Fascinating reminder here on why doing things like meditation and yoga are not just ‘nice to do’s,’ but are really important for triggering healing mechanisms in chronic illness; even, it seems, late stage cancer.

Acts of compassion help cancer patients live longer

Get to it. You can find my favourite resources here in the Mind-Body Medicine section. (Don’t add them to your basket, follow the links in the text on each page).

I try and do at least 15 minutes of something a day and I really notice when I don’t! I even joined a choir as singing is known to stimulate the vagus nerve!