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HEALTHY INSIGHTS Your Guide to At-Home Yoga Yoga is an ancient Indian healing tradition that has become a tool for modern stress relief. Just 10 minutes a day and you will see the benefits. The BC Cancer Foundation is delighted to have Rachel Scott, director of Teachers' College and Development at YYoga, lead the yoga session at Workout to Conquer Cancer this April. Rachel created YYoga's teacher training and is leading DISCOVERY readers through an at-home yoga guide that you can incorporate in your daily routine. Sunrise Here are four simple poses to ease into your morning. In just five minutes, you will lubricate your joints, warm up your major muscles and connect with your breath and body. POSE 1: Cat/Cow Come onto all fours with your wrists under your shoulders and your knees under your hips. Spread your fingers wide. As you inhale, arch your spine by drawing your chest forward and tipping your sitting bones up to the sky. As you exhale, draw your tailbone to the floor and round your back. Continue to move through this pattern for five more breath cycles, finding space and fluidity through the entire length of your spine. 4 PARTNeRS IN DISCOVeRY POSE 2: Child's Pose On your exhale, point your toes and lengthen your hips back to your heels. For this active version of child's pose, stretch your hands forward and place them as wide as your shoulders. Spread your fingers and press your palms firmly into the floor to straighten your arms. Keeping your hips firmly grounded, stretch your chest toward your hands to lengthen your torso. Take five deep breaths and feel the breath expand your lower back and side ribs.

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of BC Cancer Foundation - Spring 2015

Contents
Opening Thoughts
Healthy Insights
Why I Give
Researcher Profile
The Future of Prostate Cancer Care
Game-Changing Cancer Research
The Protein Link to Cancer
Legacy Giving
Regional Roundup

BC Cancer Foundation - Spring 2015