Holistic Health can help cancer patients in so many ways. Holistic health or holistic healing can be used as complementary and alternative medicine both from the external nutritional aspect as well as the internal emotional aspect as well as the energetic and even magnetic aspect of the make up of the human physiology.

The Roseville California Newspaper reports how holistic health is helping cancer patients on the internal and emotional levels.

When Shannon Maveety faced her second bout with cancer, she thought she could deal with the disease alone.

“I thought, ‘I’m a tough lady, I can do this,’” she said. “But I realized that cancer is bigger than one person.”

Her naturopathic doctor suggested that she needed to heal completely — not just physically, but emotionally. And her oncologist handed her a brochure for a place called Wellness Within.

This summer, Maveety participated in a six-week group therapy session that met for two hours a week at the Roseville center.

“With any disease, you still have to go through your life,” she said. “I have two kids, a house, a job. Those two hours gave me permission to turn these things off and for me to heal from the inside.”

Now, as she prepares for two more rounds of chemotherapy, Maveety meditates every morning and is mindful of what she eats and everything she does, she said.

Wellness Within launched a year ago to serve as a mind-body wellness center for cancer patients, survivors and families coping with the stress of the disease. Clients learn research-based healing therapies such as breathing, movement, drawing, biofeedback, meditation, journaling and guided imagery. All the services are free.

The center is located in a renovated house downtown, but founder Patti Brown says she is looking for a larger building that will accommodate all of the center’s offerings — group therapy, yoga, nutrition classes and more — under one roof.

Addressing as many aspects of the person is one of the goals of holistic health and using it in conjunction with allopathic medicine (traditional drug and chemical based medicine) can really benefit the recovery time and overall mental and physical health of a person getting over having cancer.

About 20 years ago, Brown was working as a licensed psychotherapist in private practice when she developed an interest in mind-body therapy, which was considered “a little woo-woo,” she said.

“I didn’t allow myself to fully engage in that work the way my heart wanted to,” Brown said. “I became more and more aware. I walked the (cancer) journey a lot and I realized that was my calling.”

Two years ago, she began training through The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington D.C., after entering a new decade of her life and growing worried about running out of time. She decided to listen to her heart.

She invited like-minded people to a meeting and everyone attended. Today, those people comprise her team — a yoga instructor, physical therapists, holistic health counselor and organic gardening expert.

Brown leads group therapy. The two-hour session usually includes about eight people. She teaches a tool — such as meditation — to deal with anxiety, depression and other emotions and then they practice what they’ve learned. There is also a time for sharing.

“They feel they’re warriors together in this so that’s a really strong bond,” Brown said.

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