MODULE 1. Creating A Healing Space - Pastoral Skills for Yoga Teachers
Understanding that Teaching is MORE than just Teaching! Module 1 of the Healing Space, Yoga for Cancer online training
Welcome to the Creating A Healing Space online learning module. We are absolutely delighted that you have found your way here. This module forms the first of five core modules which lead to the Healing Space qualification - designed to support and train yoga teachers and therapists who wish to work with people living with cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other serious illness.
This module is is a core module for completion of the Healing Space Yoga for Cancer certification. It can also be done as a stand alone course for anybody interested in the art of holding therapeutic space and understanding the - often unacknowledged - role of the yoga teacher in offering pastoral or spiritual care in group or 1 to 1 yoga.
It will also be of interest to those working as body workers or in other embodied disciplines with potentially therapeutic or pastoral outcomes, such as Pilates, dance or Qi Gong.
Course Director
Jude has been teaching yoga since 2004, and has been course director on Healing Space – adapting yoga for people living with cancer since 2011. She teaches yoga for cancer modules with Yogacampus and the Scottish School of Yoga Therapy, and is the author of the book Adapting Yoga for People Living with Cancer published by Singing Dragon. She works in palliative care.
Course Curriculum
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PreviewFor A Friend On The Arrival of Illness - John O'Donohue
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PreviewVideo Introduction with Jude (4:11)
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PreviewFree Healing Space e-book
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PreviewRecommended Books and Publications
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StartFollow Healing Space on Instagram
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StartPersonal Practice Requirements
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StartBook a Tutorial (recommended if you are seeking certification)
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PreviewVishoka va jyotishmati:
Frequently Asked Questions
If you change your mind about the course, then you have four weeks to cancel your subscription as per the Teachable policy. Thereafter we do not issue refunds, as you have full access to the course materials.
The Full Healing Space course of five modules is certificated by Healing Space. It can be accredited by Yoga Alliance Professionals only if you complete the Apprenticeship package which includes live classes and tutorials.
It is recognised by theIndependent Yoga Network as a post qualifying course for yoga teachers.
The course is recognised and insured by Balens, who are UK leaders in offering yoga specific insurance. You can also gain insurance from BGi who recognised IYN courses.
The British Council for Yoga Therapy do not recognise single-condition therapeutic courses for their current criteria. There is ongoing dialogue about this issue.
There is personal practice work, reading, research and written work, which is assessed after each module.
Although the course should be relatively easy to complete in the timescale allowed, I recognise that life will sometimes get in the way!
If you find that you need an extension, then your access to the course can be extended on a month by month basis, for a fee of £10 per month.
The course is designed for self study. You can start any time, and you have twelve months from enrolment, to complete the course. You can book a tutorial (recommended) at any point using the link in the introductory section.