In New York, a six-week yoga course is being held especially for women with breast and ovarian cancer, to help them think positively and feel at ease with their bodies. Each session lasts an hour and a quarter, twice a week, in the evening (5:30 to 6:45 pm) so working women can attend, and the course is free.
Courses like this help cancer patients meet others with the same illness outside the hospital and treatment, in an everyday activity that helps them accept their illness and believe they can overcome it.
But it is important that the instructors understand cancer and its treatment, as some exercises may not suit every patient, for example after surgery or during chemotherapy. So the medical team and the instructors should work together.
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