Staff Registration Required

A monthly support group for teens ages 13-18 who have a cancer diagnosis.

Drop-ins Welcome

Gentle, beginner and restorative chair-based and standing yoga postures.

Drop-ins Welcome

This ancient form of movement and exercise leads to harmony of mind and body while decreasing stress.

Drop-ins Welcome

Learn a set of calming movements to enhance strength and circulation.

Staff Registration Required
CLASS IS CANCELLED OCT. 22

Nia® is a mind-body movement practice for all ages and levels of fitness using choreography to soul-stirring music.

Staff Registration Required

Self-paced aerobic exercise followed by gentle instructor-led exercises for people experiencing physical difficulties due to cancer treatment, with focus on reducing treatment side effects, improving activities of daily living, and maintaining strength and endurance.

Staff Registration Required

Self-paced aerobic exercise followed by instructor-led exercises for increasing endurance, strength, flexibility and balance.

Staff Registration Required

Aerobic warm-up followed by a new resistance plan each month designed to teach independent exercise.

Staff Registration Required

Customized exercises for breast cancer survivors.

Staff Registration Required

Beginner mat Pilates.

Drop-ins Welcome

Participants may use the exercise facilities for independent exercise.

Drop-ins Welcome

Nurture your entire being with mind/body movement. Classes taught in Spanish; all equipment is provided.

Drop-ins Welcome

Through practice and discussion, learn the benefits of mindfulness meditation in this group setting.

Drop-ins Welcome

Learn to play the Native American flute and how to express yourself through music. No experience necessary.

Staff Registration Required

A group designed to support kids and teens developing coping skills, clarifying misconceptions surrounding cancer, and promoting feelings of normalcy as they meet other children impacted by cancer.

Staff Registration Required

This is an 8-week, weekly bereavement support group for children ages 6-12.

Staff Registration Required

An eight-week bereavement support group for teens ages 13-18 who have
experienced the loss of a parent due to cancer.

Staff Registration Required

This is an 8-week, weekly bereavement support group that will help connect you with other parents and receive support around your loss, discuss parenting concerns, and find ways to help your family heal.

Staff Registration Required

Network with other caregivers in this ongoing 8-week support group meets at the same time as the Cancer Support Group.

Walk-in or Register Online

Individual networking groups give people an opportunity to meet with others experiencing the same type of cancer as well as their caregivers.

Registration requested

Nurture your entire being with mind/body movement.

Staff Registration Required

Ongoing 8-week support group for people with cancer to share medical information, connect with others in similar circumstances and improve their coping skills. This group meets at the same time as the Caregiver Support Group.

Staff Registration Required

Join other women facing metastasis of their breast cancer. This weekly group will focus on the ongoing challenges that arise from dealing with treatment, relationships, and facing the future.

Drop-ins Welcome

This weekly group focuses on issues regarding recurrent and metastatic cancer and welcomes individuals diagnosed as well as family members supporting a loved one with cancer. Caregivers are welcome to attend with or without the individual with cancer.

Drop-ins Welcome

The focus of this monthly group is to create an environment in which people feel free to discuss the challenges and joys found in the spiritual side of the cancer journey.

Drop-ins Welcome

This group provides emotional support and an opportunity to meet other young adults receiving treatment.

Drop-ins Welcome

Individual networking groups give people an opportunity to meet with others experiencing the same type of cancer and their caregiver.

Drop-ins Welcome

Individual networking groups give people an opportunity to meet with others experiencing the same type of cancer and their caregiver.

Drop-ins Welcome

Individual networking groups give people an opportunity to meet with others experiencing the same type of cancer as well as their caregivers.

Drop-ins Welcome

Individual networking groups give people an opportunity to meet with others experiencing the same type of cancer as well as their caregivers.

Drop-ins Welcome

Individual networking groups give people an opportunity to meet with others experiencing the same type of cancer as well as their caregivers.

