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How yoga saved me during my cancer fight
How yoga saved me during my cancer fight
Yoga, meditation and prayer kept Leigh Fernandez grounded, positive and hopeful during her fight to be cancer-free. Here, the yoga instructor, based in Tenerife, tells her remarkable story in her own words
You awaken to a sluggish, heavy, drug-fused mind; your body heavy and your heart beating at pace. Then you remember: you remember what you wish you’d forgotten and never had to endure. But it’s happened. You’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer — and you are doing everything in your power to rid the body of ‘Beasty’!
Here, I’d like to share with you my own personal story of hope, from the past year or so, on a journey that has turned me into a ‘Beasty Slayer’ — with yoga on my side the whole way!
My life changed forever on 14 April 2022 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Within four short weeks from that date, my life and outward appearance had changed dramatically.
But now, a year on, thanks to the…
