In this "Bonus” episode of the program, we announce our upcoming Official Podcast Show Launch. We also announce that:

The show’s new Official Website ( OurCancerJourney.com ) and our New Official “Our Cancer Journey Podcast” Facebook Page are now LIVE for listeners to visit.

And finally, we share how:

• You can help get the word out about our Podcast
• You can send your feedback and suggestions to the program, and
• You can subscribe to our Email list and upcoming news letter.

About OurCancerJourney.com:

Our brand new official website, OurCancerJourney.com, provides a simple and easy to navigate web experience for our listeners. If you don’t have your favorite podcast app handy, visit our website to listen to episodes, to learn more about our program, and to connect with us. You can hear our most recent Episodes right on the front landing page of the site. We also have an archive of past episodes with full show notes and occasionally more information for you to explore further. Visit our About Page to learn more about the program and the host, Bruce Watkins. And, please also visit our Contact Page. We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions.

New Email Newsletter and Subscribing:

From the website’s Contact page (and the site’s landing page too), you can subscribe to our podcast’s email newsletter. We will periodically send out an informal, non-spammy email note to keep subscribers up-to-date with new developments in the Our Cancer Journey world, such as when new episodes drop, and when fun and interesting events come our way. From time to time, we will also share exclusive content and other info just for our email-list friends. Please join the OCJ Tribe and subscribe with your email.

About the “Our Cancer Journey Podcast” Facebook Page:

We also now have an official show Facebook page so our listeners on this social platform can follow us to receive new show updates and other OCJ news. PLEASE NOTE - When searching for our Facebook Page, be sure to add the word “Podcast” (Our Cancer Journey PODCAST), in the Facebook search bar to ensure you navigate to our official page. We will announce new episode releases here, and occasional news updates too.

About Bonus Episodes:

Our program produces 3 types of episodes:

• A produced Interview-Type episode
• A produced Solo-Type episode
• And, occasionally, an informal “Bonus” episode

Unlike our regular topic-driven shows, in these bonus shows we skip the production. We just play a short tune, turn on the mic, and give you some quick OCJ news, updates on future episodes or some stream-of-conscious commentary.

We hope is informal and personal format helps you, our listeners, stay in touch with what we are doing and where we are going. Thanks for taking a listen.

Key Discussion Points and Takeaways from this Our Cancer Journey Episode:

• Click here to visit our new Official OurCancerJourney.com webpage
• Click here to visit our new Official “Our Cancer Journey Podcast” Facebook Page
• Click here to visit our website's Contact Page to send us a note and Subscribe to our Periodic Newsletter

Episode Host: Bruce Watkins

A Father, Cancer survivor, podcaster, writer & content creator, speaker, voice-over artist, facilitator/moderator, traveler, cultural explorer, humanitarian, giving-back & minimalist evangelist, music enthusiast, former Corporate people leader, and curious soul who transformed into an unapologetically optimistic and unpretentious advocate of Life-Optimization for all. 

After surviving Cancer and other life-changing experiences in 2017, Bruce gave away most of his possessions, left his home behind and began traveling, writing, volunteering, and giving-back. Learn more:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/about-our-cancer-journey-bruce-watkins/

https://www.brucewatkins.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucewatkins/

Follow Our Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/ourcancerjourneypodcast

Subscribe for Free to the OCJ Newsletter:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/contact/

Check out Our Official Webpage:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/

Request to Subscribe/Follow, Review and Ratings - Please help us share this information!

A top aim of the Our Cancer Journey Podcast is to help share valuable information with those impacted by Cancer, their caregivers and their loved ones. Your positive ratings, show reviews (on Apple Podcasts), and especially your personal recommendations and sharing of our show with others, are the most effective ways you can help us get the important information about Survivorship out to those that need it! So please subscribe, rate, review and share the Our Cancer Journey Podcast, our website and our Facebook page with friends and in your social media. 

Thanks for Listening! With Gratitude, The Our Cancer Journey Podcast Team.

TITLE: #003 - Restorative Yoga Part 2 - Tips for Your First Oncology Yoga Class & Recovery - Kathleen Ross-Allee 

About This Episode:

In this "Part 2” episode of an extended interview with Kathleen Ross-Allee (see bio below), we discuss various tips when attending your first Oncology Yoga Class. We also share deeper discussions about the types of barriers people experience when they attend group therapy classes in their new "post-cancer-treatment bodies and selves."

