Yoga may not cure cancer, but can help the healing by building physical, mental and emotional endurance.Yoga works a long away for prevention of cancer. If you are a cancer survivor or know of one, easy yoga poses can help them encourage resilience and face the hurdle calmly.Here are few yoga practices that can help in minimising cancer risk:Sun salutation (Surya Namaskar) is an effective tool to shed extra calories. Thus, it proves useful in improving blood circulation.According the yogic philosophy, there are five vital pranas (vital energy) in the body - Prana, Apana, Vyana, Udana And Samana. Pranayama techniques helps the person to access the prana (life force) and channel through the complex energetic network within the body. Some studies have shown that MBSR can prevent occurrence of cancer or relieve few symptoms and improve quality of life for patients.

Source: Economic Times February 03, 2018 15:27 UTC