“The Women’s Center represents the power of women. Women find the resources to nurture their inner strength and renew their energy.” TFWRC participant

Creating a safe and welcoming community that is responsive to the needs of women is at the heart of the Turners Falls Women’s Resource Center. The Center provides multifaceted supports and is a place for women to share their wisdom, compassion and expertise gained through life experience. 

Alternative Pathways to Wellness (APW) creates a fun and accessible environment for women with low incomes to explore from a menu of ten alternative health care offerings linking professionals in the field to local residents. Women will learn about and experience a variety of options for healing and self-care such as massage, reiki, transformational kinesiology, and visual arts. Local practitioners will share a piece of their life story and healing process, connect the relevance of their healing modality to women’s health issues, especially as a long-term preventative or affordable alternative and discuss resources for individuals with low incomes.

Our Place in the World with Janice Sorensen & Christine Diani, Mondays, starts April 23, 2-4pm: A writing and visual arts workshop that encourages the exploration of women’s lives: here, there, past and present. Through writing and visual arts exercises designed to use creativity to form insightful connections within ourselves and with each other, participants may reach a deeper place of healing. Five weeks of two-hour workshops will provide a place where meaningful connections can be made and nurtured and where women will have the opportunity to encounter the joy and healing power of self expression

Women’s Self-Care Support Group NEW Program at TFWRC 2^nd & 4^th Thursdays from 5:30-7:30 Starting May 10: A collaboration with the Recovery Learning Community; RLC director, Janice Sorensen, facilitates a supportive group where women can share wellness tools and ideas, finding a sounding board and support for one another. For more info, call Janice at 413-561-3268. This drop-in group will run through the summer.

Transformative Healing (APW) with Diana Bella, Monday, May 7, 10am-12:30pm: Transformational Kinesiology (TK) is a Danish healing modality that works with a person on the physical, energy, emotional, mental and spiritual levels for lasting change. A TK session balances energy and provides a sense of renewal that is only possible when all dimensions of a person are acknowledged. TK utilizes creative visualization, energy exercises and goal setting to create greater well being and new possibilities. Diana Bella, Director of the Community Crisis Response Team of Community Action and owner of Doors of Light Studio in Leverett, is one of only fifteen Transformational Kinesiologists in the U.S.

How to Relax while Managing Your Money! (LS2) with Rosa Guerra & Charity Day, Tuesdays, May 1-22, 2-4pm: A brilliant stroke of insight paired up Rosa and Charity to bring us four weeks of gentle support around financial guidance. Rosa Guerra offers relaxation techniques that women can use while dealing with finances as Charity Day offers useful tips on managing your money your way! Rosa Guerra, Certified Trained Hypnotherapist & Charity Day, Housing Consumer Education Center Coordinator, FCRHRA

Acupressure for Self-Care (APW) with Karen Adams Monday, June 11, 10am-noon: Acupressure is as ancient as the instinctive impulse to hold your forehead or temples when you have a headache. Everyone at one time or another has used his or her hands spontaneously to hold tense or painful places on the body. The main techniques that you can use are: pressing, kneading, rubbing, pushing, scrubbing, grasping, and patting. When using self acupressure for pain relief, feedback from your own body is a good guide. Karen has “… a special interest in working with you for deep, transformational change, ... experience working with people with chronic, long-term imbalances such as multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and trauma-related issues.”

For more information or to sign up for programs, contact Christine, the Programs Coordinator at TFWRC, at 413-863-2455; email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.mcsmcommunity.org/programs.

With thanks…

Live Smart/Live Safe (LS2) programs are funded by Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts (WFWM); APW programs are funded by Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts; Our Place in the World is funded by Franklin County Home Care Corporation/Executive Office of Elder Affairs, WFWM (LS2), and fund raising efforts of participants of TFWRC

Additional sources of funding for TFWRC programs include Mass Dept of Early Education & Care, Annual Catholic Appeal, Coordinated Family & Community Engagement, Sisters of St. Joseph, Springfield, MA & Orange County, CA and individual contributors.