For Yoga Teachers – Articles
Part 2 of Lee Majewski’s 2 Part Article on how Yoga Therapy Retreats Empower Patients after a Cancer Diagnosis…
Yoga for Health Institute (YHI) strives to fill the gaps in conventional medical care, which can leave individuals with varying degrees of isolation, fear, and depression, as well as physical side-effects resulting from treatments…
Cancer is a complex group of illnesses with costly and difficult treatments.
Increasingly, research supports the use of integrative and complementary care for people diagnosed with cancer…
Can yoga cure cancer? Can it provide a greater quality of life–or even extend life?
Questions like these are at the heart of the proliferation of studies on yoga for people diagnosed with cancer. Yoga is only one of many integrative cancer care therapies at the forefront of research, but studies on yoga in the recent past have provided positive results that may influence the future of cancer treatment protocols…
Pain is a major concern for many people diagnosed with cancer…
Although many people with lymphedema enjoy active lives, lymphedema can be both physically and psychologically distressing…
Lymphedema is a condition that requires early intervention for the best outcomes, so understanding the signs and symptoms of these stages may be critical to minimizing the potential impairment due to lymphedema…
So much of the touch that people receive during cancer treatment ranges from uncomfortable, to downright painful. So, after treatment for cancer, experiencing a pleasant sense of touch like a gentle massage can feel like a healing balm…
Meditation can be a part of a yogic practice or it can be practiced independently…
Getting a cancer diagnosis can be physically and psychologically devastating, from the fear, the treatments and side effects, the relationship and financial issues.
And yet, many of the happiest people I know are cancer survivors…
Nutrition may be one of the single most controversial aspects of cancer care…
An Interview by Marianne Woods Cirone, MS, MFA, CYT-500 with Amanda Sabatino, a holistic health & wellness coach…
An Interview by Marianne Woods Cirone, MS, MFA, CYT-500 with Rita Meier, CYT-500, Yoga for the Pelvic Floor Instructor…
While it may be debatable whether studies prove, suggest–or confound–we do know that in the last decade, we’ve seen an explosion of research on yoga, meditation, massage and other integrative or complementary therapies for cancer survivors, many showing very positive results…
Not being able to sleep is one of the most common complaints from people diagnosed with cancer…