InspireHealth

Strength & Cardio
2022-11-07 09:30 - 10:30, 2022-11-14 09:30 - 10:30 (America/Vancouver) | Virtual
Elevate the heart rate and get your body moving! This class focuses on aerobic movements while incorporating strength exercises to provide a full body conditioning workout. Modifiable for all levels.
* Please have a chair, wall, and weights or alternatives (e.g. water bottles, soup cans) close by.
Registration is now closed.

Monday Morning Mindfulness Meditation
2022-11-07 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-11-14 11:00 - 12:00
Increase connection through breath and mindfulness. This guided meditation class begins with intention setting, followed by a body scan, breathwork, and thought observation practice.
Registration is now closed.

Restorative Yoga
2022-11-07 13:30 - 14:30, 2022-11-14 13:30 - 14:30
Progress the body and mind to a place of relaxation, rest, and gentle opening. This class moves through a series of seated and lying down yoga postures to provide participants with a renewed sense of vitality and wellness. Modifiable for all levels.
* Please have a pillow, blanket, chair, and two bath towels nearby
Registration is now closed.

Orientation Session
2022-11-07 15:00 - 15:30, 2022-11-14 15:00 - 15:30
Join us to learn more about our programs and services and how you can access them. This session is open to people with a diagnosis of cancer and their support people.
Registration is now closed.

Pelvic Floor Education Session
2022-11-07 17:00 - 18:00
The pelvic floor muscles can be weakened or influenced by regular aging, but can also be greatly affected by surgeries and/or radiation to the abdominal, pelvic, and genital regions. Dysfunction of the pelvic floor can lead to urinary or bowel incontinence, chronic pain, and sexual dysfunction. Join Jodi Ganton, Registered Physiotherapist and Pelvic Floor Specialist, for this informative session on pelvic floor health and rehabilitation.
Registration is now closed.

Strength & Stretch
2022-11-08 09:30 - 10:30, 2022-11-15 09:30 - 10:30
Build strength, endurance, and flexibility. This class includes a combination of resistance, balance, and aerobic movements to provide a full body workout. Modifiable for all levels.
* Please have a chair, wall, and weights or alternatives (e.g. water bottles, soup cans) close by.
Registration is now closed.

Nutrition Workshop: Cancer-Protective Nutrition
2022-11-08 11:00 - 12:00
This workshop will explore how the foods we eat and the way we eat can support our overall well-being. We will explore specific nutrients and foods that have been researched to have cancer-protective properties and suggestions of how to incorporate these foods into our lives.
Registration is now closed.

Beginner’s Strength & Stretch
2022-11-08 13:30 - 14:30, 2022-11-15 13:30 - 14:30
Adapted for beginner’s, this class serves as an introduction to strength training by leading participants through a series of low impact, full body exercises while participants are encouraged to work at their own pace. Modifiable for all levels.
* Please have a chair, wall, and weights or alternatives (e.g. water bottles, soup cans) close by.
* Please only register for one of Tuesday’s Strength & Stretch classes (i.e. ‘all levels’ at 9:30 am or ‘beginners’ at 1:30 pm.) If you are unsure which to choose, please request an appointment with an Exercise Therapist at InspireHealth.
Registration is now closed.

Gratitude Meditation
2022-11-08 17:00 - 17:30, 2022-11-15 17:00 - 17:30
Designed to promote wellness through gratitude, this class provides participants an opportunity to breathe together and take a moment of pause to be thankful. Gratitude habits can be difficult to form alone, so join us in community to end your day with an attitude of gratitude.
Registration is now closed.

