Integrative Therapies at Home: Gentle Stretching & Breathing Exercises
In this video, registered yoga teacher Luba Zagachin guides you through a 15 minute gentle stretching and breathing sequence.
VideoOct | 20 | 2020
In this video we explore the science of yoga related to cancer and the use of yoga to manage cancer-related symptoms and stress. We also offer a gentle yoga practice for relaxation. Led by Loren Winters, ANP-BC (Oncology Nurse Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, and the Associate Director of Breast Cancer Survivorship at Mass General Cancer Center Waltham) and Luba Zagachin (Cancer Center Yoga Therapist).
This session is part of the Integrative Therapies for Supporting Cancer Treatment and Survivorship webinar series presented by the Katherine A. Gallagher Integrative Therapies Program. Integrative therapies, along with medical management, work with your unique body, mind, and spirit. This webinar series helps provide the techniques and strategies you can do at home to help you feel your best.
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In this video, registered yoga teacher Luba Zagachin guides you through a 15 minute gentle stretching and breathing sequence.
Acupressure involves applying gentle pressure to specific points on the body. In this video, Licensed Acupuncturist Nathan Langford shows you how to perform acupressure on your own hand to relieve stress and tension.
How do you acknowledge and care for your body as it carries you through something as physical, emotional, and psychological as cancer diagnosis and treatment? Through self-care exercises, learn how body work and the power of touch can alleviate pain, tension, and muscle spasms.
Music therapists Hannah Shefsky, MA, MT-BC and Lorrie Kubicek, MT-BC provide a glimpse into the art and science of music therapy to increase relaxation and reduce stress during cancer treatment and survivorship.
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