Foundations of Yoga for Cancer Online Training

Yoga for Cancer Online Course for Yoga Teachers and Health Professionals

A unique compassionate, whole-person approach to yoga for cancer

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Foundations of Yoga for Cancer Online Training

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Self-paced

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Foundations of Yoga for Cancer Online Training

Would you like to...

be able to share yoga safely and compassionately with people affected by cancer?
tailor your own yoga practice to the impact of cancer
learn the basics of mindfulness for health?
welcome cancer patients confidently into your classes?
skill-up - improve your yoga teaching and your CV?
get to grips with the deepest teachings of yoga?

This is a course for yoga teachers, students and cancer care professionals who want to share yoga safely and compassionately with people affected by cancer. Lead teacher Morven Hamilton guides you through this comprehensive, experiential course which provides you with everything you need to know to start working with cancer patients and survivors.

THE AIM

The on-demand online course will give you a foundation in sharing yoga and mindfulness with people affected by cancer.

Become knowledgable about the basic anatomy and physiology of cancer
Get an introduction to the Healing the Whole Person teaching methodology
Learn how treatment can affect yoga participants
Learn how to adapt some common Hatha yoga poses for people affected by cancer
Get sequences that will help people suffering from common side-effects of treatment
Learn mindfulness meditations specifically for people living with pain and illness.

Overcoming Barriers to Teaching Yoga for Cancer

Teaching yoga to those affected by cancer can feel overwhelming. You may wonder if you're qualified, how to approach it, or whether yoga is even appropriate. This course will help you move past those concerns with confidence and clarity.

Why Yoga for Cancer is Different

Yoga for cancer isn’t just "gentle yoga." It’s a specialized approach that considers the physical, emotional, and energetic impact of cancer and its treatments. Learn why a tailored practice is essential for supporting those on this journey.

Yoga as a Healing Modality

Yoga has the power to heal beyond the physical body. Discover how movement, breath, and mindfulness can nurture resilience, ease discomfort, and support recovery for those living with and beyond cancer.

Understanding "The Big C"

Cancer is more than a diagnosis—it’s a life-changing experience that impacts all areas of life and the wider community. Gain insight into the realities of living with cancer, the fears and emotions that come with it, and the role yoga can play in bringing comfort and empowerment.

Teaching Yoga for Cancer Safely & Compassionately

Safety is essential when teaching yoga for cancer. Learn how to adapt postures, offer modifications, and teach with compassion, ensuring your students feel supported and empowered.

Mindfulness for Health – What Is It?

Mindfulness is a powerful tool for healing. Discover how mindful awareness can reduce stress, improve well-being, and support both physical and emotional recovery.

Becoming a Mindful Teacher

Bringing mindfulness into your teaching enhances the experience for both you and your students. Learn how to stay present, listen deeply, and create a nurturing, supportive environment.

Connection & the Deepest Teachings of Yoga

At its heart, yoga is about connection—to ourselves, to others, and to life itself. Discover how to bring the deeper teachings of yoga into your work with cancer patients.

Creating a Safe Space

A healing environment is more than just a yoga mat—it’s a space where students feel seen, heard, and safe. Learn how to create an atmosphere of trust, comfort, and care.

Looking After Yourself

Supporting others starts with taking care of yourself. Learn self-care practices to stay balanced, energised, and emotionally resilient as a yoga teacher.

LEARNING MEDIA

Taking care to nurture all learning styles, the course is presented using a blend of video, audio recordings, presentation with slides, text and useful audio transcripts of meditations which you can use as templates for your own teaching

Overview

The course at a glance:

Overcoming barriers to teaching yoga for cancer
Why is yoga for cancer different from normal yoga?
Yoga as a healing modality
The cancer journey
4 ways you can support cancer patients
Cancer treatment and side-effects
3 sequences to use in your yoga class
Mindfulness for Health - what is it?
Becoming a mindful teacher
Four mindfulness practices for cancer recovery
Connection and the deepest teachings of yoga
Teaching yoga for cancer safely and compassionately
Creating a safe space
Developing empathic listening skills in a cancer care setting
Looking after yourself
Enhancing your yoga teaching skills

Payment can be made online when booking.

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COURSE FORMAT

The Foundations Yoga and Mindfulness for Cancer course is on the Ezycourse platform. The course material is divided up into short segments, to make self-paced learning at home more manageable. The course follows a natural progression from an overview of cancer and its place in a yoga setting, to modifying for typical symptoms and side-effects in your yoga class to mindfulness for health. We also look at the bigger picture of how this approach is informed by the deepest teachings of yoga.

