Certificate Earned upon completion: Yoga Therapy for Cancer

Pre-requisites for Certification: Currently enrolled in Step 2 or beyond of SCHYS Yoga Therapy Program.

This 36-hour Specialty Certificate Program will cover common areas for cancer including breast, prostate, lung, colorectal, melanoma, and more. We will discuss issues such as chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy and other treatments given by western medicine and how yoga can be integrated into a holistic plan for healing.

As lead faculty, JJ Gormley, MS, CIAYT, ERYT500, will guide students in how to safely plan and design a class practice for clients with cancer. She will teach the pathogenesis of cancer in general, as well as look at specific cancers and how they manifest, spread and decline with treatment. We will also look at current research using yoga as the intervention, healing suggestions, and case studies of clients.

Requirements

• Yoga Therapy for Cancer-Part 1-Online Class - Eight one-hour lessons

• Yoga Therapy for Cancer-Part 2-Online Class - Eight one-hour lessons

• Practicum Application Module (PAM) - 12 hours of in-person training where students will work with clients with cancer, recovering from cancer, or in remission but have residual issues.

• Case Studies Online Class - Eight one-hour classes where you present two Case Studies of clients who either currently have cancer, are in recovery from cancer or chemo/radiation cycles, are in remission with residual issues due to cancer. These presentation need to be done on Wednesday Case Studies class—see current online class schedule.

This course is an Approved Professional Development course with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT).

This course is taught by JJ Gormley, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP).

The Practicum Application Module (PAM) will be held Nov 11-13, 2022 at NOWyoga in Charlottesville, VA