Blog Archives

Wind River's Herbal TeaTime with Cheryl

2/20/2022

Wrapping up the month of meaningful March with a casual TeaTime connection.

We invite you to join us for a special Herbal edition Teatime. What a wonderful time to reflect and share love and stories and spend time together. We have a very special surprise for all who attend.

Partners and family members are welcome to join in.

Thursday, March 31st.
6PM - 7PM
Via Zoom (no cost)
Click Here to sign up: Wind River's Herbal TeaTime with Cheryl

Healing Water - Live Guided Meditation

2/20/2022

March is a wonderful month to focus on Self-Care and Meaningful ways to experience Wonderment and Joy.

Teri Barron is our tour guide as we take a "walk together' in this Guided Imagery and meditative journey into deep relaxation. This simple exercise offers a powerful tool of Self-Care to experience the healing nature of water.

Thursday, March 3rd
6PM - 7PM
Via Zoom (no cost)

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Teri is a Wind River Alum and has been practicing Guided Meditation for 36 years. A survivor of stage 4 lung cancer, Teri found it powerful to use guided meditation to imagine her lungs and cells filled with the healing effervescence of water.

Yoga Sleep with Becca Odom

2/20/2022

Yoga Nidra (or Yoga Sleep) is an ancient guided meditation practice that is intended to produce full body relaxation, support sleep, reduce stress and increase our awareness and connection with our bodies.

Thursday, March 17th
6PM - 7PM
Via Zoom (no cost)
Sign Up Here

Adopting a Yoga Nidra practice can be very supportive to stress management, especially at the end of the day as you prepare for sleep. So, whether you are struggling with insomnia or you are simply looking to improve your sleep, Yoga Nidra can help you reduce stress, sleep better and feel better.

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Just Added! Stress Buster Workshop

2/13/2022

Resilience Advantage Workshop with HeartMath®
(2-Part Zoom Workshop Mar 8th and 10th at 6PM)

REGISTER HERE

Accumulated stress is often the underlying cause of common challenges, such as anxiety, anger, depression, lack of sleep, illness, and more.

Activating heart and body coherence helps you prevent and relieve stress and anxiety while balancing your mental and emotional energy — which connects you with your higher creative potentials.
HeartMath® helps you tap into the power and intelligence of your heart – your heart’s intuition – which awakens you to the best version of yourself.
Using breathwork, bio-feedback and much more, this 2 part Zoom workshop aligns your heart and body's coherence so you have more energy to do what you want in your life.

HeartMath® Resilience Advantage Workshop via Zoom
Date: Tues March 8th AND Thurs March 10th: 2 Part Workshop (4 hours total - you are signing up for both)
Time: 6PM - 8PM
Location: Zoom
Cost: none
Audience: ANY Wind River friends! (Survivors, Caregivers, Friends, Healthcare Professionals...)
HeartMath® Certified Facilitator: Lori Ives-Godwin

REGISTER HERE

AND, can't make this date? fill in the registration and check the box that you are interested in future classes we hope to offer.

Wind River's Love-Fest Teatime

2/8/2022

Join us for a Valentine's Day Special Edition Teatime with your fellow survivors and friends!

What a wonderful time to share some heart connections!

Monday February 14th
6 PM - 7 PM
Via Zoom (no cost)

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Heart HUGS,
Cheryl & Shannon

Your DNA is Not Your Destiny

2/4/2022

Special Sharing --- A unique class offered by a talented Wind River Alum, Karen Wolstenholme (aka Tinkerbell!)

Over the course of two afternoons, you will learn self muscle testing and self balancing. You will discover and practice skills to change long standing problems, reset your biology and clear resistant emotional patterns. This class teaches five epigenetic healing cycles to release stress, and boost your energy levels.

Please complete the contact form on my website to register: www.purebalanceforhealth.com.

Your DNA is Not Your Destiny
Saturday and Sunday March 12 - 13
1pm - 5pm
Class via Zoom $120 (plus $19 eBook)
In this class learn:

How to muscle test yourself.
How to use the ‘five epigenetic healing cycles’ to change your biological, emotional and mental states.
Discover your unique unconscious fears, stresses and relationship issues and release them.
Why emotional clearing is so important for physical healing and how to do it like an expert.
Why the new science of epigenetic overturns what you learned in high school biology: Your DNA Is Not Your Destiny. The basics of Epigenetics and gene expression.

