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CSC | 3276 McNUTT AVENUE, WALNUT CREEK, CA 94597 | (925) 933-0107 | WWW.CANCERSUPPORT.NET

PROGRAM CALENDAR MARCH | APRIL | 2022

OUR MISSIONWe support people facing cancer

in our community to become healthier, live longer, and

live better.

Our services are provided at no cost through the generosity

of individual and private contributions.

OUR PROGRAMSOur programs include:

Support GroupsNetworking Groups

Educational WorkshopsCreative Expression ClassesNutrition & Cooking Classes

Children, Teen, Family ProgramsSocial Connections

Adaptive Movement ClassesMind/Body Classes

OUR SERVICESTo register for any of our

programs, please visit our website at

www.cancersupport.net and click on the program calendar.

Full descriptions of all Cancer Support Community programs are accessible in

our online calendar.

REOPENING UPDATE Please check our online calendar for information on when programs may be offered in person as well as virtually. For the latest updates, please visit www.cancersupport.net.

ARE YOU NEW TO CSC?Welcome! We want to connect you with our services as soon as possible.

To access our programs, please call 925.933.0107 to set up a one-on-one Newcomers Meeting via Zoom.

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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

PLEASE REGISTER for programs in green (workshops or special programs) or black (ongoing classes) by going to www.cancersupport.net or calling (925) 933-0107. Programs in blue require a Zoom Newcomers Meeting and brief interview prior to placement in group. Programs in orange are based in Antioch when in person but open to all via Zoom by registering online at www.cancersupport.net. 2

PROGRAM CALENDAR MARCH | 2022

EVERY MONDAYIN MARCH8:30 am Pilates

10 am Sunlight Chair Yoga

1 pm American Mah Jong

3:45 pm The Healing Powerof Writing Series

5:30 pm Gentle Restorative Yoga

7 pm Weekly Groups (2)

EVERY WEDNESDAYIN MARCH9:15 am Yoga

9:30 am Contemplative Practices

10:30 am Weekly Groups (4)

3 pm Integral Tai Chi Series

6 pm Grief & Loss Group

EVERY TUESDAY IN MARCH9:30 am Yoga11 am Newly Diagnosed Breast

Cancer Group11 am Weekly Groups (3)11:30 am Arts from the Heart1 pm Antioch Cancer Support Grp.1:15 pm Knitting Circle1:30 pm Moving for Life3 pm Feel the Rhythm3:15 pm Gentle Yoga/Urban Zen

MARCH 11:30 pm Gynecologic/Ovarian

Cancer Group

5:30 pm Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help

MARCH 26:30 pm Many Faces of Colorectal

Cancer

MARCH 74 pm Return to Wellness

Series Start


Series

MARCH 151:30 pm Gynecologic/Ovarian

Cancer Group


6:30 pm The Call of Cancer Series

MARCH 164 pm Monthly Long-Term Grief

& Loss Group

6 pm Cannabis & Cancer

MARCH 235 pm Trauma Release Exercise

MARCH 305 pm Community Cook-Along:

Cook Once — Eat Twice

MARCH 221:30 pm Breast Cancer Group

4 pm Youngish Adult Group


MARCH 296:30 pm The Call of Cancer

Series

MARCH 21


Series

MARCH 81:30 pm Breast Cancer Group

6:30 pm The Call of Cancer Series Start

MARCH 94 pm Colorectal Cancer Group

4 pm Lung Cancer Group

6 pm Life After Cancer Group

THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY


PROGRAM CALENDAR MARCH | 2022

EVERY THURSDAYIN MARCH11 am Mindful Somatic Yoga

11:30 am Wake Up From Within Gentle Healing Yoga

1 pm Osteo-Pilates

5:30 pm Yoga


EVERY SATURDAYIN MARCH8:30 am Yoga Flow

MARCH 39:30 am Qigong11 am A Garden of Books Book Club1 pm Cooking with Chef Chandra6 pm Brain Tumor Group

