Yoga As A Complementary Therapy For Breast Cancer

Diana Ross, E-RYT 500

Yoga Has Stepped Into Center Stage As An Integrated Complementary Therapy

Yoga for balancing the mind, body and spirit.  Integrated yoga therapy includes postures, breathing exercises, meditations, chanting, a healthy lifestyle and most importantly relaxation techniques. There are numerous studies worldwide providing scientific evidence of yoga’s therapeutic potential. It is now known that when the nervous system is balanced, the parasympathetic and sympathetic systems function correctly and the brain works together to create a balance of both action and calmness. The body’s immune system is revitalized to create dynamic responses that maintain health. When the body experiences this balance, the mind also experiences it and a higher knowledge or spirit prevails. Yoga is that vehicle to bring the mind, body and spirit together as one. 

Yoga Can Be a Lot Of Fun 

Enjoy every deep, slow breath while moving your arms, legs and torso. It is so important to evenly pace the movement with the breath. The breath is key to your wellness. It too balances the mind, body and spirit. It is the cosmic gas station.  “If the mind wanders the breath will follow.” Take it slow, take a big conscious breath, come into the present moment and just Be. 

Diana Ross, E-RYT500, CYT, Certified TriYoga

Founder, Breast Cancer Yoga

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Breast Cancer - Singing Snake Yoga Breath

Breathing For Breast Cancer Yoga Exercise

A very important function of breathing fully and slowly is that the body's natural relaxation response is prompted. This relaxation response results in decreased tension, anxiety and fatigue.

The overall effect of many breathing practices help the body and mind create a calming down effect called a “relaxation response”. This will allow for the mind to become clearer, and more reflective. When recovering from cancer breathing is instrumental to support our health and well-being. 

Benefits

*Releases tension in front of chest, neck and upper shoulders

*Relieves jaw clenching

*Stretches neck flexors

*Lengthens platysma muscle

*Allows for profound relaxation

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With our breathing exercise CD you will receive 6 breathing exercises for breast cancer recovery, stress management and cancer related fatigue. Each CD is 60 minutes with an introduction, benefits and 6 breathing exercises. This collection of therapeutic breathing exercises was created specifically for breast cancer recovery management.

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Breast Cancer Yoga Founder & Survivor

Diana Ross, E-RYT 500

Why I Created and Founded Breast Cancer Yoga
Breast cancer has touch my life in so many ways. First my own direct experience with the disease; then my sister, two sister-in-laws and finally my favorite first cousin. Not to mention friends and students. It seemed so natural that after teaching TriYoga for 17 years I would evolved to teaching a more restorative yoga flow like Breast Cancer Yoga.  I felt it was time my practice became more about serving or SEVA. 




Lymphedema & Cancer Related Fatigue
There is a real need for a gentle flowing yoga practice to help support women in breast cancer recovery. Not only recovery but lymphedema management and cancer-related fatigue. Two major concerns that are not focused on.  I wanted this yoga to be specific, doable and as healing as possible.

Breast Cancer Yoga is Healing
Breast Cancer Yoga's use of props are paramount to feeling grounded, secure and nurtured.  There is deep focus on moving in and out of the pose while using the breath as a guide to do so and listening to soothing music which add so much value to recovery. I feel satisfied when someone says to me that they feel better, stronger and optimistic.  I want to make a difference in someone’s recovery and this is how I do it.
Diana Ross, E-RYT500, CYT, Certified TriYoga
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Diana Ross, E-RYT 500
Founder & Survivor

A Bit About Breast Cancer Yoga

Breast Cancer Yoga’s founder, contributors, students, yoga studio, and future yoga teachers, are committed to physical, spiritual and environmental well-being. They offer safe and supportive therapeutic restorative yoga, mindfulness meditation, breathing exercises developed for women in breast cancer recovery, lymphedema management, while maintaining a minimal environmental impact. In addition, Breast Cancer Yoga offers therapeutic yoga to adults with special need such as knee or hip replacements, surgical recovery and many other conditions. Breast Cancer Yoga is listed on many green websites as an environmentally green small business.

How Breast Cancer Yoga is Green

Breast Cancer Yoga is commitment to green. BCY is an online educational yoga site specific for breast cancer recovery. Our visitors don’t have to come to us, we come to them via the internet. Offering downloadable products such as e-books, CDs and DVD's eliminate the need to use paper. We are a family based company that uses a sustainable green work place, select environmental products that support the earth and support good health. 

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Why We Think Breast Cancer Yoga is Great

Breast Cancer Yoga makes their services accessible to the community by providing events, workshops and yoga retreats. Furthermore, our yoga for Cancer Recovery services are tailored for women undergoing and recovering from cancer and its treatment, which are offered to local breast cancer support communities. Plus, our yoga workshops and retreats are holistic and include Mindful Eating, Yoga for Chronic Pain, breathing for stress-reduction while creating an inner peace for all of us.

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Breast Cancer Yoga Pose For Range Of Motion

Breast Cancer Yoga

Pose of the Month - October 2012

Arm Under Chest 

A really great way to relieve your shoulder tension and increase Range of Motion for shoulder joints (frozen shoulder) associated with breast cancer recovery is with a chest extension inflection or better known in the yoga world as a heart opening flowing restorative yoga pose. With this wonderful yoga pose you will open up the heart,  fill the lungs from the bottom up, and relieve shoulder tension.

Arm Under Chest Yoga Pose

Benefits

Promote lymph circulation around axilla

Helps heal scarring muscles and added tightness

Increases internal rotation and shoulder mobility

Strengthens scapula stabilizing muscle

Opens and lift chest

Increases ROM of shoulder joints - frozen shoulder

Increases internal rotation and shoulder mobility.

Releases shoulder tension that rounds your shoulders and binds your upper arm

Begin In A Partial Recline

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Instructions

1. Begin on your back with knees bent in PARTIAL RECLINE. A neck roll or pillow can be used for added comfort.
2. Lift hips up, slide right arm, palm down underneath lower back so you can see finger tips on left side. STOP IF YOU FEEL PAIN. Lower hips down and extend legs.
3. Relax - breathe into the right side of upper chest until you feel a release in shoulder muscles.  Once the shoulder relaxes experiment sliding hand up your back towards shoulder blades.
4. INHALE, left arm up and overhead for bigger additional stretch to breast region.
5. Flow arm back up and down. When ready hold pose for 3/5 breaths.
6. EXHALE lower arm back down, lift hips up and release arm from underneath.
7. Repeat on other arm.

Breast Cancer Yoga offers healthy lifestyle tools for breast cancer prevention and recovery with therapeutic yoga poses, breathing exercises that bringing together the mind, body, and spirit.

By: Diana Ross, E-RYT 500

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