The yoga practice during a oncological process It can benefit us in multiple ways, both physically, mentally and emotionally. Today, since Sincronia Yoga, we tell you the benefits of oncological yoga.
What is oncological yoga?
It's about a variant of traditional yoga applied to people who are undergoing an oncological process, either during or after the intervention or operation, if any. He oncological yoga characterized by the most vision clinical-therapeutic practice, where the therapeutic and emotional benefits of it are sought and promoted in front of others.
Currently, in our country it is beginning to be offered within the new multidisciplinary approach Y holistic to treat cancer patients, since its benefits have been proven in terms of physical recovery and emotional management.
When to start practicing oncological yoga?
Although each process is a world depending on the interventions to which we have been subjected, the oncological yoga it can be useful:
- Preparation for interventions: visualizations, meditation, strength practices and emotional management.
- During the process of intervention, chemo, radio, surgery, through meditation, visualizations and emotional calm
- Period of Recovery: strengthen, recover and trust.
It is recommended a very gentle practice knowing the history of each patient and the type of intervention they have undergone or will undergo. Some surgeries will be aggressive with our body, others lighter, but emotionally hard. Some patients will have sequelae such as fatigue, anemia, gastrointestinal disorders, etc.
That is why the teachers, instructors Y yoga teachers who offer it, are people with sensitivity to this group and with knowledge about the possible limitations or physical characteristics of its practitioners.
Benefits of this practice
The benefits of practicing oncological yoga They extend from the physical body, being a complement to the rehabilitation, until the mind and the emotional management of the process involved in the disease and its consequences.
Let's look at some of them in detail:
Stretch the body
Wake up and stretch, a new day begins before you. postures They will help you gain physical and mental flexibility. Help you get out of the cave and start your day with energy.
Return to physical activity
Be active without unnecessary overexertion. Follow your own pace and breathing. Yoga is a pleasurable activity that doesn't require much cardiovascular effort and allows for a deeper understanding of our bodies. This will allow you to regulate your periods of activity and rest, promoting your recovery.
Space and time
It's necessary to give ourselves time to recognize ourselves in this new state. You're recovering, you're already on the starting line.
Strengthen and reactivate all muscles
Develop the muscles surrounding the surgery and/or interventions. Create new support for your body, reactivate your muscles, and thereby activate the body's natural cleansing and regeneration circuits.
Increase vital energy.
It is one of the best-known effects of yoga practice, from physical, mental and emotional balance, recovers prana or life energy. The practice will do you good and you will be able to focus on your care and recovery.
Connection with self
The practices focus on you, maybe for a few moments you can leave all worries outside the room, and focus on you, your breathing, your being. How are you? How do you feel here and now?
Share from understanding
Often, cancer patients cannot share their emotions and condition with their family and friends, so as not to burden them with more worries. oncology yoga groups, a practice is shared where everyone is in a similar process. Therefore, understanding and solidarity between practitioners is present.
Hormonal regulation.
By regulating breathing, we will achieve regulation of our body's internal processes, including the necessary hormonal regulation that may have been altered by interventions.
Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system
It will bring you physical and mental calm.
Many of these benefits are obtained during conscious breathing which accompanies the movements and postures of yoga practice and is the state prior to meditation. The breathing where we simply observe the air entering and leaving the body in a calm, slow and natural way.
As we mentioned, the practice of oncological yoga can start at any time when you feel you need this support that yoga can offer you. Learn to listen to yourself, to regulate your rhythm and your times, not to be overwhelmed by the external, that is no longer important.
Prioritize yourself and take care of yourself.
Article written by Sílvia Gallego
Yoga teacher, author and editor of breathing books.