Drop-ins Welcome

An opportunity for people with head and neck cancers and their caregivers to share their cancer stories, connect with others in similar circumstances and improve their coping skills.

Drop-ins Welcome

Individual networking groups give people an opportunity to meet with others experiencing the same type of cancer as well as their caregivers.

Drop-ins Welcome

Individual networking groups give people an opportunity to meet with others experiencing the same type of cancer as well as their caregivers.

Drop-ins Welcome

Individual networking groups give people an opportunity to meet with others experiencing the same type of cancer as well as their caregivers.

Staff Registration Required

Gentle instructor-led, chair-based exercises for participants experiencing physical difficulties due to cancer treatment.

Drop-ins Welcome

Individual networking groups give people an opportunity to meet with others experiencing the same type of cancer as well as their caregivers.

Drop-ins Welcome

For recently bereaved adults who have had a cancer-related loss.

Staff Registration Required

This is a committed bereavement support group to help spouses and partners develop coping techniques. The group meets twice every month.

Alumni Drop-ins Encouraged

Join other adults who have completed the Transitions for Spouses or Turtles bereavement programs at this monthly group to continue
supporting one another.

Drop-ins Welcome

Registration Required

This online meeting is an opportunity for newcomers to learn more about all the ways to benefit from Wellness House.

Registration Required

Introduction to gentle, beginner and restorative standing and
mat-based yoga postures. No prior yoga experience is needed.

Drop-Ins Welcome

This group welcomes all parents who have lost a child of any age to cancer within the past five years.

Registration Required

Learn to relax your body, still your mind and engage your spirit through guided meditation. No meditation experience required.

Staff Registration Required

A weekly bereavement support group for parents who have lost a child to cancer.

Staff Registration Required

A weekly support group for children ages 6-12 with a parent with metastatic
or advanced cancer.

Staff Registration Required

Gentle, floor-based yoga postures that utilize props for slow, passive stretching. Registration is required and space is limited to 6 participants.

Drop-ins Welcome

Nurture your entire being with mind/body movement.

Drop-ins Welcome

Ongoing support group for women with gynecologic cancers to share medical information, connect with others in similar circumstances and improve their coping skills.

Drop-ins Welcome

In this networking group, we invite participants with all cancer-related ostomy types to share support and information so that you can continue to live life to its fullest.

Drop-ins Welcome

Ongoing support group for women with breast cancer to share medical information, connect with others in similar circumstances and improve their coping skills.

Registration Required

Dr. Scot Giles, renowned medical hypnotherapist, guides the group through self-hypnosis designed to help release pain and facilitate healing.

Drop-ins Welcome

An opportunity for people with cancer to share their cancer stories, connect with others in similar circumstances and improve their coping skills.

Staff Registration Required

An eight-week support group for teens ages 13-18 who have a parent with a
current cancer diagnosis.

Staff Registration Required

A bereavement group for parents who have participated in the Turtles program and/or who are experiencing the later stages of grief due to the loss of a partner/spouse.

Staff Registration Required

A weekly bereavement support group for children ages 6-12 who have lost a sibling to cancer.

To schedule an appointment, call 630.654.5110 or email uniqueboutique@wellnesshouse.org.

Experience personalized salon and bodywork offerings tailored specifically for people with cancer.

Drop-ins welcome

Gentle, beginner and restorative chair-based and standing yoga postures.
No previous yoga experience required; all equipment provided.

for patients and caregivers in the infusion center

Using a variety of artistic materials, this is an opportunity for patients and
caregivers in the infusion center to explore and develop their own creative
centers for the purpose of healing.

for patients and caregivers in the infusion center

Oncology dietitian provides individual nutrition consultations with patients
and caregivers in the infusion center. For questions, contact Angela Dennison, RD, LDN at 630.654.5196 or adennison@wellnesshouse.org.

Registration Required

Wellness House now offers webinars and videos that you can watch from the comforts of your own home.

Registration Required

Join us for an online orientation and tour from the comfort of your own home. After registering, you will be provided with a link via email to join the meeting.

