A whole-person approach to healing
The Gentle Recovery Method is a holistic framework created specifically for women recovering from breast cancer. It recognises that recovery isn’t just physical – it’s emotional, hormonal, environmental and deeply personal.
This method brings together three essential pillars: your body, your mind and your environment. Together, these create a nurturing ecosystem for recovery – one that meets you where you are and helps you move forward with confidence.
Your body
Gentle yoga, movement, and lymph drainage to rebuild mobility, strength and vitality.
Your mind
Relaxation, breathwork and guided meditation to support calm and clarity.
Your environment
Practical, low-tox living advice to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals and support long-term wellbeing.
Backed by clinical evidence to support recovery
Cancer impacts every part of your life. The Gentle Recovery Method is here to help you:
- Reconnect with your body after surgery or treatment
- Reduce anxiety, fatigue and overwhelm
- Create healthier routines that feel realistic and supportive
- Feel stronger, calmer and more in control
This approach is backed by clinical evidence and used by leading voices in oncology rehab – including NHS clinicians, trauma-sensitive therapists, and international cancer exercise specialists.
What’s included in the Gentle Recovery programme
This is a self-paced, online programme you can follow at home, in your own time:
Daily movement
Gentle yoga-based sessions to regain movement, gently recondition and tone the body.
Lymph support
Lymph drainage exercises for post-surgery healing
Emotional tools
Guided relaxation and calming audio sessions
Live group calls
2x monthly Q&As covering menopause, fatigue, and more
Private community
A safe space to connect, share and ask questions
Helpful resources
Practical chapters on fatigue, nutrition and stress
Flexible access
12 months to follow at your own pace
Both plans can be paid monthly or yearly.
Guided
At your own pace
Feel safe to move again—with expert guidance you can trust.
- Gentle oncology exercise and yoga for life after breast cancer.
- Improve mobility after surgery and radiotherapy.
- Support lymphatic health with guided lymphatic drainage exercises.
- Learn scar care techniques to improve comfort and confidence.
- Calm your nervous system with breathwork and somatic practices.
- Feel reassured with expert guidance and a supportive community.
For women who want trusted guidance to recover confidently, at their own pace.
Personalised
With 1:1 support
Everything in Guided, with personalised support every step of the way.
- A recovery plan tailored to your body and goals.
- 4 private 1:1 coaching and/or online Scar Tissue Therapy sessions.
- Personalised support for lymphoedema concerns, scar tissue and the lasting effects of treatment.
- Oncology exercise, yoga and recovery guidance adapted to your needs.
- Email and WhatsApp support for ongoing reassurance.
For women who want the confidence of knowing expert support is always within reach.
Created by someone who understands
I’m India Gooderham – a cancer exercise specialist, trauma-sensitive cancer yoga teacher and scar tissue therapist. I created the Gentle Recovery Method after years of working in the NHS and hospice care.
This programme brings together everything I’ve learnt professionally and personally to offer women a gentle, supportive, and effective path back to vitality and self-confidence.
