Commonweal Cancer Help Program
Listen to one of the Cancer Help Program-related conversations held by The New School at Commonweal—a conversation between Commonweal Founder Michael Lerner and Psychotherapist Francis Weller, both...
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In Memoriam
The See a clip from Season 1, Episode 2 of Time of Death, the Showtime network’s original series on death and dying, featuring Lenore Lefer. Lenore Lefer, 75, of Petaluma, California, died peacefully...
View ArticleHealing Yoga Foundation
Founded in 2006, the Healing Yoga Foundation is committed to serving all who wish to benefit from yoga by respecting and meeting the needs of the individual regardless of physical capability, health,...
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Translating Science to the Plate at Stanford
by Rebecca Katz, Commonweal Healing Kitchens Institute Director Some people live to eat. But we all eat to live. Now, science is showing us that what we eat may affect how cancer behaves in our bodies....
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Community: Medicine for the Soul
by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, Institute for the Study of Health and Illness Director Community building is one of the goals of Commonweal’s Institute for the Study of Health and Illness (ISHI) programs....
View ArticleHealing Circles
A Learning Community for People with Cancer and Those Who Care for Them What is healing? We have explored this question throughout 30 years of facilitating the Commonweal Cancer Help Program, decades...
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ISHI Goes Back to Medical School
by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD Since the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness (ISHI) began at Commonweal 25 years ago, almost 16,000 medical students have completed The Healer’s Art course....
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New Cancer Prevention Website Live
Ken Cook and our friends at Environmental Working Group just launched an important new initiative, Rethinking Cancer. Here is the opening description: EWG is rethinking cancer prevention. Traditional...
View ArticleGift of Compassion
The Gift of Compassion focuses on under-served and under-resourced communities, integrating ancient practices with current conditions to help bring clarity and healing into the lives of both youth and...
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Arts and Healing Work
Commonweal has a long history as a center for art and healing. We have seen the value of the arts as a vehicle to and modality for self expression, inspiration, and healing. The connection between the...
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Commonweal News: Health and Healing Edition
Healthcare providers presented a cooking workshop for high school students from under-served communities as part of Commonweal’s Healing Kitchens Institute Dear Commonweal Community, We are pleased...
View ArticleNatura Institute for Ecology and Medicine
DONATE HERE How do we, precious natural human beings, reconnect with the living systems that restore us to health and wholeness? How can individuals and communities be empowered to take care of each...
View ArticleSharing Spiritual Heritage
by Rev. Lorren Z. Buck, Co-Core Facilitator, Racial Healing Initiative As we seek to foster healing and transformation, the Racial Healing Initiative team gathered at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health...
View ArticleRest as Resistance: Nurturing the Brilliance of Black Women
by Milicent Johnson, Founder, the Octavia Fund Last month you may have read an article written by Victoria Santos entitled “A Place to Rest,” which explored the impact of a collaboration called...
View ArticleImpact 2022: CancerChoices Offers Choices and Research
by Nancy Hepp, Program Manager and Lead Researcher, and Michael Lerner, Director, CancerChoices We have a simple goal at CancerChoices—to make integrative cancer care available and affordable to...
View ArticleBeing of Service in a Grieving World
by Serena Bian, Commonweal Board On Saturday, September 9th, I walked up the gravel road to the Main Building at Commonweal to join nearly a hundred old and new friends. During the year that Commonweal...
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