CPF-September Focus Type of Cancer: Uterine, Leukemia, Ovarian, Prostate, and Thyroid Cancer Theme: Grounding & Gratitude Focus: Stability, Calm, and Reflection Cyndi Ellsom demonstrates a chair modified forward fold Per the Mayo Clinic, Ovarian cancer is a growth of cells that forms in the ovaries. The cells multiply quickly and can invade and destroy healthy body tissue. Ovarian cancer treatment typically involves surgery and chemotherapy. To support survivors, caregivers,

CPF-September Focus Type of Cancer: Uterine, Leukemia, Ovarian, Prostate, and Thyroid Cancer Theme: Grounding & Gratitude Focus: Stability, Calm, and Reflection The Mayo Clinic says that Leukemia usually involves the white blood cells with the bone marrow producing an excessive amount of abnormal white blood cells which don’t function properly. Over time, these abnormal cells can crowd out healthy blood cells in the bone marrow, leading to fever healthy white blood cells, red

CPF- September Focus Type of Cancer: Uterine, Leukemia, Ovarian, Prostate, and Thyroid Cancer Theme: Grounding & Gratitude Focus: Stability, Calm, and Reflection Per the Mayo Clinic, Uterine Cancer is most thought of as endometrial cancer which lines the uterus. A much rarer form of uterine cancer is uterine sarcoma which develops in the lining of the muscle wall. The most common treatment for endometrial cancer is surgery to remove the uterus, a hysterectomy. The surgery is

Mary Bridget Briggs graduated from CPF Oncology Yoga training June 14, 2026. Mary Bridget Briggs has been an elementary school teacher for 25 years and is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in School Counseling! She is a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher and received her training through Breathe For Change, an organization whose goal is to transform education by bringing wellness, mindfulness, and yoga practices to foster trauma-informed teaching to today’s youth and the e

Damien McDonald graduated from CPF Oncology Yoga training August 25, 2024.

Marlene Gonzalez graduated from the Mayo CPF Oncology Yoga training on August 25, 2024.

38 CPF yoga teachers graduate on August 25, 2024 at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL