Healing Gifts: Qi Gong in Breast Cancer Recovery

Healing Gifts: Qi Gong in Breast Cancer Recovery combines the gentle, restorative movements drawn from the Chinese practice of Qi Gong with spiritually uplifting visual images to heal the body, mind, and spirit.

Designed especially for post-surgical breast cancer patients, these gentle, meditative exercises would also adapt well as an activity for older adults and others seeking a low-impact, upper body exercise program. The movements are slow and gentle, requiring minimal physical effort, making them ideal for those experiencing cancer-related fatigue.

Unlike most exercises offered in recovery, the authors of Healing Gifts use their many years of combined experience in physical therapy, Tai Ji, Qi Gong, and other Asian martial arts to create a gentle, nurturing approach that emphasizes the ability of the mind to affect the body's healing through imagination and visualization.

Each exercise is illustrated with photographs and described in detail. Chinese calligraphy and poetry provide a focal point for visualization and imagery.