Chair Pose in Oncology Yoga
Chair Pose can increases leg, hip and core strength; promotes bone health; improves balance; increases cardiovascular and lymphatic circulation. Learn how to from yoga4cancer.
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.
Ask Tari: What precautions exist for practicing yoga with Breast Lymphedema?
Yoga with Breast Lymphedema including Metastatic Breast Cancer. Read more here.
Ask Tari: How do you help numbness in my toes and feet?
Peripheral Neuropathy is a common side effect of chemotherapy. It a side effect to the nervous system. Yoga can help.
Ask Tari: Why doesn’t yoga4cancer include Downward Facing Dog?
Yoga is extraordinarily beneficial for cancer patients and survivors. But some yoga needs care and support. Oncology Yoga is recommended.
Pose: Restorative cobbler
A yoga pose, Restorative Cobbler, can calm the nervous system which is essential for cancer patients and survivors.
Ask Tari: I am 8 weeks post bilateral breast surgery, should I do yoga?
Use yoga to manage the side effects from a breast surgery due to cancer. Simple moves can reduce Lymphedema and other side effects.
Pose of the Week: Dirty Tshirt
A yoga pose that is specifically designed for cancer patients to improve range of motion, lymphatic drainage and chest and upper-back mobility.
Pose of the Month: Knee-Down Sun Salutation
A yoga4cancer modified Sun Salutations enables cancer survivors to achieve the benefits of this pose without the risk, concern or discomfort.
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.