Drop-ins Welcome

Nurture your entire being with mind/body movement. Classes taught in Spanish and English.

Staff Registration Required

Discover this Japanese form of healing energy that helps reduce stress, promote relaxation, and balance the mind and emotions.

Walk-ins Welcome or Register Online

Tai Chi Fundamentals offers a simplified introduction to traditional Yang-style Tai Chi.

Walk-ins Welcome or Register Online

This group is part of an international initiative to recognize and address the unique circumstances related to lifestyle, work, school, family life, and emotional development that young adults face when living with cancer.

Walk-ins Welcome or Register Online

The focus of this monthly group is to create an environment in which people feel free to discuss the challenges and joys found in the spiritual side of the cancer journey.

Walk-ins Welcome or Register Online

This group provides an opportunity for women with breast cancer to share your unique experience, connect with and ask questions of others in similar circumstances and improve your coping skills.

Drop-ins Welcome

Beginner and restorative mat based and standing yoga postures.

Drop-ins Welcome

New to Wellness House? Join us for an orientation that provides an overview of programs, a tour of the facility, and a chance to meet staff.

Drop-ins Welcome

This group provides an opportunity for people with cancer and their caregivers to share information, connect with others in similar circumstances and improve coping skills.

Staff Registration Required

This is an 8-week, committed group open to caregivers who are tending emotionally and/or physically to a family member or friend with a cancer diagnosis.

Drop-ins Welcome

Individual networking groups give people an opportunity to meet with others experiencing the same type of cancer as well as their caregivers.

Staff Registration Required

This is an 8-week, committed group open to anyone who has or has had a cancer diagnosis and who have regularly attended Drop-In Bereavement Group or Transitions for Spouses.

Registration Required

Instructor-led exercises for people experiencing cancer related physical
difficulties with a focus on reducing cancer related side effects, including fatigue, nausea, muscle wasting, as well as improving activities of daily living, endurance, strength, flexibility and balance.

Walk-in or register online

Gentle, beginner and restorative yoga postures designed to reduce cancer related side effects.

Staff Registration Required

This is an 8-week, committed group open to participants who have lost a loved one to cancer and who have regularly attended Drop-In Bereavement Group or Transitions for Spouses.

Registration Required

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago, will begin holding their monthly informational, support and discussion meetings at Wellness House.

Drop-Ins Welcome

Join other bereaved adults (age 18 and older) who have lost a parent to cancer.

Registration Required

Create watercolor paintings using traditional color pencil drawing techniques to be transformed into watercolor using a variety of wet brush applications.

Registration Required

Participants will create a painting using acrylic paint over the course of the 4-week series.

Staff Registration Required

Join Bridget to experience the benefits of acupuncture in a community setting that allows 3 participants to experience acupuncture at the same time.

Registration Required

This class and cooking demonstration will feature recipes to help you deliciously incorporate cancer-fighting foods into a diet for optimal health.

Drop-ins welcome

Please join IgniteHope as they teach you how to make a unique candle with
messages of inspiration hidden throughout the wax.

Registration Required

In this class you will learn about working with Reiki energy and how to offer Reiki to yourself every day. Participation in both sessions is required.

Registration Required

Join us for this three-week program designed to prepare cancer survivors and their caregivers for transition from active treatment to routine surveillance once they have entered remission.

Staff Registration Required
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED

An 8- week experiential series for those who have completed treatment in the past year.

Registration Required

The same information and support of Nutrition for Cancer Side Effects will now be offered in the comfort of your own home. After registering, you will be provided with a link via email to join the meeting.

Registration Required

Join Angela for this hands-on learning experience in cooking your basic, but at times tricky, health-promoting foods.

Registration Required

Designed specifically for those with a cancer diagnosis, this class will focus on nutrition and lifestyle strategies to minimize or prevent the following side effects: Low appetite, excessive weight loss, taste changes or lack of taste, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea and constipation, neuropathy.

Registration Required
Please register for each class separately.