Key Discussion Points and Takeaways from this Our Cancer Journey Podcast Episode:

• How Western Medical Practitioners and Certified Yoga Therapists collaborate on patient care
• How to overcome apprehension and typical challenges with group dynamics when attending therapy sessions
• How to avoid the “Come-to-Class Only” mindset
• Highlight the importance of students and certified yoga trainers working together to develop a sustainable in-home personal yoga practice 
• How to overcome the barrier of the concept of “Practice” within the Yoga world
• Replace the pressure of “Goals” with the freedom of “Intentions”
• Adopt the “body self-exploration” mindset throughout your cancer recovery
• Review types of barriers people experience when their “post cancer treatment self” shows-up to these and other therapy classes
• And, beyond the subject of this episode, we gain some value insights from a surprise discussion with Kathleen about her Parents choice to hide her Mother’s Cancer diagnosis and treatment from Kathleen when she was a teenager, including:
• How parents’ decisions about communicating the arrival of Cancer can affect children, even later in life
• A personal comment from Bruce about supporting and “holding space” for others

References and Resources mentioned in this Episode:

• Kathleen Ross-Allee’s Website: https://www.leenbodies.com/
• Loyola Marymount University - Certificate in Yoga Therapy Rx Program: https://crs.lmu.edu/yoga/therapy/about/programs/basic/
• Below are links to the Bruce Watkins’ Magazine Article - Surviving Corona Virus: Understanding and Discharging Your Distress:
• Click here to read the BACKSTORY of how Bruce came to write the article: https://www.brucewatkins.com/recent-articles-best-self-magazine-feature-surviving-coronavirus-distress/
• Click here it read the Article in Best Self Magazine: https://bestselfmedia.com/surviving-coronavirus/

Episode Guest(s): Kathleen Ross-Allee

Kathleen Ross-Allee is currently the Managing Director of the Loyola Marymount University Yoga Therapy Rx programs (the first university accredited program in the United States), and a Certified Yoga Therapist and Clinical Health Educator for Thrive Yoga Therapy at Kaiser Permanente where she helps patients address a variety of health issues. She participated in developing and enhancing integrative post-rehabilitation and yoga therapy programs and exercise programs at world leading hospitals such as Cedars Sinai-Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Center and others. Kathleen continues to teach yoga therapy as well as speak at Patient Support centers, schools and conferences throughout the Country. Read more about Kathleen in this recent article from a Cancer support group: https://www.towercancer.org/magazine-winter-2020-article-6/

Episode Host: Bruce Watkins

A Father, Cancer survivor, podcaster, writer & content creator, speaker, voice-over artist, facilitator/moderator, traveler, cultural explorer, humanitarian, giving-back & minimalist evangelist, music enthusiast, former Corporate people leader, and curious soul who transformed into an unapologetically optimistic and unpretentious advocate of Life-Optimization for all. 

After surviving Cancer and other life-changing experiences in 2017, Bruce gave away most of his possessions, left his home behind and began traveling, writing, volunteering, and giving-back. Learn more:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/about-our-cancer-journey-bruce-watkins/

https://www.brucewatkins.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucewatkins/

Follow Our Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/ourcancerjourneypodcast

Subscribe for Free to the OCJ Newsletter:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/contact/

Check out Our Official Webpage:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/

Request to Subscribe/Follow, Review and Ratings - Please help us share this information!

A top aim of the Our Cancer Journey Podcast is to help share valuable information with those impacted by Cancer, their caregivers and their loved ones. Your positive ratings, show reviews (on Apple Podcasts), and especially your personal recommendations and sharing of our show with others, are the most effective ways you can help us get the important information about Survivorship out to those that need it! So please subscribe, rate, review and share the Our Cancer Journey Podcast, our website and our Facebook page with friends and in your social media. 

Thanks for Listening! With Gratitude, The Our Cancer Journey Podcast Team.

In this "Part 1” episode of an extended interview with Kathleen Ross-Allee (see bio below), we introduce the concept of oncology yoga and recovery yoga. We discuss how this new collaborative health practice is being integrated with modern Western medicine to improve patient treatment outcomes. And, in the true Our Cancer Journey Podcast style, we have some fun along the way. Make sure to listen to the upcoming “Part 2” episode of this interview, where we'll talk more about tips when attending your first recovery yoga class, and also the reality of class “group dynamics” that will help you get the most out of your oncology yoga experience.

