Namaste ! (for non yogi's here's a link to an explication of this phrase that most yoga teachers end class with
Meaning of namaste I could not wait to get back to my Yoga and Pilates classes after TX. I tried during radiation but too weak plus too nauseous (the gym was gracious about me vomiting into the used towel container but that told me to take a break). I go every week to both classes as well as lift weights at the gym.

Plus yoga really helps with keeping the scar tissue supple and my neck able to move. I don't think there is any serious question that EXERCISE helps in Cancer recovery. Yoga is especially soothing with the emphasis on breathing.
Excellent post Christine and for once, real adjunctive therapy being posted here. Thanks
Charm

Last edited by Charm2017; 01-18-2011 07:18 AM. Reason: added explanation

65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13