All Blog Posts Tagged 'Cancer' (10)

Yoga Benefits for Cancer Related Fatigue

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Yoga for breast cancer is a specific exercise practice that targets those that suffer from physical and emotional fatigue from breast cancer recovery.  Diana Ross, E-RYT 500, founder of …

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Added by Breast Cancer Yoga on May 21, 2012 at 6:00am — No Comments

Yoga Helps Breast Cancer Recovery

Yoga creates harmony of mind and body. It has become center stage in the offerings of complementary therapies for breast cancer recovery. Yoga is now offered in conjunction with other standards of medical care.

Physically yoga can be an extremely important part of recovery wellness.…

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Added by Breast Cancer Yoga on May 20, 2012 at 4:40pm — No Comments

How and Where To Begin A Yoga Practice For Cancer Recovery

How and Where To Begin a Yoga Practice





Where do I start?   What do I need to know to begin a yoga practice? One day at a time is where you start so not to…

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Added by Breast Cancer Yoga on May 20, 2012 at 2:42pm — 1 Comment

Meet Katherine!

When she's not down-dogging with her dog, Katherine Dowdney blogs about life as an instructor for Yoga Bear. Katherine found us while searching for volunteer opportunities in the San Francisco Bay area where she lives with her husband and dog. "Writing for Yoga Bear seemed like such a joyful opportunity to volunteer and be part of a…

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Added by Libby Lowe on December 14, 2010 at 7:14am — No Comments

CinemAsana Is Underway!


Hello! Start watching and rating your favorite videos. Winners will be announced later this month. And please share this link with your fellow yogis, teachers and friends.

Added by Libby Lowe on December 1, 2010 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Overcoming Fear, Surviving Cancer

After years of serving as volunteer, by the side of cancer survivors to heal their wounds through positive reiteration therapy, there remains in me, a determination to pursue on a mission to raise awareness and compassion for a cause that is dear to all of our hearts.



As a teenager, I saw my maternal grandmother suffer from cancer. Grandma was the first one in our family to succumb to the disease and we worried about her having to undergo…
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Added by Chikki Venkat on August 28, 2010 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors

The Love/Avon Army of Women is recruting for the below study.





Study Summary:

Breast cancer survivors can have a lot of post-treatment problems, such as fatigue, depression, and a decrease in physical function. It is possible that physical activities, like yoga, could help ease these symptoms. This is a study about how yoga affects fatigue, immune function, and mood of women treated for breast cancer.



Researcher:

Janice Kiecolt-Glaser,… Continue

Added by Love/Avon Army of Women on February 4, 2010 at 12:27pm — 1 Comment

First Step Survival Guide

After attending the Liver Cancer Symposium in Denver , last weekend, I got to hear about many great tools for cancer thrivers! And, I got to speak about how yoga helps me with my cancer journey. The National Coalition for Cancer Surivorship (NCCS) has an award-winning series of CD's that are free to cancer patients and their families. The "toolbox" is over twenty hours of informative and advocacy-based selections on topics… Continue

Added by Jean Di Carlo-Wagner,MA,E-RYT500 on September 1, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

"Cure" is Free to Cancer Survivors

You might expect a title like "Cure" magazine to be about fighting cancer and winning.

And, it is! But in this month's featured online article, Kathy Latour speaks to what is

in all of our hearts in "Beyond Cured," the difference between being cured and being healed.



Healing is a state of mind and it can happen whether or not we are cured of disease. In early stages of diagnosis and treatment, we all tend to want to… Continue

Added by Jean Di Carlo-Wagner,MA,E-RYT500 on July 29, 2009 at 6:38am — No Comments

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