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Send us Fan Mail Join Karen Penfold as she leads a somatic meditation to help you release tension, and to feel or sense hope as an anchor for the soul. Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was introduced to yoga while recovering from treatments, surgeries, and a broken pelvis.  Karen shares, “I could tell my body was healing and getting stronger, but something else wa...

Send us Fan Mail Join Susan in exploring your connection to the solar plexus chakra which is in the center of the body, at the diaphragm. It’s also called the Manipura chakra and is associated with the color yellow, like the sun. This is where we store our life force energy. It houses the inner element of fire and the will. A strong solar plexus helps us feel self-esteem, self-discipline, self-res...

Send us Fan Mail Join Anika Mahavni as she leads a 15-minute progressive muscle relaxation exercise for easing both the mind and body. This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspir...

Send us Fan Mail Join our guest Jeannine Walston and Wellness Within's Stevie Hannickel in a conversation about Integrative Cancer Care for the Whole Person. As a 23-year brain tumor survivor, Jeannine has been working as a Cancer Coach, Consultant & Speaker. She shares why integrative cancer care is so important, as well as the 5 major components of health with emphasis on the Physical B...

Send us Fan Mail Join Susan in exploring your connection to the throat chakra. It is a place where we become intuitively aware of our wisdom. It is also called the Vishudda chakra and is connected to the color of sky blue, and the element of ether. It connects to the mouth, nose, ears, and throat. It tunes us into the sound of our breath and voice. From this chakra, you can express yourself and in...

Send us Fan Mail Karen Penfold welcomes you to join this somatic meditation to ease anxiety and cultivate stress resilience. This body-based meditation regulates and calms your nervous system. Think of this mediation as "calm body, calm mind". By bringing focused awareness to the body's felt sense,  and cultivating ease and release in the muscles of the face, around the eyes, and in...

Send us Fan Mail Join Anika Mahavni as she leads a 15-minute meditation incorporating breathing techniques, a body scan, and a visualization exercise to channel relaxation and gratitude. This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellnes...

Send us Fan Mail Join Susan in exploring your connection to your heart chakra. The heart chakra also called the Anahata chakra, reminds us of the powerful resonance of an unstruck bell. Our heart is the center of compassion, courage, kindness, and the ability to care for others. We will call upon the element of air, which increases our life force, or prana. We will also explore a practice of self-...

Send us Fan Mail Join Patti Brown as she leads a relaxing meditation focusing on connecting to your truest self and letting go of who you think you are supposed to be. This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services....

Send us Fan Mail Join Anika Mahavni as she leads a 15-minute body scan meditation to welcome full-body relaxation. This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to supp...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in on this powerful yet uplifting conversation delving deeper into the topic of Trauma and its effects on the body. Hear from Susan Whitaker as she brings her perspective of being a yoga instructor for 45 years, with her expertise in healing with mind-body practices. Also hear from Wellness Within Founder, Patti Brown who not only brings 20 years of previous experience as a...

Send us Fan Mail Join Patti Brown as she leads a meditation to help you release tension, unnecessary burdens, and anxiety.   This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support...

Send us Fan Mail Join registered Yoga Trainer, Karen Penfold, and Cancer Support Programs Manager, Stevie Hannickel as they discuss Traumatic Stress and Building Traumatic Stress Resilience in the context of their own cancer experience.  This conversation is part 1 of a series discussing trauma and its effects on the body. Karen is an inspiring 11-year, two-time breast cancer survivor who was intr...

Send us Fan Mail Join Anika Mahavni as she leads this guided imagery meditation for calming the mind and managing anxiety. This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate...

Send us Fan Mail Margo Fowkes and Wellness Within Founder Patti Brown return for part 2 of their open, honest, and heart-felt conversation about Grief.  In this conversation, they discuss how part of receiving a diagnosis or grieving of a loved one is actually allowing yourself to be vulnerable, and the experiences that can arise with this vulnerability. This podcast is sponsored in part by Koinon...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. E returns to offer another wonderful meditation at Wellness Within. Listen as she leads a meditation to help you to pay kind attention to your body and journey through a practice of self-compassion.   This podcast is sponsored in part by Consolidated Communications and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices a...

Send us Fan Mail Join this conversation with Yarn Therapy Instructor, Theresa Ainsworth of One Thread ,  and Stevie Hannickel, Cancer Support Programs Manager at Wellness Within. Listen as Theresa speaks about the research behind the therapeutic power of knitting and crochet, her experience with teaching women in Ghana, and how her own life-altering disease diagnosis led her to find even more mean...

Send us Fan Mail Join Patti Brown as she leads a meditation to enliven the senses and welcome the power and wisdom that nature offers. This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate t...

Send us Fan Mail Join Kristie Howlett, MS, CNS, NP-C, AOCNP, and Development Director, Elizabeth Klein, in part 2 of their survivorship conversation. In their first podcast episode in November 2020, they discussed what it means to transition to survivorship, how to develop a survivorship care plan and how to thrive as a survivor. In this episode, they continue their conversation to discuss fear of...

Send us Fan Mail Patti Brown leads a mediation focusing on the ability to manage the changes that come your way. This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Wit...

Send us Fan Mail Join this conversation with Wellness Within founder Patti Brown and Kimberly Cargile, C.E.O. of A Therapeutic Alternative, as Kimberly educates how cannabinoids can be used in conjunction with western medicine to help cancer patients treat their symptoms, whether the symptoms come from illness or from the treatment. Learn about the science and history of the cannabis plant, the di...

Send us Fan Mail Join Patti Brown as she leads a meditation to regain a sense of calm and clarity. This mediation includes a body scan to open awareness and allow for quieting in the mind.  This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Kelly Foundation. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Suppo...

Send us Fan Mail This week Wellness Within presents a guest leading our weekly meditation, Dr. Janet Eatherton.  Listen to Dr. E as she leads a  body scan meditation  to help you to pay kind attention to your body.  Think of this meditation as a mindful tour of your physical being. This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to...

Send us Fan Mail This sleep meditation led by Patti Brown includes guided visualization to help you rest and sleep. This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Kelly Foundation. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Within off...

Send us Fan Mail Patti Brown leads a meditation on embracing change and learning to let go. This podcast is sponsored in part by Union Pacific and Merchants Bank of Commerce. This podcast is offered freely to ensure everyone has access to these practices and conversations offered by Wellness Within Cancer Support Services. If you feel inspired to donate to support Wellness Within offerings, please...