Breathing Spaces for Caregivers

Online Care Circle
2025-05-17 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle-2-2025-may-17/
Join us in this opportunity to connect with other caregivers in a small setting from the comfort of your own home!
Tell your story, share your experiences and gain support from others who understand what you’re going through in this safe and welcoming environment.
“Thank you [to all Care Circle attendees] for your willingness to be present, to listen with your hearts, to allow yourselves to be vulnerable and to offer support in a way only fellow caregivers truly understand.
You are a beacon of light that enables me to find my way home to myself.”
Sponsored by our care partner, Bay Area Cancer Connections, these free virtual meetings are supported by coaches volunteering their time, allowing you to reduce stress while giving you hope.
Our Care Circles are open to anyone, regardless of who you are caring for.
Testimonial: “I want to thank you for your devotion to helping caregivers. Of the several groups I have participated in, I have found yours to be the most valuable. Thank you.”
Event Registration ends 24 hours before the event starts.

Caregivers' Walk
2025-05-17 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-06-14 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-07-12 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-08-30 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-09-13 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-10-11 08:30 - 09:30 | Shoreline Lake Boathouse, 3160 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
A good walk can do wonders for your mental well-being. Connecting with other caregivers can give you a breath of air. Doing both together is a life-changing opportunity and one of the best gifts you can give to yourself.
Join host Tracey Durrett from Curves of Los Altos for a small group walk at Shoreline Park. Group meets in front of the boathouse and begins walking at 8:30 AM.
A great way to start your weekend – fresh air and connections with other caregivers who understand what you are going through. You deserve this!
Event Registration ends 24 hours before the event starts.

Journaling Journey
2025-05-17 10:00 - 11:30 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/journaling-journey-2025-may-17/
Whether or not we are caring for others, we must always care for ourselves. Our Journaling Journeys workshops are open to anyone interested in a deeper exploration of their inner selves.
Cindy Gum is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and was also a caregiver for her husband Stan for fifteen years. After her husband’s death in 2020, she began to realize how much her journaling practice had helped her hold on through the emotional challenges and difficulties she had faced. She began a program and training at Stanford University in early 2022 to examine how she might help caregivers or anyone interested in being a giver of care to themselves, develop better self-care and compassion, through journaling.
“I talk to my journal as my friend… and you can, too. It is the holder of your story and your experiences, thoughts and feelings. You can tell your journal about things you are trying to figure out, answers you are trying to find, challenges you are trying to overcome, situations you need to either let go of, or allow. It can become not only your best friend, but a relationship that connects you to your authentic self.”
Journaling Journeys (It’s an Inside Job) is for you if:

You are feeling lost in emotions and self-doubt.
You feel overwhelmed.
You’ve lost connection with yourself.
Emotional depletion has you feeling anxious and uncertain.
You feel as though you need something that can help you but you are not sure what it is.

Specifically, this journaling circle will provide:

A clearly defined process for expressive writing/journaling and creating a journaling practice. The focus will be upon writing and self-reflection – what you need in order to create better self – care and compassionate conversations with yourself.
A way in which you can cultivate an intimate and kind relationship with yourself that can offer guidance and clarity. How long has it been since you made a new friend?

Cindy offers Journaling Journeys, which will meet on Zoom, on the third Saturday of each month from 10-11:30 AM Pacific Time. While journaling is a great tool for caregivers, this program is open to anyone interested in becoming a better giver-of-care to themselves.
Event Registration ends 48 hours before the event starts.

Creative Compassion Workshop
2025-05-21 08:00 - 09:30 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/creative-compassion-workshop-2025-may-21/
Caring for Others Starts with Caring for Yourself
Learn simple exercises in art making and meditation to help combat stress and offer yourself nourishment and restoration. Monthly Every Third Wednesday 8:00 – 9:30 PDT Online via Zoom $55 per Session Reserve Your Spot Today! Whether it’s work, or parenting, or caregiving, so often we take on roles in life aimed at supporting and holding others. Yet within this very natural human desire to do the best we can and care for those we love, it can be common to lose ourselves in the process. The fact is, we have to be able to fully connect with ourselves in a loving and compassionate way before we can continue to offer the same to others.
And that’s exactly what this monthly class aims to do — set aside time and space for you to explore simple and practical ways to reconnect with yourself and offer some much needed care and restoration. Each class will provide instruction in both an art making exercise and meditation to explore and practice different aspects of mindfulness and self compassion. Creative Compassion Classes are for you if:

You’re feeling exhausted emotionally and physically
You’re feeling overwhelmed and like everything is out your control
You’re feeling disconnected from yourself and others
You know you need to do more for yourself but are unsure of where to start

Reserve your spot at our next class here, and set aside some much-needed time and space just for you. *No experience with art making, meditation, or Mindful Self-Compassion is necessary to participate. **Bring your own art materials to use during this workshop. Prompts for art making can be adaptable to the art supplies you prefer or simply to whatever you have on hand. Don’t have your own art materials? Click here for a list of affordable supplies to try out from Amazon.

