Living my Yoga - Day 6 of Training (Immune System)

Having just lost a grandmother to lung cancer, Sunday's workshop with Darren Main on the Immune System and yoga was touching. I wished that I had only had the opportunity to work with my grandma on some of the restorative poses, even if to only allow her to feel comfortable during her last year of life.

BUT ... I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to learn the some of the following so that I can hopefully work with someone-elses grandma in the future to provide a bit of comfort for their bodies.

• Yoga is not a cure, it is a holistic approach to healing
• When we have an identity crisis as a person, our immune system will also likely have an identity crisis
• Out intestines move from the right to left to remove waste...hence we typically start yoga poses and twists on the right side first and then move to the left
• Inversions help counteract the effects of gravity (ex: with lymph material)
• For individuals taking a lot of medicine/drugs (ex: cancer patients)  - yoga can help detoxify their system of the toxic remains of drugs after the body has consumed the benefits of the drug
• Some cancer patients view their body as the enemy, so practicing yoga or meditation can be difficult, it can be hard to come to peace with one's body when it is hurting you
• Practicing yoga can empower individuals to be an active participant in their health/healing