I was impressed by Martha Eddy’s professional and informative response to “Carol J.” I find, from chemotherapy to the present, that body awareness is a key factor in the healing process. Doctors do not tell you what is the “right” amount of exercise nor do they really know what each person has done before the cancer. Dr. Eddy’s point that a goal of MOA is to become more aware of bodily sensation (pains as well as pleasures) really hits home because there are differences in one’s body before and after treatment (I’m a breast cancer survivor/patient). Part of the healing process is discovering these differences from a medical perspective to spiritual and emotional ones - an enormous task but one that is hard to avoid. There are other points worth considering that Dr. Eddy makes in addressing Carol J.’s response from her use of the term aerobics to characterizing MOA as a fad, to clarifying oxidative stress. In addition, the links to the research articles are informative and well worth reading. Catherine Gross