Monday relaxation room
Guided relaxation sessions help reduce stress and promote relaxation; helping those living with cancer to feel more relaxed in moments of overwhelm.
Relaxation sessions incorporating relaxation, mindfulness and meditation techniques to help:
- Create a sense of wellbeing
- Build resilience
- Balance emotions
- Support the immune system
These sessions last approximately 30 minutes.
Janey Barrett - Wellbeing Lead
With over 25 years as a Complementary Therapist, Janey is an enthusiastic and supportive practitioner, course facilitator and wellbeing advisor. Janey is a qualified reflexologist, massage therapist and advanced clinical hypnotherapist, with additional training in a wide range of specialist areas including ScarWorks, 5 Elements, Oncology Massage, VRT and Fertility Reflexology.
Janey joined Penny Brohn UK in January 2018 and leads the Wellbeing team, providing a wide range of support and services to help clients live well with and beyond cancer.
FAQs
Relaxation Room is a weekly session and opportunity to support your body to relax. This group session includes a guided relaxation which usually lasts 20-25 minutes. The practitioner will also offer simple take-away tools and techniques to support your body and mind to relax in your own time.
When we slow down and give our body and mind the opportunity of deeper rest, we support our body and our nervous system to move from being in a more activated state to a state of rest, digest and repair. When we move into this more regulated state the body has more capacity for healing processes and our immune system can strengthen.
Relaxation Room is a very gentle session suitable for anyone with a cancer diagnosis. You are also welcome to ignore any of the guided suggestions during the sessions which don’t feel right for you.
The session starts with a brief introduction to the theme, the practitioner will then go into the guided relaxation and end with time to reflect on the different tool. There is sometimes space at the end to share your experience, there is no obligation here to say anything and you are welcome to have your camera on or off.
Find somewhere where you can sit or lie comfortably for about 30 mins. Make sure you have any warmth or pillows you need with you. It’s also useful to turn off any notifications on your phone/computer device if possible.
Check out the other Penny Brohn UK resources for relaxation here: https://pennybrohn.org.uk/our-approach/rest-and-relax/
Relaxation and the Immune System: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1QPCKZFCMTvbnc2SyYfm9vf/how-meditation-can-help-your-mood-memory-and-immune-system
What happens to your body when you relax:
https://www.availhospitals.com/health-and-balance-what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-relax/
“I feel so relaxed – just what is needed in the middle of my busy day.”
“I go into hospital tomorrow for major surgery on Thursday and this was helpful in quietening my anxious mind”
“It is difficult to put into words how relaxing and beneficial this felt to me. Some of the relaxation exercises are useful to practice again and again as and when needed. The room you introduced us to through the carved door in our guided meditation is one we can revisit whenever we close our eyes. It feels like a true sanctuary.”
