Interesting. One hundred and fifty minutes of yoga per week is quite a lot, but if I had cancer I would make the commitment. It’s entirely possible that I already have a very quiet cancer. For sure, I carry mounting stress in these alarming times. Will I go back to yoga and do more of it than I have ever done?
Got caught up with the science today but will look at it again. I feel I've been studying stress all my life. They say stress is the cause of 95% of all illnesses. I believe it. I've had a chronic cancer for 14 years. When I got it, I realized the stresses I'd accepted as part of life, were a choice. Big huge realization. Cancer can be a wake-up call, not the beginning of the end.
That's good to know! I try to keep it light but I am FASCINATED by this science. Tumors attracting their own nervous system? That's nuts man. Thanks for reading and I love your attitude.
Thank you. To be a doctor I'm sure you have to have a scientific mind. It has been difficult to become comfortable with how strong my selective listening is... I would have been a great lawyer but I couldn't read a sentence of legal mumbo jumbo and never even attempted to pretend I could learn to love it. I did see something in how you explained it, and I've kept the page open. Maybe one morning this week when I have lots of energy I will try again. I do agree with you, stress (nervousness) is everything. I got shingles in 2021 because my immune system was still low due to the stress of family legal problems, AND because I didn't want to be the hypochondriac my dad was. I sat with the shingles way too long before I sought help and medicine. Now, I have a Geiger counter on my neck. The minute I get stressed, it clicks and starts getting sensitive. If I don't listen to the inner guidance, it gets painful. It's a signal from my deepest (unconscious) self. Months ago, I was just about to buy a very reasonable treat at Mother's Market after a long day of errands. I felt that click right when the cashier turned her attention to me. I knew I shouldn't buy it but I did anyway. Hours later I was in trouble with myself. A pharmacist who is a psychic told me back in 2021 that I got shingles to get me even more sensitive to my higher gifts. Everyone is now talking about slowing down. I said at the beginning of 2001 that I would live SLOWER AND DEEPER. Everyone thought I was crazy, but it was the best thing I ever did. I bet if I hadn't I'd be dead already and I'm certainly not dead.
Daily yoga was 1000% the reason the chemo was so manageable, and the reason recovery from surgery went so well. Or so I believe.
And whatever there is to the connection between yoga and stress and cancer, there is some coincidence that my cancer started during period that - for the first time in twenty years - I was not keeping up with my regular practice.
This is so interesting. Medicine has long "pooh-pooh"ed the mind body connection but there are decades of trials showing the improvement that you describe. I'm excited to see the basic science catching up here and hope that it continues. Thanks, as always, for reading Barry!
Interesting. One hundred and fifty minutes of yoga per week is quite a lot, but if I had cancer I would make the commitment. It’s entirely possible that I already have a very quiet cancer. For sure, I carry mounting stress in these alarming times. Will I go back to yoga and do more of it than I have ever done?
Got caught up with the science today but will look at it again. I feel I've been studying stress all my life. They say stress is the cause of 95% of all illnesses. I believe it. I've had a chronic cancer for 14 years. When I got it, I realized the stresses I'd accepted as part of life, were a choice. Big huge realization. Cancer can be a wake-up call, not the beginning of the end.
That's good to know! I try to keep it light but I am FASCINATED by this science. Tumors attracting their own nervous system? That's nuts man. Thanks for reading and I love your attitude.
Thank you. To be a doctor I'm sure you have to have a scientific mind. It has been difficult to become comfortable with how strong my selective listening is... I would have been a great lawyer but I couldn't read a sentence of legal mumbo jumbo and never even attempted to pretend I could learn to love it. I did see something in how you explained it, and I've kept the page open. Maybe one morning this week when I have lots of energy I will try again. I do agree with you, stress (nervousness) is everything. I got shingles in 2021 because my immune system was still low due to the stress of family legal problems, AND because I didn't want to be the hypochondriac my dad was. I sat with the shingles way too long before I sought help and medicine. Now, I have a Geiger counter on my neck. The minute I get stressed, it clicks and starts getting sensitive. If I don't listen to the inner guidance, it gets painful. It's a signal from my deepest (unconscious) self. Months ago, I was just about to buy a very reasonable treat at Mother's Market after a long day of errands. I felt that click right when the cashier turned her attention to me. I knew I shouldn't buy it but I did anyway. Hours later I was in trouble with myself. A pharmacist who is a psychic told me back in 2021 that I got shingles to get me even more sensitive to my higher gifts. Everyone is now talking about slowing down. I said at the beginning of 2001 that I would live SLOWER AND DEEPER. Everyone thought I was crazy, but it was the best thing I ever did. I bet if I hadn't I'd be dead already and I'm certainly not dead.
Amen to this!
Daily yoga was 1000% the reason the chemo was so manageable, and the reason recovery from surgery went so well. Or so I believe.
And whatever there is to the connection between yoga and stress and cancer, there is some coincidence that my cancer started during period that - for the first time in twenty years - I was not keeping up with my regular practice.
This is so interesting. Medicine has long "pooh-pooh"ed the mind body connection but there are decades of trials showing the improvement that you describe. I'm excited to see the basic science catching up here and hope that it continues. Thanks, as always, for reading Barry!