Prominent among the reasons that cancer survivers have given for using CAM are to allevate symptoms (e.g. pain, fatigue). To improve general health, and perhaps to reduce risk. of recurrence and improve chance of survival. Other reasons cited include to in crease their sense of agency over their well-being and control over their future . however ,little research has focused on reasons that cancer patients or survivors engage in yoga .in the one study that did so, the nine cancer survivors who used yoga repoted the following reasons : “mental health” (3), “physical health”(5), and “improve symptoms” (1); none chose “Docter recommended” or “fight disease