Education and Wellness
We offer a wide range of educational and wellness programs. Our goal is to provide a variety of options to meet your needs.
We have workshops focused on the needs of mind, body and spirit, to enhance your quality of life while living with cancer. We provide learning opportunities aimed at empowering you to better cope with diagnosis, recovery, treatment and beyond. We hold educational forums that are open to the public, offering the latest information pertaining to breast, ovarian and gynecological cancer.
Our program calendar changes throughout the year. Please view this page often to check for new offerings. You can also visit our calendar.
All of our programs are free. Pre-registration is REQUIRED. Call us: 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290.
Yoga Nidra
WHEN: Wednesday May 24, 10:30am-12:00pm (NY time)
WHERE: Zoom video conference
Open to people living with breast, ovarian, or any gynecological cancer. Pre-registration is required. For information or to register, call Support Connection: 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290. Must register before 5pm Tuesday May 23.
Join us for a 90-minute workshop and learn how Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep) supports the management of stress and anxiety and overall mental wellness. Yoga Nidra meditation is “yogic sleep.” Through a series of guided instructions, the body is led into a state of supreme relaxation where the unconscious and subconscious mind awaken, opening the potential for deep healing.
Benefits of Yoga Nidra include:
- Minimizes tension and counteracts stress
- Relaxes and trains the mind
- Improves sleep and reduces insomnia
- Clears up unconscious conflicts
- Awakens creativity
- Enhances memory and learning capacity
The instructor will guide you every step of the way, preparing you for comfortable participation. No experience necessary. All you need is a quiet, comfortable space to lie or recline and rest.
Instructor Jaimee Roncone is a multi-modality healer for over 20 years. She is a certified Daring to Rest™ Yoga Nidra facilitator. Jaimee is also a health and wellness coach and navigator.
Endocrine Therapies for Breast Cancer
WHEN: Monday, June 5, 7-8pm (NY time)
Presented in partnership with White Plains Hospital
WHERE: Zoom video conference
Open to people nationwide who have or have had breast cancer. Pre-registration is required. To register, call Support Connection, 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290. Must register no later than 5 pm (NY time) on Friday, June 2.
Endocrine therapies are commonly used to treat breast cancer that is estrogen-receptor positive. To name a few: Tamoxifen, Evista (Raloxifene) Arimidex (Anastrazole), Aromasin (Exemestane), Femara (Letrozole), Fulvestrant(Faslodex). Endocrine therapies may be used at different points in a treatment plan and to treat various stages of breast cancer.
We welcome you to join us as Dr. Karen Green, Medical Oncologist at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, NY, presents on the following topics pertaining to Endocrine Therapies for Breast Cancer:
- Endocrine therapy options
- Different contexts for use
- The latest updates
- Supportive care and management of side-effects
Presenter: Dr. Karen Green, Medical Oncologist at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, NY graduated from New York University School of Medicine, where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and received the NYU Alumnae Club Award for the outstanding woman medical student. She was a resident in internal medicine and fellow in hematology/oncology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. After serving on the full-time faculty at the Weill Cornell Medical College for eight years where she specialized in breast cancer, she joined White Plains Hospital in 2003. She continues to focus her practice on breast cancer, and she also treats patients with a wide range of other types of cancer and benign blood disorders. At White Plains Hospital, she is the site principal investigator for the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, and she is also the principal investigator or a co-investigator on a number of clinical trials. She serves on the White Plains Hospital Institutional Review Board and is a member of the White Plains Hospital Breast Program Leadership. She is an active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer Group.
Tai Chi
WHEN: Mondays, 10:30 – 11:30 am (NY time) (*check our calendar for holidays & schedule changes)
WHERE: Zoom video conference
NOTE: Space is limited. Please call for more information.
Open to women who have or have had breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. Pre-registration is required. To register, call Support Connection: 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290.
The basic principle of Tai Chi (TIE-chee) is to cultivate what the Chinese allude to as the 3 treasures: mind, body, spirit. The practice includes a series of exercises called Silk Reeling (slow, repetitive, meditative movements) followed by form practice. Benefits include improved balance, strength and flexibility and a sense of well-being.
In this class, a basic beginner form will be taught. Learn to focus the mind while working on the principles of posture and motion. The goal is to help each student understand the mind-body relationship so they can continue to grow with the forms they have learned long after class ends.
INSTRUCTOR: Alan Bandes. Alan has been practicing Tai Chi for over 40 years. His teaching approach is to work with each student to achieve success within their unique capabilities.
Rosen Movement: A Gentle Wellness Class
WHEN: Fridays, 10:30 – 11:45 am (NY time) (*check our calendar for holidays & schedule changes)
WHERE: Zoom video conference
Open to people nationwide who have or have had breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. Pre-registration is required. To register, call Support Connection: 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290.
NOTE: Space is limited for each session. Please call for more information.
Are you are looking for a new way to reduce stress, relax, and connect with your body, in the comfort of your home? Then consider trying Rosen Movement. Developed by physical therapist Marion Rosen, a health and wellness pioneer, Rosen Movement encourages relaxation through range of motion and stretching exercises set to music. The sequence of movements encourages flexibility through joint lubrication, chest and rib expansion, muscle lengthening and ease of body, mind and spirit. The movements are easy and simple.
No experience necessary. All you need are comfortable clothing and a private space to move freely. Attend one or all of the sessions.
INSTRUCTOR: Betty Ross is a Licensed Massage Therapist and a Certified Rosen Method Bodyworker. She is also certified in Core Energetic Therapy and is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Betty is also a breast cancer survivor.
Comments from some past participants: “This program helped me relax & exercise at the same time.” ~ “I felt like my various joints were put through a full range of motion and I didn’t feel quite as stiff. It was nice to connect with others, even if just virtually.” ~ “Betty was wonderful and her choice of music had a smile on my face throughout the class. I left each class happy and feeling great.”
Yoga – A Path Toward Wellness
WHEN: Saturdays; 10 – 11:30 am (NY time) (*check our calendar for holidays & schedule changes)
WHERE: Zoom video conference
Open to women who have or have had breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. Pre-registration is required. To register, call Support Connection: 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290.
NOTE: Space is limited for each session. Please call for more information.
Appropriate for beginners or more advanced students. Emphasis is placed on movement with breath awareness as a way to achieve a more tranquil mind. Experience the benefits of yoga, which include a stronger, healthier body and a calmer, more focused mind. Come every week, or as often as you’d like. Please obtain your doctor’s approval before participating in any wellness program.
INSTRUCTOR: Mia Azcue, CYT, E-RYT 500, RPT. Mia has been a student and teacher of yoga for more than 20 years and has been teaching classes for Support Connection for more than 10 years. She holds certificates from the American Viniyoga Institute, both as a yoga teacher and as a yoga therapist, and is also a licensed Physical Therapist in the state of New York. As a yoga therapist, Mia draws deeply on her training and applies yoga principles to assist the individual with any physical, emotional and/or spiritual challenges she or he may be facing.
