Reading articles like this just renews my love for Bikram Yoga, owner of Bikram Yoga D15 in Dublin, Anne Marie found out she was pregnant in 2012, but what should have been an joyous time turned out to be full of challenges when she found out she had an aggressive breast cancer and a tumour the size of a grapefruit.
She underwent chemo, whilst going through all the motions of pregnancy, but during that whole time she kept up her 5 x a week practice. Through her dedication she not only survived, but came out much stronger and now has a healthy two year old boy.
"The chemo, of course, can cause a lot of sickness", she says.
"It is poison and I did feel sick, but the yoga helped flush it out of my system.
I have no doubt this helped protect my internal organs and
I attribute my normal blood levels during chemotherapy to my practice.
My oncologist commented on the ease with which I was coping
and told me to continue doing what I was doing, so I did".
"It is poison and I did feel sick, but the yoga helped flush it out of my system.
I have no doubt this helped protect my internal organs and
I attribute my normal blood levels during chemotherapy to my practice.
My oncologist commented on the ease with which I was coping
and told me to continue doing what I was doing, so I did".
I've seen other yoga classes that offer music, cool looking postures, all these extra things that are there to draw in people, however the stories I hear with Bikram Yoga over and over again, are all of therapeutic healing benefits, for people that are looking for long term sustainability - and it's as simple as 26 + 2!!
