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 course provides 24 Approved Professional Development credit hours for the IAYT toward renewal of your C-IAYT.

This course is 16 hours of prerecorded videos with a quiz at the end, plus eight hours of attendance live in an online Case Studies class which meets Wednesdays, 1:00 - 2:00 pm Eastern Time. During the Case Studies class, you will present two cases of clients that you worked with where you used yoga therapy for cancer.

The pre-recorded online classes include discussion of 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 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 (prerecorded).

• Yoga Therapy for Cancer-Part 2-Online Class - Eight one-hour lessons (prerecorded).

• 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. Generally, this class meets Wednesdays, 1-2pm. Upon enrollment in this course, you will be autoenrolled in the next available Case Studies course where there are two weeks free for you to present your cases.

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

This course is an Approved Professional Development course with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). You will receive 24 CEUs toward your C-IAYT renewal.