Improve the Physical and Psychological Condition of Breast Cancer Patients with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Studies suggest that doing yoga while going through breast cancer treatment helps you get through it with fewer side effects. Often doctors have to stop chemo or lower doses to levels that may not be […]
Improve the Physiology and Quality of Life with Cancer with Qigong By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Regular practice of Qigong exercise therapy has the potential to improve cancer-related QOL and is indirectly linked to cancer prevention and survival.” – Qigong Institute Receiving a diagnosis of cancer has a huge impact on […]
Improve Immune Response and Sleep to Breast Cancer with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “I’m convinced that yoga made all the difference in my treatment. The breathing was the thing that always came back for me—keeping the fear and panic down. I was in a PET scan machine for an hour. […]
Improve Psychological and Physical State During Cancer Treatment with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “yoga therapy for cancer patients and cancer survivors is emerging as one of the more successful methods for combating the physical discomfort of cancer and cancer treatment.” – Yoga U About 12.5% of women in the […]
Improve Mood and Stress Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “One of the main reasons people with cancer use meditation is to help them to feel better. Meditation can reduce anxiety and stress. It might also help control problems such as pain, difficulty sleeping, tiredness, feeling sick, […]
Improve Exercise Capacity in Heart Disease with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Why bother to do a mindfulness practice in addition to regular workouts?” You know that exercise can clear your head and turn around a bad mood. But when you add mindfulness in to the mix, you add rocket fuel […]
Improve Mental and Physical Health in Women with Breast Cancer with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “What I’ve come to understand as a newly inaugurated breast cancer survivor is this: allowing a greater good to open up through me is more beneficial than expecting life to meet my personal demands. It […]
Reduce Couples Psychological Distress with Lung Cancer with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness meditation and mindfulness-based clinical interventions are low-cost and low-risk mind-body practices that have been shown to positively affect quality of life and biological outcomes in many different populations, including cancer patients and healthcare professionals.” – Susan Bauer-Wu […]
Improve Inflammatory Biomarkers in Healthy and Cancer Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “stressed-out adults who practised mindfulness meditation not only had their brain connectivity altered, they also had reduced levels of a key inflammation biomarker, known as Interleukin-6, four months later. That’s important because, in high doses, Interleukin-6 has […]
Improve Cancer Patient and Caregiver Well-Being with Spiritual Care By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Serious illnesses like cancer may cause patients or family caregivers to have doubts about their beliefs or religious values and cause much spiritual distress. Some studies show that patients with cancer may feel that they are being punished by […]