WHAT WE OFFER

Wellspring offers a diverse range of programs, speakers and resources for people living with cancer.  Survivors and caregivers are welcome to attend.  We recognize that cancer affects everyone in a family.  

Below is a sampling of more than 30 programs that are offered during a typical four month period, with new programs starting in the winter, spring and fall.

Our program manager, Anna Carnell (annac@wellspringcalgary.ca), would be pleased to give you up-to-date information on current program offerings.   Our front desk is staffed by volunteers who would be happy to register you by phone, or in person, or offer you a tour of the facility on your first visit.  

Caregiver and Bereavement Programs

Food for Care and Comfort
Grief and Bereavement Reflection
Practical Tools for Caregivers
Saturday Self Care
Tea gathering

Expressive Arts Programs:  visual, tactile, written and auditory media

Art Bee / Open Studio
Creative Journaling
Music:  house music concerts and workshops, singing circle, drumming    
Storytelling
Watercolour
Writing:  Healing Word      
Visual Arts samplers: beading, ceramics, Chinese brush stroke, mixed media, mosaics

Individual Support (certified volunteer practitioners)

Healing Touch
Patient / Caregiver Peer Support
Reflexology
Reiki
Therapeutic Touch

Movement Programs

Cancervive-a-tri
Exercise and Educate
Healthy Steps
Moves in Rhythm
Qi gong
Tai Chi
Tango

Outdoor Programs

Wellspring Community Garden
Mindful Mountain Hiking
Re-discover Biking
Urban Walks: naturalist, photography
X-country skiing

Yoga and Meditation

Gentle Yoga
I-Rest Yoga Nidra
Meditation Sampler
Restorative Yoga
Visualization and Relaxation

Speaker Series

We encourage you to attend one of our speaker series with no requirement to be a member.  This is a great way to introduce Wellspring Calgary to your friends and family. Experts present a wide range of topics including the research benefits of yoga, foods that fight cancer, and legal and employment matters, to name only a few.

Community Groups providing Programming at Wellspring Calgary

Cancer Chic
Look Good Feel Better
University of Calgary:  Beauty and YogaThrive

Group Support Meeting Space

Blood Cancer
Brain Tumour
Cancer Club
Colorectal Peer Support
Head and Neck Cancer Group
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Multiple Myeloma
Ostomy
Prostate Cancer Canada Network Calgary
Women’s Interest Group
YACC: Young Adult cancer Canada