Join Caring Arts Foundation to explore and develop your own creative center for the purpose of healing.

Registration Required

Join us to explore and develop your own creative center for the purpose of healing.

Registration Required

Dr. Scot Giles, renowned medical hypnotherapist, guides the group through self-hypnosis designed to help release pain and facilitate healing.

Registration Required

This cooking class is specifically focused on healthy eating for breast cancer.

Registration Required

This class will start with a short discussion and check-in and then will be guided with breath work and meditation to help connect with your inner wisdom and calm.

Registration Required

Learn to appreciate real, fresh foods and simple culinary principles for cancer prevention and survivorship.

Registration Required

In this cooking demonstration/discussion, we’ll focus on preparing for the winter holidays as we learn new recipes that contribute to the fun as well as your health. Recipes may contain common food allergens.

Registration Required

This presentation is designed specifically for those diagnosed with prostate cancer. We will discuss the most recent research about diet and prostate cancer.

Registration Required

Through real life examples and stories of those who have overcome setbacks, readers learn the characteristics of successful people and how to build grit in their own lives.

Registration Required

Our annual event is a time to come dressed in your Halloween best.

Registration Required

The support offered through the escape of the arts enriches the daily lives of patients and their families, providing joy, stress release, and a reprieve from treatment.

Registration Required

Participants will learn about primary liver cancer, metastatic cancer involving the liver, and new advances in liver cancer chemotherapy options.

Registration Required

Empower yourself with easy-to-learn skills that turn every meal into a delicious dose of healthy nutrition. Each session focuses on a different aspect of scientifically sound basics of a cancer-fighting diet.

Registration Required

Children ages 6-12 are invited to this class to learn a variety of stress reduction techniques designed especially for kids.

Registration Required

Join Stylist and Hair Loss Specialist John Crager as he shares his stories of helping women through their journeys while answering all your questions.

Registration Required

This cooking class will focus on modifying one classic recipe to make it plant-based.

Registration Required

This single-session class is designed specifically for individuals undergoing or about to begin treatment.

Registration Required

Enjoy the benefits of starting your weekend stress-free. Come to this class and experience a variety of stress reduction techniques, including several forms of meditation.

Registration Required

In this presentation, participants will learn how yoga can help deal with
common, and not so common, side effects of cancer, help boost your
immunity, and improve recovery.

Staff Registration Required

Take care of yourself by exploring and restoring your sense of meaning so that you can continue to provide care for your family member or friend.

Registration Required

The practice of gathering in a “Death Café” was begun a couple of decades ago to provide a place for people to openly and respectfully exchange wonderings, worries, beliefs and support around the topic of dying and death, often providing a sense of connectedness, control and relief to its participants.

Registration Required

Create colorful drawings with the portable medium of pastels.

Registration Required

Join us in using traditional ceramic hand building techniques to complete individual projects using wet clay.

Staff Registration Required

Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) course at Wellness House are invited to participate in this monthly peer networking group.

Registration Required

Join us as we share and practice mindfulness-based strategies to identify and cope with these feelings.

Registration Required

Join Angela for this short but informative class while enjoying a healthy snack.

Registration Required

Learn how to deal with some of the aesthetic side effects of treatment.

Registration Requested

In this cooking demonstration/discussion, we’ll focus on preparing for the winter holidays as we learn new recipes that contribute to the fun as well as your health.

Registration Required

In this cooking demonstration/discussion, we’ll focus on preparing for the winter holidays as we learn new recipes that contribute to the fun as well as your health.

Registration Required

In this interactive class, you will make a unique candle with messages of inspiration hidden throughout the wax.

Drop-ins welcome

Please join us for a special topic on navigating relationships to help reduce
family and friendship stressors regarding your cancer journey.

Registration Required

Dr. Cortis inspires you to communicate with your heart, the core of your spiritual domain, and to mobilize its healing forces of unconditional love and forgiveness.

