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supervision as well as with the approval of a physician. By focusing on body-mind-spirit connection, yoga helps to strengthen the bones, to detoxify the body, to improve circulation, to calm the mind, and to improve emotional wellbeing; thus, improving the quality of life overall. All over the world every day, people suffer from different medical conditions: diabetes, asthma, hypertension, heart diseases, HIV, and others. In recent years there have been more people diagnosed with cancer in America. Due to ongoing education, rising awareness, increased access to healthcare, and improved medical technology the survival rate of people with cancer has increased. According to American Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.org), “More than one million people in the United States get cancer each year. Two in every three people diagnosed with cancer today survive at least five years.” All of that is possible because of ongoing research and commitment to find a cure for cancer. Different kinds of treatments are available such as surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. More and more nowadays people are using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as adjuvant