Day 4 - 2nd Annual Ovarian Cancer Awareness Yoga Challenge

Day 4 of the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Yoga Challenge (09-13-2017) 

Day 4 – Presented by Farrah @farrahbrown - #SetuBandhaSarvangasana or #ModifiedBridgePose

Lie down on your mat and bring your knees up, feet flat on the floor (hip-width apart). Then, lift your bottom up and off the mat. Please only go to your comfort level. You can push your palms down onto the mat to give you support. You can also modify this pose by using your hands under your hips or place a block under for a supported version. In the larger photo, I have a bolster as support.

This pose helps to increase circulation throughout the body, while opening up the heart center.  It also engages the abdominal muscles without overusing or putting too much stress on them.

Please make sure to honor your body and only do what is comfortable for you. The info provided is not intended to be used as medical advice. If you are under a doctor’s care please check with them first before doing any pose.

My outfit is from @pawpawyogawear (Grey Tank Top & Grey Pigeon Pants); my #bootyshawl is from @bootyshawl #StellaDraper and my gorgeous and wonderful yoga mat is from @gurugrid

See @youromlife for Day 5’s (Thursday, 9/14) pose and refer to my page for information about the poses, ovarian cancer awareness, and if you don’t know who is posting for the day, come look at my page.

#AWARENESS – Assessing your risk

In yesterday’s #Awareness section, the risk was discussed for ovarian cancer; both what increases it and how to lower your risk.

Here is a link to for an online assessment of your risk…it is an informational tool to help you have a conversation with your doctor. You can have the assessment emailed to yourself or your doctor and even save it as a .PDF file.

Note:  This link is shared to help people, not breed fear. Remember it is a tool and not intended to be substituted for medical care or advice.

https://www.assessyourrisk.org/

I took the assessment and surprisingly, even with ovarian, bladder, prostate, colon, pancreatic, and skin cancer in my family…my baseline risk for ovarian cancer is “increased” according to this test (and “average” for breast cancer), see my assessment results below:

 

 

 

Here is a little more about Bright Pink, which was founded by Lindsay Avner in 2007. Please read “Our Story” from their website www.brightpink.org

 

“At 23, Lindsay Avner became, at the time, the youngest woman in the country to undergo a risk-reducing double mastectomy.

Having lost her grandmother and great-grandmother to breast cancer before she was born, and watching her mother fight both breast and ovarian cancer when she was only 12, Lindsay underwent genetic testing at the age of 22.

The test revealed she carried a mutation on the BRCA1 gene—indicating she had up to an 87% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer and up to a 54% chance of developing ovarian cancer—and Lindsay vowed to take proactive measures. While evaluating her risk-reducing options, she was confronted by a lack of resources for women in her specific situation—those who didn’t have breast or ovarian cancer but wanted to take a proactive approach to their health.

Lindsay felt a compelling responsibility to create a warm and welcoming community that provided the education and support she had been seeking. In 2007, Lindsay started Bright Pink, which quickly became a standout organization in the breast and ovarian health landscape, impacting and saving thousands of lives each day. Through a range of programs, resources, and strategic partnerships, Bright Pink is creating a movement of young women who are proactive advocates for their health.”