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Mind-Body Skills for Caregivers Supporting People with Dementia

Supporting those with dementia as a caregiver or facilitator can be challenging. It can be difficult to notice stress building up, or to recognize and express your own emotions and needs.

Whether you are living with early-stage dementia yourself or you are a caregiver, group facilitator, or otherwise support people experiencing the challenges of dementia, this group offers a safe space to connect authentically with ourselves and with one another. Using the world-renowned model of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, we will learn and practice skills that help us reduce stress, cultivate well-being in mind and body, explore with openness the realities of our life experiences, and express ourselves in a supportive group environment.

Mind-Body Skills

Meditation, deep breathing, mindful eating, autogenics, biofeedback, genograms, and self-expression through writing, drawing, and movement.

Details

When: Eight Thursday Mornings | May 25 - July 13, 2023 | 9:00 - 11:00 am

Held virtually via Zoom | Free of Charge | 10-person maximum.

Interested, but unsure whether you want to commit to 8 sessions? Register below, and we will reach out to you to make sure the group is a good fit. You can also contact the group facilitator Cyrus Wirls directly at (713)-797-0600 ext 4 or at cwirls@ish-tmc.org

Group Facilitator

Cyrus Wirls serves as ISH’s Director of Programs.  As part of his role, Cyrus coordinates the Greater Houston Healing Collaborative, a community-wide trauma relief program initiated after Hurricane Harvey that continues to provide mind-body skills groups and workshops to meet the many ongoing psychosocial needs of the Houston community. 

Cyrus has a passion for self-understanding and has explored a wide variety mind-body practices. He is a 200hr NACYT certified yoga teacher and Tai Chi Easy Practice Leader; he has taken and co-taught the 8-Week Compassionate Cultivation Training (CCT); and he is certified group facilitator through the Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM).

Cyrus’s grandfather passed away from Parkinson’s Disease, and his mother was the caregiver to her father during the year before his passing. Cyrus has had others close to him who are living with dementia or are caregivers to those who are. Though he has not been a direct caregiver himself, Cyrus seeks to support those who are or have been, using the powerful mind-body skills group model.

Cyrus has a BA in Cognitive Sciences and Mathematics from Rice University, where he graduated in 2013.