United We Om is a A 501c3 Nonprofit sharing trauma-responsive yoga, meditation and breathing practice in communities without access.  Since 2016, we have shared practice with more than 18,000 participants from under-resourced and trauma-impacted communities.  All of our programming is offered by-donation, no minimum.  Please feel free to share this program with anyone who would benefit.

A self-paced journey through Breast Cancer Healing

Welcome!  This program contains four sections that offer support to each unique phase of Breast Cancer healing.  No previous experience is required.  Each section has a long practice that includes movement, meditation, breathing, relaxation and insight.  We've also broken these longer practices up into shorter sections so you can revisit just one portion whenever you'd like.  

The information presented in this video is offered for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as personal medical advice.
You should consult with your personal physician/care giver regarding your own medical care.

All United We Om programming is offered free to participants as our service to the world.  Donations are welcome and supports important programs like this.  For more information you can reach us at info@unitedweom.org
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About Elyce - As a dedicated yogini for almost twenty years, my passion is in sharing love through Prana Vinyasa and Instinctive Meditation. My classes encourage every student to nurture self-awareness, acceptance, and a deeper exploration of personal connection. I invite all levels of practitioners to cultivate inner strength, and to dive into love through the extraordinary living practice of yoga. During my personal journey with invasive breast cancer in 2019, I recognized a need for a variety of practices to address all levels of healing. My experience guiding yoga and meditation became the foundation for a more extensive offering to breast cancer patients, survivors and the people that love them, and through collaboration with United We Om, I am honored to bring this series to fruition.

Section 1: Diagnosis, including days before Procedure, Surgery or Treatment
Processing Diagnosis 
Movement and Meditation Practice - 28 minutes
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This practice is created to serve you in the time after you receive a diagnosis and before you receive treatment and procedures.  Beginning in a comfortable seated position, enjoy movements to relieve tension in the neck, shoulders and upper body.  Finish the practice with a guided meditation to shift your mindset towards self love and kindness. 

​(Note: The range of motion used in the upper body may not be appropriate during the healing process post treatment.)

​What you need: a comfortable chair, sofa, cushion or pillow to sit on.
Wound as Portal
Insight and Meditation Practice - 11 minutes

Begin your healing journey even as you await treatment with this powerful guided meditation.  You’re invited to find the most relaxing seat or reclining position as you welcome every part of yourself and your experience.  Through exploring a meditation for pain, Elyce invites you to become your own ally in your journey by allowing all of your feelings and sensations to be a doorway to awareness and healing.

What you need: a comfortable place to sit or recline.
Wound as Portal
Meditation Practice - 7 minutes

This is the meditation portion only.  If you’ve watched the full practice feel free to use this shorter video if you’d like to go directly to the meditation practice.  Through exploring a meditation for pain, Elyce invites you to become your own ally in your journey by allowing all of your feelings and sensations to be a doorway to awareness and healing.

What you need: a comfortable place to sit or recline.
Passport to Calm
Breath and Meditation Practice - 5 minutes

When experiencing anxiety and stress, this simple breathing technique can help to soothe you.  By gently lengthening the exhale you can shift your nervous system into a restful state and enhance a feeling of relaxation and well-being.  This technique can be practiced anywhere and anytime.

​What you need:  a comfortable place to sit.
Peaceful Awareness
Breathing, Meditation and Movement Practice - 8 minutes

This powerful and simple practice links together meditation, breath and movement.  Shift into an experience of calm awareness in just a few minutes with Elyce and learn a practice that you can integrate into any moment of your life.

​What you need: a comfortable place to sit.

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Self Massage 
Relaxation Practice - 6 minutes

Learn to self-soothe and enhance your self-care with a wonderful guided massage practice that eases tension in the upper and lower body and creates calm in your mind. After enjoying a self-massage, you're invited to sink in deeper, as Elyce guides you through a soothing relaxation that you can take part in either seated or reclining.

What you need: a comfortable place to sit with the option to recline if you like.
Words of Peace and Calm
Meditation and Movement Practice - 12 minutes

Our mind thinks in words all day long.  This meditation empowers us to choose the words that will create the experience we want in this journey, and allow them to shift our state of being.  After this deeply restful meditation, re-emerge with a gentle energizing seated breath and movement practice and close the practice with an inspiring message.

