Teacher training and mentoring
so everyone with a cancer diagnosis can find a yoga class
Develop your teaching practise with accredited training
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Introductory module
This online self-study module that you can do in your own time is the perfect place to begin if you are new to this subject area.
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Foundation Training
Our one day Essentials Workshop is an ideal foundation level training that will enable you to support someone with cancer in your class.
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YFCA Teacher Training Course
Become a specialist yoga for cancer teacher with our flagship 10 week course designed to give you all the knowledge skills, and support you need.
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FREE TEACHING VIDEO
Learn about creating a sustainable teaching practise supporting people with cancer in this free 50 minute video
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1-1 Mentoring Sessions
For in-depth individual support to develop your personal skills and resilience as a teacher of people with cancer.
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Join Our Community
We have a supportive free online community where you can meet other teachers, get peer support and information.
IS it right for you?
why should you train in yoga for cancer?
your skills will be needed
Nearly one in two people will receive a cancer diagnosis during their lifetime in the UK.
Yoga is hugely beneficial for people going though treatment and beyond, giving better outcomes and reducing rates of recurrence.
More trained teachers and suitable yoga classes are needed to serve this population.
cancer is likely to show up
Given the high rates, it is very likely that at some point in your teaching career you will have a student with a cancer diagnosis.
Being prepared and having the knowledge and skills to support them will be invaluable.
Many course graduates use their training to support friends and family too.
develop your teaching
Yoga for cancer training will give you the opportunity to develop your teaching repertoire and offer specialist and inclusive classes.
It also offers the opportunity for a lot of personal and professional growth.
It can be highly rewarding and meaningful work that gives a lot of job satisfaction.
Podcast Interviews
Conversation with Jenni Stone:
Speaking about yoga for Cancer and it’s Healing Power
Cancer Awareness for Yoga Teachers
- Why all yoga teachers need to be cancer aware
meet your tutor
Jenni stone
Hello, I’m Jenni Stone, a senior yoga teacher and professional reflexologist. I have over 20 years experience working with people who have cancer, first as a reflexologist and then as a yoga teacher.
I have supported people with cancer in various settings including a hospice, cancer charities, in private clinics, in people’s homes and more recently, online too.
Currently, I am the resident yoga teacher for Maggie’s Royal Free where I have been for 8 years and continue to develop the yoga programme there.
In 2019, with an awareness of the growing rates of cancer diagnosis, I developed yoga for cancer teacher training programmes. In 2023 I then founded the Yoga for Cancer Academy. My aim is to increase the number of classes available for people with cancer all over the country and this work continues to flourish through the teachers who have trained with me.
My personal journey with yoga started back in the 90’s on a trip to India. Since then, yoga has been the constant thread that runs through my life and something that I turn to to maintain my physical, mental and emotional health. It has helped me through all life’s challenges, birth, death, love and loss. Yoga is such a powerful tool.
Beyond my BWY diploma, I subsequently trained with many other teachers including Peter Blackaby, John Stirk and Uma-Dinsmore Tuli all of whom have informed the way I teach yoga to those with cancer. My other big passion is women’s health and empowerment and I bring this knowledge to my work with women who have cancer.
If you are not sure what is the right training for you or would like to see if we are a good fit to work together, I do offer free discovery calls. Simply contact me on the button below.
STORIES FROM TEACHING YOGA FOR CANCER
It is October as I write this which it both breast cancer awareness month and menopause awareness month. I’m really happy that both of these important women’s health issues have much more public awareness around them these days. What is often overlooked though is how often these are not always two separate issues and that breast cancer quite often leads to an early menopause.