Cancer-Informed Yoga Teaching CPD for Yoga Teachers
An online CPD course for yoga teachers who want greater confidence supporting people affected by cancer in everyday yoga spaces.
More people affected by cancer are coming to yoga classes than ever before.
Yet most yoga teachers receive little or no training in how cancer treatment affects the body, nervous system, energy levels, mobility, confidence, or emotional wellbeing.
This self-paced online CPD course will help you understand what matters, how to adapt safely, and how to support students without fear, overwhelm or guesswork.
Whether you teach group classes, gentle yoga, or restorative yoga, this training will give you practical tools and greater confidence in working with people living with and beyond cancer.
This course will enable you to include people with cancer into your yoga classes. For specialist, accredited, insurance-based training to work in cancer settings, see the 40 hr Teach Yoga for Cancer professional training course.
The Cancer-Informed Yoga Teaching CPD is for you if...
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students affected by cancer are already attending your classes
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you worry about getting things wrong
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you avoid offering adaptations because you’re unsure what’s safe
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you want to support people more confidently and appropriately
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you’ve realised “just take it easy” isn’t enough guidance
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you want practical, grounded understanding rather than fear or overwhelm
Why do cancer-informed yoga teacher CPD?
By the end of this course, you’ll have a clearer understanding of:
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how cancer and cancer treatment can affect yoga practice
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fatigue, surgery recovery, lymphoedema, bone health and treatment side effects
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how to adapt movement, breathwork and relaxation practices appropriately
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when and how to refer on to a specialist
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when to simplify, stabilise or rest
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how to communicate sensitively and inclusively
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creating psychologically safe and non-pathologising spaces
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appropriate boundaries and when referral onwards may be needed
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how mindfulness can support people during uncertainty, fear and recovery
This is not about becoming a therapist or doing specialist training.
It is about becoming a more informed, responsive and compassionate yoga teacher in your existing work.
What you will learn on the yoga teachers' CPD course
A peek inside the Cancer-Informed Yoga Teaching CPD course
The Yoga for Cancer Foundations CPD is delivered through a rich mix of video, audio and written learning materials, designed to support different learning styles.
Most of the course is taught through video presentations and guided practice sessions, allowing you not only to learn the theory, but to experience the practices for yourself. You’ll be encouraged to practise alongside the videos, helping you embody the work rather than simply study it intellectually.
Your teacher Morven
The course is led by Morven Hamilton, a senior yoga teacher and trainer with nearly two decades of teaching experience.
Morven specialises in yoga for cancer, restorative yoga, mindfulness and therapeutic approaches to practice. Alongside extensive professional training, her work is also informed by lived experience of breast cancer and recovery.
She has trained yoga teachers and wellbeing professionals internationally in how to support people affected by cancer safely, compassionately and realistically.
This combination of professional expertise and lived understanding gives the course both depth and practicality.
Cancer-Informed Yoga CPD Course Format
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Self-paced online learning
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Video, audio and written teaching materials
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Practical yoga sessions to follow along with
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Lifetime access
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Certificate on completion
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Approximate study time: 5 hours
Further Yoga for Cancer Training Courses
Yoga for Breast Cancer 3 hr Live CPD
Skills-based live session
Course for cancer patients & teaching resource