We are less than ten days away from bringing evidence-based mind-body medicine interventions to West Michigan. The Absenger Cancer Education Foundation (ACEF) will be West Michigan’s only organization dedicated exclusively to integrate evidence-based mind-body medicine, designed and tailored to guide and support you and your family’s cancer survivorship needs.
Now is as good as any time to introduce you to the mind-body medicine programs we are offering along our pricing structure. You can read more about the Beneficiary Builder Model and why we think that this funding model is a good fit which will let us carry out our mission and vision by clicking here. I will follow up with another post later this week explaining the different membership categories in more detail, along the benefits you might get with a membership to ACEF.
Even if you are not in cancer survivorship, and if you are interested in our programs, you’ll be pleased to know that we offer several mind-body medicine modalities that are open to everyone. They are listed on the infographic about the evidence mind-body medicine modalities we are currently offering and will be offering in the near future.
Furthermore, the mind-body medicine modalities we are offering are recognized by the NCI and NCI’s Office of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM). As a matter of fact, in 2011, the NCI awarded roughly 11.9% of its Complementary and Alternative Medicine research budget to mind-body and exercise modalities or ca. $11.5 million (Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM), 2013).
Here is the definition of mind-body medicine most commonly used:
Mind-body medicine uses a variety of techniques designed to enhance the mind’s capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms.
Examples: Meditation, medical hypnosis, art therapy, biofeedback, imagery, relaxation therapy, music therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and aromatherapy. Because of their meditative aspect we also include exercise therapies such as t’ai chi, qi gong, yoga, and yoga therapy into mind-body medicine modalities.
We hope that you will find “The Art of Living In Cancer Survivorship Programs and Pricing Infographic” helpful as you familiarize yourself with our programs.
More importantly, we hope that the infographic will introduce you to the many potential benefits integration of mind-body medicine modalities into your family’s cancer survivorship needs can bring with it.
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Reference:
Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM). (2013). Annual report on complementary and alternative medicine. Bethesda, MD: NIH