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Yoga for Cancer: A Guide to Managing Side Effects, Boosting Immunity, and Improving Recovery for Cancer Survivors
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Product Description Using yoga to manage the challenges of cancer and its treatment: * Explains how to create a safe home yoga practice that addresses the specific physical needs, risks, and emotions of cancer patients and survivors * Includes 53 yoga poses and 20 practice sequences that use movement and breathing to reduce and manage treatment side effects * Reveals how current research supports the physical and psychological benefits of yoga to aid recovery and reduce risk of recurrence * Written by a cancer survivor and certified yoga teacher For those faced with a cancer diagnosis and the journey of doctor-led surgery and treatments, yoga offers a way to regain control of your body and take an active part in your recovery and long-term health. In this easy-to-follow illustrated guide, yoga teacher and cancer survivor Tari Prinster presents 53 traditional yoga poses that are adapted for all levels of ability and cancer challenges. She then applies the movements and breathwork of these poses to address 10 common side effects and offers 9 practice sequences for varying stages of treatment and recovery. Sharing her own story as well as those of cancer survivors and yoga teachers with whom she has worked, Prinster explores how yoga can be used to strengthen the immune system, rebuild bone density, avoid and manage lymphedema, decrease anxiety, detoxify the body, reduce pain, and help the body repair damage caused by the cancer and conventional treatments. She reveals the research that supports the physical and psychological benefits of yoga as an aid to recovery and in reducing the risk of recurrence. Explaining how yoga must be tailored to each survivor, Prinster gives you the tools to create a safe home yoga practice, one that addresses your abilities, energy level, and overall health goals. Through personal stories, well-illustrated poses, and sample practices for beginners as well as experienced yoga practitioners, Prinster empowers survivors to create their own wellness plan in order to regain their independence and their physical and emotional well-being. Review Yoga for Cancer is a look into Tari Prinster's simple yet groundbreaking work with survivors, in which she vibrantly encourages her students to participate in their own healing. Tari's practical guide helps cancer survivors create a safe, inspiring home yoga practice, as an anchor to their own personal Wellness Plan. Yoga For Cancer an instrumental aspect of healing, surviving and thriving after treatment. ( Elena Brower, Yoga Leader & Author, Art of Attention) Yoga is an excellent tool for accessing the body's amazing capacity to heal itself. In, Yoga for Cancer, Prinster, a yoga instructor and cancer survivor herself, gives clear evidence as to the benefits of yoga for cancer patients and survivors, and presents a rationale approach to a safe and well balanced asana practice. A 'must read' for those contemplating yoga as a means to take charge of their lives after a diagnosis of cancer. ( Julie A. Rosenberg, MD, Pediatric Oncologist, Yoga Instructor) This book is a terrific guide for survivors to do a daily practice. It explains the benefits of yoga that directly address treatment side effects - short and long term. It's goal is to bring this method of yoga for cancer as a beacon to every survivor in the form of a book. Tari did a wonderful job creating this step-by-step method and survivors everywhere will benefit. ( Dr. Paulette Sherman, psychologist & author) About the Author Tari Prinster is a yoga teacher, founder of yoga4cancer and the Retreat Project (501c3) and a breast cancer survivor. She has worked with thousands of survivors and yoga teachers nationally and internationally. Her work has been featured in the documentary YogaWoman, Yoga Journal, CBS News, DNAinfo New York, Yoganonymous and many others. She has presented at conferences held by Yoga Journal, Yoga Service Council, and International Alliance of Yoga Therapists and ha
