Welcome to the Yoga and Cancer online learning module. We are absolutely delighted that you have found your way here. This module forms the second 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 studying the role that Yoga plays in helping those living with Cancer.
It will also be of interest to those working as body workers or in other embodied disciplines with potentially therapeutic contact with people living with cancer, such as Pilates, dance or Qi Gong.
The full Healing Space of five modules - of which this module is the second- course is accredited by the Complementary Medical Association and Recognised by the Independent Yoga Network as a post graduate qualification for yoga teachers. The stand alone module is certificated for CPD purposes, but not accredited.
The Full Healing Space course of six modules is accredited by the Complementary Medical Association.
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. And additional fee of £20 is payable for assessment. Our assistant tutor Juliette Gray will send you a PayPal bill upon receipt of your written work.
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.
Jude is a Healthcare Chaplain, IYN Yoga Elder and Yoga Alliance Professionals Senior Teacher. She is also a Complementary Therapist, Interspiritual Minister, Writer and Embodiment trainer . She has been practising yoga since 1991 and has thirty years' experience as a teacher, trainer and group-work facilitator in the public and voluntary sectors and in private industry.
She has been course director on Healing Space – adapting yoga for people living with cancer since 2011 and has worked extensively in acute, palliative and community care settings, including the renowned Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre in Glasgow where she did most of the research for her Yoga for Cancer work. She has completed studies in cancer biology and clinical oncology.
“Teaching is a gift and a joy that I share gladly, with an open heart and all the love I can muster."