Yoga and breathwork for cancer support with Vicky Fox & Sophie Trew
In this episode we introduce you to the benefits of yoga and breathwork in cancer support. We start the episode with Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel talking to Vicky Fox, an experienced senior yoga teacher and teacher trainer. Vicky teaches yoga for cancer in person and online, and has recently published a book 'Yoga for Cancer: the A to Z of C'.
Next Octavia Hamilton speaks to Sophie Trew, a member of our clinic referral network. Sophie is a cancer thriver, breathwork and mind body coach and a qualified EFT, NLP and Reiki practitioner. Sophie has worked with women in the integrative cancer space for a number of years, running workshops, talks and events.
About Vicky Fox:
Vicky is a senior yoga teacher and trainer with Yoga Alliance Professionals. She has been teaching yoga since 2008 and specialises in teaching yoga to anyone impacted by cancer. She runs free classes through triyoga, Future Dreams Charity and Paul’s Cancer Support Centre. She is the author of Yoga For Cancer, A-Z of C exploring how yoga can help with the side effects of treatment for cancer.
Twice a year Vicky runs a 40 hour training for teachers to provide a safe place so that anyone living with cancer can practice yoga, feel empowered and sense that they are a co-crafter of their well-being.
Head to the Oncio app co-founded by Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel for free yoga for cancer programmes created by Vicky Fox.
About Sophie Trew:
As a breathwork coach and holistic mentor, Sophie works with clients to support their health goals and empower them to realise their body’s self-healing capacities. Sophie has worked with women in the integrative cancer space for 6 years running workshops, talks and events. Her entrance into the world of holistic health came from her own experience with blood cancer in her early 20s where she used an integrative medicine approach in her recovery.
Sophie is trained in transformational breathwork, meditation & mindfulness, EFT & Matrix Reimprinting, NLP, Thai Massage and Reiki.
Resources
SIO/ASCO Guidelines on Integrative Therapies During and After Breast Cancer Treatment
Links to a small selection of publications on yoga in cancer support - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29388071/, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32368719/
To find out more about Synthesis Clinic, our philosophy and our multidisciplinary integrative oncology team, please click here. If you would like to experience the benefits of yoga and breathwork for yourself, Sue Skelton is an experienced yoga therapist working at Synthesis Clinic who provides 1:1 and small group programmes for women with cancer throughout treatment and in supporting living well with cancer.
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