crguy has mentioned the Inspire Health program in previous posts when I searched Inspire Health. I am going to look into it.
crguy= you did the 2 day program. What were/are your thoughts about it? I think I will do the 2 day program as the entire year 'program'/cost would not be as useful as I live in a Vancouver suburb and don't relish the thought of heading into Vancouver by car or transit
, and couldn't take full advantage of all the different classes,etc. that they offer.
For everyone: they offer a free, Thursday 7pm PST online meditation class. I did it last Thursday evening as I lay in bed. I had to download an app for online webinars(?it told me what to do once I went to the link from them for meditation) on my tablet first, so go to the site 10 minutes beforehand. I will use headphones tonight as last time I could hear my youngest struggling to put the Christmas lights on the tree....LOL and on the phone to my sister talking about her crazy dream. I think I could really use the almost 45 minutes of calming down due to my stress of deciding whether or not to do Xeloda. (Note: I am not a meditation sort of person usually but figured it was free and couldn't hurt.) There was someone from Portland,USA on there. Most people 'chatted' where they were from. Anyone can do it I assume.
http://www.inspirehealth.ca/online-meditation "Our online meditation class is offered to anyone interested in finding out more about this kind of experience. It is open to any InspireHealth member, family member or friend, regardless of previous meditation experience. The class is guided by a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and a Registered Yoga Teacher with many years of experience teaching meditation.
Our aim is to provide a weekly group meditation where we practice ways to calm body and mind, and support personal harmony and balance, in the midst of our busy and sometimes chaotic everyday lives.
Please register for Online Meditation by entering your email address and then updating your InspireHealth profile to include Online Meditation as one of your interests. Each week you will receive am email reminder with a link to the class. Classes are held Thursdays from 7:00 – 7:45pm (Pacific Time)."
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Sigmoid resection (laparoscopic) Nov. 2014 T3N0M0=colon 2A Female 53 yrs. old
Choice of to take Capecitabine(Xeloda) or not: did 2 rounds and then had to quit due to
many side-effects(still have auto-immune/drug-induced arthritis problems)
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