MARCH 411 am Eating for Healing

MARCH 510 am Lymphedema Support Group

11 am Urban Zen1 pm Celebrating New Beginnings

by Getting a Good Night’s Sleep Follow Up

MARCH 179:30 am Qigong10:30 am The Spirituality in Your Journey1 pm Cooking with Chef Chandra3 pm African Drumming6 pm Directly Facing Death Group

MARCH 18 MARCH 1910:30 am PACE Program of All Inclusive

Care For the Elderly

11 am Nutrition & Cancer Treatment

1 pm Roll, Release, Relax & Restore

MARCH 2610 am Eating the Mediterranean

Way

10:30 am Primordial Sound Meditation and Healing Yoga

1 pm Sound Healing: Opening to the Rhythm of Spring

MARCH 253:30 pm Sing For Life

MARCH 249:30 am Qigong11 am Metastatic Prostate

Cancer Group1 pm Prostate Cancer Group1 pm Cooking with Chef Chandra4 pm Healthy Cooking on a Budget

MARCH 109:30 am Qigong11 am Metastatic Prostate

Cancer Group1 pm Cooking with Chef Chandra1 pm Compassionate Communi-

cation Practice Group

MARCH 31

MARCH 113 pm Sing Along with Ukes

& You

MARCH 1210 am Kids Circle (Elementary School)10 am Parent Group11 am Kids Circle (Middle School)11 am Teen Group

EVERY FRIDAY IN MARCH10:30 am Kundalini Chanting

Meditation

11 am Kundalini Yoga

12:45 pm Yoga Nidra

2 pm Tai Chi Chih

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY


PROGRAM CALENDAR APRIL | 2022

EVERY MONDAY IN APRIL8:30 am Pilates

10 am Sunlight Chair Yoga

1 pm American Mah Jong

3:45 pm The Healing Powerof Writing Series

5:30 pm Gentle Restorative Yoga

7 pm Weekly Groups (2)

EVERY WEDNESDAYIN APRIL9:15 am Yoga

9:30 am Contemplative Practices

10:30 am Weekly Groups (4)

3 pm Integral Tai Chi Series


EVERY TUESDAY IN APRIL9:30 am Yoga

11 am Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Group

11 am Weekly Groups (3)

11:30 am Arts from the Heart

1 pm Antioch Cancer Support Group

1:15 pm Knitting Circle

1:30 pm Moving for Life

3 pm Feel the Rhythm

3:15 pm Gentle Yoga/Urban Zen

APRIL 51:30 pm Gynecologic/Ovarian

Cancer Group



APRIL 66 pm An Update on End of Life

Choices in 2022

APRIL 114 pm Return to Wellness

Series


Series


Series

APRIL 191:30 pm Gynecologic/Ovarian

Cancer Group


APRIL 204 pm Monthly Long-Term Grief

& Loss Group

6 pm Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Precision Medicine


Series

APRIL 261:30 pm Breast Cancer Group

4 pm Youngish Adult Group6 pm Jin Shin Jyutsu for Self Care

& Symptom Management

APRIL 275 pm Trauma Release Exercise

APRIL 121:30 pm Breast Cancer Group

6:30 pm The Call of Cancer Series End

APRIL 134 pm Colorectal Cancer Group

4 pm Lung Cancer Group

6 pm Life After Cancer Group

THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

SUNDAY


PROGRAM CALENDAR APRIL | 2022

EVERY THURSDAY IN APRIL11 am Mindful Somatic Yoga

11:30 am Wake Up From Within Gentle Healing Yoga

1 pm Osteo-Pilates

5:30 pm Yoga


EVERY FRIDAY IN APRIL10:30 am Kundalini Chanting

Meditation

11 am Kundalini Yoga

12:45 pm Yoga Nidra

2 pm Tai Chi Chih

EVERY SATURDAY IN APRIL8:30 am Yoga Flow

APRIL 79:30 am Qigong

11 am A Garden of Books Book Club

1 pm Cooking with Chef Chandra

6 pm Brain Tumor Group

APRIL 83 pm Sing Along with Ukes

& You

APRIL 1

APRIL 910 am Kids Circle (Elementary School)

10 am Parent Group

10:30 am Healing Integration of Yoga and the Science of Ayurveda

11 am Kids Circle (Middle School)

