Yoga for Cancer Teacher Training
Mon, 15 Jul
|Zoom event
A training course for yoga teachers wishing to help those living with cancer and other life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses.
Time & Location
15 Jul 2024, 09:00 – 17 Jul 2024, 17:00
Zoom event
About the Event
Dates: 15th - 17th July 9am - 5pm (21 hours) Live Online
Mentored self-paced learning (19 hours)
Course run and led by Morven Hamilton of Yoga by Nature.
Counts as 40 hours towards 300/500 hour certification with Shanticentre Training School
Cost £450 Deposit £70
If you are a yoga teacher who wants to help people coping with cancer to live better, a student of yoga or a professional in another field such as hospice work, nursing, physiotherapy, or psychotherapy, our Yoga for Cancer Teacher Training will give you a grounding in the diverse aspects of working with those on the cancer journey. This course is applicable to working with cancer and other life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses.
This course aims to give you a grounding in the psychological, emotional and physical reality of cancer, so that you can share yoga in a way that is physically and emotionally safe for the attendees. You will also learn specialised yoga therapy for common physical limitations caused by the illness or by the treatment, and learn therapeutic applications of other facets of yoga practice in order to serve the whole person - body, mind, spirit and relationships.
The course is designed, written and led by Morven Hamilton, a YAP accredited Senior Yoga Teacher, YAP accredited TrainerPro and breast cancer survivor. Morven has been training teachers to teach Yoga for Cancer since 2016 and developed the Healing the Whole person holistic approach to yoga for cancer  while working as a yoga teacher and course facilitator at Penny Brohn Cancer Care UK. Morven had completed advanced teacher training in Mindfulness for Health with the Breathworks Foundation, and shares her knowledge in this course.
 COURSE OBJECTIVESÂ
You will learn to:
- create unique holistic Yoga programmes for the individual on the cancer journey
- integrate people with cancer into your regular classes
- design courses for groups and individuals on the cancer journey
- apply Mindfulness concepts and techniques to your yoga teaching
- compassionately hold space for those who are potentially in physical, emotional, mental and spiritual difficulty
- explore your own personal responses to life-threatening illness and end of life
Course Structure
21 hours live online. Recording available for 28 days after course end
3 contact days, 9AM - 5PM on Zoom with the lead instructor SYT Morven Hamilton
Optional additional 19 hour self-paced study to complete 40 hours of Yoga for Cancer Teacher Training (see syllabus/ modules for full information)
We’ll use  props to recreate some of the physical movement restrictions that patients often suffer. Through this and other course elements, you’ll be encouraged in your own personal transformation towards an embodied understanding of the person with cancer.
- Presentation (teacher to student and peer to peer)
- Led practice
- Discussion
- Enactment
- Peer to peer teaching practice
Syllabus / Modules
Module 1Â - The cancer journey
Anatomy and physiology of cancer
The most common types of cancer
Types of treatment and their effects
Lymphodoema - what causes it and how it shows up in yoga class
How to work with PICC lines, chemo ports, colostomy and ileostomy bags
Osteoporosis and other bone conditions
Wider repercussions of cancer on the whole person – body, mind, spirit and relationships
How trauma can change us and how it can be transformed.
Module 2Â - Yoga as Medicine
The benefits of yoga and meditation for people with cancer and their loved ones
The effect of yoga on the entire immune system
Application of therapeutic asana for common effects of cancer in the body
Asana modifications for common limitations experienced on the cancer journey
Planning therapeutic sequences for individuals
Restorative yoga - key poses, modifications
Vagus nerve stimulation techniques
Pain management techniques
Pranayama, relaxation, mantra, visualisation adapted for cancer
Yoga Nidra as a therapeutic practice adapted for cancer patients
Module 3Â - Ethics, compassion and the whole person
Exploring personal responses to disease and death
Boundaries, safety and trauma sensitivity
Working holistically with people with life threatening illness
Dealing with loss as a teacher and as a yoga community
Creating a safe environment - practicalities
Module 4Â - Designing your course
Putting together a progressive programme – things to consider and what to include
Using themes – how to choose a theme and develop it in your Yoga for Cancer class/ course
Including people with cancer in your mainstream class
Module 5Â - Mindfulness and yoga
Introduction to Mindfulness for Health
How to incorporate mindfulness into your yoga class
Mindfulness techniques for overcoming pain and living well with illness
Mindful movement
Module 6Â - Business
Choosing the right venue
Approaching organisations
Resources
Communicating with the press
Best practice for establishing trust and confidence in your business
Additional study to complete 40 hours of training
Read course texts
Lesson planning
2 x 15 minute teaching assessment (you will record yourself teaching 1 x general Yoga for Cancer Class and 1 x Specialised Sequence for a specific therapeutic purpose)
1500 word case study: You will work with someone on the cancer journey and prepare a case study report of your work with them
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