Effective strategies to reduce stress & increase well-being

greenleaves3

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 Introduction to the courses

The Healing Journey consists of five levels. Those who complete the programme will... 

Diary Diary

Here are the dates and locations of forthcoming Healing Journey courses. Level 1... 

Locations Locations

Healing Journey courses are being held at the Paul D’Auria Cancer Support Centre,... 

Testimonials Testimonials

Here’s some feedback from course participants about how they’ve benefitted... 

New locations New locations

We want to give people all around the UK the opportunity to take part in Healing... 

Healing Journey UK

HJ People HJ People

Healing Journey UK is made up of course leaders and people involved with the organisation,... 

Fundraising Fundraising

We think that the Healing Journey has a huge amount of potential to help people struggling... 

History History

1982 – Alastair Cunningham started holding courses for people with cancer at... 

Volunteering Volunteering

There’s lots of work to be done to develop the Healing Journey in the UK so,... 

Future Plans Future Plans

The feedback we’ve had from course participants as well as the response from... 

Resources

Level 1 workbook and mp3′s 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 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 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 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 workbook and mp3 pages. We’re going to be developing more detailed guidelines soon so make sure you subscribe to our email newsletter and we’ll let you know as soon as they’re...