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A Healthy Start to 2022: Yoga and Meditation for People with Brain Tumors

Tuesday, January 18 at 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm Add to Calendar 2022-01-19 01:30:00 2022-01-19 02:45:00 A Healthy Start to 2022: Yoga and Meditation for People with Brain Tumors Did you know that yoga and meditation have been found to reduce depression, symptom severity, and fatigue, as well as increase overall quality of life in people with brain tumors? Join us for our January webinar, as we start the year out with a focus on tuning up our holistic health: mind, body and spirit! Michele Diaz, RN, MS, will discuss her work using yoga with patients with brain injury, and a patient who is a yoga instructor and Thriver living with brain cancer, will discuss the healing benefit of yoga in her life. All are invited to stay for our After the Show segment, to participate in a gentle seated yoga practice.About the PresenterMichele Diaz, RN, MS, Neurotrauma Outcomes Coordinator at ZSFG, provides outpatient follow-up care to adults with brain injury. She is committed to improving quality of life among patients and families who are affected by brain injury. She initiated and developed a yoga and meditation program for patients and families with brain injury at ZSFG, as a clinical affiliate with non-profit Love Your Brain. She has seen first-hand how yoga and meditation can be used as valuable tools to help with improving quality of life after brain injury.  Brain Tumor Center Department Of Neurological Surgery Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Patient And Family Cancer Support Center Naomi.Hoffer@ucsf.edu America/Los_Angeles public

Did you know that yoga and meditation have been found to reduce depression, symptom severity, and fatigue, as well as increase overall quality of life in people with brain tumors? Join us for our January webinar, as we start the year out with a focus on tuning up our holistic health: mind, body and spirit! Michele Diaz, RN, MS, will discuss her work using yoga with patients with brain injury, and a patient who is a yoga instructor and Thriver living with brain cancer, will discuss the healing benefit of yoga in her life. All are invited to stay for our After the Show segment, to participate in a gentle seated yoga practice.

About the Presenter
Michele Diaz, RN, MS, Neurotrauma Outcomes Coordinator at ZSFG, provides outpatient follow-up care to adults with brain injury. She is committed to improving quality of life among patients and families who are affected by brain injury. She initiated and developed a yoga and meditation program for patients and families with brain injury at ZSFG, as a clinical affiliate with non-profit Love Your Brain. She has seen first-hand how yoga and meditation can be used as valuable tools to help with improving quality of life after brain injury.