It’s today! About to leave for Llanidloes for another spring retreat at @garth_barns

Isla and I loved getting the goody bags ready yesterday.

Essential oil kits, @evolvebeautyuk products @yogiteaeurope yummy teas, @onelivingdrinks water kefir and what party bag would be complete without Hello Kitty stickers?

We’re off to @lowershawfarm in October for The Embers cosy Autumn retreat in Wiltshire for our next one 🔥 🍂

#yogaweekend #yogaretreatuk #yogaretreat2026

Happy Teaster!!! Thank you Yogi Tea for our amazing tea party supplies 🥰

Our retreat guests are going to have the best goody bags ever and our YTT trainees will have warm hands and full bladders forever more.

Thanks @ayurveda.forage.grow and @yogiteaeurope

Our Wales retreat next week is full but please join us in October for The Embers. A cosy weekend at Lower Shaw Farm at Samhain 🧡🔥 booking is now open

#retreatuk #yogaweekend #yogaretreatuk

It is finally time to let this one fly. This course started as Yoga classes taught at Penny Brohn Cancer Care Centre from 2010. It has been refined and developed for over 15 years, with invaluable feedback from cancer patients, cancer care staff and Yoga teachers.

Thank you to all who have contributed to this program for cancer support, which is now a complete Yoga program for People affected by cancer.

Please share this with anyone you know who would benefit from an online self-paced Yoga class they can do at home. Yoga for cancer teachers – this is a great resource for you too.

Visit the link in bio or comment INFO if you would like the link to find out more about it.

I am so happy to be able to offer this - a body of work, so close to my heart and which has been a source of support to many I have worked with over the years

#yogaforcancer #yogaforcancerrecovery #yogaforcancerpatients #yogaforcancersurvivors

Diversity is the spice of life! In this case - diversity of thought 🧠

Planning classes is an inherently creative act. It starts with a thought, an idea, and it slowly takes shape and form until it’s ready to come into the world.

In the first stages of yoga class sequencing and class planning on the yoga teacher training, we share ideas, try out new things and stay inspired by the array of experience and knowledge from many minds 💡

More perspectives = a richer wealth of knowledge and expertise

Yes, you can do it on your own, but we’re so much more creative and confident together 🤝
(And you never feel as if you’re winging it 🦆)

The current YTT group is a pure joy to teach. It’s been wonderful to see them learning from each other and supporting each other in session and on the chat.

We are now accepting applications for our 200YTT starting January 2027. If it’s your time, comment READY for the link to find out more and download our prospectus.

#yogatrainingbristol #yogawestonsupermare #yogabristol #yoganorthsomerset #yogadevon

Arriving to teach at The Phoenix last night, I stopped for a full minute as I hadn’t had the memo about the duck walk

Never was there a better prompt to slow the heck down 😊😊

#yogateacher #yogateacherlife #yogateacherproblems

Behind every polished pose lies a whole bucketful of wobbles, face plants and unflattering angles.

Practice Lab starts next Wednesday at 7.15pm for anyone who would like to come and create some outtakes with me on the journey to Firebird and Firefly poses.

This is an intermediate class for anyone interested in exploring asana just for fun. There is absolutely no expectation to achieve – we will put the building blocks for the peak poses in place and enjoy the journey.

Yoga teachers and practitioners with some experience are most welcome to join 😊

Comment PRACTICE for the link to book.

#yogateachers #yogapractice #yoga #yogaclassonline

If someone with cancer came to your class tomorrow… would you know what to do?

Many people affected by cancer are excluded from yoga classes because the teacher does not feel confident in judging whether their class will be safe for them.

Join Morven for a free webinar for yoga teachers where she’ll walk you through:

✔️ how to know when it’s appropriate for someone to join your class
✔️ how to navigate things like doctor’s notes and waivers
✔️ and how to hold space for students who may be newly diagnosed

🗓 Tuesday 24th March
⏰ 7–8pm on Zoom

There’ll also be time to ask questions about the one-day Foundations of Yoga for Cancer immersion and the 40-hour online training.

And if you join live… you’ll receive 75% off the new 6-week Yoga for Cancer Recovery course ✨

Comment WEBINAR and I’ll send you the details or find the registration link in my bio

#yogaforcancer #yogateachers #yogatraining #yogawebinar

Starts tonight ✨

A 6-Week Yoga for Spinal Health Course - for you if you want to care holistically for your back in both the short and long term.

