Chair Pose
Chair Pose can increases leg, hip and core strength; promotes bone health; improves balance; increases cardiovascular and lymphatic circulation. Learn how to from yoga4cancer.
Yoga Poses
Exercise reduces the impact of ‘chemo brain’ or cognitive impairment.
New research indicates that cancer survivors who were more physically active prior to treatments had the best cognitive performance across the treatment period and in the 6 months afterward.
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: 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.
What is your advice for yoga students with Hodgkins Lymphoma?
People with Lymphoma, in particular Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, can find yoga helpful in managing side effects and symptoms.
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.
Why yoga4cancer classes are so important
An article about the value and benefits of an Oncology Yoga class from.
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.
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.