Realistic Application Of Learning Yoga And Cancer Treatment
The refreshing effect of yoga is both mental and physical. It helps in nourishing body, mind and spirit resulting to a positive attitude in life. It helps cancer sufferer by providing a sense of relaxation and reduce feeling tired during their cancer treatment.
Pose to help you relieve stress
Salutation seal (Anjali mudra)
Benefits
Physically, it can give you a more flexible arms, wrists and fingers. Mentally it decrease stress by soothing the mind. The effect is the heart match the two sides of the brain.
Inhale as you bring your palms and the rest of your thumbs on the breast bone while pressing with equal pressure. Be sure that both of your hands are exerting equal pressure. If you are right handed, you right hand is stronger so be sure that it is not pushing harder than your left hand.
Press towards the thumbs to lift the breast bone, let the elbow drop as if they are very heavy. Hold for a few minutes and then release. This exercise helps in increasing your awareness and is often used to start a meditation class.
The Downward Facing Dog or Adho Mukha Svanasana
Benefits: Strengthens the back and relieves back pain.
The Downward facing dog has many uses during yoga. It is use to change position, and is also a resting pose, but it strengthens the spine in its own right. The object is to have the feet and the hands on the floor and the body in an inverted v. Put your hands on the floor so that your body is in an inverted v with your wrists underneath your shoulders and the knees underneath the hips. Spread your palms, and turn your toes under. Exhale and lift your knees away from the floor with the heels lifting from the floor and the knees slightly bent. Lengthen the base of your spine away from the rear of the pelvis and press it lightly towards the pubis, which is the bone that forms the front lower section of your hips. This will create a slight resistance and against this resistance raise the sitting bones to the ceiling. Engage the quadriceps to take the weight off your arms, to form a resting pose.
Breathe out and push your top thighs backward, stretch your heels on the floor and rest them. You may not be able to reach the floor at first, it may need several practice before the muscle can lengthen. Do this in 3 minutes.
Pose to help you relieve stress
Salutation seal (Anjali mudra)
Benefits
Physically, it can give you a more flexible arms, wrists and fingers. Mentally it decrease stress by soothing the mind. The effect is the heart match the two sides of the brain.
Inhale as you bring your palms and the rest of your thumbs on the breast bone while pressing with equal pressure. Be sure that both of your hands are exerting equal pressure. If you are right handed, you right hand is stronger so be sure that it is not pushing harder than your left hand.
Press towards the thumbs to lift the breast bone, let the elbow drop as if they are very heavy. Hold for a few minutes and then release. This exercise helps in increasing your awareness and is often used to start a meditation class.
The Downward Facing Dog or Adho Mukha Svanasana
Benefits: Strengthens the back and relieves back pain.
The Downward facing dog has many uses during yoga. It is use to change position, and is also a resting pose, but it strengthens the spine in its own right. The object is to have the feet and the hands on the floor and the body in an inverted v. Put your hands on the floor so that your body is in an inverted v with your wrists underneath your shoulders and the knees underneath the hips. Spread your palms, and turn your toes under. Exhale and lift your knees away from the floor with the heels lifting from the floor and the knees slightly bent. Lengthen the base of your spine away from the rear of the pelvis and press it lightly towards the pubis, which is the bone that forms the front lower section of your hips. This will create a slight resistance and against this resistance raise the sitting bones to the ceiling. Engage the quadriceps to take the weight off your arms, to form a resting pose.
Breathe out and push your top thighs backward, stretch your heels on the floor and rest them. You may not be able to reach the floor at first, it may need several practice before the muscle can lengthen. Do this in 3 minutes.
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