Resources
Are you currently receiving treatment for cancer and interested in taking yoga classes? Yoga Bear volunteer instructors are working with several hospitals and clinics across the country to provide free yoga classes to people living with cancer.
Below are just a few resources to learn more about yoga for cancer.
Yoga Journal: Yoga for Cancer
"While it's not a cure for cancer, yoga enhances physical and emotional wellness many patients had thought they'd lost forever.”
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MSNBC Special: Yoga Can Ease Cancer Treatment Side Effects
"Women undergoing radiation felt better after twice-a-week
classes.”
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Women Fitness: Yoga for Cancer
“Cancer patients often find themselves in distracted states of
mind-- bombarded as they are by frightening, sometimes
contradictory, information, subjected to invasive, painful
procedures, and not-always-compassionate medical care. When our
minds are so grievously disturbed, we may find it impossible to
make crucial decisions or relate satisfactorily to our family and
friends... When the tension is released, energy can flow more
easily in the body and allow patients to experience a sense of
well-being and strength."
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The National Cancer Institute: Thinking about Complementary
& Alternative Medicine: A Guide for People with Cancer
"Energy medicine involves the belief that the body has energy
fields that can be used for healing and wellness.”
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Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center: Patient Yoga, a Healing
Practice
"Yoga is a way to help people find what is already there. And if
we can help their bodies stay moving as well, this will help the
mind.”
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American Cancer Society: Complementary and Alternative
Treatments--Mind, Body, and Spirit
“According to a report to the National Institutes of Health,
there is also some evidence to suggest yoga may be useful when used
along with conventional medical treatment to help relieve some of
the symptoms linked to cancer.”
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American Cancer Society: Guidelines For Using Complementary and
Alternative Methods
"Some people believe that mainstream medicine is the only option
they have when it comes to treating symptoms and side effects,
relieving pain, and improving quality of life. Actually, there are
many complementary treatment methods you can use safely, right
along with your medical treatment. For example, some people find
that certain complementary methods... such as aromatherapy,
biofeedback, massage therapy, meditation, tai chi, or yoga -- are
very useful to help control some of their symptoms and improve the
quality of their lives. But these treatments do not treat the
cancer.”
WebMD: Yoga May Help After Breast Cancer
Yoga may ease hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms in
breast cancer survivors, new research shows.
Psycho-Oncology Journal: Yoga Benefits Women with Breast Cancer
Researchers conclude that yoga resulted in a 50% reduction in
depression, a 12% increase in feelings of peace and meaning, and a
significant improvement in fatigue symptoms for women with breast
cancer
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