What you need: a comfortable place to sit or recline.
Strong and Steady
Movement Practice - 22 minutes

​This is a strong, dynamic practice that offers an opportunity to move your body with intention.  This energetic practice may be best for those with previous yoga experience. 

​(Note: It is best to enjoy this sequence before treatment and surgery and with the approval of your doctor.)

What you need: a yoga mat or carpeted surface.

Section 2: Pre-Treatment, including days before Procedure, Surgery or Treatment
Pre-Treatment Yoga
Movement, Relaxation, Meditation and Breathing - 43 minutes

This practice helps to channel the fear and emotion that comes with a breast cancer diagnosis into a prayer on your healing journey.  Enjoy this practice in the time leading up to treatment to soothe your mind and move your prayer for healing through your whole body.  This standing movement flows into a deeply relaxing self-massage practice.  This full practice closes with a calming meditation and a wonderful balancing breathing technique.

What you need: a yoga mat or carpeted place to stand, and a comfortable place to sit.
Breath of Compassion
Breathing Practice - 12 minutes

This deeply relaxing practice is for cultivating deeper compassion with yourself, and softening your relationship with yourself and the people you love.  Enjoy this profoundly gentle and nourishing practice any time of day or evening.  This is a particularly wonderful practice for before sleep or for an afternoon rest.

What you need: a comfortable place to sit or recline.
Safety and Healing
Meditation Practice - 11 minutes

Utilize the words that mean most to you to craft this meditation practice just for you.  Wherever you are, whatever stage of the journey you’re in, this powerful practice will allow you to tune into the feeling state you want to experience.  As Elyce guides you through all stages of this meditation, you will create a mantra all your own.   Use this practice at any moment of your day, including during treatment or in the waiting room at the doctors office.

​What you need: a comfortable place to sit or recline
Freedom of Movement
Movement Practice - 8 minutes

This is the movement section of the full Pre-Treatment Practice.  It can be enjoyed standing or seated, and links movement with breath to offer both an energizing and calming experience.  Explore fluidity and ease and a way to shift from tension into a place of balance and positive energy.

What you need: a place to stand or a seat with room to move your arms.
Balancing Breath
Breathing Practice - 5 minutes

This is the breathing practice from the full Pre-Treatment Yoga Practice.  Enjoy this ancient balancing breath, called alternate nostril breathing, to experience a state of calm and relaxation in just a few minutes.

​What you need: a comfortable place to sit.
Deeper Awareness
Meditation Practice - 9 minutes

This is the affirmation meditation from the full Pre-Treatment practice.  Explore how the power of words, both spoken out loud and silently within yourself can offer a doorway to deeper awareness and a healing state of being.  In this practice, Elyce will guide you through the four levels of experiencing the power of the words you choose to embody.

What you need: a comfortable place to sit or recline.
Self Massage
Relaxation Practice - 10 minutes

This is the self-massage practice from the full Pre-Treatment practice.  This full body massage addresses tension from the top of the head and face through the upper and lower body.  Enjoy a brief moment of meditation to close the practice and return to your day feeling cared for and renewed.

What you need:  a comfortable place to sit
It’s All Within You
Meditation Practice - 6 minutes

This is the closing meditation from the full Pre-Treatment practice.  Inviting you to slow down and listen within, Elyce offers a modern translation of an ancient poem that invites you to listen for the secrets and teachings that are hidden in darkness.  

What you need: a comfortable place to sit or recline.

Section 3: Post-Treatment, including days following Procedure, Surgery or Treatment
Post-Treatment, full practice
Movement and Meditation - 32 minutes

This gentle movement, breathing and meditation practice is meant for post-procedure and treatment and offers many modifications to accommodate all ranges of motion.  Beginning with a comforting guided relaxation, Elyce moves into a seated movement sequence offering safe and mindful gestures.  Enjoy this soothing practice during your most intense period of healing.

