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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The Foundation for Living Beauty’s programs are currently being held online only. The health of our Living Beauties is number one and our mission to educate, uplift and empower women with cancer continues virtually. Please check your emails for updates on upcoming workshops and seminars. 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

Breathe and Restore Series
With Sharon Holly
3 Wednesdays in January:
4th, 18th and 25th
5:00pm – 6:15pm (PST)
Via Zoom

Please join us for this unique class and learn simple ancient yogic breathing techniques (pranayama) that can be used to enhance your yoga practice and/or provide support in practical situations to decrease anxiety, tension and increase inner peace and calm.

If you have trouble with focus and concentration, come and learn how certain breathing practices can promote clarity of mind. Research has shown how some techniques can reduce heart rate, blood pressure and pain as well increase mood, sleep & overall well- being.

Sharon Holly is a Living Beauty, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) & y4c (yoga for cancer) instructor.  On her healing journey with breast cancer in 2011, Sharon found the Living Beauty Serenity Yoga Retreat not only a tremendous part of her healing process but also inspirational, setting her on the path of her life’s purpose…teaching fellow survivors/thrivers.  She currently teaches small group classes and private yoga therapy sessions online, through her own company, Healing Breath Yoga Therapy as well as through various yoga studios, PT offices and cancer centers including: TCRF/Magnolia House, CSC-LA, Cedars-Sinai/THO & Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute/Cedars-Sinai with Alison Crowley.  Teaching fellow surviving thrivers is the most fulfilling job thus far in her life.  She feels blessed to be able to give back the gifts that were so readily given to her and continue to help her heal. Sharon holds certifications in both adult and children’s yoga as an E-RYT/CYT-500, Amrit Yoga Nidra, Certified TRE® and The Resilience Toolkit Provider and is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. To view a schedule of ONLINE classes, please visit: www.sharonholly.com

Qi Gong Series
with Gayla
4 Thursdays in January
5th, 12th, 19th & 26th
4:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Via Zoom

Qi Gong (pronounced “chee-gong”) is an ancient, low impact, mind-body practice which integrates meditation with movement. “Qi” means “one’s life force or energy.” “Gong” means “cultivation.” This practice is appropriate for people of all ages and levels of wellbeing. This particular form can be done standing or sitting as well as adjusted to one’s own personal fitness. Qi Gong has been shown to produce positive effects on one’s physical, psychosocial and total quality of life! Qi Gong is a selfcare practice that one can add to their healing toolkit to use as often as needed.

This class of Qi Gong has 3 parts:

The Warm Up exercises which are called “The Foundation Practice” consisting of gentle movements and tapping on the body. All the moves are self-care movements considered anti-arthritic, including several healthful movements for healthy hands, beautiful faces, and anti-dementia moves.

The second part is a selection of movements from the “Eight Treasures Qi Gong” which change each week and activate the internal and external flow of Qi energy throughout the body, increasing energy, well-being, flexibility, and homeostasis. These specific movements strengthen the Deep Immune System!

The third part of class is a powerful meditation done sitting on a chair or stool, designed to detoxify and balance the five-organ system. This powerful meditation also addresses and clears blockages caused by emotions.

Gayla Gabriel has been a student and teacher of this form of Qi Gong for nine years. This form of Qi Gong and Meditation for Cancer Support was uniquely designed for cancer patients and survivors by Dr. Mao Shing Ni, doctor of Chinese medicine, Master Instructor of Qi Healing and Tai Chi, and co-founder of Yo San University in LA and the Tao of Wellness in Santa Monica. Gayla has been a teacher and facilitator in the area of healing arts since 1984. In addition to teaching Qi Gong, she is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, Integrative Counselor of Alternative Therapies, Reiki therapist, NLP practitioner, trained in Mind Based Stress Reduction meditation, and author of Leaving With Love: Eternal Messages from the Heart.

To learn how to sign up for upcoming programs, please reach out to [email protected]

Monthly Plant-Powered Cooking Class
With Elaine Bryan
Of Body and Soul Nourishment
Monday, January 30th
4:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
via Zoom

If you’ve been wanting to start incorporating delicious, healthy and plant-powered meals into your routine, join us for our monthly cooking class with Elaine!  All dairy and gluten free! Recipes will be emailed to all registrants.

