Body Mind Soul at The Cancer Institute at Alexian Brothers Hospital Network

About Us

Recovery from cancer requires a holistic approach. It involves nurturing the body, mind and soul. To address each of these areas, we have developed a number of programs and resources that include:

Fit Club to Fight Cancer 

We offer a weekly fitness programs designed for cancer patients and their family or friends that include education on exercise and nutrition and its implications for cancer.

Healing Touch

Healing Touch is an energy based therapeutic approach to healing for cancer patients.  The goal is to restore harmony and balance in the energy systems to help self heal.

Massage Therapy

Massage therapy is manipulation of the soft tissue and joints of the body that soothes and stretches muscles and ligaments and encourages the circulation. Another type of massage beneficial to our patients is scar tissue massage. This technique is used to minimize decrease range of motion and other restrictions of the body due to surgery. Massage therapy can significantly improve cancer symptoms, such as pain, nausea, fatigue and depression.

Restorative Healing Arts 

We offer programs that teach yoga, acupressure, meditation and spontaneous movements along with Tai Chi fitness and Qigong breathing exercises.

Yoga

We offer a six week Yoga class for the person undergoing treatments, as well as cancer survivors, friends and family members.

For information on these programs and others classes offered please call 1-888-466-6011 or click the Classes and Events tab located at the top of this page, then select Cancer.