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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: How to movement and breath support cancer recovery
Lymphedema is one of the more difficult side effects of cancer treatment to live with.
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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 Yoga Poses Do You Recommend After Breast Cancer Surgery?
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.
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The Yoga Program Nobody Knew About — And What It Tells Us About Cancer Care
There’s a yoga program at a major cancer center in Kentucky. It’s free. It’s fully
When Someone You Love Has Cancer: How You Can Help Them Move, Breathe, and Heal
By Tari Prinster, Founder of yoga4cancer, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT When someone you love receives a
Tari Prinster on What It Really Means to Teach Yoga in the Context of Cancer
You may not realize it, but if you teach public yoga classes, you’ve almost certainly
Oncology Yoga Teacher Certification: What Global Search Data Tells Us About Real Demand
Every week, people living with cancer — and the healthcare professionals who support them —
The Bridge Must Be Strong: Self-Care as a Professional Responsibility for Oncology Yoga Teachers
By Tari Prinster, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT | Founder, yoga4cancer (y4c) I have been asked many things