Our May 13, 2017 meeting will provide information on two activities that can be helpful to cancer patients (as well as to others). Our speakers will be Mara Wei from the Penn Mindfulness Program and Michelle Stortz, a certified Yoga instructor who works with people with cancer and chronic illnesses.

Mara Wai, M.Ed., began training in mindfulness in 2005 with the Penn Program for Mindfulness. Since 2012 she has taught the Penn foundation program and other introductory and advanced mindfulness programs. Mara is also the Associate Director and oversees program development and administration. Additionally, she is a mind-body coach and utilizes mindfulness and other mind-body tools with clients to support them to apply mind-body awareness in pursuit of life goals and in navigating challenges.

Michelle Stortz, C-IAYT, RYT500, MFA, is a certified yoga therapist specializing in yoga for cancer and chronic illness. She teaches in numerous medical settings throughout the Philadelphia area and augments this work with her studies in mindfulness/meditation, Somatics and Reiki.  She leads retreats and group classes and works with individuals in private sessions.