Education and Resources

Lorien Neargarder, is a yoga therapist specializing in cancer.  She co-founded Complementary Cancer Care and currently serves as 1st Vice President.  Lorien wrote “Cancer + Yoga” and recorded many of the meditation videos in our Virtual Studio. She is on sabbatical from teaching during 2025.

Website: Yoga by Lorien
Phone: 408-476-0487
Email:  yogabylorien@gmail.com

Laura Scott, LMT, UTP of Laura Scott Holistic Healing in Cocoa Beach specializes in holistic healing with reiki, sound healing, and somatic therapies to help you feel lighter, experience a sense of ease in your body, and feel at peace emotionally.   Knowing what it feels like to be living with constant stress and feeling out of touch with your body, Laura is ready to help you move into a state of healing and more ease, while guiding you on your healing journey.  She is a certified Unified Therapy™ Practitioner, a certified Reiki Master, certified Sound Healer, a graduate of the Awakened Institute Soul Solutions Course, and a graduate of Intro to Shamanism from Black Horse Spirit School.  Laura conducts our monthly Sound Baths for Complementary Cancer Care.

Website: Laura Scott Holistic Healing
Cape Royal Building, 1980 N Atlantic Ave Ste 715, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
Phone: 321-698-7807
Email: Laura@LauraScottHealing.com

H.O.T. YOGA on the Island – Since 2002, we’ve been building a thriving community of like-minded people looking to better their lives through yoga and exercise. We specialize in Healing Original Therapeutic Yoga, a 26-posture set sequence in a 105-degree room, in its traditional form taught by certified Original Hot Yoga Association and Bikram Yoga teachers. We also provide Yin Yoga Therapy and Kids’ Yoga classes.

H.O.T. YOGA on the Island provides fundraising classes where they donate their proceeds to Complementary Cancer Care!  Watch our Calendar for the next event.

Website: H.O.T. YOGA on the Island
87 E. Merritt Ave, Merritt Island, FL 32953
Phone: 321-452-9642
Email: Info@YogaOnTheIsland.com

Muhammad Haqq, LMT, ESMT – Qigong/Tai Chi instructor (Riverside Park in Cocoa Village); Relaxation, Clinical & Sports Massage

Cocoa Village Massage
607 Florida Ave, Suite 1, Cocoa, FL 32922
Phone: 321-634-4555
Facebook
Email: mhaqq71@gmail.com 

Brendan Zachar, D.O.M., Acupuncture Physician at Brevard Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine, where their holistic-minded approach uses natural healing methods based on Modern and Traditional Oriental Medicine to help uncover and treat the root cause of your health problems, safely, and effectively.  Services include acupuncture, medical massage, nutrition & supplements, and herbal medicine.

Website: Brevard Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine
1978 US-1 #107, Rockledge, FL 32955
Phone: 321-802-1046
Email: info@brevardaim.com

Mrs Mango and Company has been serving the Space Coast since 1983.  At the shop you will encounter an enchanted garden, unique animals, and herbal preparations of all sorts. Take the time to wander the grounds, find inspiration and see treasures to delight the senses. We have worked hard to create a place that is grounding, comforting, and welcoming to anyone who needs a break from today’s hectic lifestyle.

Anneke is a Master Herbalist, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Holistic Healthcare is Certified in Nutritional Consulting, Crystal Healing, Holistic Animal Care, is a Level 2 Reiki Practitioner and is pursuing her Doctorate of Philosophy in Natural Medicine, caring for people and animals for decades.  

James holds a degree in Culinary Arts and Nutrition with eighteen years in the service industry, using herbs and spices to make you happy and healthy, with experience as an Executive Chef and having cooked for the President of the United States of America.

Website: Mrs Mango and Company
3500 South US Hwy 1, Rockledge, FL 32955
Phone: 321-631-1194
Email: mrsmangoandco@aol.com

Judy Carroll, OTR/L – Specializing in Lymphedema, located in Melbourne.  I am an occupational therapist certified in Lymphedema therapy and breast cancer rehabilitation. My passion is to assist patients recovering from surgery and/or treatment for cancer.  I am also a certified driving evaluator administering driving evaluations for clients who have had medical changes that could be affecting their driving ability.

