We Go VIRTUAL and Online for YOU

Hello friends, near and far. 

One positive thing from the pandemic is Wind River now offers a wide array of virtual programs to survivors!  Check out this summary of on-line and virtual resources Wind River and some awesome wellness practitioners have put together to help you and your family!

And visit our WindRiverRetreats YouTube Channel for Tai Chi and Meditations!

Shannon, Cheryl, Dave
​Wind River Cancer Wellness Programs since 2007

3 Part Healthy Eating Coaching with Cheryl - self-care tips for survivors

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We know this can be a doubly challenging time for people to make the best healthy food choices, so we want to make it easier for you, and more fun to eat well and boost your immune system!   Cheryl Lecroy of Creative Juices Consulting (and Wind River!) is just the personal kitchen guru to help you find good nutrition and great taste. 

​Open to Cancer Survivors, Caregivers, Healthcare Practitioners & ALL our extended Wind River friends at NO CHARGE TO YOU!
With Cheryl you can identify any personal goals (Eating to lower Stress and Anxiety, Boost Your Immune, Revitalize your Energy. Minimize Sugars. Healthy Weight Strategies. Taking Back Control. And More).  Learn about smart shopping, food preparation, gardening ideas, kitchen helping strategies and more!

Schedule your 3-part phone consultation and bring more health and happiness to your life!  
Sign up HERE and Cheryl will schedule your first call together shortly!​

Tai Chi Mike Online Instructional Videos - easy and free

Short instructional videos with Tai Chi Mike (Mike Gentile) to help you improve your muscle strength, balance and flexibility; PLUS; help your mental health and even your sleep!    

Here are a few of our starter Tai Chi Video's:
What is Tai Chi? 2 minutes
Tai Chi Morning Warm Up.  3+ minutes
Tai Chi Mike Breathing to the 4 Corners (outside), 2 minutes

All videos are between 3 - 6 minutes so EVERYONE has time to try one or more!   WindRiverRetreats YouTube Channel! 


* NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH!

Tai Chi Mike's estirandoce suavemente (morning warm-up in Spanish)
Tai Chi Mike’s Respirando a las 4 Esquinas (Breathing to 4 Corners in Spanish)
Tai Chi Mike’s Que es el Tai Chi el Qi Gong (What is Tai Chi - Spanish)
  

Tea Time with a Wind River Friend

We thought about what makes our retreats and other events special and realized it is the personal connection, the times when we can laugh and cry and laugh again and we don't need to be in the same location to do that!

Open to anyone in our Wind River family (survivors, caregivers, volunteers, supporters, healthcare practitioners), we are rolling out a new way to connect with us, and hopefully experience a little Wind River magic from the comfort of your own living room that we are calling Tea Time with Wind River.

It's Simple:
  1. Email us and we will find a convenient 30 minute time to share together!
  2. Make yourself a cup of tea just before your scheduled time
  3. Get comfortable, sit back and chat with one of our Wind River team members about whatever is on your mind

 Wind River's Relaxation CDs - download for free

Here's a sample:
Need a mini-vacation and can't leave the house? We have just the thing!

Wind River's Relaxation CDs.  Professionally recorded and produced, this 2-CD set has been carefully crafted as a tool to reduce stress, quiet your mind and help you drift off sleep.  
  • Disc One includes an hour of easy to follow Guided Imagery tracks which are like mini-vacations!   A Day at the Beach, Visit a Healing Waterfall, Walk in the woods with an Apple Orchard, and more!
  • Disc Two has 60 magical minutes of our creek sounds with seven heart soothing instrumental pieces that 'float' on top of the babbling water.
You can:

Mental Health Care

Basics of Trauma and your Window of Tolerance
Walk it Off! The Neurology of Walking

That Discomfort You Feel is Grief: This article is SPOT ON for what many of us cancer survivors, and now the world are experiencing.   Please read when you have a moment. 
Harvard Business Review Article, March 23, 2020; By Scott Berinato

Meditations and Simple Breathing Samplers

Stress reduction is one of the most common reasons to try to meditate, but did you know it also helps with improving your sleep?   Increases mental clarity, lowers anxiety and can even increase your joy!  Here are a couple of short and simple ways to get started or continue an already healthy practice!

Sleep Support Videos
Sleep Support Part 1 by Becca Odom, LCSW, E-RYT 200 - 5 minutes
Sleep Support Part 2 by Becca Odom, LCSW, E-RYT 200 - 6 minutes

Compassion Meditation by Becca Odom, LCSW, E-RYT 200 - 5 minutes
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(Spanish) Compassion Meditation by Becca Odom, LCSW, E-RYT 200 - 5 minutes
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Guided Imagery Audio Tracks
The Healing Waterfall, by Wind River - 10 minutes
A Day at The Beach, by Wind River - 10 minutes
​Finding Your Breath, by Wind River - 4 minutes
Your Heart's Center, by Wind River - 7 minutes

"At Home" Exercise Ideas​

There are endless benefits to the body and mind when we get regular exercise.  
  • It Can Make You Feel Happier ...
  • It Can Increase your Energy levels ...
  • If Can Boost your Immune System ...
  • It Is Good for Your Muscles and Bones ...
  • And so Much More!

Here are some links to get you started!
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Spend Time in NATURE

Wind River was founded on the simple idea that we can do some of our best mental, physical and spiritual healing by spending more time in Nature.   

​Simple, easy and free!   

This is what is called FOREST BATHING

Recipes from the Wind River Kitchen


Get creative in the kitchen with healthy and delicious recipes from Wind River and Creative Juices!

Click Here for Creative Juices Recipes from Cheryl Lecroy

Click Here for Wind River Recipes from David Pschirer and Shannon Carney


Check out our newest recipe, Tex Mex Pinto Soup!

Music and Art Healing

Live Music Therapy with Dean
from our partner and friends at Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC

Join Dean Quick, MT-BC, Board Certified Music Therapist. The classes will explore the use of music as means for self-care through the use of live music relaxation with visuals, song discussion related to music for certain situations, interaction with the viewers/participants about their favorite music, and live music performance. Classes range from 15 mins to 45 mins and drop-in is welcome. If you miss the livestream, videos are available on the channel after each broadcast. 

Join with this link:  https://bit.ly/MTselfcarelive
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Funky Collage Art Time with Amber

Amber Blackwood is a Wind River retreat alum and a retired Art Teacher.   We are thankful she comes back to Wind River offering art classes as she one of a kind, an dour own personal unicorn!  (Amber is in the middle after painting art on all of us!)

In this 16 minute self-guided tutorial video, Amber walks you through a creative and funky way to collage.  I was totally caught off-guard with all the things you can do!  And be sure to turn up your volume, as Amber is on a cancer medication that only allow her to speak in a whisper.  

Click here for Art Time with Amber

So grab a few old magazines and some scissors, and enjoy.

More Resources for your Wellness Toolbox


​Be sure to check out our Resource Page - a collection of links to other websites and organizations with financial resources, articles on mental health and more...