Healing Icons® is partnering
with Dr. Frank Berger and The Center for Colon Cancer Research of USC to
provide a series of arts and healing workshops for colon cancer survivors
this Fall. There will be no cost for
participants to take part in these workshops due to the generous underwriting of
CCCR!
Receiving
a cancer diagnosis is a deeply jarring experience that ushers the cancer patient
into a world of overwhelming psycho-social and spiritual issues. In this summer’s CURE MAGAZINE, the article Vital Signs: recognizing & managing
distress can lead to better outcomes speaks to the importance of healing the whole person, not just the body!
“Most
of the time, negative emotional responses to cancer, such as vulnerability and
sadness, are normal, manageable and temporary. But for more than one-third of patients, cancer instills an avalanche
of fear, anger and anxiety that
takes over and doesn't go away, intensifying the experience. Experts call
this response "distress," and it is an increasing focus of
comprehensive cancer care.
Many doctors have come to accept that
treating distress will not only improve the quality of life for people living
with cancer but will also enhance treatment adherence, hasten recovery times
and even lower healthcare costs. In
fact, so much support has coalesced around the value of recognizing distress
that, starting in 2015, more than 1,500
cancer centers in the nation will need to screen patients for distress to
maintain their accreditation with the American College of Surgeons Commission
on Cancer.”
We
need more than medicine to heal. The
creative act ushers us past verbal expression into a silent realm full of
color, shape, texture and image. Within
this world, a different kind of strength and healing is accessed where anxiety
and distress loosens its hold. Absolutely no experience is needed to
participate in Healing Icons® offerings!
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Who:
Adult Colon Cancer Survivors
What: A series of art & healing workshops
When: You
may register for one or all three!
Thursday September 26th from 1pm – 5pm
Mandalas
for Centering Strength
Thursday October 10th from 1pm – 5pm
Mandalas for Harvesting Gratitude
Thursday October 24th from 1pm – 5pm
Mandalas for Restoring Balance
Where: The Lourie Center
1650 Park
Circle Columbia, SC 29201
Located near the
intersection of Blossom and Pickens in Five Points, next to Maxcy Gregg Pool,
adjacent to the beautiful University of South Carolina campus.
Why: We need more than medicine to heal
About your
instructors:
Heidi Darr-Hope, founder of Healing Icons, has been a visual artist
for over 4o years and has ushered
thousands of cancer patients through The Art
of Survival.
Life Cycle Celebrant®, writer and teacher.
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