3063 Sweet Pine Dr, Melbourne, FL 32935-4587
Phone: 321-243-5825

Reverend Scott Donat, Certified Reflexologist at The Foot Guy.  My name is Scott Donat and I am The FootGuy. Using the ancient healing technique of Reflexology, I lead you to discover and learn the story that your body and subconscious is trying to tell. What I do is not a foot rub or hand massage. It is a powerful physical, emotional, and spiritual reading that offers the opportunity for discovery and release, leading to balance. I will help you learn to experience wellness.

Website: The Foot Guy
4705 Seattle St. Cocoa, FL 32927
Phone: 321-458-3944
Email: TheFootGuy14@gmail.com

Cecelia Avitabile, Master Herbalist and Certified Nutritional Consultant at The Herb Corner & Learning Center in Melbourne.  I work with clients to understand better what their body needs, and I strive to give my customers the best service, advice, and products I can.  We offer herbs, balms, salves, tinctures, capsules, herbal supplies, and so much more!  Jewelry, Unique Gifts, Handmade Soaps & Lotions, Gemstones,
and Essential Oils.  Private consultations available.

Website: The Herb Corner & Learning Center
277 N. Babcock Street, Melbourne, FL
Phone: 321-757-7522

Heather Boreske, BA, CLT, owner of Nurturing Sol Healing Arts, offers integrative whole body healing modalities for those healing from cancer and chronic health disorders in Rockledge. She empowers people to live in a more sustainable way that energizes them in body, mind, and spirit. Her services include assisted lymphatic drainage, maya abdominal massage, energy medicine, biofeedback, ionic detox footbaths, & detox protocols. Assisted lymphatic therapy is equal to 8-10 manual lymph sessions and helps the body to recover from illness by activating immune cells and penetrating up to 8 inches into the deepest layers of the lymphatic system promoting detoxification and healing.

“I absolutely love supporting my clients to find their way back to true health and getting to the root cause of chronic issues so they can heal on all levels, especially those who are experiencing, or recovering from chronic illness”.

Website: www.nurturingsol.com
5595 Schenck Ave. Suite 8, Rockledge, FL 32955
Phone: 941-248-9127
email: nurturingsolhealingarts@gmail.com

Cannabist – Cannabist Melbourne is a medical cannabis dispensary. Florida patient or caregiver certification is required.  Our mission is to make sure that we are serving any patient or customer who can benefit from access to cannabis and partner with like-minded organizations. We also have our own program, Share Well/Care Well, which subsidizes the cost of medicine for qualifying medical cannabis patients.

Website: Cannabist
21 Suntree Place, Melbourne, FL 32940
Phone: 321-294-4465
Email: Florida@gocannabist.com

Maria Remensperger, LMHC (MH7939), MCAP – Center for Counseling and Hypnosis, Inc. Providing Individual – Couples – Family Counseling – Trauma Resolution – Hypnosis – Teletherapy (Video Counseling Sessions).

Website: https://www.cchflorida.com/
690 Friday Road Cocoa, Florida 32926
Phone: 321-961-4112

TEPAS Breast Center, established in 2007, is Brevard’s first comprehensive breast center offering advanced breast care services including 3D Mammography, 4D breast ultrasound, image guided breast biopsies, clinical consultation, support services and more.  Led by a team of board-certified radiologists and breast surgeon, TEPAS Breast Center was created to deliver more accurate prevention, early detection, diagnosis and support services in an environment of compassionate and coordinated care and support.

Website: TEPAS Breast Center
NASA Palms Professional Center
1140 Broadband Drive, Melbourne, FL 32901
Phone: 321-312-4178

St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care – Since 1977, we have served as Brevard’s only independent, not-for-profit comfort care resource, helping patients and those they love during the most delicate times in their lives. Founded on the principle of neighbors helping neighbors, St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care offers a diverse range of compassionate care services including palliative care, hospice and grief support for all ages. Every day, we strive to provide specialized care that reflects the values, preferences and traditions that matter most to each patient and family we are privileged to serve.

