Photos by Brian McDonnell
This Saturday I attended a 24-hour yoga extravaganza called Stretch For Survivors. The event was put on by a non-profit organization, Sisters 4 Survivors determined to empower women with breast cancer. Their mission is to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in the local community, to help women feel better about themselves throughout their journey, and to empower them from diagnosis to beyond.
The 24-hour yoga event kicked of at noon with world recognized yoga teacher, Tiffany Cruikshank. We explored the depths of fear, created space for love and opened our curiously to the unknown. The one hour Vinyasa flow was filled with an energy of empowerment, grace and surrender. Tiffany's presence was not only so vibrant but there was a huge level of comfort that came with being around her.
Sisters for survivors believe that women need more than just surgery, chemotherapy and radiation to heal and survive. They need solutions to these challenges to heal all aspects of themselves that are affected with the diagnosis of breast cancer. This is why founder Tonya Priestley had a very clear goal - to assist with the “everything else” in the process of healing to better the journey and quality of life. From make-overs, photo-shoots, to alternative health, they provide a source for services that help boost women's confidence.
The 24-hour yoga event was a way to create awareness that yoga can truly help dissipate tension and anxiety and enable cancer patients to settle into a greater sense of ease and well-being. As a huge advocate for Yoga Bear, a similar organization who I work with, It's a fact that stress depresses the body's natural immune function, which may be one of the reasons that there is evidence that cancer patients who practice yoga have greater recovery rates.
If you would like to donate to this amazing organization please click HERE. $30 can help pay for a woman to experience yoga therapy to reduce stress/increase mobility or to have a makeover when dealing with hair loss. $50 can help pay for a woman to have a massage or acupuncture to help them with pain and/or nausea and $400 can help sponsor a survivor for all of S4S's services. Any amount helps.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible - Christopher Reeve.
Namasté,
The 24-hour yoga event kicked of at noon with world recognized yoga teacher, Tiffany Cruikshank. We explored the depths of fear, created space for love and opened our curiously to the unknown. The one hour Vinyasa flow was filled with an energy of empowerment, grace and surrender. Tiffany's presence was not only so vibrant but there was a huge level of comfort that came with being around her.
Sisters for survivors believe that women need more than just surgery, chemotherapy and radiation to heal and survive. They need solutions to these challenges to heal all aspects of themselves that are affected with the diagnosis of breast cancer. This is why founder Tonya Priestley had a very clear goal - to assist with the “everything else” in the process of healing to better the journey and quality of life. From make-overs, photo-shoots, to alternative health, they provide a source for services that help boost women's confidence.
The 24-hour yoga event was a way to create awareness that yoga can truly help dissipate tension and anxiety and enable cancer patients to settle into a greater sense of ease and well-being. As a huge advocate for Yoga Bear, a similar organization who I work with, It's a fact that stress depresses the body's natural immune function, which may be one of the reasons that there is evidence that cancer patients who practice yoga have greater recovery rates.
If you would like to donate to this amazing organization please click HERE. $30 can help pay for a woman to experience yoga therapy to reduce stress/increase mobility or to have a makeover when dealing with hair loss. $50 can help pay for a woman to have a massage or acupuncture to help them with pain and/or nausea and $400 can help sponsor a survivor for all of S4S's services. Any amount helps.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible - Christopher Reeve.
Namasté,
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