11 am Teen Group

APRIL 210 am Lymphedema Support Group

11 am Eating for Healing

1 pm Reclaiming Your Sexuality

1 pm Carcinoid/Neuroendocrine Group


10:30 am The Spirituality in Your Journey


3 pm African Drumming

6 pm Directly Facing Death Group

APRIL 223:30 pm Sing For Life

APRIL 29

APRIL 2310:30 am Elderly Wishes With

a Chronic Disease

11 am Managing Symptoms & Side Effects

1 pm Sound Healing: Listening with Body Awareness

APRIL 30

11 am Cancer & Chinese Medicine

1 pm Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement

APRIL 2811 am Metastatic Prostate

Cancer Group

1 pm Prostate Cancer Group

4 pm Healthy Cooking on a Budget


11 am Metastatic Prostate Cancer Group

1 pm Compassionate Communi-cation Practice Group


APRIL 15 APRIL 1611 am Nutrition for Survivorship

1 pm Roll, Release, Relax & Restore

6TO REGISTER for any of the special programs, please go to the online calendar. Programs in orange are based in Antioch when in person but open to all via Zoom by registering online at www.cancersupport.net.

MARCHMANY FACES OF COLORECTAL CANCERWednesday: March 2, 6:30 pmThis workshop focuses on the unique issues of people with colorectal cancer. Current treatments and therapies will be discussed along with nutrition and exercise tips. Speakers include John Muir Health’sDr. Jewel Johl, Medical Oncologist and Alison Ryan, PA.

EATING FOR HEALINGFriday: March 4, 11 amWith Susie White, Holistic Nutrition Consultant. Susie will demonstrate easy, healthy, plant-based recipes.

URBAN ZENSaturday: March 5, 11 amWith Lilia Roman, RYT. Urban Zen uniquely integrates several modalities including Yoga, Breath Awareness and Meditation for a deeply relaxing practice.

CELEBRATING NEW BEGINNINGS BY GETTING A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP FOLLOW UPSaturday, March 5, 1 pmWith Erika Maslan, LMFT, CSC TherapistFacilitator. This is a class for those who attended the January 29 class with Erika. We will check on the progress you have made on changes to support your health and well-being.

RETURN TO WELLNESS SERIESMondays: March 7 through May 2, 4 pmWith Jill Stewart, LMFT, CSC Therapist Facilitator. This eight-week series is for people who have completed treatment, focused on survivorship practices that enhance quality of life and help to decrease the risk of recurrence. Includes group support to discuss the emotional aspects of survivor-ship. Presentations on nutrition address how diet can impact recovery and survivorship. Sessions will also include an in-class exercise component and address increasing physical activity. No class March 21.

THE CALL OF CANCER SERIESTuesdays: March 8 through April 12, 6:30 pmWith Shariann Tom. As you know cancer is one of life’s most challenging experiences, but “The Call of Cancer 6-week Series” explores the outrageous possibility that it

can be one of the most healing. Discover how to: harness the power of your emotions; tap into a well of clarity and peace; get immediate relief by using easy-to-apply tools; and become your own best ally and realize your dreams. Shariann Tom, author of The Call of Cancer: A Loving Pathway to Wholeness, Healing, and Transformation, will guide you.

COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION PRACTICE GROUPThursday: March 10, 1 pmWith Jared Finkelstein, Bay NVC Trainer. Practice communicating with greater clarity, honesty and compassion which shifts rela-tionships and helps you stay in touch with deeper values. Work through communication challenges with support and feedback.

KIDS CIRCLE & TEEN TALKSaturday: March 12, 10 and 11 amWith CSC Therapists. For families with school age children (ages 6–18) when a parent has cancer. See calendar page for each group time.

CANNABIS & CANCERWednesday: March 16, 6 pmWith Eloise Thiesen, RN, MSN, NP. Learn how cannabis can assist in relieving pain, easing anxiety, improving quality of sleep, and preventing drastic weight loss and nausea/vomiting for those undergoing cancer treatment. Eloise is a nurse practitioner with extensive experience in oncology.

