A Time for Self-Exploration
For many new beginnings bring a time for self-exploration, where we reflect on our interests and ask questions about ourselves, try new activities, and look for humor. Join Gilda’s in exploring your new beginnings, whether you are a new member seeking inspiration, or a current one looking to rediscover yourself!
Reflection
Join a cohort of writers in Writing Through Cancer: A Writing Workshop Series, Mondays (July 19, August 9 & 30, and September 20) from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, where you will be guided through hands-on, real-time writing exercises on topics “Diagnosis and Initiation to Cancer,” “Treatments and Medical Team,” “Coping Strategies and Support Systems,” and “Outcomes and Resolution.” As a participant, you will also have the opportunity to share your writing and reactions to the process.
This time of near-constant loss and change continues to challenge the best of us. Add navigating a life-limiting illness, and it becomes clear how unprepared we are to manage this level of grief in our day-to-day lives, much less thrive within it. In Tending Our Relationship with Grief & Loss, on Wednesday, July 14 from, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, we will explore what it means to have a personal relationship with grief and how we can tend to this connection in a way that improves our resilience now and in the future. You will come away from this session with specific practices and tools you can use to develop your inner wellness and the wellness of those you love.
Join us online on Thursday, July 22, from 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm for an inspirational and practical education workshop on the Power of 3: ask, activate, and advocate. Not only will you learn how to practice these principles in your daily routines, but you will also learn how to get rid of your fear, gain more peace, confidence, and clarity, and start smiling more!
Something New
Calling all caregivers! In honor of all the hard work, you do Gilda’s is happy to offer a new healthy lifestyle class, Breath and Movement for Caregivers, Wednesdays from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm. Reset your entire nervous system and mitigate the effects of stress with a simple breath and movement sequences. Using gentle, slow movements, combined with accessible yoga postures, we will create a mini-respite from your to-do lists and worries. Wear comfortable clothes you can move in and have a yoga mat for floor work handy. Let’s focus on you!
For our Yoga lovers, or anyone wanting to add a gentle wind down to their day, try our new yoga offerings, Wind Down Yoga and Meditation and Yoga Nidra.
Wind Down Yoga and Meditation is the perfect 30-minute gentle wind down at the end of your day. Come slow down, stretch, and quiet your mind. Wind Down Yoga and Meditation occurs every 2nd and 4th Tuesday evening from 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm.
Yoga Nidra is an ancient gentle practice, putting you in a state of deep, receptive relaxation for both body and mind. This practice is incredibly healing, creating feelings of ease and restoration in the body while promoting stillness, creativity, and mental clarity. Yoga Nidra occurs every other Thursday afternoon from 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm.
Humor
Come for the fun, stay for the laughter! Join us at Improv for Life™, Wednesdays from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm for a dip into the art form of comedy improvisation, the very art form of our namesake, Gilda Radner. Each week includes easy improvisation warm-ups and games, discussion about how the mindset of improvisation can contribute to wellness, and of course, some laughter. No experience necessary, and all are welcome! This program is offered in partnership with Brave New Workshop.
For our guys impacted by cancer, Guys of Gilda’s is a social group where guys can come together to socialize, find camaraderie, and express themselves with no judgment – laugh, cry, joke, blow off steam, seek and share ideas. It is a space to let go of the stresses of living with cancer or caring for someone who does. Humor is encouraged, and never far! Guys of Gilda’s occurs every 3rd Tuesday of the month, July – September, from 9:30 am – 10:30 am and will meet outside at Gida’s Club on July 20.
Sign up today for these upcoming program offerings on our virtual program offerings page, the My GCTC app, or in your class registration account.
