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Yoga and breast cancer : a journey to health and healing / Ingrid Kollak, Isabell Utz-Billing.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kollak.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Breast--Cancer--Patients--Rehabilitation.
- Breast.
- Yoga--Therapeutic use.
- Yoga.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 p.)
- Edition:
- 1版.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Demos Health, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Yoga and Breast Cancer is a practical how to guide to using yoga to manage stress, relieve pain, and gain the strength necesary to make it through this illness. It follows the authors' own research in the subject that has shown a proven correlation between yoga practice and better health and outcomes after a breast cancer diagnosis. More than simply an exercise guide, the book is a deeply soothing form of moving meditation and physical activity that is a safe way to rebuild strength, stamina, and flexibility both during and following cancer treatments. It is intended to support women during th
- Contents:
- pt. 1. How to use this book
- pt. 2. Yoga for women with breast cancer
- pt. 3. Yoga postures for moments in between
- pt. 4. Concentration and meditation
- pt. 5. Useful information.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-97921-3
- 9786612979217
- 1-61705-017-2
- OCLC:
- 703137746
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