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  • 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: side body
  • 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 offered
  • 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 offered
  • 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 offered
  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, the nutrition manager with Dana-Farber’s Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for healthy cooking inspiration. This recipe has been adapted from Molly Watson – for the full recipe and ingredient list please visit thespruceeats.com/salmon-cakes-recipe-2217394




    For Dana-Farber patients interested in scheduling a nutrition consultation, please call 617-632-3006. To learn more about the Zakim Center's group programs, please visit myzakim.dana-farber.org where you can access a variety of programming including exercise, yoga, meditation, music therapy, nutrition and more. 



    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.

    Resources: How to Use Canned Salmon (PDF)

  • Description:
    This guided imagery meditation will help create relaxation for body and mind, while using the energy of golden light to promote warmth and healing throughout. 

    Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a common side effect of cancer treatment. The techniques employed and/or described in this video may help alleviate symptoms, but there is no clear treatment for neuropathy that will improve nerve damage. It is important to speak with your cancer care team to report any concerns and create a treatment plan that works for you. 

    This video has been produced by the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living and is part of a comprehensive Neuropathy Toolkit. For more of these types of videos and resources, visit myzakim.dana-farber.org/neuropathy-toolkit
  • Description:
    In this 13-minute video, Juliana Berfield, PhD, E-RYT 500, CPT, demonstrates a self-guided massage that may help reduce symptoms of neuropathy in the legs and feet. 

    Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a common side effect of cancer treatment. The techniques employed in this video may help alleviate symptoms, but there is no clear treatment for neuropathy that will improve nerve damage. It is important to speak with your cancer care team to report any concerns and create a treatment plan that works for you.


    This video has been produced by the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living and is part of a comprehensive Neuropathy Toolkit.
    For more of these types of videos and resources, visit myzakim.dana-farber.org/neuropathy-toolkit
  • Description:
    In this 21-minute video, Juliana Berfield, PhD, E-RYT 500, CPT, demonstrates various stretches, exercises, and self-guided massages that may help reduce symptoms of neuropathy in the upper and lower body. 

    Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a common side effect of cancer treatment. The techniques employed in this video may help alleviate symptoms, but there is no clear treatment for neuropathy that will improve nerve damage. It is important to speak with your cancer care team to report any concerns and create a treatment plan that works for you. 

    This video has been produced by the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living and is part of a comprehensive Neuropathy Toolkit. For more of these types of videos and resources, visit myzakim.dana-farber.org/neuropathy-toolkit
  • Description:
    In this 10-minute video, Bambi P. Mathay, LMT, BCTMB, RMT, demonstrates a self-guided massage that may help reduce symptoms of neuropathy in the arms and hands. Zakim Center massage appointments are available for Dana-Farber patients. To schedule, please call 617-632-3322. 

    Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a common side effect of cancer treatment. The techniques employed in this video may help alleviate symptoms, but there is no clear treatment for neuropathy that will improve nerve damage. It is important to speak with your cancer care team to report any concerns and create a treatment plan that works for you.


    This video has been produced by the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living and is part of a comprehensive Neuropathy Toolkit.
    For more of these types of videos and resources, visit myzakim.dana-farber.org/neuropathy-toolkit
  • Description:
    In this 4-minute video, Weidong Lu, MB, MPH, PhD, explains the benefits of acupuncture in improving neuropathy symptoms and demonstrates acupressure and reflexology techniques for improving neuropathy symptoms in the feet. Zakim Center acupuncture appointments are available for Dana-Farber patients only. To schedule, please call 617-632-3322. The study referenced can be accessed on PubMed here - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32297442/

    Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a common side effect of cancer treatment. The techniques employed in this video may help alleviate symptoms, but there is no clear treatment for neuropathy that will improve nerve damage. It is important to speak with your oncology team to report any concerns and create a treatment plan that works for you. 

    This video has been produced by the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living and is part of a comprehensive Neuropathy Toolkit.
    For more of these...
  • Description:
    In this 5-minute video, Nancy Campbell, MS, explains the benefits of exercise in improving neuropathy symptoms, and the types of exercises that are most effective. Zakim Center massage and acupuncture appointments are available for Dana-Farber patients. To schedule, please call 617-632-3322. 
    Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a common side effect of cancer treatment. The techniques employed and/or described in this video may help alleviate symptoms, but there is no clear treatment for neuropathy that will improve nerve damage. It is important to speak with your cancer care team to report any concerns and create a treatment plan that works for you. 
    This video has been produced by the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living and is part of a comprehensive Neuropathy Toolkit. For more of these types of videos and resources, visit myzakim.dana-farber.org/neuropathy-toolkit
  • Description: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common side effect of cancer treatment. CIPN symptoms vary from patient to patient, but in general, side effects include: feeling of numbness or "pins and needles" in your hands and feet; difficulty picking up an object or buttoning clothing; ringing in your ears or loss of hearing; changes in vision; sudden, stabbing pains in your hands or feet; constipation/difficulty urinating; muscle weakness or cramps; loss of balance or having difficulty walking; and feeling heat and cold, more or less than usual.
    To help you manage symptoms, the Zakim Center has developed a "toolkit" of short educational and self-guided videos. Here you'll find self-massage, self-acupressure, guided imagery meditation, exercises, and more. The techniques employed in these videos may help alleviate symptoms, but there is currently no clear treatment for neuropathy that will improve nerve damage. It is important to speak with your oncology team...