Website: St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care
Phone: 321-269-4240
Emergency after hours: 321-720-5256

Local resources who support Complementary Cancer Care:

Wigs at Cancer Care Centers of Brevard in Rockledge – Many cancer survivors in the community have donated new and gently used wigs that are available for free to current cancer patients.  Each wig is beautiful and there are a variety of lengths and colors.  The wigs are located at:

Cancer Care Centers of Brevard
1048 Harvin Way, Rockledge 32955
Website
Phone: 321-636-2111
Ask for Melisa Lee, RN

If you have a wig that you would like to donate, you can drop it off at CCCB Rockledge during business hours.

I Love My Island is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports the Merritt Island area through outreach programs and initiatives, that directly impacts the welfare of the island’s community and its families in need.  In addition to their My Island Thrift Store (donations welcome – and they offer free pick-up!), they run a Senior Resource Center, where seniors and their families can find what resources and services are available for those elderly facing the challenges of housing, food, health care, transportation, medical needs, socialization and more.

Durable Medical Equipment Loan Program. We maintain an inventory of wheelchairs, standard walkers, seated walkers, shower chairs, canes, crutches, disposable adult diapers and bed pads. There is no cost to sign out needed items. All items are cleaned and sterilized when returned. Equipment donations are appreciated!

Website: I Love My Island
234 E Merritt Island Cswy, Merritt Island, FL 32953
Phone: 321-473-3355
Senior Center: 230 E Merritt Island Cswy, unit 106 (behind the thrift store)

Candlelighters of Brevard, Inc. is a non-profit organization offering emotional support and financial assistance to children with cancer and their families in Brevard and Indian River counties. We are dedicated to the children we serve and the families that support them. We know that in addition to the shock of diagnosis and treatment, there is a tremendous financial burden, an endless amount of travel, and an overwhelming emotional impact. Candlelighters is committed to ensuring that our local children and their families have the support and resources they need in order to fight back.

Website: Candlelighters of Brevard, Inc.
436 5th Avenue, Suite 1, Indialantic, FL 32903
Phone: 321-728-5600
Fax: 321-802-9707
Email: information@candlelightersofbrevard.org

Widerman Malek, PL is a national law firm with a family and community-centered approach. Our strong bond with our community, our families, is the cornerstone of our practice. Widerman Malek, PL takes a down-to-earth and common-sense approach to your complex legal issues. We understand that it can be stressful when legal issues hit home, and we will empower you to take full advantage of your legal rights.

Website: Widerman Malek, PL
1990 West New Haven Ave. Suite 201, Melbourne, FL 32904
Phone: 321-341-4872
Fax: 321-255-2351

Financial Cornerstone Group is a team of holistic practitioners.  Our genuine desire is to truly know and understand every aspect of your financial situation, and provide you with only the highest quality information, services, and products to help you reach your goals – and to serve in a non-judgmental and supportive way.

Website: Financial Cornerstone Group
190 McIver Lane, Rockledge, FL 32955
1490 Hwy A1A, Suite 202, Satellite Beach, FL 32937
2197 Julian Avenue NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905
Phone: 321-735-4994
Fax: 321-305-5994
Email: team@yourfcg.com

Here are a wide variety of resources to assist you though your journey with cancer.

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

Cancer Hope Network – provides free one-on-one peer support for adult cancer patients and their loved ones.

Imerman Angels: one-on-one support – Imerman Angels’ mission is to provide comfort and understanding for all cancer fighters, survivors, previvors and caregivers through a personalized, one-on-one connection with someone who has been there.  We envision a world where cancer is not a solitary experience.

Cancer Care – Online support groups by disease.  Professional oncology social workers provide free emotional and practical support for people with cancer, caregivers, loved ones and the bereaved.

Quality Health – 10 Helpful Apps for Cancer Patients

Friend for Life Cancer Support Network – To help persons diagnosed with cancer and their loved ones navigate the path through diagnosis, treatment and recovery by pairing them with a trained survivor of a similar experience so they can face cancer with someone who’s been there.

Diane Kingsley RD LDN LMT is a Licensed and Registered Dietitian, located in Vero Beach – Simple Health Options

PearlPoint Nutrition Services – Schedule a Dietitian Consultation

Eat Right to Fight Cancer – Oncology Nutrition 

Cancer Dietitian – Cancer Dietitian Programs

Cook for Your Life – Healthy Cooking for People Touched by Cancer