THE SPIRITUALITY IN YOUR JOURNEY Thursday: March 17, 10:30 amWith Zenaida Burgos, CSC East County Program Manager. We’ll explore our own life experiences as spiritual beings. The workshop will provide the tools to structure your own spirituality journey.

PACE PROGRAM OF ALL INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLYSaturday: March 19, 10:30 amWith Emily Hoshida, Center Director for Center for the Elders’ Independence. Learn about PACE and how this program helps and bene� ts seniors at risk living in their homes. ;

NUTRITION & CANCER TREATMENTSaturday: March 19, 11 amWith Tinrin Chew, RD, Oncology Dietitian. Learn what to eat during treatment to help you regain and maintain health.

ROLL, RELEASE, RELAX & RESTORESaturday: March 19, 1 pmWith Maxine Younger, CYT. Using a foam roller, ball or movement, self-myofascial release can alleviate pain, increase � exibility and improve posture.

TRAUMA RELEASE EXERCISEWednesday: March 23, 5 pmWith Jenny Schneider, Certi� ed TRE Provider. Our muscles serve as storage houses for emotional memory. TRE safely guides you through a technique of fatiguing muscles that surround the body’s emotional center. As the muscles fatigue, they begin to shake, setting off a chain reaction that triggers a reset of the autonomic nervous system, leaving you feeling calm and relaxed.

HEALTHY COOKING ON A BUDGET Thursday: March 24, 4 pmWith Linda Carucci, Chef, Cookbook Author. Recipes: Oven-Braised Root Vegetables with Horseradish Mashed Potatoes;Celery Root Rémoulade.

EATING THE MEDITERRANEAN WAYSaturday: March 26, 10 amWith Camila Loew, PhD. From Spain, Camila will demonstrate delicious recipes based on the Mediterranean Diet.

PRIMORDIAL SOUND MEDITATION AND HEALING YOGASaturday: March 26, 10:30 amWith Mirtha Carballo, CYT/Ayurvedic Lifestyle teacher. Learn a technique that allows you to settle into quiet levels of awareness until you reach the purity of silence for healing.

SOUND HEALING — OPENING TO THE RHYTHM OF SPRINGSaturday: March 26, 1 pmMother Nature sheds her winter coat as we release stress in your body, ease your mind and restore your spirit to the harmonies of Earth’s Opening Song. Inez, certi� ed naturalist, and sound healer guides you on a healing journey into the emergence of Spring.

COMMUNITY COOK-ALONG:COOK ONCE, EAT TWICEWednesday: March 30, 5 pmWith Susie White, Holistic Nutrition Consultant. Join from your home kitchen where together we each will prepare dishes that can provide two meals. A detailed shopping and cooking equipment list will be emailed out in advance so we can get cooking together!

SPECIAL PROGRAMS MARCH | APRIL | 2022


APRILEATING FOR HEALINGSaturday: April 2, 11 amSee March 4 program description.

RECLAIMING YOUR SEXUALITYSaturday: April 2, 1 pmWith Sandra Lindholm, NP, PsyD specializing in sex therapy. This workshop for women focuses on ways to manage changes in body image, sexual desire, arousal, orgasm and painful sex. Learn how to enhance sexual intimacy and communication with your partner around your sexual needs.

AN UPDATE ON END OF LIFE CHOICES IN 2022 Wednesday: April 6, 6 pmWith Frances Hornstein, LCSW. This workshop will review of end of life options available in California and provide information on a new law taking effect in January 2022 that will impact end of life options.

KIDS CIRCLE & TEEN TALKSaturday: April 9, 10 and 11 amSee March 12 program description.

HEALING INTEGRATION OF YOGA AND THE SCIENCE OF AYURVEDASaturday: April 9, 10:30 amWith Mirtha Carballo, CYT, Ayurvedic Lifestyle Teacher. Learn yoga postures to support total health and Ayurveda yoga holistic integration practices of the mind, body, spirit and meditation.

COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION PRACTICE GROUPThursday: April 14, 1 pmSee March 10 program description.