This month we will cook warming Thai food for this wintery month!

Dishes:

Thai Coconut Rice
Soba Noodle Veggie Bowl with Thai Peanut Sauce (or Almond)
Oatmeal Raisin Date Sweetened Cookies

Elaine Bryan is a nutrition counselor and herbalist, beginning her studies in nutrition and herbs in 1998.  Elaine is a certified health coach with Dr. William Sears and Certified Holistic Cancer educator with CACE, the Center of Advanced Cancer Education.  She is passionate about sharing the benefits of incorporating an abundance of plant foods into our daily lives and assists others in growing their own plants either in ground or on the state-of-the-art vertical tower garden growing systems.  Elaine teaches educational plant-based meal prep classes in Carlsbad CA a number of times per month and includes demos, recipes and yummy food tastings! Elaine Bryan is also Registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance since 2008, teaching primary gentle hatha yoga in various locations around north county San Diego. To learn more about Elaine, please visit: www.bodyandsoulnourishment.com

HeartMath® Meditation Series
With Sharon Holly
4 Wednesdays in February:
1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd
5:00pm – 6:15pm (PST)
Via Zoom

HeartMath® meditation is a series of heart-focused breathing techniques that can help shift emotions from stress to calm.

Join us to learn how this science-based methodology uses breathing/mindful based techniques to bring about coherence — the alignment of your physical, mental and emotional systems working in sync through accessing the power & intelligence of the heart and bridging its connection to the mind.

These techniques have been shown to empower individuals worldwide in self-regulation of emotions and behaviors.  Leading those who practice regularly to reduced stress & increased resilience while guiding them to their innate ability to make more effective choices as well as create break throughs to greater levels of balance, creativity, insight & health.

Sharon Holly is a Living Beauty, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) & y4c (yoga for cancer) instructor. On her healing journey with breast cancer in 2011, Sharon found the Living Beauty Serenity Yoga Retreat not only a tremendous part of her healing process but also inspirational, setting her on the path of her life’s purpose…teaching fellow survivors/thrivers. She feels blessed to be able to give back the gifts that were so readily given to her and continue to help her heal.

She currently teaches small group classes and private yoga therapy sessions in-person and online, through her own company, Healing Breath Yoga Therapy as well as through various yoga studios, PT offices and cancer centers including: TCRF/Magnolia House, CSC-LA & Cedars-Sinai/THO.

Sharon holds certifications in both adult and children’s yoga as an     E-RYT/CYT-500, Amrit Yoga Nidra, Certified TRE® and The Resilience Toolkit Provider and is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. To view a schedule of classes, please visit: www.sharonholly.com

Move into Balance Series
With Karin Hoffman
4 Thursdays in February
2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd
4:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Via Zoom

Creatively explore and encourage held stress patterns in the body and mind to “let go” through movement. Zone into your inner experiences as you move in and out of balance and imbalance, holding and releasing, effort and ease, discord and tranquility. This is body expression from our internal state. All levels levels welcome.

Karin Hoffman, C-IAYT, YTRX 500C, E-RYT 500 is a cancer survivor who emerged from her own struggle through yoga. Her personal understanding of health challenges allows her to teach from a place of compassion. She supports her students in a safe practice, to encourage self-confidence through the expression of movement

Karin is a certified Yoga Therapist C-IAYT. She teaches and has taught Yoga Therapy, Belly Dance and Movement Therapy to Oncology Patients at TCRF, Cedars Sinai, Brandman Breast Center, Center for Radiation, and Healing Odyssey programs. She served 6-years as Stress Management Specialist for UCLA’s Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease, and conducted Yoga Therapy workshops for UCLA’s Integrative Medical Collaborative. Karin is a staff instructor for Loyola Marymount’s Yoga Therapy Rx program, teaching Yoga for the Cardiovascular System.

First Fridays Chat n Connect
Friday, February 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.”

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