They say when you begin to help others, you reach a deeper state of healing.
PUBLISHED JULY 26, 2018
Tamera Anderson-Hanna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Addiction Professional, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and became a Registered Yoga Teacher while coping with breast cancer in 2015. She owns Wellness, Therapy, & Yoga in Florida where she provides personal wellness services and coaching and she is a public speaker on wellness-related topics. You can connect with her at www.wellnesstherapyyoga.com.
On Saturday, July 21, 2018, I experienced the power of the quote, "Together we are stronger." As a corporate wellness provider, I was asked earlier this year to teach a yoga class for members of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) who were holding their annual conference in Miami. A beautiful gift came from this experience as a fellow cancer survivor, Pilar Portela-Webb, a co-chair for the conference, presented an idea. Having been newly diagnosed with breast cancer, Pilar also wanted to give back to fellow breast cancer survivors. Not only did she become a student of my Miami Yoga for Cancer Program (Y4C), but an idea soon took off and the yoga class offered for the NAHJ turned into a fundraiser for my Miami Yoga 4 Cancer programming.My Y4C group has slowly been growing, but like anything in Miami, there are expenses for space, equipment and advertising. Not to mention, there is the reality that some individuals who can benefit find it hard to afford such treatment modalities when also paying for other necessary cancer-related treatments. While the goal of this fundraiser was to educate Pilar's peers of the importance of yoga and meditation for healing and general wellness, but it also provided an opportunity to raise donations for scholarships to provide supportive resources for individuals in Miami to benefit from Y4C classes.
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