CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Living Beauty Cancer Foundation provides both in-person and online programming! Our workshops, movement classes and one-on-one sessions are currently being held online and our overnight retreats and day retreats are held in person! Please check your emails for information on our programs and to stay updated on any upcoming retreats. If you are new to the organization, please feel free to sign up to become a Living Beauty in order to stay up to date with upcoming events, resources and other news and information. If you have any questions, please contact our program director at [email protected].
Upcoming Program Events
Annual Spring Brunch
Saturday, April 27th
11:00am – 2:00pm
At the home of Living Beauty Martha Rivera
Alhambra, California
We are so pleased to invite you to our annual Spring Brunch! Living Beauty Martha Rivera will be hosting this year at her lovely home in Alhambra (San Gabriel Valley). It is a great time to get together, break bread and create the community that Living Beauty is uniquely known for.
We will continue the tradition of a flower exchange this year. If you’d like to participate in the exchange, please bring a flower or potted plant to gift to another sister Living Beauty (this activity is completely optional).
As always, Living Beauty events are free of charge (transportation is not provided). This event is catered. Thank you for leaving your pets at home.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, April 27th!
For information on how to register for this event please reach out [email protected].
First Fridays Chat n Connect
Friday, May 3rd
4:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
via Zoom
Are you looking for connection to other women who have or have had cancer? We’re here! Every First Friday of the month from 4:00-5:00pm, you are invited to “drop in” to a Zoom meeting where you can chat with your fellow Living Beauties and create community online. There is no set program, nor is this a support group, just the opportunity for loving connection with women who “get you.”
You need only register once for the whole year. Every First Friday morning you will receive a reminder link as well as 10 minutes before the meeting begins.
For information on how to register for this event please reach out [email protected].
Monthly Clear the Clutter Group
Monday, May 6th
12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
via Zoom
Need help/support decluttering your home? Grab a box, a stack of papers or bag to declutter and join us for our monthly support group zoom!
Register once for the whole year!
Please note: this is not a workshop, it is a space where Living Beauties can support one another and hold each other accountable on home projects, no matter how big or small.
For information on how to register for this event please reach out [email protected].
Empowerment & Healing through Yoga Series
With Sharon Holly
4 Tuesdays in May:
7th, 14th, 21st & 28th
5:00pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Via Zoom
No matter where you are in your cancer journey, these gentle but powerful yoga classes will provide breathing, mindfulness, and movement techniques to support you with challenges around sleep, pain, anxiety, fatigue, lymphedema & osteopenia/osteoporosis.
Variations in movements will be offered so you can choose what feels best in your body to increase your range of motion, flexibility, and strength. Studies have shown yoga to be a tremendous support for those going through cancer in managing side effects and boosting the immune system. Each class will end with a 30-minute guided Yoga Nidra meditation to re-balance the nervous system creating greater a deeper sense of ease, peace & well-being.
No previous yoga experience is necessary
Sharon Holly is a Living Beauty, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), y4c (yoga for cancer) Teacher, Certified TRE® (Tension/Trauma Release Exercises) and The Resilience Toolkit Provider. On her healing journey with breast cancer, Sharon was introduced to various modalities through retreats offered by The Foundation for Living Beauty that were not only a tremendous part of her healing process, but also inspired and set her on the path of her life’s purpose…empowering and guiding fellow survivors/thrivers towards their inner wisdom and healing which ultimately result from understanding and navigating their nervous systems. She feels blessed to be able to share the gifts that were so readily given to her and continue to provide support on her healing journey.
Sharon currently teaches small group classes and private yoga therapy sessions in-person and online, through her company, Healing Breath Yoga Therapy as well as at preschools, yoga studios and cancer centers including: TCRF/Magnolia House and CSC-LA. She has taught previously at physical therapy offices, psychological trauma treatment centers, elementary and high schools. Sharon also holds certifications for adult and children’s yoga as an E-RYT/CYT-500, Amrit Yoga Nidra Instructor and is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
For information on how to register for this event please reach out [email protected].
Elemental Healing Retreat
Starts: Friday, May 24th at 3:00pm
Ends: Sunday, May 26th at 12:00pm
Joshua Tree Retreat Center
Joshua Tree, California
Join Certified Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master and Living Beauty, Kristin Dwan in the majestic, grounding and healing desert to immerse yourself in the healing qualities of all Five Elements. The Five Elements are Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit, and each one has specific qualities to help you on your healing and thriving journey. Throughout these three days, you will learn how to use Earth to ground your intentions, Water to cleanse and feel them, Air to dream & clear your mind, Fire to activate and Spirit to up-level your healing intentions.
A look into what you will experience:
- A Bonfire to Cut Cords to Worries
- Breathwork
- Creating Crystal Healing Water
- A Reiki Circle
- Going deeper with Visioning
- Guided Meditations
- Healing time in beautiful nature
- Connective time together in circle with your Living Beauty community
Kristin Dwan has used every single modality she will be teaching us during her cancer journey in 2018. She has been working with the elements, Reiki and in the spiritual world for over 3 decades and looks forward to being with you in the healing womb of nature and the elements to help guide you into a deeper connection to YOU!
Before applying, please take these notes into consideration:
- Please be sure your calendar is clear for the 3 days and that you can arrive at the start time. To get the most out of this retreat, we ask that you remain at the center for the duration of the retreat.
- Housing: you will have your own room and may or may not share a bathroom with another Living Beauty.
- Transportation to and from the retreat center is not provided.
If this calls to you, we invite you to apply to our waitlist!
For information on how to apply for wait list for this event please reach out [email protected].