Friday, March 27, 2009

Kind words from a Yoga Bear participant

Seeing that everyone behind Yoga Bear is unpaid, the best payment we can receive is knowing that the Yoga Bear participants are happy and enjoying their classes. We recently received a testimonial from Janet in Washington D.C., who has been with Yoga Bear since October.

On her experience with yoga:
Yoga has been very helpful in relieving the psychological and emotional stress of the cancer experience, as well as helping to deal with the effects of the physical therapies. It has helped me to relax, to deal with the nausea and fatigue of chemotherapy, and to simply not feel so sorry for myself. The exercises helped rehabilitate my arm and shoulder after lymph node surgery. Yoga is now helping to mitigate the effects of chemotherapy-induced menopause, particularly the mood swings and hot flashes.

On her experience with YOGABEAR:
The best part of Yoga Bear is the feeling of support and generosity. It was like receiving a present after all the awfulness of the cancer therapy. I am very aware that others have suffered and are suffering far worse than I did and it would be wonderful if every one of them could be given the gift of yoga.

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