How Yoga Helped Me Heal: My Cancer Survivor Story
Cyndy Sotomayor, MBA, CYT200 • June 17, 2025

This one’s personal.

When I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and everything changed. The routines, the energy, the confidence—I lost them all. But yoga? It became the one space where I felt whole again.

Here’s how yoga helped me heal—and how it can support you through whatever season you’re walking through.

🧘‍♀️ Yoga Reminded Me I Was Still Alive

Some days I could only do a single pose. And that was enough. Gentle movement kept me grounded and reminded me that I still had power in my body.

💓 Yoga Helped Me Release Fear

Breathwork taught me how to sit with my anxiety rather than run from it. I still use those tools—on and off the mat.

🌱 Yoga Gave Me a New Identity

I wasn’t “just” a patient. I became a warrior, a guide, a teacher who knew what it meant to rebuild from the inside out.

💬 If you’ve ever felt broken, scared, or uncertain—know that healing doesn’t have to look like hustle. It can look like breath. Like a forward fold. Like showing up exactly as you are.

📲 Want to practice with someone who gets it?
Join my gentle, body-affirming classes online or in person.
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