Back pain is incredibly common, yet the advice people receive is often very narrow. Strengthening exercises can help, but strengthening your back is only one small part of caring for it well.

Sort Out Your Back takes a broader, more compassionate and science-informed approach. Pain is influenced not only by muscles and joints, but also by the nervous system, stress levels, movement habits, and how safe the body feels to move.

Over six weeks, we work gently and progressively to restore trust in movement, release unnecessary tension, and build the kind of strength that genuinely supports spinal health.

A different approach to back care

This course combines therapeutic yoga, somatic movement, mindfulness and modern pain science to support lasting change.

Together we explore:

✨ Body awareness

✨ Nervous system reset

✨ Unwinding somatic movement

✨ Understanding pain

Mindfulness practices are woven throughout, supporting relaxation, emotional regulation and a calmer relationship with movement.

Comment CARE for the link to book 🙏😊

#backpain #BackPainRelief #backpainbegone #backpainrelief

Did you know that if you are new to Yoga by Nature, your first class with me is free and your first month of classes is only £15?

You can book your free taster class or newbie pass by heading to the website and going to the Classes & Events tab. Use the code YBN2026 when you check out to get your first class on the house so you can give us a try 😊

Our new in-person Gentle Yoga class starts tonight at The Phoenix Studio near Highbridge. A gentle, mindful yoga practice to bring you into your body with confidence and ease 🧘‍♀️ Yoga equipment is provided.

Morven is a senior teacher, trained in mindfulness, yoga for cancer, yoga for menopause and restorative yoga.

If you want to move gently, if you are managing pain or recovering from injury or illness this class may be suitable for you. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss whether it's suitable for you 😊🙏

#yoganorthsomerset #yogawestonsupermare #yogabristol #whatsonburnham #whatsonburnhamonsea #burnhamevents #visitburnham

Poetry in motion ✨ On our 200 hour Yoga Training, we prioritise effective use of language early on in the course. Language shapes our world, and as teachers we can shape a student’s experience with the words we use.

Kinetic, somatic and metaphorical language has the power to give a practitioner a new experience of their body, their inner world and how they relate to their environment.

🙌 Here you can see our 2026 cohort getting creative with their teaching - it’s only weekend 2 and they’re flying! None of them had taught yoga before starting the course

🧘🏻‍♂️ We are now accepting applications for 2027’s 200YTT starting in January next year.

📆 Open days will take place at the beautiful Phoenix Tree Studio on 27th June and 19th Sept. All the curious are most welcome!!

Comment to learn more or follow the link in bio to download the prospectus.

#yogatrainingbristol #yogawestonsupermare #westonevents #yogasomerset #yogataunton

9am tomorrow until 12pm Sunday!

Free post on the entire range of organic cotton wear with the unique Yoga by Nature design by Sarah Dicks @cock.dicks

We’ve added new colours and styles this year and they’re gorgeous! When you’re done with it, many years from now, send it back and it will be recycled.

Follow the link in bio to order direct from Teemill 🧡🧡🧡

#yogaclothes #ecowear #organicclothing #westonsupermareart

In our experiential approach to anatomy on the Yoga Teacher Training course, we use all types of realia to give a sense of how the body is constructed and connected.

We got hands on with several different types of media that help trainees to understand the substance of the body and how the various strata of tissues behave.

Our embodied approach makes anatomy fun, meaningful and easy to communicate as a felt sense to support trainees’ understanding of Yoga and that of their future students.

We are now booking for our next course beginning January 2027. Linked to the prospectus in bio.

I would love to hear your comments on any fun ways you have discovered to learn about body tissues 💬

#yogatraining #yogawestonsupermare #yogabristol #westonevents

Dobrý den! I’m in snowy Slovakia ⛷️
Enjoying crisp clean air and the powdery crunch of mountain walks - taking care not to disturb hibernating bears 🐻!
I hope all those chair poses will help me out with my skiing form 🤞

Back next week 🧡🧡

Did anyone else have a crush on Han Solo? He IS a bit of a d*ick though, by today’s standards.

Our 200 hour yoga teacher training group were buzzing after Ranju’s fascinating talk on understanding the yoga sutras and how to interpret ancient texts through the lens of the modern eye.

