My Nonprofit Reviews

Green Valley, AZ

I found out about a Mindfulness class being offered by Purple Mountain Institute (Tucson, AZ) at the local Green Valley library. I decided to take it as I have always had trouble handling stress and anxiety. It has been the best thing I have done for myself. I wish it would have been available when I was much younger (I am now 72). I developed breast cancer (no family history, former health educ. teacher, not overweight, and physically active) in 2007. I am fine now, but hopefully, it will not occur again. I truly believe that stress might have been the underlying factor of my developing cancer. Through this class, I have developed a "mindfulness" strategy to help me daily in living and handling stress effectively. The Institute expecially targets veterans, helping them deal with PTSD and is helping many. How wonderful for our veterans to get help like this at no cost.