Forest Moon also is offering an Overnight Couple's Retreat from 5 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 9, 2007 to 1 p.m. on Sun., Feb. 11, 2007 at Centennial House B&B in Northfield, Mass. During the retreat, participants will be introduced to evidence-based activities that reduce stress while increasing hope and strength. Activities will include guided meditations, couples' exercises, snowshoeing, expressive writing, creative arts, and goal setting. Participating couples will have a special opportunity to reflect on living in balance with cancer. The retreat is $50 per couple (which includes food and lodging) and is limited to six couples.
Facilitators of the overnight retreat are Deborah Steele, MA; and Elana Rosenbaum, LICSW, BCD. Ms. Steele has been facilitating healing retreats for those touched by cancer for thirteen years. She is the Support Services Coordinator at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center (at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center) and is a 14-year survivor of cancer. Ms. Rosenbaum is a cancer survivor and co-founder of Retreats to Renew. A former senior instructor in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at the University of Massachusetts, she now consults at cancer centers/hospitals and facilitates retreats.
To register for either of Forest Moon's programs, please contact Cindy Blood at (802) 380-4238 or cindy@forestmoon.org.
Founded in January 2004 by breast cancer survivor Cindy Blood and her husband Phil Blood, Forest Moon: Celebrating Survivorship is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for cancer survivors and their families and friends in rural New England. Forest Moon offers affordable full-day, overnight, and weekly support programs in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Western Massachusetts. Further information about the organization is available at www.forestmoon.org.
