Cancer doesn’t just happen to the body. It also affects the mind and the spirit. While cancer treatments are solely focused on fighting the disease on a cellular level, integrative medicine can additionally help patients rebuild their energy and morale while strengthening their resolve to get better, too, which are all crucial for recovery. At the Mount Sinai’s Dubin Breast Center in New York City, the psychological department offers a myriad of ways to approach this next-level mental and physical care with programs ranging from hypnosis, family therapy, and couples therapy to yoga, meditation, massage and crafts.

“We can improve quality of life. Symptoms and side effects of the cancer treatment don’t have to be as bad. You might be able to speed up your recovery a bit. You don’t have to be as distressed as you go through the different steps,” says Guy Montgomery, the director of psychological services at the Dubin Breast Center. “We want to help people get to a place where they want to be,” he adds. In this video interview with Sonima.com founder, Sonia Jones, Montgomery further explains the important role integrative care can play in a patient’s treatment and recovery.

Related: Is Integrative Yoga Therapy the Future of Healing?

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In this video, join Sonima’s founder, Sonia Jones, and Deepak Chopra, M.D., in learning about the way that meditation can positively affect sleep. Insomnia, says Chopra, is a result of stress, and given the way meditation can work to soothe anxiety, meditation can also be seen as an antidote to sleep issues. During meditation the frequency of the brain’s electromagnetic waves are lowered. While brain activity appears to go down in meditation and sleep, it is actually quite active as the body and mind are repaired and restored during these unique states.

Related: A Meditation to Quiet Anxiety

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With all the back and fourth motions that are required in the game of tennis, it’s easy for our bodies to get off balanced and worn down. Pete Egoscue, an alignment expert and founder of the Egoscue Method, designed this stretching sequence to help reset and rejuvinate the body for proper functioning. These warm-up and cool-down stretches were created specifically for tennis players in order to stop injury or discomfort before it begins. Further, these moves will help you feel more agile, relieve any joint or muscle tightness, and ensure that you are ready for any shot that comes your way.

Related: A Yoga Warm-Up and Cool-Down for Athletes

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Update: Now that we’re back in March Madness, we thought it would be fun to revisit these videos on how to succeed with University of Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett (who’s having another great season).

Coach Tony Bennett, the head coach of the men’s basketball team at the University of Virginia, speaks about the fifth pillar of success, thankfulness. Learn about how he teaches players to be grateful, not just for their success, but also for what they learn in times of adversity. According to Bennett, if you can be thankful for the hard things in life and what they teach you, that’s how true wisdom grows.

Related: Coach Tony Bennett on the Five Pillars of Success

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We all know children are notoriously picky eaters. It can often be frustrating and tiresome trying to get your child to eat a wholesome breakfast, or eat any healthy meal for that matter.  In this tutorial, Andy Clay, a Sonima chef, shares some creative and nutritious breakfast recipes that his daughters love. Watch the video above to learn how to make a “hole in the wall” breakfast sandwich and a fresh berry parfait.

Related: The Benefits of Cooking Together as a Family

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Invite your significant other to try this 10-minute strengthening workout for couples. You’ll both build physical strength with this challenging routine, and you may also enhance your sense of teamwork and relationship skills as well. Work together on bodyweight exercises such as squats and reverse bicycles and stoke some friendly competition as you face off while running in place. According to Pete Egoscue, an alignment and movement expert, who designed this routine, practicing these exercises barefoot can maximize benefits for balance and posture—this makes it a perfect routine to do in the backyard or on the beach on a warm summer day.

Related: The Surprising Way You’re Feet Reveal Why You’re in Pain

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“Food is one of the great joys in life,” says Maya Adam, M.D., founder of Just Cook For Kids and professor at Stanford University. Adam is an advocate for a more holistic approach to wellness and nutrition, wherein the “freedom to not fear what we eat” is paramount. In this video, Sonima founder Sonia Jones interviews Adam about the best approach to nutrition for kids. “The single-nutrient solution is never a sustainable one,” says Adam. Instead, we should look to embracing our love of cooking and food in a way that feeds us both physically and mentally. Not only that, but when we model joy around food for our kids, it’s more likely that they’ll take on healthy practices and a more balanced diet when they’re on their own.

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In this video, hear about how yoga nourishes the mind, body, and spirit. Yoga master Sharath Jois discusses how the practice is a fully transformative and healing routine that can change your life and the lives of those around you forever.

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