How yoga can help you cope with breast cancer
Yoga can halve symptoms of depression in women with breast cancer.
Recent studies found yoga classes improved patients' emotional health and increased feelings of peace.
A new study in the journal Psycho-Oncology investigated the effect in almost 50 women with breast cancer, some of whom were undergoing treatment.
Yoga can help ease depression felt by women with breast cancer
Half the women were given a ten-week programme of classes in Restorative Yoga, which uses cushions and blankets for physical support.
The remaining women were put on a waiting list. All completed questionnaires at the beginning-and end of the study to evaluate quality of life.
Women doing yoga classes gained mental health benefits, including a 50 per cent reduction in depression and a 12 per cent increase in feelings of peace.
'Evidence is quite strong that mind-body therapies improve mood, quality of life and treatment-related symptoms in people with cancer,' says researcher Suzanne Danhauer, at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in the U.S.
'Yoga is one mind-body therapy that is widely available and involves relatively reasonable costs.'
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