Qigong for Sleep & Relaxation
2022-11-08 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-15 19:00 - 20:00
Prepare the body for rest and sleep through gentle movement and relaxation. This class uses Qigong, a form of Traditional Chinese Medicine, to promote wellness at all levels of mind, body, and spirit. Modifiable for all levels.
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Chair Yoga
2022-11-09 09:30 - 10:30, 2022-11-16 09:30 - 10:30
Aimed at optimizing accessibility, this class aims to accommodate all participants by removing the physical challenges of getting up and down from the floor. The gentle, yet deep practice provides a series of modifiable poses focused on improving strength, flexibility and balance while using breath awareness to calm body and mind. Modifiable for all levels.
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Inspired Conversations: Exploring & Caring for your Emotions
2022-11-09 10:30 - 12:00
Feelings are neither wrong or right, good or bad, they just are. Join us for this workshop on emotions where we will learn ways to identify and express feelings, to build greater self-awareness. We will explore tools for how to express emotions, and explore ways to self-soothe and regulate during uncomfortable emotions.
*Please have on hand paper and pens, pencil crayons and felt pens may be helpful but not necessary.
**Designed for those diagnosed with cancer and supporters too.
We recommend you participate in this class in a private/quiet room and/or use headphones, when possible, to keep the conversation for your ears only.
Registration is now closed.

Gentle Yoga
2022-11-09 13:30 - 14:45
Explore the connection between breath and movement while taking the time to relax and gently stretch the body. Move through seated, standing, and balance postures, and finish with a restorative relaxation time. Modifiable for all levels.
Registration is now closed.

Strength & Stretch
2022-11-10 09:30 - 10:30
Build strength, endurance, and flexibility. This class includes a combination of resistance, balance, and aerobic movements to provide a full body workout. Modifiable for all levels.
Please have a chair, wall, and weights or alternatives (e.g. water bottles, soup cans) close by.
Registration is now closed.

Lymphedema Education Session
2022-11-10 11:00 - 12:30
Lymphedema is swelling due to build-up of lymph fluid in the body, often in the arms and legs, and can be associated with cancer and its treatments. This session provides information related to lymphatic health, and the prevention and management of lymphedema. Facilitated by guest expert Amanda Porcheron, a Registered Massage Therapist and Manual Lymph Drainage Specialist in Vancouver. Open to all cancer patients, their support people and health care professionals.
Registration is now closed.

Cooking Class: Tasty Tempeh
2022-11-10 13:00 - 14:30
Join us to explore many ways to enjoy tempeh with simple, flavour-filled and plant based vibrant meals. Delight your taste buds from breakfast to simple suppers! Meals will include traditional preparation of tempeh with peanutty gado gado to, smoky sausages, and citrus infused tacos.

Gado Gado
Spicy Tempeh Breakfast Sausage
Tempeh Tacos with Cashew Lime Cream

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Orientation Session
2022-11-10 17:00 - 17:30
Join us to learn more about our programs and services and how you can access them. This session is open to people with a diagnosis of cancer and their support people.
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Guided Meditation
2022-11-10 19:00 - 19:45
Soothe the heart, body, mind, and spirit with this guided meditation class that incorporates various mindfulness techniques, such as intention setting, body scans, breath work, and thought watching practices combined with the sweetness of silence.
Registration is now closed.

Remembrance Day - InspireHealth Closed
2022-11-11

Nutrition Workshop: Encouraging Kindness: Normalizing Emotional Eating
2022-11-15 11:00 - 12:00
We are living in an interesting time where our food intake may look different for a variety of reasons, including our emotional wellbeing.  This workshop will explore a unique perspective on emotional eating and how it may be helping to support your body. We will also discuss nutrition and lifestyle strategies for working with and through emotional eating, depending on how this practice is affecting us in the current moment.
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Inspired Conversations: Relaxation & Visualization
2022-11-16 10:30 - 12:00
This workshop will explore the benefits, barriers and bliss of practicing relaxation and visualization. For the first half of the class we will discuss the practice of intentional rest and relaxation, and for the second of the class you will be guided through a relaxing calm-place visualization.
*Please have on hand paper and pens, pencil crayons and felt pens may be helpful but not necessary.
**Designed for those diagnosed with cancer and supporters too.
We recommend you participate in this class in a private/quiet room and/or use headphones, when possible, to keep the conversation for your ears only.
Registration is now closed.
