CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Living Beauty Cancer Foundation provides both in-person and online programming! Our workshops, movement classes and one-on-one sessions are currently being held online and our overnight retreats and day retreats are held in person! Please check your emails for information on our programs and to stay updated on any upcoming retreats. 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
Belly Dance Series
With Karin Hoffman
4 Tuesdays in April:
2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd
11:30am – 12:30pm (PST)
Via Zoom
Come celebrate your inner goddess in this art form of playful dance movement! We will play with easy movement isolations, shimmy drills, hip gliding and hip articulations. It’s all about finding expression in movement to translate the rhythm of the music. This beginner class is taught by a certified yoga therapist, belly dance enthusiast and cancer survivor, who will keep you in a safe range of motion while encouraging you to have fun!
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.
For information on how to register for this event please reach out [email protected].
Monthly Yoga Nidra
With Sharon Holly
Thursday, April 18th
7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Via Zoom
Yoga Nidra is an ancient meditation practice that uses your innate biological process of sleep, to access the deepest state of consciousness where it can attain restoration on all levels of your body and being. You will be guided through a series of breath and awareness techniques that support the body in releasing physical, mental and/or emotional tension.
This practice allows the body to enter the space between wakefulness and sleep unlocking your healing potential. This ancient yogic technique effortlessly takes you to a state of deep relaxation where you may change your relationship to pain, habits, and stressful situations. With practice it can provide you the capacity to move through life with greater ease and peace no matter what the external circumstances are around you.
It is typically done lying down on the floor, couch or bed, but can also be done in a recliner or comfortable chair. Each class will start with a short lesson followed by Q&A. The actual meditation will be approximately 40 minutes. Benefits of Yoga Nidra have been reported to support better sleep, decrease pain, anxiety, blood pressure as well as increase energy, mood and overall well-being.
ALL LEVELS WELCOME and no prior experience is needed.
Sharon Holly is a Living Beauty, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), y4c (yoga for cancer) Teacher, Certified TRE® (Tension/Trauma Release Exercises) and The Resilience Toolkit Provider. On her healing journey with breast cancer, Sharon was introduced to various modalities through retreats offered by The Foundation for Living Beauty that were not only a tremendous part of her healing process, but also inspired and set her on the path of her life’s purpose…empowering and guiding fellow survivors/thrivers towards their inner wisdom and healing which ultimately result from understanding and navigating their nervous systems. She feels blessed to be able to share the gifts that were so readily given to her and continue to provide support on her healing journey.
For information on how to register for this event please reach out [email protected].
Monthly Plant-Powered Cooking Class
With Elaine Bryan
Of Body and Soul Nourishment
Monday, April 22nd
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 on Friday.
Dishes:
Carrot Top Pesto
Extra Sharp Raw Vegan Cheddar Cheese Ball
Sunflower Flax Crackers
Vegan Cashew Goat Cheese
Chocolate Covered Snickers Stuffed Dates
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.
Note: you need only register once in 2024 and will receive a reminder link to join the morning of and 10 minutes before the class.
For information on how to register for this event please reach out [email protected].
Annual Spring Brunch
Saturday, April 27th
11:00am – 2:00pm
At the home of Living Beauty Martha Rivera
Alhambra, California
We are so pleased to invite you to our annual Spring Brunch! Living Beauty Martha Rivera will be hosting this year at her lovely home in Alhambra (San Gabriel Valley). It is a great time to get together, break bread and create the community that Living Beauty is uniquely known for.
We will continue the tradition of a flower exchange this year. If you’d like to participate in the exchange, please bring a flower or potted plant to gift to another sister Living Beauty (this activity is completely optional).
As always, Living Beauty events are free of charge (transportation is not provided). This event is catered. Thank you for leaving your pets at home.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, April 27th!
For information on how to register for this event please reach out [email protected].
Elemental Healing Retreat
Starts: Friday, May 24th at 3:00pm
Ends: Sunday, May 26th at 12:00pm
Joshua Tree Retreat Center
Joshua Tree, California
Join Certified Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master and Living Beauty, Kristin Dwan in the majestic, grounding and healing desert to immerse yourself in the healing qualities of all Five Elements. The Five Elements are Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit, and each one has specific qualities to help you on your healing and thriving journey. Throughout these three days, you will learn how to use Earth to ground your intentions, Water to cleanse and feel them, Air to dream & clear your mind, Fire to activate and Spirit to up-level your healing intentions.
A look into what you will experience:
- A Bonfire to Cut Cords to Worries
- Breathwork
- Creating Crystal Healing Water
- A Reiki Circle
- Going deeper with Visioning
- Guided Meditations
- Healing time in beautiful nature
- Connective time together in circle with your Living Beauty community
Kristin Dwan has used every single modality she will be teaching us during her cancer journey in 2018. She has been working with the elements, Reiki and in the spiritual world for over 3 decades and looks forward to being with you in the healing womb of nature and the elements to help guide you into a deeper connection to YOU!
Before applying, please take these notes into consideration:
- Please be sure your calendar is clear for the 3 days and that you can arrive at the start time. To get the most out of this retreat, we ask that you remain at the center for the duration of the retreat.
- Housing: you will have your own room and may or may not share a bathroom with another Living Beauty.
- Transportation to and from the retreat center is not provided.
If this calls to you, we invite you to apply to our waitlist!
For information on how to apply for wait list for this event please reach out [email protected].