Our program calendar changes quarterly. Please view this page often to check for new wellness and educational programs. Please obtain your doctor's approval before participating in any Wellness Program.

Yoga - A Path Toward Wellness

Open to women with cancer
Appropriate for beginners or more advanced students. Emphasis is placed on movement with breath awareness as a way to achieve a more tranquil mind. Experience the benefits of yoga, which include a stronger, healthier body and a calmer, more focused mind.

Pre-registration is required.

Please call Support Connection to register. 914-962-6402.

Meditation

Open to people living with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancers. 

The practice of meditation includes a wide range of techniques you can practice any time, in any way, and anywhere. In this two session workshop, Instructor Chun Kim-Levin will gently guide you to experience many different ways to practice meditation so that you can reap its benefits. Some of these benefits include slowing and deepening breath, relaxing the nervous system, muscles and tendons, increasing the efficiency of the immune system, aiding in blood flow and heart efficiency, and increasing digestive system functioning.

Chun Kim-Levin, MPA, RN, HN-BC, CYT has been a healthcare professional for over 35 years, with 15 years of healthcare management experience. In 1997 Chun made a major career change, founding Life-Spring Holistic Services.

Pre-registration is required.

Reiki for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer

Open to people living with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancers.

Reiki is an ancient holistic practice that promotes stress reduction, relaxation and well being.  The word 'Reiki' comes from two Japanese words which translate to "universal life force," an energy found within all things - people, animals, plants, rocks, trees...even the earth itself.  Reiki practitioners channel that life force, allowing the recipient to utilize the body's own natural ability to reduce stress and anxiety.
In this program, you will learn about the history and uses of Reiki, basic meditation and breathing techniques, and how to use Reiki on your own.

Michelle Carter owns Westchester Putnam Reiki and has practiced Reiki since 2006. She is a Reiki Master in both the Usui and Celtic Reiki traditions. For more information, visit WestchesterPutnamReiki.com.

Space is limited. Pre-registration is required.

Breast Health and Cancer Risk: What Can You Do?

A Public Educational Forum on Screening, Risk and Managing Your Health

Open to the public.

This program offers learning opportunities for all women. For those who have never experienced breast cancer, learn about screening, risk factors and their personal health needs. For those who have experienced breast cancer, bring your friends and family members so you can learn together and help them be proactive about their health.

Topics will include: 

• What is "dense breast tissue" and how does this impact cancer screening, diagnosis and risk.
• How to identify your personal risks for breast cancer and what you can do to change them.
• The latest research on risk reduction.
• How benign breast disease can increase your risk for breast cancer.
• What is the true risk for breast cancer with a positive family history?
• Understanding the complexities of genetic breast cancer risk and recommendations for personal surveillance.

A question and answer period will follow the presentation.

SPEAKERS:

Dr. Karen S. Arthur, Breast Surgeon, is Board certified in surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is an active member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and currently serves as the medical director of the Northern Westchester Hospital Breast Institute at Yorktown. Dr. Arthur is affiliated with both NWH and Hudson Valley Hospital, and since 2001 has dedicated 100% of her practice to breast surgery.

Nancy Cohen, Genetic Counselor, holds an MS degree in Human Genetics and is certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling. She completed the City of Hope Advanced Course in Cancer Risk Assessment. Ms. Cohen has a special interest in the management of women at high risk for breast cancer and currently serves as the cancer genetic counselor for Northern Westchester Hospital where she initiated the cancer genetic counseling program.

Mary Greco, FNP-C, Nurse Practitioner, is a certified nurse practitioner with 30 years of experience in the area of Breast Disease. She holds MS degrees in Nursing and Nurse Practitioner. Ms. Greco is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the Oncology Nurses Society and the National Accrediting Program for Breast Centers as an Oncology Breast Care Nurse as well as a Breast Cancer Nurse Navigator. She currently serves as the clinical coordinator for the Breast Institute at Northern Westchester Hospital.

This is the 15th Educational Forum presented jointly by Support Connection, Inc. and The Breast Institute at Northern Westchester Hospital.

Pre-registration is required.

One Body - Two Hearts

An Open Discussion for Couples Who Are Facing Advanced-Stage Breast or Ovarian Cancer

Open to couples living with advanced stage breast, ovarian or gynecological cancers.

As a couple, facing cancer is challenging, even for the strongest relationships. The chronic nature of an advanced stage cancer requires endurance, support, hope, patience, and a sense of humor. The rollercoaster of emotions and difficulties that couples experience can be overwhelming.

We invite you and your spouse to join us for an open discussion about the challenges couples face together and separately while living with cancer. This discussion group is an opportunity to connect with other couples and share your experiences, ways of coping and finding hope in the present, and knowing that you are not alone.

The discussion will be facilitated by Support Connection Peer Counselor, Robin Perlmutter, LMSW.

Space is limited to 6 couples. Pre-registration is required.

Book Club

Open to people living with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancers.

If you love to read and to share your thoughts about what you've read in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere, why not join our new quarterly Book Club where the books read will be chosen by the participants? 

For this first meeting of the new quarterly Book Club, we will read "The Twelve Tribes of Hattie" by Ayana Mathis (an Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection). In her first book, Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one unforgettable family. In the words of one reviewer,

"The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is beautiful and necessary from the very first sentence. The human lives it renders are on every page lowdown and glorious, fallen and redeemed, and all at the same time. They would be too heartbreaking to follow, in fact, were they not observed in such a generous and artful spirit of hope, in a spirit of mercy, in the spirit of love. Ayana Mathis has written a treasure of a novel."

Support Connection is proud to have Amy Curran Baker leading the group discussion. Amy is the author of "Now What? Guide to Recovery After Mastectomy", Demos Health Publishing 12/2011.

Pre-registration is required.

Working With Clay: A Workshop

A Natural Way to Relax

Open to people living with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancers.

We invite you to join us for this 2-hour workshop that will allow you to enjoy yourself, relax and focus your attention on the clay in front of you. Anyone can do it!
We will hand build with slabs and textures, staying open, as the clay is transformed by your energy and imagination. You will also learn a few exciting hand building techniques to create some objects such as small plates, bowls or tiles.

Deborah Lecce has been working as a studio potter for over 35 yrs. She teaches all levels of clay in the Hudson Valley region. Come share her passion for working with clay and have fun.

Class is limited to 10 participants. Pre-registration is required.

Knitting Circle

Open to people living with breast, ovarian and gynecological cancer.

'Procrastinate No More' - Support Connection opens our doors to knitters, providing the space and time for you to begin or finish that project. Nothing says warmth and love like a handmade item, so join the circle and rekindle the joy of creating.

'Create a Gift for Another' - Once again we are asking all of our knitters if they would like to donate a hand-crafted item to Celebrate Life Day in June. Those who attend this event treasure these generous one-of-a-kind creations. To donate a hand-knitted or crocheted item, please e-mail Andrea at andrea.karl@supportconnection.org.

Pre-registration is required.

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