Our Programs

Jugnoo Initiative offers a range of programs to its clients. To improve general health and wellbeing, our programs focus on supporting our clients during and after their treatment. Our clients can join us from from the convenience of their homes or from work, on iPad, laptop or phone.

To join our programs, email us at info@jugnooinitiative.org. There is no membership fee and all programs are free and virtual.

Odyssey Peer Support

Odyssey Peer Support offers encouragement and shares ideas for coping. It supports cancer patients, survivors and family caregivers, helping them navigate the process of a life changing experience.

Odyssey Peer Support provides NON-MEDICAL support through shared experiences.

TAICHI— Meditation in Motion

A healing art, Taichi movements helps develop and strengthen the internal body, thereby promoting better health and wellness. The concept is to promote the free flow of the body’s natural energy referred to as Chi. It is the pathway for achieving balance and harmony resulting in good health. This represents an approach that is preventive in nature: one of the pillars of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

MAIN BENEFITS:

Strengthen joints and muscle
Improves blood circulation that helps lower blood pressure
Improves flexibility and balance
Helps boost the immune system
Helps to manage pain
Improves digestion
Relaxes body and mind
Improves focus and concentration
Increases and improves energy flow

Program Schedule:

Starting on Tuesday September 12, 2023

at 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm

Wellness Yoga

Wellness Yoga is a practice for strength, balance and awareness of the body and mind. The practice creates a clear and fit mind to bring about a conducive process for healing.

Program schedule:

Ongoing

Thursdays at 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm

Life Coaching & Mindfulness

Life is all about facing challenges. However life after cancer can be different. Our compassionate life coach works with you to find your way.

Program schedule:

Next session to be announced soon

(biweekly at 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm)

Nutrition & Lifestyle

Good Nutrition and a balanced Lifestyle are critical today as we live in a world of high stress, junk food and toxin overload.

This program debunks common food myths, clears the confusion about what to eat and not to eat, and how to maintain a healthy and practical diet with a supportive lifestyle.

Holistic nutrition helps to reclaim energy, manage weight and resolve digestive disorders with a gradual change to diet and lifestyle.

Program schedule:

Next session to be announced soon

(biweekly) 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Knitting & Crochet

Knitting and Crochet is helpful in improving focus, a concern for some people after undergoing chemotherapy due to a condition called chemo brain.

Our members are provided with easy to follow videos to knit and crochet on their own time.

Hats and knitted slippers are donated to the local hospital for use by patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Over a cuppa tea..

Casual conversations are uncommon in the fast-paced life. Our life coach dedicate their time for a heart to heart talk. You may not have a lot to say but you may still need someone to hear. Meet a compassionate and understanding friend... over a cupppa tea.

Creative Vibes

Arts is an effective medium of self expression. Join us on a creative journey where you will use a range of techniques to find your own artistic vibes.

Program schedule:

Next session starting soon (biweekly at 8 pm - 9 pm)