
Yoga practices for cancer patients and survivors
We understand! Cancer diagnosis changes your life in an instant. No matter the diagnosis or prognosis, fear, regret and bewilderment take over. You feel a complete loss of power and control over your body, emotions and life. Surgeries take parts of your body, treatment takes away your clarity of mind and energy. Fear threatens your life existence. You may feel powerless, lost in uncertainty. Your hope is to be normal again, to have the physical and emotional strength to do what once came naturally and easily. You want to feel a sense of control, stability and hope. At this stage, Yoga can become your companion on your long journey to be healthier and stronger.
Yoga helps you to become cope better with your illness, reduce symptoms such as pain, tiredness, sleep problems, depression, helps lower levels of your body’s stress hormone, cortisol, makes you feel energetic, improves immune system function, increase mindfulness and mental focus, slows the progression of cancer, improves flexibility and balance
This program consists of simple restorative practices for varying stages of your cancer treatment and recovery. Postures are provided to target common side effects such as lymphedema, bone loss, weight gain, range of motion, anxiety, insomnia, constipation, detoxification, neuropathy and incontinence.
Cancer steals your breath, yoga gives it back!

Benefits of yoga session
When your immunity is compromised, to you’re more susceptible to illness. However, as discussed earlier, yoga is considered a best scientifically backed alternative treatment for stress.