Yoga helps women with breast cancer?

An excellent article for women and those who love them-it should not be missed.

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ABC News' Medical Channel reported three days ago on a medical study where 191 women who were fighting breast cancer participated and how Yoga helps women fight the disease.

• The study's lead author, oncology professor Lorenzo Cohen of at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston said “The benefits of yoga are above and beyond stretching” as he began to establish just how yoga helped these women.
• Dr. Barrie Cassileth, chief of the integrative medicine service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, said the new findings lend additional weight to the science behind mind-body approaches to cancer treatment, the article said.
• Yoga is shown to help women fight the disease.
• Yoga can likley help women from ever getting it in the first place by reducing stress, encouraging self respect and self empowerment that lead to healthier self-treatment and better health decisions.

As an advocate of female empowerment, feminism and in support of the health of all society, Gaia Yoga encourages readers to check out the article at this link.

As a Yoga teacher, I am honored to be able to be helping women and helping all of society.

Jai Ma....Shanti Om