Ranju’s excellent book Embodying the Yoga Sutra is the core philosophy text on our 200YTT course. The TT group loved him and how personable, down to earth and open he was. They said how the text had been brought to life and felt much more approachable thanks to his introduction to it.

@ranjuroy146 thank you so much for spending your Sunday morning with us. It was wonderful ✨

#200ytt #yogabristol #northsomersetyoga #bristolyogatraining

✨ Applications now open — 200hr Yoga Teacher Training 2027 ✨

We’re now accepting applicants for the 200hr Yoga Teacher Training 2027 and the group is already starting to form 🧘‍♂️

A small-group training (max 12) in a beautiful rural studio near Bristol.

📍 The Phoenix Tree Studio 🚗 Just off the M5 Jct 22

You’ll train in a mindful approach to Hatha yoga and build strong teaching foundations — while being supported to develop your own voice and style, adaptable to any specialism you choose.

 In the words of our graduates - just do it! You won’t regret it.

🐦 The early bird rate is now live
🔗 Link in bio to apply

#yogawestonsupermare #yogabristol #yoganorthsomerset #yogataunton #yogadevon

After more than seventeen years of teaching, I still find myself repeatedly trying to explain what yoga is — often in response to increasingly confident misunderstandings of it.

Social media doesn’t help.

The compression of a complex philosophical tradition into digestible language has created a culture of partial explanations presented as definitions.

Yoga becomes framed as nervous system regulation.
 Or interoceptive awareness. Or relaxation. Or feeling good.

Yoga is not a wellness outcome, a therapeutic strategy, or a mood-management tool.
 When it is continually described as such, something essential is lost and its philosophical depth, ethical orientation and epistemological foundations are displaced.

Instagram rewards clarity, certainty and conclusion.
 Yoga, by contrast, unfolds slowly, ambiguously, and often in ways that resist explanation altogether.

After years of practice and study, any attempt to neatly define what it is becomes questionable. So if you don’t know what it is, you’re on the right track 😊

#yogateachers #yogateacherproblems #yogateacherlife #yogisofig #yoga

Our 200 hour Yoga Training cohort made a stellar start to their Teacher Training journey over the weekend🧘

Here they are having lunch family style around the table at the Phoenix Tree and delving straight into teaching a foundational breathing practice to each other.

Over the weekend, we unpacked many aspects of Yoga and got straight into Yoga philosophy and ethics with some stimulating conversation. We explore the anatomy of breathing and started teaching some of the Yoga asana (postures) 🧘‍♀️

Well done everyone! I have a very good feeling about this year and the wonderful teachers you will all become ✨

The only thing still puzzling me is – where IS Dean?

The waitlist for 2027 is growing. Dates TBC. Get in touch if you would like to register your interest for our next course starting January next year.

Not a drill: free tote bags and hoodie time! 🌟

I have four tote bags worth £14 each and one hoodie (UK 12) worth £46 to give away.

All you have to do is complete the caption: “I’d wear this when I’m…”

The most creative/ funniest wins, that’s fair, no?

Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll let you know the 5 winners soon. Go!

Save yourself the hassle of entering a competition and follow the link in the bio to just buy something.

Original design by local artist Sarah Dicks @cock.dicks

Yoga by Nature organic cotton clothing is brought to you by Teemill, a zero waste company. They make clothes to order so there is no overproduction and when you are done with your item you send it back and they will make something new with it!

Coming for a dip? The lake swim is entirely optional on our upcoming yoga and singing retreat in Wales this April. You might prefer to head straight to the sauna 😊 🧖‍♂️ 🔥

Last spaces from £550 💚 🎵 🌱

#yogaretreat #YogaWeekend #yogaweekend #yogaweekends #yogaholiday #yogaholidays #yogaretreatuk #yogaretreatuk #yogaretreatwales #yogaandsinging

✅ manuals ready to go
✅ skeleton packed
✅ soup ingredients bought

It must be time to begin the next incredible journey that is 200 hour yoga training. I am so excited to once more walk this path with a wonderful group of seeking souls.

The waiting list for 2027 is growing. Dates will be announced very soon. If you are interested in joining us for next year, it’s not too early to get in touch.

#200ytt #yogatraining #yogawestonsupermare #yogabristol #yoganorthsomerset

Pain can be confusing.

At times, it continues long after tissues have healed.
 At other times, the intensity of pain doesn’t appear proportionate to the original injury.

This doesn’t make the pain any less real.
 It reflects the fact that pain is influenced not only by the body, but by the nervous system, stress, and patterns of tension that develop over time.