Online Care Circle
2025-06-03 16:00 - 17:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle-2025-june-3/
Join us in this opportunity to connect with other caregivers in a small setting from the comfort of your own home!
Tell your story, share your experiences and gain support from others who understand what you’re going through in this safe and welcoming environment.
“Thank you [to all Care Circle attendees] for your willingness to be present, to listen with your hearts, to allow yourselves to be vulnerable and to offer support in a way only fellow caregivers truly understand.”
You are a beacon of light that enables me to find my way home to myself.”
Sponsored by our care partner, Bay Area Cancer Connections, these free virtual meetings are supported by coaches volunteering their time, allowing you to reduce stress while giving you hope.
Our Care Circles are open to anyone, regardless of who you are caring for.
Testimonial: “I want to thank you for your devotion to helping caregivers. Of the several groups I have participated in, I have found yours to be the most valuable. Thank you.”
Event Registration ends 24 hours before the event starts.

Inner Journey Breathwork
2025-06-07 09:00 - 11:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/inner-journey-breathwork-2025-june-7/
Brought to you by Anthony Metten in the comfort of your own home.
Whether or not we are caring for others, we must always care for ourselves. Our Compassion Circle workshops and courses are fee-based and open to anyone interested in a deeper exploration of their inner selves.
Anthony Metten is a speaker, coach, trainer, and host of our Online Care Circles. We invite you to join Anthony in this opportunity to experience new dimensions of healing and self-exploration through Inner Journey Breathwork.
Inner Journey Breathwork is a breathing technique that begins slowly flowing energy through your body and unwinds chronically held tension throughout the body and nervous system. Many participants notice among other things, a greatly improved emotional state and a decrease in levels of stress as a result of doing this process.
Participants are guided through a 45 – 60 minute breathing session using an open mouth technique while listening to chakra-tuned music that begins to slowly flow energy through their body.
Many participants notice, among other things, a greatly improved emotional state and a decrease in levels of stress as a result of doing this process.
Breathwork can:

Alleviate anxiety and depression, and reduce stress, worry, and mental rumination
Support emotional release
Support nervous system regulation and the resilience to meet the experiences of life
Support the resolution and integration of traumatic energy and fear
Balance energy and enhance vitality
Promote mental clarity
Expand awareness and open new pathways of seeing and understanding
Connect you to the deepest dimensions of yourself

Breathwork is proven to dampen the “default mode network” of the brain, which can lead to a reduction in mental noise and rumination. Often people experience this as a timelessness and transcendence of the ego-mind. In this state, insight, memory, or visions may arise. This can also be a time to have inspirations about new projects and creative endeavors. There is often an experience of drifting into a state of liminality, like the space between wakefulness and sleep, and perhaps even an experience of deep stillness and peace.
*Each Session is Limited to 25 people. There is a fee of $45 per session.

Housekeeping:

Participants will be laying down during the 45 to 60 minutes of breathing.
What You’ll Need:

blanket (no pillow)
eye mask (optional)
water
a quiet space where you won’t be interrupted

Participants who are new to BreathWork, or new to Breathing Spaces BreathWork with Anthony, should watch the preparation video that will be emailed to you upon registration to understand how to prepare yourself, your space, and how to breath during the BreathWork session.

For questions, please contact Anthony by email using the Organizer link below.
*Please log in fifteen minutes early.
Ticket sales end 48 hours prior to the event’s start time.

Creative Compassion Workshop
2025-06-18 08:00 - 09:30 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/creative-compassion-workshop-2025-june-18/

Online Care Circle
2025-06-21 08:00 - 09:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle-2025-june-21/

Journaling Journey
2025-06-21 10:00 - 11:30 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/journaling-journey-2025-june-21/

Online Care Circle
2025-07-01 16:00 - 17:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle-2025-07-01/

Inner Journey Breathwork
2025-07-05 09:00 - 11:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/inner-journey-breathwork-2025-07-05/

Online Care Circle
2025-07-19 08:00 - 09:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle-2025-07-19/

Journaling Journey
2025-07-19 10:00 - 11:30 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/journaling-journey-2025-07-19/

Inner Journey Breathwork
2025-08-02 09:00 - 11:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/inner-journey-breathwork-2025-08-02/

Online Care Circle
2025-08-05 16:00 - 17:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle-2025-08-05/

Journaling Journey
2025-08-16 10:00 - 11:30 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/journaling-journey-2025-08-16/

Online Care Circle
2025-08-23 08:00 - 09:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle-2025-08-23/

Online Care Circle
2025-09-02 16:00 - 17:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle-2025-09-02/

Inner Journey Breathwork
2025-09-06 09:00 - 11:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/inner-journey-breathwork-2025-09-06/

Journaling Journey
2025-09-20 10:00 - 11:30 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/journaling-journey-2025-09-20/

Online Care Circle
2025-09-27 08:00 - 09:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle-2025-09-27/

Online Care Circle
2025-09-27 08:00 - 09:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle/

Online Care Circle
2025-10-07 16:00 - 17:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle-2025-10-07/

Journaling Journey
2025-10-18 10:00 - 11:30 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/journaling-journey-2025-10-18/

Online Care Circle
2025-10-25 08:00 - 09:00 | https://www.breathingspacesfc.com/event/online-care-circle-2025-10-25/