NUTRITION FOR SURVIVORSHIPSaturday: April 16, 11 amWith Tinrin Chew, RD, Oncology Dietitian. Learn what to eat after treatment to help you regain and maintain health, and the importance of incorporating cancer � ghting foods in your diet.

ROLL, RELEASE, RELAX & RESTORESaturday: April 16, 1 pmSee March 19 program description.

FSAC: PRECISION MEDICINEWednesday: April 20, 6 pmWith Tracie Watson, DO, Medical Oncologist, Contra Costa Oncology. Learn about personal-ized medicine including precision medicine testing, biomarker testing, treatment decision-making, targeted therapy and inheritable cancers.

THE SPIRITUALITY IN YOUR JOURNEY Thursday: April 21, 10:30 amSee March 17 program description.

ELDERLY WISHES WITH A CHRONIC DISEASESaturday: April 23, 10:30 amWith Mary Chapman, Executive Director, Elderly Wish Foundation. Learn more about this non-profit foundation helping make dreams come true for terminally ill adults in Contra Costa County.

MANAGING SYMPTOMS & SIDE EFFECTSSaturday: April 23, 11 amWith Allison Gervis, OCN. Learn strategies to manage treatment side effects such as fatigue, anemia, infection, skin rashes, nausea and pain to optimize quality of life during and after treatment.

SOUND HEALING — LISTENING WITH BODY AWARENESSSaturday: April 23, 1 pmWith R. Consuelo Inez, Certi� ed Sound Healer. Listening mindfully restores our body, energy, and spirit. We become aware of our connec-tion with all living beings, on a healing journey into subtle body consciousness and beyond.

JIN SHIN JYUTSU FOR SELF-CARE & SYMPTOM MANAGEMENTTuesday: April 26, 6 pmWith Kathy O’Hare, Certi� ed Asian Body Work Therapist. Learn a style of acupressure that uses gentle touch to hold speci� c combinations to help the energy meridians � ow more smoothly for health and symptom management.

TRAUMA RELEASE EXERCISEWednesday: April 27, 5 pmSee March 23 program description.

HEALTHY COOKING ON A BUDGET Thursday: April 28, 4 pmWith Linda Carucci, Chef, Cookbook Author. Recipes: Pasta with Spinach and Ricotta Sauce;Crostone with Broccoli Rabe and Creamy Cannellini Beans.

CANCER & CHINESE MEDICINESaturday: April 30, 11 amWith Shohreh Doustani, MS, LAc. We’ll discuss the Chinese view on cancer using acupuncture, herbs, self-massage, support of the immune system, diet, and anxiety-reduction techniques in the time of COVID-19.

FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENTSaturday: April 30, 1 pmWith Naf� e Fishbacher, Guild Certi� ed Feldenkrais Teacher. Is there something

about how you move and feel that you would like to change? Perhaps you’d like to stand straighter, be more � exible, or have fewer aches and pains. This workshop provides gentle movement explorations that can help you achieve these goals. Please wear comfortable, nonrestrictive clothing.

ONGOING PROGRAMS

THE HEALING POWER OF WRITINGMondays: 3:45 pmWith Janet Kettelhut, LMFT. Experience a non-judgmental, deep sensing and curious approach to writing to strengthen health and build community.

COOKING WITH CHEF CHANDRAThursdays: 1 pmWith Chef Chandra Collins. Explore different plant-based recipes and learn tips and techniques using healing foods to maintain strength and boost immunity. No class last Thursday of the month.

SOCIAL CONNECTIONS

AMERICAN MAH JONGMondays: 1 pm

ARTS FROM THE HEARTTuesdays: 11:30 am

KNITTING CIRCLETuesdays: 1:15 pm

GARDEN OF BOOKS BOOK CLUB1st Thursdays: 11 am • March: City of Light, by Lauren Belfer• April: We Begin at the End, by Chris Whitaker• May: A Calling for Joshua Barnes,

by Joshua Ferris

AFRICAN DRUMMING3rd Thursdays: 3 pm

SING ALONG WITH UKES & YOU2nd Fridays: 3 pm

SING FOR LIFEFriday: March 25 and April 22, 3:30 pm

SPECIAL PROGRAMS MARCH | APRIL | 2022

“I don’t know where I would be without Cancer Support Community. They brought me great comfort and support after my life changing breast cancer diagnosis.”— Emmy, CSC member


MARCH | APRIL | 2022 | CONTINUED

Mark your calendar for the 8th annual Hope Walk, a fun and healthy way to help raise money to keep Cancer Support Community’s programs free and available for everyone.

