12 week Lifestyle Based
Cancer Self-Help Program
Healing and wellbeing 12 week lifestyle based cancer self-help program offering hope…
Hope for recovery and hope for a new life! 12 weekly sessions to meet and help overcome the challenges of cancer - endorsed and supported by the Gawler foundation Melbourne.
| Programme Dates: |
1st group commences 16th May - 8th August.
2nd group commences 22nd August - 7th Nov.
3rd group commences 14th November - 19th Dec
Then continues from 16th January 2008. |
| Times: |
10 a.m - 12.30 pm |
| Venue: |
Child Cancer Foundation rooms, 56 Christopher Street, Tauranga. |
| Fee: |
$540 per person for 12 wk programme
$250 for support person (depending on numbers) |
Brief history
Established in Melbourne in 1981 by Ian Gawler, this acclaimed program has been continually developed in response to new research, experience and current needs. It has helped thousands of people affected by cancer, including their families and friends.
Network of local endorsed groups
A network has been established to make access easier. Group leaders are trained, endorsed and supported by Ian Gawler and The Gawler Foundation to conduct this 12 week Lifestyle Based Cancer
Self-Help Program
Offering hope, choice and peace of mind
Each session focuses upon a specific, self-help theme based upon a chapter of You Can Conquer Cancer. There is plenty of time to practise techniques as well as for discussion and questions.
Additional support comes from meeting, communicating and connecting with like minded people going through similar experiences. Healing choices are explained – hope and peace of mind become real and constant.
Attending with a support person
While this program will directly benefit the person affected
by cancer, we recognize that relatives and friends are often faced with challenges of their own. Therefore the sessions are specifically tailored to assist support people too. We encourage attendance together wherever possible.
About The Gawler Foundation
For over 25 years The Gawler Foundation has been conducting integrated programs in cancer management, disease prevention, self-healing techniques and total wellbeing for body, emotions, mind and spirit. The Gawler Foundation is a not-for-profit, non denominational organization dedicated to the improvement of the health
of the community.
Weekly Topics
| Week 1: |
Introduction and Meditation 1
Benefits of meditation and how to develop your own technique. |
| Week 2: |
Meditation 2
Deepening the practice. How to use meditation for your own healing journey. |
| Week 3: |
Positive Thinking 1
The power of the mind and how to use it for healing. Balancing hopes and fears. |
| Week 4: |
Food 1
What food and nutrition can achieve. The choices explained and clarity provided. |
| Week 5: |
Food 2
How to implement and sustain your choices including the value of supplements. |
| Week 6: |
Pain Management
Effective pain management and self-help options, including meditation techniques specific for pain. |
| Week 7: |
Healing
Healing the whole person: body, emotions, mind and spirit. Complementary healing options to help overcome cancer. |
| Week 8: |
Causes and solutions for cancer
Why me? Exploring causes and solutions on all levels. Making sense of major illness. |
| Week 9: |
Positive Thinking 2
How the mind can sabotage or generate healing and what to do about it. The use of imagery and affirmations for healing. |
| Week 10: |
Living and Dying
How to support healing and develop peace of mind, by confronting fear and uncertainty. Commonly a transformative session. |
| Week 11: |
Healthy Emotions
The healing power of joy, laughter, humour, gratitude, love and forgiveness. |
| Week 12: |
Philosophy of Health and Wellbeing
What is the message behind the illness? Is there something to learn? The search for meaning - Where to from here? |
Complementary and empowering
Complementary to any mainstream medical treatment, this unique and innovative program is designed to improve quality of life and survival. Lifestyle based, it teaches self-help techniques that are empowering, generate healing from within and lead to peace of mind.
By attending you will learn
- That hope is real
- What choices are available to you
- That peace of mind can be experienced and sustained
- What you can do that complements and completes mainstream medical treatment
- How to use food and nutrition for healing
- What positive thinking really is and how to use it
- Reliable techniques to overcome obstacles to peace of mind such as pain and fear
- Techniques for relaxation, meditation and imagery
- The path to health, healing and wellbeing
Before commencing the program
- It is recommended you read Ian Gawler’s books You Can Conquer Cancer and Peace of Mind
- Start now - the sooner you begin to implement the program, the sooner you will feel the benefits
Courses & Conferences Liz has attended:
- Cancer Support Group Leaders Training Programme - June 2004
- Death & Dying - Practitioner Retreat - Aug 2004
- Mindfulness Meditation retreat - 2006
- Cancer Self Help Group Leaders Training Programme - Oct 2006
- 2 Gawler Foundation annual Conferences "Profound Healing, Sustainable Wellbeing"
- Breast Cancer Conference - Rotorua - 2007
To Register
Please enquire by:
Email:program@stilwellinhealth.com
Phone: (07) 577 6388 - if unavailable please leave name & contact number.
Or download our form here and send it back to:
Stilwell in Health
Level 2
45 Grey St
Tauranga
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