Spirituality

Along with medical care, these spiritual practices can enhance your healing and recovery.

Spiritual Resources for the Healing Journey

by Steven Spidell, DMIN, BCC

More and more, cancer survivors are employing a holistic approach to overcoming their disease. While some people turn to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, or naturopathy, many more are drawing on complementary, spiritual practices to reach a total healing approach.

Music – It’s good for the body, mind, and soul

by Dawn McDougal Miller, MME, MT-BC, FAMI

Music can be a wonderful tool for people with cancer. Music touches our hearts and souls in many ways. A growing body of research supports the physiological benefits of music, which include boosting the immune system, reducing heart rate and blood pressure, and facilitating the relaxation response.

Finding Inner Peace in the War on Cancer

by Morry Edwards, PhD

We have often used military metaphors such as fight or battle to describe a person’s struggle against cancer. In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a “War on Cancer,” which we are slowly winning with approximately 12 million cancer survivors living in America today.