Yoga and Cancer Care with Maryam Ovissi

2022-10-05

Research has shown yoga to be an effective adjunct treatment for those suffering cancer as a way to alleviate suffering. In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Maryam Ovissi joins us to share her experience as a yoga therapist who works in oncology and how it makes a difference in people’s lives. She talks about environmental and lifestyle factors, what the research says and so much more. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com Maryam is a C-IAYT and E-RYT 500 and owner of Beloved Yoga in Reston, Virgi...

Research has shown yoga to be an effective adjunct treatment for those suffering cancer as a way to alleviate suffering.

In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Maryam Ovissi joins us to share her experience as a yoga therapist who works in oncology and how it makes a difference in people’s lives. She talks about environmental and lifestyle factors, what the research says and so much more.

Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com

Maryam is a C-IAYT and E-RYT 500 and owner of Beloved Yoga in Reston, Virginia where she is a teacher and teacher trainer offering 200 and 300 hour trainings. She has been working with individuals on the journey with cancer for over 15 years and she offers bedside yoga therapy at INOVA/Life with Cancer

Topics:

-Maryam’s first experience with yoga

-Practicing yoga in an open and clean space

-Her first private client experience and what she learned about cancer

-Maryam shares some cancer statistics

-How environment and lifestyle contribute to cancer risks

-The connection between inflammation and cancer

-What the research says about yoga for cancer care

-How yoga increases quality of life for those suffering from cancer

-The importance of sangha in care for cancer

-Trauma around the cancer diagnosis

-Why you should look for therapists and doctors who look at cancer healing holistically