Key Discussion Points and Takeaways from this Our Cancer Journey Episode:

• Understanding the difference between traditional yoga and specialized Oncology Yoga 
• What training and certifications are involved to become a Oncology Yoga Therapist 
• How to access an Oncology Yoga Therapist and an appropriate yoga program that is integrated with your medical treatments
• How to access a Oncology Yoga Therapist if your medical providers do not have an approved program

References and Resources mentioned in this Episode:

• Kathleen Ross-Allee’s Website: https://www.leenbodies.com/
• International Association of Yoga Therapists: https://www.iayt.org/
• Cancer Support Community (CSC): https://www.cancersupportcommunity.org/
• Jnani Chapman founder & Sandra Susheela Gilbert - YCaT Yoga Therapy in Cancer and Chronic Illness: https://www.ycatyogaincancer.com/
• Lee Majewski - Yoga For Health: https://www.yogaforhealth.institute/
• Tari Prinster - yoga4cancer: https://y4c.com/

Episode Guest(s): Kathleen Ross-Allee

Kathleen Ross-Allee is currently the Managing Director and Instructor of the Loyola Marymount University Yoga Therapy Rx program (the first university accredited program in the United States), and a Certified Yoga Therapist and Clinical Health Educator for Thrive Yoga Therapy at Kaiser Permanente where she helps patients address a variety of health issues. She participated in developing and enhancing integrative post-rehabilitation and yoga therapy programs and exercise programs at world-leading hospitals such as Cedars Sinai-Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Center and others. Kathleen continues to teach yoga therapy as well as speak at Patient Support centers, schools and conferences throughout the Country. Read more about Kathleen in this recent article from a Cancer support group: https://www.towercancer.org/magazine-winter-2020-article-6/

Episode Host: Bruce Watkins

A Father, Cancer survivor, podcaster, writer & content creator, speaker, voice-over artist, facilitator/moderator, traveler, cultural explorer, humanitarian, giving-back & minimalist evangelist, music enthusiast, former Corporate people leader, and curious soul who transformed into an unapologetically optimistic and unpretentious advocate of Life-Optimization for all. 

After surviving Cancer and other life-changing experiences in 2017, Bruce gave away most of his possessions, left his home behind and began traveling, writing, volunteering, and giving-back. Learn more:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/about-our-cancer-journey-bruce-watkins/

https://www.brucewatkins.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucewatkins/

Follow Our Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/ourcancerjourneypodcast

Subscribe for Free to the OCJ Newsletter:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/contact/

Check out Our Official Webpage:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/

Request to Subscribe/Follow, Review and Ratings - Please help us share this information!

A top aim of the Our Cancer Journey Podcast is to help share valuable information with those impacted by Cancer, their caregivers and their loved ones. Your positive ratings, show reviews (on Apple Podcasts), and especially your personal recommendations and sharing of our show with others, are the most effective ways you can help us get the important information about Survivorship out to those that need it! So please subscribe, rate, review and share the Our Cancer Journey Podcast, our website and our Facebook page with friends and in your social media. 

Thanks for Listening! With Gratitude, The Our Cancer Journey Podcast Team.

This Trailer Episode introduces the Our Cancer Journey Podcast and highlights:

• The vision and the overall purpose of our Podcast
• The reasons why THIS type of show, with its unique voice and outlook, is needed in our community  
• The kinds of topics we will discuss and guests we will host
• And explain how we, together … will explore tips, ideas and insights, and how you can put them into action

Episode Host: Bruce Watkins

A Father, Cancer survivor, podcaster, writer & content creator, speaker, voice-over artist, facilitator/moderator, traveler, cultural explorer, humanitarian, giving-back & minimalist evangelist, music enthusiast, former Corporate people leader, and curious soul who transformed into an unapologetically optimistic and unpretentious advocate of Life-Optimization for all. 

After surviving Cancer and other life-changing experiences in 2017, Bruce gave away most of his possessions, left his home behind and began traveling, writing, volunteering, and giving-back. Learn more:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/about-our-cancer-journey-bruce-watkins/

https://www.brucewatkins.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucewatkins/

Follow Our Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/ourcancerjourneypodcast

Subscribe for Free to the OCJ Newsletter:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/contact/

Check out Our Official Webpage:

https://www.ourcancerjourney.com/

Request to Subscribe/Follow, Review and Ratings - Please help us share this information!

A top aim of the Our Cancer Journey Podcast is to help share valuable information with those impacted by Cancer, their caregivers and their loved ones. Your positive ratings, show reviews (on Apple Podcasts), and especially your personal recommendations and sharing of our show with others, are the most effective ways you can help us get the important information about Survivorship out to those that need it! So please subscribe, rate, review and share the Our Cancer Journey Podcast, our website and our Facebook page with friends and in your social media. 

Thanks for Listening! With Gratitude, The Our Cancer Journey Podcast Team.