Effective strategies to reduce stress & increase well-being
Cancer can be a frightening and overwhelming experience, whether you’ve got the illness yourself or have a family member with it. And it can often lead to feelings of powerlessness - a belief that there’s little you can do to feel more in control of your life.
Yet, in our experience, that’s simply not true. There are many strategies you can use to build up your inner strength – and help you move forward to a happier, more meaningful and more fulfilled life.
The Healing Journey is an exciting and innovative programme which brings together some of the most effective tools and strategies for helping people deal with the experience of cancer – and greatly improve their quality of life.
We hope we can help you in your healing journey.
Courses
Introduction to the courses The Healing Journey consists of five levels. Those who complete the programme will...
Diary Here are the dates and locations of forthcoming in-person and online courses. Coping...
Locations Courses are being held at Paul’s Cancer Support Centre and online. The Centre...
Testimonials Here’s some feedback from course participants about how they’ve benefitted...
New locations We want to give people all around the UK the opportunity to take part in Healing...
Healing Journey UK
HJ People Healing Journey UK is made up of course leaders and people involved with the organisation,...
Fundraising We think that the Healing Journey has a huge amount of potential to help people struggling...
History 1982 – Alastair Cunningham started holding courses for people with cancer at...
Volunteering There’s lots of work to be done to develop the Healing Journey in the UK so,...
Future Plans The feedback we’ve had from course participants as well as the response from...
Resources
Level 1 workbook and mp3′s The Healing Journey is normally taught in a group but you can download the Level 1 workbook and mp3′s here so you can start to go through it on your own. Level 1 teaches basic relaxation, thought management, communicating feelings, mental imaging techniques, and setting goals. Among the topics covered are: how self-help activities can make you...
Level 2 workbook and mp3′s Level 2 introduces a number of new topics and techniques, including meditation, spiritual aspects of healing, contacting an “Inner Healer” and journaling as well as covering more on mental imaging, mind-watching, relaxation and goal-setting. The topics covered include: how ‘watching the mind’ exercises can reduce fearful and...
Recommended books Below are some recommended books for Level 1 and 2 participants (with links to Amazon UK). We also suggest you have a look at the Level 1 and Level 2 workbooks, which are available free on this site. The Healing Journey – Alastair Cunningham Minding the Body, Mending the Mind – Joan Borysenko (This book includes a self-evaluation questionnaire...
Self-help If you can’t attend a Healing Journey course in person, there’s always the self-help option. The first step is to look at our Level 1 and Level 2 pages where you can download manuals and mp3s. There is also an online Coping with Cancer Stress course, which is put on annually. The course starts on 27th March 2013. More information here. Read More →
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Alastair Cunningham
Alastair Cunningham developed the Healing Journey at the Ontario Cancer Institute, Canada’s largest cancer treatment centre. More info here. The Healing Journey – UK edition
Click here to read more about the UK edition of Alastair Cunningham's book The Healing Journey: Overcoming the Crisis of Cancer.
It is a comprehensive discussion of what people with cancer can do to respond to the illness, explaining the potential of different approaches.
Paul’s Cancer Support Centre
The Centre provides support, information and complementary therapies to people affected by cancer. It is based close to Clapham Junction in London. Visit the Centre website.