Gentle movement can help release aggravating, protective tension in the body.
 Mindfulness can support a shift in how we relate to pain, reducing reactivity and increasing a sense of choice.

Over many years of teaching therapeutically, I’ve seen people transform their relationship with pain through this work, and often experience a significant reduction in symptoms — sometimes to the point where pain no longer dominates their lives.

When we understand how pain works, we can begin to work with it more skilfully, rather than expending energy fighting against it.

This is the approach that underpins Move out of Pain — a considered, supportive integration of movement and mindfulness for people living with pain.

DM @omnipotentialmwm or @yogabynatureuk to book

📅 Tuesdays 7.15pm from 13th February
📍 Ōmni Studio or online. Recordings available
✨ Bring a friend for only £60 each

Last spaces! Book now if you would like to come on this journey with us.

#yogawestonsupermare #mindfulness #westonevents #somatichealing #omnipotential

Are you living with pain?

Not just the obvious physical discomfort —
but the background effort of managing it, adjusting around it, planning your life to accommodate it.

Pain isn’t just something happening in the body.
It’s something that affects how we move, think, relate, and live.

Move out of Pain is a gentle 6-week movement and mindfulness course designed to help you reduce pain and change your relationship with it — without pushing, fixing, or forcing.

In person at Omni Studio and online.
@omnipotentialmwm

Starting next Tuesday 13th January.

If pain has been shaping your days more than you’d like, this might be a supportive place to begin.

#yogatraining #yogawestonsupermare #omnipotential #westonevents

As a yoga business owner for 17 years, and self-employed for 25, this is one of my primary bugbears.

I’m consciously channelling some recent frustration into a reminder for us — as yoga teachers — to stand up for ourselves.

Yes, many of us follow a calling of the heart AND we still need to put food on the table.

It’s not uncommon for yoga teachers to be asked to do admin tasks, give feedback, advice, or grant access to professional resources — often with an unspoken expectation that this should be free.

When we name our boundaries or quote for our time, it can be met with disappointment, shock, or even moral outrage — as if being paid somehow diminishes our integrity.

So let’s be clear.

You can be kind and get paid.
You can be generous and still have limits.

There must be a commensurate energy exchange — and sometimes that exchange is transactional.

Boundaries don’t make you unspiritual, they make you sustainable. I love my clients from the bottom of my heart and I go above and beyond to share what I can to help them grow and flourish.

They still have to pay me.

💬 Do any of you get pushback for enforcing your Ts & Cs or charging for your work? Tell me in the comments.

#yogateacherproblems #yogisofinstagram #yogalife #yogabusiness

We are nearer to spring than we were in September 🍃 🎵

This is a sweet little solstice song I heard last week and it really warmed me so I wanted to share it with you.

Happy solstice to all and thank you for being part of this beautiful community.

I wish you warm toes and a full belly to see you into 2026. Love to you all 🎄🧡✨

Poem by Oliver Herbert
Music by Jake Alexander

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"Morven delivers a fascinating and wide-ranging course, drawing on her own extensive and diverse knowledge and practical experience but also integrating the topic-specific guidance of a range of external tutors, enabling students to garner a wealth of information and ideas informed by immersive first-hand experience. Being an adult learner, stretched literally and metaphorically with new skills and concepts, is undeniably difficult but, from the outset, Morven’s students are made to feel welcome, seen, respected and supported; a strong sense of camaraderie and an informal, but purposeful, mutually supportive, learning environment swiftly develops as a result. Beyond the necessary learning of the asana canon in greater detail, the course provides the opportunity to turn inward and discover a great deal more about ourselves. The study and practice of the subtler aspects of yoga (the potentially life-changing tools such as pranayama or meditation), of anatomy (fostering a more respectful appreciation that moves beyond superficial appearances), and of historical and philosophical context, afford ample opportunity to look more objectively and compassionately at our own reactions and patterns, at our relationship with our minds and bodies. Regardless of whether your intention is to teach or not, this is a fantastic and beneficial course to undertake!"

Becca - 200 hour training graduate

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Foundations of Yoga for Cancer Online Training

Yoga for Cancer Online Course for Yoga Teachers and Health Professionals

A unique compassionate, whole-person approach to yoga for cancer

Foundations of Yoga for Cancer Online Training

Foundations of Yoga for Cancer Online Training

THE AIM

LEARNING MEDIA

Overview

The course at a glance:

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COURSE FORMAT

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