WAOH meaning Water ~~ Air ~~ Oxygen ~~ Opening your Heart
YOGA benefits Everyone!
Taken from an Article in TIME magazine.
Once the hard decisions have been made about how to treat a patient's cancer,
doctors face an even trickier question: how do you help patients deal with the
side effects of treatment?
The issue is a challenge for physicians because,
unlike with cancer therapies, there are few scientific studies on the most
effective ways to handle the side effects including common symptoms such as
poor sleep or fatigue. But addressing these seemingly mundane complications is
crucial for helping patients maintain their regular lifestyle, which in turn may
even encourage the success of their cancer treatment.
That's why Dr. Karen Mustian of the University of Rochester Medical Center
decided to put a favorite practice of cancer survivors to the test. In
a paper she will present at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
annual meeting in June, Mustian designed a standardized program based on hatha
yoga a slow-moving form of the discipline and tested its effect on improving
the quality of life for cancer survivors.
Called YOCAS, the four-week program involved
sessions of hatha and restorative yoga twice a week for 75 minutes each, in
combination with breathing exercises and meditation. Among the 410 participants,
who were divided into yoga and traditional follow-up care groups, those
practicing yoga recorded nearly double the improvement in sleep quality and
reduction of fatigue compared to those not practicing yoga. They also reported
better quality of life overall, Mustian says. "And the yoga group had all of
these benefits while reducing their use of sleep medications.
Do one thing different. It doesn’t mean do the same old things differently. It means do something different! Enjoy doing something you have never done before
ANYTHING--JUST DO IT!