From May 15 through 21, join others around the world in the virtual Hope Walk Week then join us for the in-person* Hope Walk celebration at Heather Farm Park on Saturday, May 21st. Join a team, create a team, or just spend the time on your own meditative stroll. We encourage you to spread the word to family and friends who live outside of the area so we can celebrate the Hope Walk near and far!

Register today at www.hopewalkbayarea.net, or contact Carol Louisell at [email protected] to � nd out how your company can sponsor the walk.

Get out and join the fun, and help keep CSC available for everyone who needs us! #WhyIHopeWalk*Pending local public health guidelines.

GET READY TO WALK!

TO JOIN any of the support groups listed, please call us so that we can set up a brief intro-ductory meeting and intake. To register for any of the adaptive movement and mind/body classes, please go to the online calendar. Programs in orange are based in Antioch when in person but open to all via Zoom by registering online at www.cancersupport.net

SUPPORT GROUPS

We offer support groups for people with any cancer. Weekly groups are available for both patients and caregivers. A speci� c group for those with newly diagnosed breast cancer meets weekly. Networking groups are once or twice a month and are for some speci� c cancers or topics. Atten-dance at a Newcomers Meeting and a brief group preparation interview are required.

WEEKLY GROUP TIMESMonday: 7–9 pm (2 groups)Tuesdays: 11 am, Newly Diagnosed

Breast Cancer GroupTuesdays: 11 am–1 pm (3 groups)Tuesdays: 1–3 pm (1 group)Wednesdays: 10:30 am–12:30 pm (4 groups)Wednesdays: 6 pm, Grief & Loss GroupThursdays: 6 pm, Grief & Loss Group

NETWORKING GROUP TIMES Brain Tumor Group1st Thursday: 6 pmBreast Cancer Group2nd & 4th Tuesdays: 1:30 pmCarcinoid/Neuroendocrine GroupSaturday: April 2, 1 pm Colorectal Cancer Group2nd Wednesday: 4 pmDirectly Facing Death Group3rd Thursday: 6 pmGynecologic/Ovarian Cancer Group1st & 3rd Tuesday: 1:30 pmLife After Cancer Group2nd Wednesday: 6 pmLung Cancer Group2nd Wednesday: 4 pmLymphedema Support Group1st Saturday: 10 amMetastatic Prostate Cancer Group2nd & 4th Thursdays: 11 amMonthly Long-Term Grief & Loss Group3rd Wednesday: 4 pmProstate Cancer Group4th Thursday: 1 pmYoungish Adult Group4th Tuesday: 4 pm

ADAPTIVE MOVEMENT & MIND BODY CLASSES

PilatesMondays: 8:30 am

Sunlight Chair YogaMondays: 10 am

Gentle Restorative YogaMondays: 5:30 pm

YogaTuesdays: 9:30 amWednesdays: 9:15 amThursdays: 5:30 pm

Moving for LifeTuesdays: 1:30 pm

Feel the RhythmTuesdays: 3 pm

Gentle Yoga & Urban ZenTuesdays: 3:15 pm

Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help1st & 3rd Tuesdays: 5:30 pm

Contemplative PracticesWednesdays: 9:30 am

Integral Tai ChiWednesdays: 3 pm

QiGongNew Time! Thursdays 9:30 amNo class last Thursday of the month.

Mindful Somatic YogaThursdays: 11 am

Wake Up From Within Gentle Healing YogaThursdays: 11:30 am

Osteo-PilatesThursdays: 1 pm

Kundalini Chanting MeditationFridays: 10:30 am

Kundalini YogaFridays: 11 am

Yoga NidraFridays: 12:45 pm

Tai Chi ChihFridays: 2 pm

Yoga FlowSaturdays: 8:30 am

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