Exploring Yoga & Cancer

Author Dr.Swami Yogapratap
ISBN 8186336834
Publisher Bihar School Of Yoga/Yoga Publications Trust/India; 1st edition (January 1, 2010)
Edition Paperback
 
Book Description

Exploring Yoga and Cancer applies the insights of modern medical science and yogic understanding.An in-depth analysis is provided of how cancer develops,including at the subtle levels of being,the principles supporting yogic cancer management,and how yoga practices work to help reverse and manage the effects of cancer. This book explains what cancer is and how it forms,and looks at the various causes.It examines how the yoga practices work to aid those with cancer.Detailed advice and information to assist the formation of yogic manangement plans for different people with different types of cancers is offered.The final section presents an introduction to research in the field of yoga and cancer.

About the Author

Dr.Swami Yogapratap,MBBS (Mumbai) was born in 1975 in Mumbai,India and graduated in medicine in 1998.He was raised in a yogic environment,his parents being disciples of Swami Satyananda Saraswati,and in 2000 he was initiated into poorna sannyasa by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. Since then Dr.Swami Yogapratap has been based at Rikhiapeeth ashram,where his duties include serving in the Sivananda Chartiable Clinic,which looks after the health care needs of the rural village population.