Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Health Care will offer a 12-week Qi Gong class for cancer survivors and members of their support teams. The classes are scheduled 6:30 – 7:30 pm Wednesdays, starting September 25. This section—titled “Tune-up, Tonify, and Strengthen”—is appropriate for beginners and those who are experienced in Qi Gong. The class is presented by Nate Sumner of Villari’s Martial Arts Center.
Participants will learn to increase their energy; release stress, anger, grief, and other negative emotions; cleanse their energy to achieve more well-being; find peace in the here and now; and activate their feeling of intelligence. Benefits include improved immunity, better sleep, increased energy sensitivity, greater vitality, and stress relief.
In addition, weekly Gentle Yoga classes for cancer survivors and members of their support teams are held at 5 p.m. each Monday through June 2020. During the hour-long classes, participants learn basic balancing postures, breathing, and visualization techniques for relaxation, stress reduction, flexibility, and strength. The class is presented by Ali Wassick and Jane Schaeffer of the Yoga Place in Bennington.
Both classes are held in Conference Room C of the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center at 100 Hospital Drive in Bennington and are offered with generous support from the Cancer Center Patient Resource Fund and the Cancer Center Community Crusaders. There is no charge for participants. For more information and to attend, contact Rebecca Hewson-Steller, RN, patient navigator, at 802-440-4244.
About SVHC:
Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a comprehensive, preeminent, health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVHC includes Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, and the SVHC Foundation. SVMC includes 25 primary and specialty care practices. For more information, visit svhealthcare.org.
Source: BENNINGTON, VT—September 12, 2019—Southwestern Vermont Health Care