In the past, I’ve written about how yoga has helped me deal with rheumatoid arthritis and its nasty effects, but it wasn’t RA that first brought the therapeutic qualities of yoga to my attention. Before the words ‘rheumatoid arthritis’ were ever a part of my vocabulary, I watched how yoga aided my mother’s recovery from her first bout with breast cancer nearly eight years ago.
My mother was a fan of yoga and went to classes frequently before her diagnosis. After her two...
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