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  As I shared last week, I learn so much from you and your experiences.  Whether you are also a cancer survivor, a loved one, or an oncology professional, could you do me a quick favor? [...]

I think of a safe place, where I am welcome exactly as I am. No need for performance. I can set down my burdens and extend my legs and catch my breath. I notice what’s happening around me because [...]

People are so afraid of their anger.  They don’t want to feel it, aren’t sure how to express it and in my experience working with cancer survivors, they sure as hell don’t want others to know [...]

Do one thing completely, all is done; Try to do all, you lose the one. To get your fill of flowers and fruit, Water the Root. Kabir, Poet

Learning to be ok in the present moment, a witness to your life experience, is one of the benefits of practicing yoga and meditation. When you bring your awareness to the present moment, you [...]

Hundreds of blood red spikes poke out of the white marble head and chest of a statue of a woman. This replica of a Roman statue, a “wounded amazon,” sits in a public art space on the street in [...]

Emotional suffering and mental health challenges are side effects of the cancer experience that often go unaddressed. Your life is turned upside down by the shock of the diagnosis, and grueling [...]

Yesterday I was at a day long meditation, enjoying spaciousness and the stillness.  During one of the breaks, I sat next to a friend, both of us quiet and content.  Finally I turned to her and [...]

I change in the locker room, slip into my flipflops, grab my towel and walk expectantly over to the dressing room door. Opening my way into the lap pool area, I am hit with the smell of chlorine [...]