​What you need: a comfortable place to sit.
Gentle Chair Yoga 
Movement Practice - 16 minutes

This is the gentle yoga practice from the full Post-Treatment practice.  Elyce offers a soothing sequence for limited mobility, full of modifications for all post-treatment experiences.  Beginning with easeful gestures in the hands and wrists and slow arm and neck movements, you'll gently send love and healing intention to your whole body

What you need: a comfortable place to sit.
Foot Massage
Relaxation Practice - 14 minutes

An important tool in her healing journey, Elyce offers a sublime foot massage that you can offer to yourself anytime.  If your range of motion is limited, you can bring in a loved one to watch with you and offer the foot massage to you.  Learn a massage sequence that offers touch with intention and self-care.

​What you need: a comfortable place to sit and optionally some lotion or oil.
Guided Relaxation
Meditation Practice - 14 minutes

This is the guided relaxation from the full Post-Treatment practice.  Enjoy this comforting experience after treatment, surgery or anytime you want to tap into your resting nervous system and find a deep sense of calm.

What you need: a comfortable place to sit or recline.
Embracing Yourself
Meditation and Relaxation Practice - 11 min

Enjoy this deep guided meditation reclining on the floor or your bed or comfortably seated.  This practice is called Savasana, deep relaxation, and is a powerfully regenerative and nourishing practice that is more restful than sleep.  You can enjoy this practice at any time on its own, or after any of the movement practices in this series.

What you need: a comfortable place to lie down or sit, and optional pillows to support your knees.

Section 4: Re-integration, as your body is ready
Reintegration Yoga
Movement and Meditation - 41 minutes

This full practice for reintegration offers an inspiring discussion around returning to life with deepened connection and awareness.  Elyce then offers a movement practice guiding you to explore and expand your range of movement at your own pace.  Enjoy this series of standing poses that focus on exploring synching movements of the arms and upper body with your breath to find renewed strength and wisdom.  

What you need: a yoga mat, rug, or any comfortable surface.
Seated Stretch 
Movement Practice - 47 minutes

A practice that offers a wide range of movement for continued expansion and strength in your post-treatment body.  This practice begins with a seated breath and movement sequence that welcomes calm and nourishment  with shapes that address the arms and upper body.  The second part of the practice flows through twists and shapes that address the lower body.  Conclude with a soothing guided relaxation.

What you need:  a comfortable place to sit, and a cushion or pillow to sit on.
Seated Stretch Upper Body
Movement Practice - 24 minutes

This is the first section of the full Seated Stretch  practice.  Begin with a seated breath and movement practice that welcomes calm and flows into shapes that address the arms and upper body.  

What you’ll need: a comfortable place to sit and a cushion or pillow to sit on.
Range of Motion
Movement Practice - 22 minutes

This is the movement portion of the full Reintegration practice, guiding you to explore and expand your range of movement at your own pace.  Enjoy this series of standing poses that focus on synching movements of the arms and upper body with your breath.  

What you need: a yoga mat, rug, or any comfortable surface.
Exploring Yes
Meditation Practice - 19 minutes

A practice of meditation that uses words to focus your mind, embrace all of who you are and create a life that is full and rich.  Explore using the word OM as an expression of saying yes to life,   or choose your own word that invokes a quality you’d like to bring into your experience.  

What you need: a comfortable place to sit.
Breath of Joy
Breath Practice - 5 minutes

This simple and powerful 3-part breath practice helps you feel alive and energized in your day.  This practice has optional movements you can choose to enjoy depending on your range of motion and energy level today.  

What you need: a comfortable place to sit or stand
Embodying Inner Beauty
Meditation Practice - 8 min

Elyce offers a sutra, a modern translation of an ancient yogic poem, as an invitation to nourish yourself with the life force that flows through us and around us.  Enjoy gentle movement and slow breathing as you welcome the experience of vital energy flowing through you.  

What you need: a comfortable place to sit.
Finding Inspiration
Insight  - 10 min

This is the discussion portion from the full Reintegration practice.  The life changing experience of a journey through cancer can make it challenging to imagine returning to life and work.  Elyce offers thoughts around how to reintegrate into our lives and connect with the people around us in a deeper way and with greater awareness and acceptance.  

Listen anywhere, anytime.