Reiki Classes for Women with Cancer: Wellness Scholarships are being funded now for Reiki class offerings in 2024. Come read about the fundraising campaign and find out more. A woman you know might benefit from a scholarship nomination. She might even be you!
Introduction
Empowering Resilience is our Giving Tuesday 2023 fundraising campaign. We are raising funds to offer scholarships for women on a cancer journey and their allies. Recipients can use these funds to access nutrition coaching [link], clarity catalyst [link] (a scientifically-based mindfulness workshop), and Reiki classes. Our programs are offered online in real-time (not recorded), and we meet in brief sessions over varying amounts of time.
Watch our 60-second video for an overview. Check recent blog posts highlighting the fundraiser and Giving Tuesday to find out more, or visit our campaign here to donate. You can also text CANCERSUX to 44321 anytime to donate from your phone.
Please take a moment to discover why this campaign matters to us and how your generosity will help others.
We need to catch up on our targeted goals and could use your help! It is a simple process, and small donations are very welcome. Send us $5, or make a more generous offer. We are grateful for your support. Your generosity will make a difference in lives. Thank you.
Campaign Overview
The Empowering Resilience campaign is Whole Self Unity’s primary 2023 fundraiser. We are a 501C3 nonprofit organization. The purpose is to collect funds so that women on a cancer journey and their allies can access self-care classes in the coming year. In addition to Reiki classes, we offer Nutrition Coaching and mindfulness training through Clarity Catalyst (links provided later).
Our campaign is active from November 12, 2023 (our organization’s birthday!) through January 3, 2024, with a push for donations on Giving Tuesday. If you are finding out about this and Giving Tuesday has come and gone, it is not too late to add your support!
We hope sharing our coming attractions will inspire you to:
- give generously to our campaign,
- apply for or nominate someone for a wellness scholarship,
- attend a Reiki class with us next year (calendar link coming soon!) OR
- all of the above.
Women on a Cancer Journey and their Allies
Our wellness scholarships are also for women supporting those on a cancer journey as caregivers, support systems, and healing sounding boards. We call this out specifically because we want to help those healing from a cancer diagnosis AND the team of loved ones surrounding each patient, making the healing road possible. Cancer affects far more than the body, and we believe that offering tools to improve self-care benefits all facing the seriousness of this disease.
We also recognize that the work of procedures, scans, treatments, surgeries, and medications is plenty to do at the peak of treatment. Therefore, we do not stipulate when someone is eligible for these scholarships. In fact, we will primarily be seeing our recipients after most of the medical treatments are complete, and the healing process is about adjusting to a new life on the other side of the journey.
Wellness Scholarships
Our organization offers access to integrative and holistic therapies as an addition to medical care. We concentrate on facilitating connection to other like-minded individuals, fostering growth from the techniques and tools we work with, and connecting in community with others. We offer these services online, in real-time (not recorded), to all interested in the experience.
Each practitioner offers these services at a discounted rate as part of our commitment to increasing access and exposure to these tools for those who otherwise might not be able to afford them. With the help of generous donations, we hope to offer scholarships that further defray these costs or provide classes for free.
Cancer is hard enough and always taps the ones on the healing journey physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially. We hope to raise $2,000 to defray costs for qualified applicants. We urgently seek your help to accomplish this goal.
Follow this link to access our campaign to donate now, or text CANCERSUX to 44321 to donate from your phone.
Reiki Classes and Scholarships
We offer two primary ways to learn Reiki as part of the Wellness Scholarship campaign: Reiki Level I and Reiki Level II. If someone needs access to Reiki sessions and does not want to learn Reiki, this is also available as an option. In addition, if an applicant is already a Reiki practitioner, we have additional offerings that could be accessed using this scholarship on a case-by-case basis (as funds allow).
Reiki I is a beginning class that meets weekly for a month. Meetings are 3 hours long via Zoom and include weekly practical assignments to help solidify skills. This level of Reiki is primarily about giving yourself Reiki daily to strengthen your immune system and encourage contemplation of intentions that drive our thoughts, words, and actions.
Reiki II is an intermediate Reiki class that teaches skills needed to hold positive energy for others–allowing students to offer Reiki sessions to friends and loved ones. Part of this training is also about offering distance healing sessions and excellent techniques for an online class. This class requires six sessions, which may be provided weekly for six weeks or every other week over three months.
Reiki Classes for Women with Cancer: Wellness Scholarship Nominations
If you are interested in applying for a Wellness Scholarship or want to nominate someone else, then please follow this link to begin that process. If you are interested in taking a Reiki Class, please let us know in the form what interests you or your loved one.
Remember that we are interested in those who are or have been diagnosed with cancer of any form (whether they await treatment, are in treatment, or have completed treatment). Outcomes are unimportant to us, as we know the tools and techniques we teach can and will be helpful at any time–before, during, or after treatment–regardless of treatment or medical outcomes.
In addition, if you are part of the support team for someone navigating cancer, especially if that loved one is no longer with us, we want you to access these essential self-care and self-love tools. Again, we are unconcerned about outcomes, results, or where you and your loved one are on the journey. We are more concerned with supporting and offering respite to all affected by this disease.
Once our fundraising campaign is complete, this nomination form will remain open until funds are no longer available or all 2024 classes are full.
Reiki Intention Bowl
Since this is a post about Reiki, one thing in our campaign is more explanation. Our $25 donation level qualifies donors to place intentions in a 33-day Reiki intention bowl. Our practitioners will give this bowl a continuous flow of Reiki energy 24 hours a day. It is a beautiful way to release worries to the universe for resolution with love and Reiki. At the time of donation, we will collect names for dedications or memorials. However, we will also send a form allowing donors to place up to 3 intentions in the bowl.
If you cannot donate but want to leave an intention in this bowl, contact me at amy@wholeselfunity.org.
Conclusion
Thank you for reading! I hope you learned more about our Empowering Resilience Wellness Scholarship campaign. Please consider donating to defray the costs of self-care therapies, workshops, and classes for women on a cancer journey and their allies. Text CANCERSUX to 44321 to donate now OR follow this link. We need your help!
If you cannot donate now but know someone (even yourself!) who could benefit from a Wellness Scholarship or a Reiki Class or treatment, please use this link to fill out the nomination form.
Feel free to connect with our socials and check out our calendar to register for Reiki shares, treatments, workshops, and classes. We can’t wait to meet you in heart space!
Thank you for making this campaign successful. Your generosity means so much to the recipients and the practitioners at Whole Self Unity. Thank you for joining hands with us!
