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Sharon Holly: Empowering Oneself In the Healing Process

June 13, 2017Podcastalternative treatments, breast cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, healing, lumpectomy, oncology, profession, radiation, support, therapy, yoga, yoga therapyDianeMcDaniel

People undergoing cancer treatments often seek healing and support beyond the confines of oncology and traditional medical practice. Many seek to participate in their own therapeutic journey via a variety of other healing modalities.

Today I’m speaking with Sharon Holly, yoga therapist, who in 2010 began a journey toward finding a new professional path as she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Sharon talks about her work as a yoga therapist, working in an individualized way with people undergoing treatment for and living with cancer. Sharon explains the yoga therapy philosophy as an integrative process of looking at the person as a whole, helping clients develop agency to become part of the healing process, and discovering what will help that won’t harm.

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Kris Ellenberg: Wellness is a Balancing Act

April 18, 2017Podcastacupuncture, alternative treatments, breast cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, Chinese herbs, community, Gyrotonics, hypnotherapy, Judaism, lymphatic massage, lymphedema, mastectomy, meditation, radiation, wellness, yogaDianeMcDaniel

Finding wellness during and after cancer treatment can be challenging. Given the physical and emotional rigors of treatment and its aftermath, how can one develop and nurture a state of wellness that encompasses the mind, body, and spirit?

In this episode I talk with Kris Ellenberg, who in 2011 was diagnosed with Stage 2B breast cancer. We explore Kris’s strategies for finding wellness during and after her cancer treatment. Kris talks about developing a practice around wellness that supplemented her medical treatments for cancer with less conventional approaches such as Gyrotonics, yoga, lymphatic massage, acupuncture, Chinese herbs, meditation, and hypnotherapy. We also discuss the roles that community and social support, spiritual practice, and simply taking care of one’s self play in the active pursuit of wellness.

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