Yoga Therapy Across The Cancer Care Continuum Anne Pitman by Anne Pitman 9781912085910, 1912085917 instant download after payment.

Cancer. The word itself can spark fear and sets off a flurry of appointments, tests, and decisions, often leading to interminable waiting for diagnostic results and next steps. Certified yoga therapists, informed by ancient practice and current science, are part of an evidenced-based supportive healthcare team uniquely qualified to meet the whole person by addressing mind, body, spirit. This book:Develops an understanding of the key principles of yoga therapy as a vital aspect of an integrative health practice, enhancing the quality of patient-centered care. Demonstrates the practice of Yoga Therapy to witness, accompany, explore, and ease suffering - informed by yoga philosophy and deepened by therapeutic relationship and compassionate presence.Acknowledges the shock and challenge of a cancer diagnosis and the way in which yoga therapists uniquely and holistically respond through therapeutic listening, supportive care, and the capacity to offer evidence-based ancient and modern mind-body practices to enhance wellness and mitigate treatment side effects at each stage of care.Highlights research and clinical practice within a wide range of therapeutic yoga practices (such as movement, meditation, breath inquiry) from both the West and India.Explains unique problems associated with type and stage of cancer (and comorbidities), as well as common problems associated with conventional therapies (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and bone marrow transplant) and their effect on the body, the whole person, and the support team.Explores the unique emotional and physical challenges at each phase of the cancer continuum, from the shock of diagnosis to the insistent fear of recurrence, from the lingering physical side effects to the underlying fear of death.Points to evidenced-based yoga practices and experts in the field of oncology-based yoga therapy from a bio-psycho-social-spiritual framework, informed by both yoga philosoph