can meditation aid cancer patients?

Can meditation help when you're facing a challenge like cancer?

I have a dear friend undergoing treatment for breast cancer.  Alternative cancer treatments have been my obsession lately to help support conventional treatments and make them less painful.

​Mindfulness meditation, the practice of focusing on the present moment, has helped cancer patients experience less pain, more calm, and increased happiness according to a 2011 study.

Mindfulness also helps the body to heal by helping cancer patients sleep better and feel less stress.  By concentrating on compassion and the present moment, meditation is an alternative to the anxiety and worry many people experience.

Through mindfulness, we become more aware of our thoughts and emotions.  This allows us to create more space so we can choose to enjoy the present moment and not race towards future what ifs.  We can choose more healing thoughts and appreciate what is - positive mindset has been documented over and over as a non-medical key to healing.

Experiencing a health challenge? Try developing a meditation practice. My Learn to Meditate course offers instruction in mindfulness and using meditation to promote calm and relaxation.  Also, experience our mindfulness and compassion meditations as well as singing bowl meditation to help you cope with the stress of illness. 

I wish all health and healing.
 
Love,
Julia xo