Yoga is a practice that promotes physical strength, flexibility, and mental well-being. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced practitioner, there are always ways to improve your fitness for yoga. Here are 12 tips from an expert Personal trainer Liverpool Street to help you enhance your yoga practice and boost your overall fitness. Consistency is key: Make yoga a regular part of your routine. Aim for at least three to four sessions per week to see noticeable improvements in strength, flexibility, and balance. Regular practice will also help you develop a deeper connection between your ..read more

M= Now doesn’t this look like a great pose to release tension in your hips? Oh yeah! Reclined Butterfly is a yoga pose that I recommend to all my students to do either before getting out of bed, and when going to bed. You can tuck your comforter under your knees or prop your feet up for comfort.  Once comfortable bring your arms overhead, close your eyes and connect to your breath. It should be wide open and free.  The external rotation for the hips is healthy and extension in the arms and shoulders are too. Benefits Big hip opener Promotes external rotation of hips and extension o ..read more

Yogic Breathing Techniques For Breast Cancer By: Mike Dean – Ordained Minister and certified Yoga instructor. In the previous blogs we introduced you to the word praana. Praana is vital life force energy. Without this force, nothing would exist on this planet. So all living things have praana. It is the essence of life. It is Universal Life Force. The connection to our Mother/Father God and our I Am Presence is through a column of Light which is connected to our crown chakra and then moves down to our physical body through the various nerve plexuses or chakras; and then is distributed througho ..read more

Spinach is one of the healthiest foods we can eat. To support a plant based diet for breast cancer prevention we offer vegan recipes once a week for Meatless Monday. We ask you to support your local organic farmer when you purchase the ingredients for this recipe. Enjoy! INGREDIENTS 1/2 Bag Organic Baby Spinach Rinsed 2 Organic Plum Tomatoes Cut Into Wedges 1/2 Avocado Cubed 1/2 Cup Organic Broccoli Florettes 1/2 Cup Organic Cauliflower Florettes Handful of Sliced Mushrooms 1/4 Cup Drained Mandarin Orange Sections Tosh in Your Favorite Nut ( Walnut,Pine Nut,etc…) DRESSING 2 Tablespoons Olive O ..read more

Yoga creates harmony of mind and body. It has become center stage in the offerings of complementary therapies for breast cancer recovery.  Yoga is now offered in conjunction with other standards of medical care. Physically yoga can be an extremely important part of recovery wellness.  It helps remove unwanted debris and toxins from the lungs, skin and colon.  By moving the body, stretching muscles and breathing deeply the toxins are physically released. This undoubtably helps cleanse the body.  Yoga will eliminate ama (toxic residue) from the cells, move the lymph through ..read more

How To Begin A Holistic Journey For Healing When people first begin the healing journey they are full of questions about which supplements, food and therapies they ‘should’ take, as these seem to stand out as the most important aspects to healing. It’s true that in order to heal you must give your body the nutrients it needs to cleanse and repair and you definitely won’t experience healing by doing the same things that caused illness to manifest in the first place. Sometimes though healing is more about putting less in and taking more out and this is what cleansing can do; remove congestion ..read more

Eating a plant based diet is a great way to nourish your body with cancer-fighting vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. MD Anderson says “Leafy greens like kale are a great source of fiber, folate and cancer-fighting carotenoids, which probably protect against cancers of the mouth, pharynx and larynx. And, according to some laboratory studies, kale’s antioxidant effects may also help fight off certain types of breast cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer and stomach cancer.” Ingredients: 1 bunch organic kale 1 organic red pepper 3 cloves organic garlic 1/2 cup raw tahini 1/4 tamari 1/2 ..read more

Breast Cancer Yoga 16 hour Training Intensive at A Jewel in the Lotus/Islip, New York June 2015. Do you want to be able to support this special cancer community with the best and safest yoga classes? What your students can or cannot do will make all the difference in their ability to make a speedy and meaningful recovery. Breast Cancer Yoga at a A Jewel in the Lotus is offering a 16 hour certification training to ensure that you feel confident in your teachings to keep everyone safe, happy and connected to the process of healing. Breast Cancer Yoga is a family owned and ru ..read more

By Breast Cancer Yoga Staff. Juicing Vegetables for Breast Cancer Protection The vegan juicing diet as a complementary therapy for cancer offers lots of nutrition into the body, quickly. Loads of green veg rammed with antioxidants and enzymes help keep you healthy. If you want to assist your body to fight off infection and disease then juicing is a great way to do it. Try it, you’ll love it! You can always juice fruit too which is a little easier going, certainly to start with. Ingredients Beats Beat Greens Carrots Celery Strawberries Ginger Juicing In Moderation If you do begin j ..read more

 Breast Cancer Yoga wants to introduce Tree Pose using a chair. This particular pose aids in (re)gaining stability and  balance. When feeling off center, this is the pose that will bring you back on your journey in life and towards good health. A special yoga pose is one of the best ways to achieve this, and Tree Pose is just the pose. It teaches how to bring balance back into our life while toning the muscles of the legs, and stretching the arms, armpit chest and shoulders. What a wonderful challenge, and over time it will build tremendous inner and outer strength.  Tree P ..read more