Find Calm and Connection After Cancer with Sarah Hurst
This gentle 2-hour series of workshops offers tools to ease anxiety, rebuild strength, and rediscover hope through relaxation, reflection, and shared support.
Come and be inspired!
Workshop Series Dates
Take Back Your Power is the first in a nurturing series of five workshops. Here are all the upcoming sessions:
Introduction to SIPS™ – Saturday 24th January 2026
Slow Down – Saturday 14th March 2026
Identity – Saturday 13th June 2026
Hope and Purpose – Saturday 25th July 2026
Self-Love – Saturday 19th September 2026
Each session builds on the last, guiding participants gently through the four pillars of the SIPS™ framework for ongoing healing and reconnection.
Take Back Your Power is a gentle, retreat-style workshop designed to help anyone affected by cancer — whether living with it, supporting someone, or caring for a loved one — reconnect with themselves, reduce fear and overwhelm, and begin to rebuild a sense of calm and control.
Drawing on her own experience of facing cancer three times, and her work as a trauma-informed coach and Touch Therapist, Sarah Hurst has created the Mind Medicine Movement™, a holistic framework built around her signature SIPS™ method:
S – Slow Down: Nervous system regulation, grounding, and breathwork
I – Identity: Reconnecting with self beyond the diagnosis
P – Purpose: Visualization and meaning-making for healing
S – Self-Love: Self-compassion, boundaries, and embodied self-care
This introductory session gives participants a taste of all four pillars and a foundation for ongoing healing. It is the first in a series of five workshops, followed by deeper sessions exploring each SIPS™ pillar in detail.
Together, the series offers a nurturing journey — helping participants move from fear to calm, from disconnection to presence, and from simply surviving to gently rising above cancer.
What to Expect
This workshop blends reflection, discussion, gentle movement, and relaxation practices. Participants will:
Learn how the brain and body respond to fear and how to restore calm
Understand how emotions live in the body and how to express them safely
Explore the power of breathwork, grounding, and visualization for healing
Connect with their “Wise Self” through guided meditation
Practice self-compassion techniques such as the Butterfly Hug
Leave with a personalized intention word and a practical handout to support ongoing wellbeing
The session is designed to feel restorative, supportive, and empowering — more like a mini-retreat than a traditional workshop.
Who It’s For
This workshop is open to anyone affected by cancer — whether newly diagnosed, in treatment, beyond treatment, a partner, a family member, or a carer. It is suitable for all mobility levels, and no prior experience of meditation or relaxation techniques is needed.
Facilitator
Sarah Hurst is the founder of Rising Above Cancer and creator of the Mind Medicine Movement™. Having faced cancer three times herself, she now helps others navigate fear, reconnect with their inner strength, and find calm through the SIPS™ framework — combining coaching, meditation, breathwork, Touch Therapy, and nervous system regulation.
Sarah offers her work from The Float Spa in Hove, Turn Beautiful in Brighton, her home in Hove, and through online coaching, alongside workshops and bespoke 1:1 and group retreats
Outcomes
Participants will leave feeling:
Calmer and more centred in their body
Reconnected to their inner wisdom
Equipped with practical tools to manage overwhelm
Empowered to take gentle, meaningful steps in their healing journey