COMMUNITY FEEDBACK - Healing Arts for Integrative Medicine
“I have, in my past, attended scores of exercise groups, classes, the Y, gyms, home groups, etc., so I was thinking it would be “just another class and good for me” so I’d give it a try. WELL, it was not only welcoming and good for me, but it really was the icing on the cake of my cancer treatment! The women (and Peter!) were so understanding, so encouraging and it is so customized for the specific needs of each of us in all the different stages of treatment and healthy maintenance. It has become my beloved COMMUNITY. ”
Kathy Woodward, participant of exercise class for ladies who have cancer
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“ I've had 8 sessions of chemo and on 11/19 had a double mastectomy with lymph node removal. Mid December I'll start radiation... Deanna the Certified Movement Therapist/Educator and her husband Peter a skilled Arts Educator/Musician/Composer make the class invaluable to me and it can't be compared to any other exercise class I've ever taken. They are so in sync with their music and the movements during the exercise, it's uncanny. All I can say is you need to attend/watch one class to understand the full impact of what they bring as a couple to our class. I was so motivated to go, I had my Mom drive me 9 days after my surgery, I just didn't do any upper body work. This was Thanksgiving weekend so you think people would be busy, but the class was packed which just shows how women "make" the time for this class. It's important to a lot of us!!!!.”
Caryn Linn, participant of exercise class for ladies who have cancer
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"I am writing to you to express my great appreciation for PAMF offering such a wonderful program as Exercise for Energy (E4E). I started this program while going through chemo and radiation for breast cancer and I continue going to the class each Saturday morning that it is offered.
E4E has the perfect combination of professional facilitators for women affected by cancer: an Oncology Nurse Practitioner with Joanna Losito, a Certified Movement Therapist/Educator with Deanna Anderson and a skilled Arts Educator, Multi-Instrumentalist and Composer with Peter Giordano. This combination of instruction and caring is not available anywhere else and I applaud PAMF for providing a wonderful patient experience."
Djuna Arche, participant of exercise class for ladies who have cancer
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"It is an amazing class that is so needed as you go through the darkness of Cancer & the lightness of survival. I am truly grateful to be part of this amazing class. And I so hope that it will continue for many years to come as it is an essential support mentally & physically for the women going through the challenges of cancer."
Ruth Adams, participant of exercise class for ladies who have cancer
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