Mindful Yoga for Cancer Care
Navigating the health challenges of cancer can be daunting. How do we ride the waves with equanimity?
Mindful yoga cultivates self-compassion and acceptance of hardships. Come together – patients, caregivers, cancer thrivers - for this six-week series led by Yoga Medicine® Therapeutic Specialist Marie Blair. Learn to live skillfully using the yogic tools of meditation, breathwork, self-study and gentle yoga.
Based on the Mindful Yoga program by Kimberly and Jim Carson of Oregon Health and Science University, this program is open to all – newcomers, yoga enthusiasts, patients, and caregivers.
Mary Blair, Program Facilitator
An RYT 500-hour registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance, Marie is certified as a Yoga Medicine® Therapeutic Specialist. Her expertise includes reproductive health, the nervous system and restorative yoga, myofascial release, the function and dysfunction of the spine, hip, and shoulder, and principles of Traditional Chinese medicine. Her job is not to treat or diagnose, but complement any current medical treatment plan with personalized yoga to meet an individual's needs.
