Tag: meditation
Radical Remissions: Cancer Survivors Who Defy the Odds
Editor’s Note: Roxanne Nelson is a freelance journalist for Medscape Oncology. This blog post first appeared July 8, 2014 Medscape Oncology which owns the copyright to the post. By Roxanne Nelson According to statistics, Lola Baltzell should have died 3 years ago. Instead, she celebrated the fifth anniversary of her diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer…
Summertime and the Livin’ is Healthy
Summer is here…school is out. Compared to the fall and spring, there aren’t as many things to do or as many events on my calendar. All of a sudden, my life has become less deadline-driven. My mind has become less cluttered with competing thoughts. For me, the season allows me to indulge a bit in…
Sarah Bray Suggests for Valentine’s Day, I Should Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Borrowed from Sharon Bray, Writing Through Cancer (www.writingthroughcancer.com) “Breathe in,” my yoga teacher spoke softly as she led us through a closing meditation. “Fill yourself with gratitude,” she said. I inhaled, filling my lungs with air, and then exhaled slowly, trying to clear my mind–a perpetually challenging task. “Gratitude.” I silently repeated the word to…