Free session replay with Tari Prinster and the yoga4cancer Team · 60 minutes
Most yoga teacher trainings weren’t designed to cover it. In this free session, Tari Prinster, founder of yoga4cancer and author of Yoga for Cancer, walks through three students every teacher will meet, and what it takes to teach people in and after cancer treatment safely and well.
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What we covered:
Three students walked into a Tuesday class, and each one showed us a blind spot:
- Lymphedema: the lymphatic system has no pump of its own. Breath, gravity and gentle movement help move lymph, and Tari showed how.
- Cancer-related fatigue: it isn’t ordinary tiredness, and rest doesn’t fix it. The research points to movement.
- Bone involvement: treatment can thin bones, so we hinge forward folds with a long spine and keep twists upright, on the exhale.
We also talked about what survivors want from yoga, why gentle yoga alone doesn’t meet movement guidelines, and why critical thinking matters more than a list of poses.
As Tari closed with, from B.K.S. Iyengar: “Do not imagine that you already understand and impose your imperfect understanding on those who come to you for help.”
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