is secure and comfortable for walking/marching (low impact); if uncomfortable standing, seated & chair supported variations are offeredInstructor: Juliana Berfield
  • Description: fLoW is an educational and interactive drop-in virtual class designed to help patients manage lymphedema, lymphedema risk (lymph node removal and/or radiation) or generally support the lymphatic system by engaging in self-massage techniques and yoga. The instructors for this class are Maria “Bambi” Mathay, LMT, BCTMB, RMT and Barbara “Babz” Jackson Tobin, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, CYT. Is this class for me? This class is suitable for all patients who have lymphedema, lymphedema risk (lymph node removal and/or radiation), or a history of lymphedema. Modifications will be provided. What’s the structure of fLoW? Virtual 50-minute drop-in classes include instruction in general lymphatic massage and drainage, and a 30-minute yoga practice. Livestream classes can only be accessed by Dana-Farber patients. However, they will be recorded for future viewing and available to the general public on YouTube and MyZakim. Classes meet on the third Friday of each month from 3:00—4:00 PM ET. How do I register...

  • Vegan Pot Pie

    14 Nov, 2024
  • Description: This dissolving meditation taps into the power of the mind to release stress and restore you on a mental, physical, and energetic level. First scan your body from the top-down plateau by plateau then find impurities and finally dissolve them using the metaphor solid to Liquid and Liquid to Gas. Maintain an aligned posture and breathe deep. 
    This dissolving meditation may help: 
    Reduce physical and mental stress and anxiety 

    Aches, pains, inflammation 

    Cleanse and nourish both the physical and energetic body 

    Strengthen your core and increase energy 

    Increase oxygen intake Improve energy 

    Sleep disturbances 

    Release traumas that are stored on a physical level 

    Reduce stagnation and increase circulation 
    This meditation can be done standing, sitting, or laying down. Practice 1 to 5 times a day for 3 to 30 minutes each time. Backtrack: Weightlessness by SergeQuadrado -- https://freesound.org/s/740609/ -- License: Attribution N...
  • Description: This standing, or sitting moving meditation is a great technique to help reduce side effects and symptoms of breast cancer and its treatment on a mental, physical, and energetic level. The gentle movements of your arms, or wings, help stretch, strengthen, and massage the upper body. Together with the deep breathing, the abdominal and back muscles moving in and out, as well as the visualization of the lower energy center, or the Sun, two inches below the navel in the center of the body. This series of medical and martial arts qigong movement is based on the crane, a symbol of longevity in eastern philosophies.
    May help with: 
    Frozen shoulders and Arthritis 

    Preparing and recovering from surgery 

    Anxiety and lack of energy 

    Strengthening your core 

    Bringing oxygen into your body 

    Emptying the mind from any negative thoughts and evoking the Spirit 

    Aches, pain, and inflammations 

    Releasing happy hormones 
    Practice 1 to 5 time...
  • Description: This standing, or sitting moving meditation is a great technique to help reduce side effects and symptoms of breast cancer and its treatment on a mental, physical, and energetic level. The gentle movements of your arms, or wings, help stretch, strengthen, and massage the upper body. Together with the deep breathing, the abdominal and back muscles moving in and out, as well as the visualization of the lower energy center, or the Sun, two inches below the navel in the center of the body. This series of medical and martial arts qigong movement is based on the crane, a symbol of longevity in eastern philosophies. 
    May help with: 
    Frozen shoulders and Arthritis 

    Preparing and recovering from surgery 

    Anxiety and lack of energy 

    Strengthening your core 

    Bringing oxygen into your body 

    Emptying the mind from any negative thoughts and evoking the Spirit 

    Aches, pain, and inflammations 

    Releasing happy hormones 
    Practice 1 to 5 tim...