Karen Wolstenholme
www.purebalanceforhealth.com

Kicked Off the New Year with 21 Days of Wonder!

2/4/2022

"Look at everything as though you are seeing for the first time, with the eyes of a child, fresh with wonder."
- Joseph Campbell

SIGN UP: 2022 WONDER

Join us in welcoming the new year with a splash of self-exploration, renewal and our favorite, wonderment! Over a 21 day period, we will email you daily topics with a few suggested action ideas to help you gain additional insight into the wellness theme of the day (intuitive health, brain health, creative health, ... you get it!).

Format: Daily Emails

Start and End: Thursday January 6, 2021 and closes Wednesday January 26, 2021

Audience: Open to ALL Cancer Survivors

Cost: Free

So say YES to YOU, and together we will dive deeper into the power within and recognizing the miracles around us.

HEARTMATH WORKSHOP at WIND RIVER

2/2/2022

HeartMath helps you tap into the power and intelligence of your heart – your heart’s intuition – which awakens you to the best version of yourself.

Wind River is delighted to host its first 1/2 day survivor and healthcare oriented workshop. Our heart-guide, Lori Ives-Godwin will teach this powerful workshop using bio-feedback and breath to help participants lower stress and improve their body's ability to flow in perfect harmony!

Saturday February 12th
10:30 AM - 4 PM
Includes Lunch
No Cost - Open to NC/SC Survivors

Wind River Registration (wait-list only; we will have future workshops if you cannot join this one)

HOCKEY FAMILY NIGHT - and Support Young Colorectal Survivors

2/1/2022

Welcome to ALL

Sun. Feb. 20th, 1PM
Get Your Rear in Gear Fundraiser
Charlotte Checkers vs. Cleveland Monsters
Bojangles Coliseum 2700 E Independence Blvd Charlotte, North Carolina 28205

Purchase your tickets here to support Get Your Rear In Gear on Cancer Sucks Night with the Charlotte Checkers! A portion of each ticket sold will be donated directly to Get Your Rear In Gear.

After purchasing, you will receive an email from FEVO with instructions on how to access your tickets. Tickets will be distributed two days before the event. Questions? Please contact Annie Eagle at annieeagle@charlottecheckers.com or at 704.444.1881

WIND RIVER KITCHEN TIME WITH CHERYL

2/1/2022

Registration required (no cost): Sign up here for one or both!!!

Eat to Live Workshop
Friday, February 25th
6:30PM, EST (via Zoom)

Food is a perfect subject for mindfulness. Eat to Live is a popular phrase in the plant-based diet world and it goes hand-in-hand with Mindful Eating. We will prepare a menu rich with beauty while engaging our gratitude, taste, smell, texture and all that our 5 senses desire as a roadmap to healthier living.

The Mighty Shiitake Workshop
Wind River Kitchen Time with Cheryl
Friday, March 11th
6:30PM, EST (via Zoom)

Shroom love will flow while we explore the health benefits of Asian mushrooms, specifically focusing on the mighty shiitake! Rich plant-based recipes to help you bring mushrooms from a side dish to the main event in your kitchen. Together, we will prepare a pesto stuffed shiitake, the BEST shiitake sandwich EVER, and a shiitake soup.

Registration required (no cost): Sign up here for one or both!!!

Cancer Transition Workshops

2/1/2022

MINDFULNESS SERIES
Cancer Transition for the Mind and Body

Learn about nutritional wellness, physical activity and exercise, coping with stress and medical management beyond treatment from experts.
Connect with other survivors and caregivers moving forward after treatments end.

Date: February 10, 2022 (virtual) / 12 pm - 2 pm
or
Date: February 23, 2022 (virtual) / 6 pm - 8 pm

No cost: pre-register at Cancer Transitions provided by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

MINDFULNESS RELAXATION MEDITATION

2/1/2022

Another great resource in our February Mindfulness Series ....

Enjoy this 13 minute Healing Light Meditation from our friends at Cancer Support Community!

MINDFUL EATING

2/1/2022

What are the benefits of mindful eating?
How is mindful eating part of mindfulness?
What is mindful eating?
5 Tips for eating mindfully

Bring a single raisin (and don't eat it just yet!), and enjoy this recording from our wonderful friend and Cancer Dietitian Julie Lanford MPH, RD, CSO, LDN, and the Wellness Director for Cancer Services!

Getting Started with Mindful Eating Video

FOREST BATHING

2/1/2022

Email us if you are interested.

Email us if you are interested.