Phoenix Rising Expressive ARTS Therapy

12/20/2025

Happy Holy-Days dear Ones,
A new Expressive Arts series in Encinitas and on Zoom starts January 23 at UCSD Cancer Services UC San Diego Health. Please use this link to register:
https://health.ucsd.edu/care/cancer/support-services/support-groups-classes-workshops/ and click on the January calendar.
An 8-Week Expressive Arts Series for Cancer Patients. Every Friday from January, 23rd - March 13th : 'It Takes a Village‘
Taking inspiration from the African proverb 'It takes a village to raise a child', we can also see how it takes a village to accomplish just about anything meaningful in our lives, from healing to pursuing personal goals and dreams.
Join our welcoming community to play with art materials, explore, and express your experience and feelings, draw support and meaning from creating together, foster hope and resilience, acknowledge your strengths, and represent important people in your life, as well as the many roles you play.

We offer a support groups, classes and workshops to help you through your cancer journey. Most all our Patient & Family Support Services are free to our patients and their families.

12/20/2025

Low impact Zumba at Capistrano Park tomorrow Saturday 12/20 at 11 am! $ 5 - $ 10 suggested donation. Bring your water - let’s dance!!! 💃🕺🙌❤️🎄

12/06/2025

Low impact Zumba is back at Capistrano Park tomorrow Saturday 12/6 at 11 am! $ 5 - $ 10 suggested donation. Bring your water - let’s dance!!!

12/03/2025

New Wednesday schedule:
YOGA SCULPT at 1.45 pm PST
Low-impact ZUMBA at 3 pm PST
hybrid classes:
at EOS Fitness Encinitas & zoom
w North County Cancer Fitness / NCCF
$ 5 sugg donation to NCCF:
www.NorthCountyCancerFitness.org
thank you !
Yoga Sculpt props if you join on zoom:
Mat, water, 2 blocks, stretch band, light weights (2 water bottles, or 2 soup cans)
Chair or wall available
Zumba props: flat sole sneakers, water
🧘‍♂️💪🎶💃🙌🌺♥️🤗

12/01/2025

Expressive Arts, Yoga for Osteoporosis, CE course, & more! 💜 https://mailchi.mp/9a1118d74154/this-week-expressive-arts-zumba-yoga-articles-video-10150389 It Takes a Village Expressive Arts series starts 1/23/2026; new Yoga Sculpt Oceanside & Encinitas

11/29/2025

Join in for low impact Zumba fun!!! Saturdays 11 am Capistrano Park
Tuesdays 11 am on Zoom Wednesdays 3 pm & Zoom. $ 5 - $ 10 suggested donation
🎶💃👏🕺🏴‍☠️🥳🙌💖🔥
fitness community stressrelief zumbafitness

11/29/2025

11/26/2025

🙏🏼💖☮️

11/24/2025

Low impact Zumba fun is baaaack!!!
Tue 11 am zoom
Sat 11 am Capistrano Park
$ 5 - $ 10 suggested donation
🎶💃👏🕺🏴‍☠️🥳🙌💖🔥
community stressrelief zumbafitness

11/17/2025

I encourage you all to practice yoga regularly; Yoga is not dangerous!
join me Mondays 10 am in RB w Team Survivor Sea Dragons Dragon Boat Team
2.30 Yoga Sculpt w North County Cancer Fitness North County Cancer Fitness NCCF
6.30 pm on Zoom only
Wednesdays 3 pm Yoga Sculpt w North County Cancer Fitness at EOS Fitness
Thursdays 3 pm w North County Cancer Fitness at Yoga Branch in Vista both in person & Zoom.
It's pretty easy to find fear-based claims about the dangers of yoga. Check out the example below, which featured in the New York Times. However, the scientific evidence overwhelmingly suggests that yoga is one of the safest forms of movement! Yoga does not lead to more injury than other forms of physical activity.
Specifically, a 2018 systematic review and two subsequent observational studies have all found that yoga-related serious injuries (as in, requiring discontinuation of a yoga class or discontinued yoga use generally) are very rare. Instead, most yoga-related injuries are mild and transient, like minor strains and sprains.
All these studies have concluded that, given yoga’s benefits, there is no need to discourage yoga practice for healthy or ill people.
Of course all physical activity carries some risk of injury – after all, it's physical! But yoga appears to be one of the safer forms of physical activity you can do!

11/16/2025