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Empowering Recovery: Why Oncology Yoga Matters After A Cancer Diagnosis
How can cancer patients support recovery, manage side effects, and improve long-term survivorship? While cancer
Yoga for Lymphedema
Oncology Yoga Beginner’s Series Join Teri Gandy-Richardson, a yoga4cancer Certified Teacher, for a short sequence
Creating a safe and effective Oncology Yoga Space
STEP #1: IDENTIFY YOUR SPACE STEP #2: PLAN AHEAD STEP #3: GENERAL TIPS
What is Oncology Yoga?
Oncology Yoga is an evidence-based yoga practice that addresses the specific needs of cancer patients
Breast Cancer Incidence Rates – they have changed.
Recently, one of our trained teachers was reviewing some of our material and highlighted an
Ask Tari: What poses would you recommend for post operation Breast Cancer?
Review a few key yoga poses that can be done to reduce the side effects from breast cancer surgery.
What Yoga Teachers Need to Know About Teaching Cancer Survivors
Teaching yoga to cancer patients and survivors comes with unique benefits and risks. Understanding the principles of Oncology Yoga is a first step to providing a safe and effective support.
Benefit #10: Yoga Enhances Empowerment and Well-Being
Cancer patients and survivor suffer from of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a diagnosis. Yoga has been proven effective tool to manage PTSD.
Benefit #9: Yoga Enhances Body Image
Yoga does not just help the body get strong, flexible, and detoxified. It helps our perception of the body and improves self-esteem. Cancer survivors have the same desire as everyone else: to look good!
Benefit #8: Yoga Helps Manage Fear and Anxiety
Fear is one of the most common and overwhelming reactions to those three little words, “You have cancer.” Yoga is well known for its powers of relaxation. Learn the evidence.
Benefit #7: Yoga Helps Manage Pain
Cancer treatment and their side effects can cause pain, not the cancer itself. But a yoga practice can reduce pain. Learn why and how.
Benefit #6: Yoga Helps Manage Weight Gain
Weight gain has significant impact on both physical and psychological aspects of a cancer survivor’s life. Yoga can help manage weight.
Benefit #4: Yoga Keeps the Spine Strong
The spine is our super highway for all the major body systems. Keeping it strong is important to cancer patients and survivors. Learn more.
Benefit #3: Yoga Increases Range of Motion and Flexibility
Cancer treatments can reduce flexibility because surgeries and radiation create scar tissue around muscles and joints. Yoga can manage impact and long term use.
Benefit #2: Yoga Strengthens the Body
Cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation weaken the body in the act of eliminating cancer as a life-threatening disease. Yoga builds strength.
Benefit #1: Yoga Detoxifies the Body
Yoga borrows from the science of physics using the principles of movement, gravity and resistance to detoxify. Learn more.
How to be a successful Oncology Yoga Professional?
Safety, knowledge, compassion, adaptability, and professionalism. Working with cancer survivors is both a privilege and
Podcast Recommendation: Yoga for Breast Cancer with Nanette LaBastida
Hosted by The Yoga Pro Podcast We invite you to listen to this heartfelt and
Yoga for Bone Health in a Leukemia Patient
Excerpt in the ‘Yoga Therapy Across the Cancer Care Continuum’ published December 2022 by Leigh
Taking Charge of Your Recovery: How Oncology Yoga Empowers Cancer Survivors
When faced with a cancer diagnosis, it’s easy to feel like control has been taken
Why Cancer Survivors Need Movement—And How Oncology Yoga Makes It Possible
Movement is Medicine for Survivorship If you’re a cancer survivor, movement isn’t just helpful—it’s vital.
Recommended Insurance Coverage for Oncology Yoga Professionals
As a certified Oncology Yoga teacher, carrying professional liability insurance is an essential part of