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.

Yoga for Cancer: A Guide to Managing Side Effects, Boosting Immunity, and Improving Recovery for Cancer Survivors

Prinster, Tari

Humor & Entertainment

Healing Arts Press

Programa que recupera el propio bienestar En este libro, su autora, Tari Prinster, profesora de yoga y superviviente de cáncer, presenta de forma ilustrada y sencilla 53 posturas de yoga tradicionales adaptadas a todos los niveles y a los retos que el cáncer supone. Tari utiliza los movimientos y los ejercicios respiratorios de estas posturas para tratar 10 efectos secundarios, así como la práctica de 9 secuencias para las diversas etapas del tratamiento y la recuperación. Al compartir su propia historia y la de aquellos supervivientes al cáncer y profesores de yoga con los que ha trabajado, Tari Prinster examina de qué manera puede utilizarse el yoga para reforzar el sistema inmunitario, aumentar la densidad ósea, evitar y tratar el linfedema, reducir la ansiedad, purificar el cuerpo, reducir el dolor y ayudar al organismo a recuperarse de los daños ocasionados por el cáncer y los tratamientos convencionales. Proporciona las herramientas adecuadas para planificar una práctica de yoga en casa que tenga en cuenta las habilidades, el nivel energético y los objetivos generales de salud de cada individuo.

Yoga para el cáncer: Guía para paliar los efectos secundarios, aumentar el sistema inmunitario y mejorar la recuperación de los pacientes de cáncer

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Ediciones Tutor, S.A.

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