Staff Registration Required

Parents of children ages infant through teens are welcome for this special evening! We will offer demonstrations for creating healthy versions of mocktails and appetizers.

Drop-ins Welcome

Please attend this group if you are a bereaved dad of kids from newborn through college-age and would like to benefit from the opportunity to exchange experiences, single dad parenting tips and support with others in the same situation.

Registration Required

A clear and practical presentation regarding possible pelvic floor
dysfunction after prostate surgery.

Registration Required

Experience peace and serenity in the stillness of meditation and facilitate healing of mind, body, and spirit.

Registration Required

We’ll focus on preparing for the winter holidays as we learn new recipes that contribute to the fun as well as your health.

Registration Required

During this class, you will meal prep, package and take home the food you make to enjoy throughout the week. Freezer friendly containers will be provided.

Drop-ins Welcome

In this cooking demonstration/discussion, we’ll focus on preparing for the winter holidays as we learn new recipes that contribute to the fun as well as your health.

Registration Required

Join us to explore and develop your own creative center for the purpose of
healing

Registration Required

This program will focus on nutrition and lifestyle strategies to minimize or even prevent side effects of treatment.

Registration Required

The same information and support of Nutrition for Cancer Side Effects will now be offered in the comfort of your own home.

Registration Required

Learn practical tips and diet modifications you can make to live in beneficial harmony with the microorganisms in you!

Registration Required

Learn practical tips and diet modifications you can make to live in beneficial harmony with the microorganisms in you!

Drop-ins welcome

This bi-monthly group is for anyone diagnosed with a sarcoma tumor and their caregivers.

Registration Required

Join the top oncologists, surgeons, and healthcare professionals in the Chicagoland area to learn about the lastest updates in the research and treatment of lung cancer.

Registration Required

In this cooking demonstration/discussion, we’ll focus on preparing for the winter holidays as we learn new recipes that contribute to the fun as well as your health.

Registration Required

Join author Nancy Hill as she shares how journaling can help reduce anxiety, increase our present moment awareness, and better
attend to our senses.

Registration Required

Come enjoy the beauty and vibration of Crystal Singing Bowls.

Registration Required

Participants will create knotted bracelets using hemp.

Registration Required

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be difficult. Join this discussion group to
connect and share ideas with one another.

Registration Required

This program is for Reiki practitioners of any level who have taken Reiki For You: Level 1 class or have taken Reiki class with other teachers.

Drop-ins Welcome

Join us to explore and develop your own creative center for the purpose of healing.

Drop-ins Welcome

Join us to explore and develop your own creative center for the purpose of healing.

Registration Required

Join this discussion group online to connect and share ideas with one another.

Registration Required

This presentation will discuss common vision-related side effects,
overall ocular health, and preventative eye care measures.

Registration Required

This class will focus on specific antioxidants and the foods they are
found in. Learn how these foods can reduce the risk of cancer and
tips to include them into your everyday diet.

Registration Required

Create handmade holiday cards.

Registration Required

Wellness House will again be facilitating holiday expressive arts during Pav’s annual LIVESTRONG holiday celebration.

Registration Required

This presentation will describe the physical body as part of a dynamic
energy field that includes the Aura, Hara, and Core Essence.

Registration Required

This special event for teens ages 13-17 will feature holiday themed karaoke fun, and also a gingerbread house decorating contest.

Registration Required

Join us as we share and practice mindfulness-based strategies to identify and cope with these feelings.

Registration Required

Dr Bao will cover risk management for healthy patients, cancer management for diagnosed individuals, and surgical considerations.

Registration Required

Join us for a very special evening! You and your family are invited to share the holiday spirit at Wellness House. Come enjoy the music, food and fun and bid Jeannie Cella a fond farewell.

Registration Required

Join us as we learn to understand the grief process and identify resources to guide our healing and comfort following the loss of a loved one.

Registration Required
Please register each individual in your family separately

Join us for our annual Polar Express Pajama Party! We will have crafts, delicious treats, entertainment, and tons of fun!