The Healthy Breast Foundations Program

Mar 29, 2020 - May 16, 2021 | 15 Month Program | Kitchener, Canada

About This Course

 

The Healthy Breast Foundations Program is a stand alone program for optimizing breast health and reducing breast cancer risk.  It consists of 12 modules with Rachel VandenBerg ND guiding you through the many facets of breast health – hormonal, environmental, dietary, nutritional, psychological and spiritual. Each of the twelve modules includes a meditation and home practice program to integrate the material.

You will be provided with the Healthy Breast Foundations workbook to easily assimilate the material in the program.

Course Outline

The Healthy Breast Foundations Program is an In-Person course consisting of 12 modules. You may register for modules separately or take the program as a whole.

  1. Understand the pattern of breast cancer globally
  2. Discover the top twelve tips for breast health and other protective intervention strategies
  3. Evaluate your personal risk factors and protective factors in relationship to breast health
  4. Integrate an exercise regimen into your life
  5. Learn breathing practices to promote healing
  6. Make a conscious choice about improving your health
  1. Become comfortable with your breasts
  2. Learn breast self-examination
  3. Explore emotional states linked with breast health
  4. Become familiar with common breast screening techniques and diagnostic metabolic tests
  5. Learn Kundalini Yoga exercises for breast health and emotional balance
  1. Discover how to improve lymphatic circulation
  2. Understand lymphedema and how to prevent it
  3. Learn how movement supports the lymphatic drainage of our breasts
  4. Learn and practice breast self-massage
  5. Develop a self-care routine to improve lymphatic drainage
  1. Develop a basic understanding of hormones and their relationship to breast health
  2. Recognize personal causes of hormonal imbalance and how to address them
  3. Create and implement your personal Hormone Balancing Plan
  4. Learn a meditation to help induce sleep and raise melatonin levels
  1. Become familiar with the environmental risks to breast cancer and reduce your exposure
  2. Understand the effects of electromagnetic fields and radiation on health
  3. Recognize environmental contaminants and how to protect yourself from them
  4. Develop your own environmental protection action plan
  5. Learn and practice yoga and meditation to strengthen your magnetic field
  1. Transition to a Healthy Breast Diet, focussing on consuming the top 20 breast-friendly foods
  2. Learn which foods contain cancer fighting phytochemicals
  3. Learn about the fabulous five phytoestrogens
  4. Learn which foods help to maintain ideal blood sugar levels
  5. Learn which spices help to inactivate cancer promoting genes
  6. Learn which foods and spices have the most antioxidants
  7. Keep track of your diet success with the Dietary Checklist
  8. Know which foods contain the most pesticides and which are safer to eat
  9. Learn and practice Kundalini Yoga exercises to regulate appetite
  1. Learn to optimize blood sugar levels
  2. Learn to optimize pH levels
  3. Learn how to decrease inflammation
  4. Restore a healthy gut microbiome
  5. Discover the Top 16 Supplements for Breast Health
  6. Increase tissue oxygenation with breathing exercises
  7. Create your personal supplement regimen
  1. Understand the natural process of detoxification
  2. Learn the six phases of toxicity
  3. Discover how to detox heavy metals and chemicals
  4. Develop a simple detox regimen that works for you
  5. Explore and discard limiting beliefs, replacing them with healthy beliefs
  6. Learn to acknowledge and release anger.
  7. Identify other unhealthy emotional and thought patterns and transform them.
  1. Discover the components of your immune system and how to empower them
  2. Reconnect with the wisdom of your body
  3. Explore the mind/body interface in health and healing
  4. Develop your capacity to listen to your body and recognize the signs of doing too much
  5. Develop the capacity to be assertive
  6. Create healing imagery and use it to replace self-destructive thoughts
  7. Use visualization to support your immune system
  1. Redefine what calls you
  2. Uncover your interests, passions and gifts
  3. Create a destiny statement
  4. Imagine seeds of possibility for your future
  5. Create a wellness mala
  6. Create a Meaning Mandala
  7. Conquer any perceived limitations
  1. Develop an attitude of gratitude
  2. Create your personal altar
  3. Invoke a healing dream
  4. Use a gratitude journal
  5. Rediscover prayer as a means for connection and healing
  6. Discover a gateway to the spirit through illness
  1. Gain a new perspective on health and illness
  2. Become familiar with the Environmental Creed
  3. Design and commit to a daily spiritual practice
  4. Piece together your personal toolkit for self-healing
  5. Become an active participant in your health-care
  6. Assemble your support team of healthcare allies

Instructors

Healthy Breast Foundations Program, Kitchener, Mar 29 – May 16, 2020

Dr. Rachel VandenBerg

Rachel VandenBerg is a naturopathic doctor, Healthy Breast Educator and mother. She is actively involved in her local community and loves to garden, travel and spend time outdoors with her family. Dr. Rachel's practice focuses on women's health, hormone balancing and breast cancer care.  She is committed to getting at the root of ... more

“Material was massive – covering many topics/areas of interest that were most helpful. From daily nutrition, hormones, nutritional support, detox, all the symptoms to lymphatic drainage was helpful – my concern was lymphatic drainage so I appreciated the helpful presentation.” ~ E.F.

Location & Dates


Dates: 13 Month Program, Mar 29, 2020 – May 16, 2021

Time: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Pricing

Full course: $400 + HST for all 12 Modules
Individual Modules: $60 + HST
Three Modules: $120 + HST

Register for this Course

After filling out the registration form, please send payment via etransfer to [email protected]

Please call 519-579-3456 or email Dr. Rachel at [email protected] if you have further questions or concerns.