Healing Yoga for People Living with Cancer

By Lee Hartwell and Lisa Holtby

A friendly, playful and easy-to-use guide to yoga routines, this book is designed specifically for people who are in the active cancer treatment and early recovery stages. Presents important... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589791053
• ISBN13: 9781589791053
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Moves

This is a wonderful book for those of us who are cancer survivors. It allows you to go at your own pace and not feel "less than".

A wonderful gift

I sent this book to my aunt who was recently diagnosed with cancer and who is recovering from surgery. She had some prior experience with yoga before she was diagnosed, but was fearful of resuming her home-based practice because she was not sure how to proceed, given her new diagnosis and her recovery process. My aunt called to thank me and said that this book is one of the most helpful resources she has found. The written words gave voice to her cancer experience and gave her the confidence to start practicing yoga again. The instructions on breathing were incredibly helpful and she would recommend this book to others living with cancer who want to be proactive about their recovery. A few years ago I had the great honor of practicing yoga with Lisa's guidance. She is an amazing person who brings her yoga practice into her life and her life into her practice. When I bought her book I never imagined that I would be sending it to someone I love so dearly. I know I cannot change my aunt's diagnosis or make her well, but sending her a gift that I know is helping her cope better with the road ahead brought me great relief.

Fantastic yoga book

I am an oncologist being treated for breast cancer. I've done yoga off and on for years, but mostly haven't been up to going to classes during my treatment. The sequences in this book have helped a lot with both the mental/emotional stress of treatment and the stiffness of being less active than usual. Although it is a little challenging to do yoga from a book, I like the greater flexibility and ability to take things at my own pace compared to videos. Some of the features I like: -excellent introduction to breathing and meditation -good guidelines for how to listen to your body and practice safely during your treatment -sequences of poses of varying difficulty level (including one sequence that is all seated in a chair) so you can tailor your routine to what you feel up to, or combine them for a longer practice -each pose is illustrated with 2 photographs, contains clear instructions on how to set up properly and good instructions on how to focus your mind and body during the pose. Almost as good as having a teacher with you! Highly recommended for people new to yoga, and for people familiar with yoga who need a modified home practice during their cancer treatment. Namaste.