Online Yoga Classes for Cancer Patients
Yoga Classes for Cancer Patients: a six-week, self-paced online yoga and mindfulness course with lifetime access
Aimed at people recovering from treatment and living with cancer, the Healing the Whole Person is a gentle Yoga for Cancer programme designed to support physical recovery, emotional wellbeing, and a gradual reconnection with the body. We teach holistically with a "whole-person" approach, nurturing mind, body, spirit and emotions.
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6 x 60 min classes in a progressive format to build strength and confidence
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3 x 10-15 min yoga sessions for low energy days or when you're short on time. Preview a class here
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Yoga Nidra (deep guided relaxation) video and audio
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Body scan meditation
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" Having completed the Healing the Whole Person Yoga For Cancer Course, I would highly recommend it. The course is online, so you can take it at your own pace and in your own environment. It is very easy to access, and Morven's nature is welcoming and really supportive. Over the duration of the course Morven gently encourages you to be more present with yourself, reconnecting with your body, in a way that is loving, kind and nurturing. She breaks the content of each part down with clear suggestions, always giving you ways to tailor it to your individual needs. It's a course that you can revisit when you like, and hopefully one day feel empowered to take the bits you love, to create your own practice with confidence" - Clare T.
Free Yoga for Cancer Resources
Online Yoga Classes for Cancer Patients
Cancer affects more than the physical body. It can change how you move, how you feel, and how you relate to yourself.
This course offers a structured, accessible way to work with those changes.
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Healing the Whole Person is a six-week, self-paced online yoga for cancer programme designed to support physical recovery, emotional wellbeing, and a gradual reconnection with the body.
This course is a resource for cancer patients in the days, weeks, months and years after diagnosis, whether you are in post-treatment recovery or living with cancer.
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You can move through the course in your own time, at home, with practices that are specifically adapted for the effects of cancer and its treatment.
What's inside the 6-Week Yoga for Cancer Course?
Over six sessions, the course aims to support:
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Gradual rebuilding of strength and mobility
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Self-compassion
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Improved breathing patterns and energy regulation
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Reduction in muscular tension and physical discomfort
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Support for fatigue management
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Greater confidence in movement
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A more settled and regulated nervous system
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You will get: 6 x 45 - 60 min classes, plus bonus practices including a Bed-Based yoga practice and a guided relaxation (Yoga Nidra).
Yoga for Cancer Course Modules:
Module 1: Coming Home to the Body
Body awareness, gentle movement and rest
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Module 2: Breathing Being
Coordinate movement and breath, mind and body
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Module 3: Relaxed Resilience
Balancing effort and ease to remain resourced
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Module 4: Opening the Heart
Shoulder mobility and connecting to the heart
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Module 5: Trust in Yourself
Tapping into the strength you have
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Module Six: In the Flow
Intuiting healthy, feel-good movement. Deep relaxation.
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Bonus practices: Bed-based Yoga | Yoga Nidra | Shorter gentle yoga classes 10 - 15 mins.
About the Six-Week Yoga for Cancer Course
How the course works
The course is delivered online and can be accessed at any time. It is primarily in video format, with some audio recordings and informative PDFs.
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You can work through the Yoga for Cancer classes from weeks one to six, which will take you through a progressive course, or you can do them in whichever order you fancy. Return to the material as often as you need for as long as you need.
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Practices are designed to be straightforward to follow at home, with clear instruction and a range of options. You only pay once, then the course is yours for life.
What's inside the 6-week Yoga for Cancer Patients Course?
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Content includes:
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Adapted oncology yoga practices with variations for fatigue, limited mobility, and post-surgical considerations
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Gentle movement and stretching to support flexibility and joint health
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Breathwork to support respiratory function and nervous system regulation
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Relaxation practices to aid rest and recovery
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Nervous system reset and brain training
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Mindfulness techniques to support mental and emotional wellbeing
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Progressive strengthening to safely rebuild physical capacity
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You are encouraged to work at your own pace, pausing, repeating or adapting practices as needed.
Who Yoga for Cancer is for
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These classes are suitable for:
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Individuals who have experienced cancer, at any stage of treatment or recovery
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Cancer patients recovering from treatment
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Those living with ongoing side effects such as fatigue, reduced mobility, or low confidence in the body
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Anyone looking for a structured but flexible way to reintroduce movement
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Partners, carers, or support persons who would like practical tools to support wellbeing
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No prior experience of yoga is required. Make sure you have the go-ahead from your medical caregiver before proceeding with the course.
The approach
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This is not a performance-based approach to oncology yoga
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The practices are designed to be:
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Accessible
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Adaptable
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Grounded in an understanding of cancer and its effects
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Focused on supporting the whole person, rather than isolated symptoms
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The intention is to provide a steady, reliable resource that you can return to over time.
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This is a self-paced online course.
You can begin at any time and move through the material in a way that fits your schedule and energy levels.
Your teacher Morven and how this Yoga for Cancer course came to be
This six-week Yoga for Cancer course is the product of over 15 years' work and study in the field of yoga and mindfulness for cancer. The original 6-week course was called YogaThrive (there are still some YogaThrive class recordings on the Yoga by Nature Podcast) and it was taught live and in-person at Penny Brohn Cancer Care in Bristol. This was way before Covid when PBCC was the nation's top complementary cancer care centre and was in the process of the nationwide launch of its flagship course, Living Well with the Impact of Cancer.
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Over many years, cancer patients using the services of the Penny Brohn charity, came and did this course. Some did it once then went back to work, some did it over and over again over a period of six years.
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During that time - between around 2010 and 2016 - I was also working as a course facilitator for the Living Well 2-day residential course, working closely wth groups of cancer patients and their loved ones to explore and come to terms with the impact of cancer on the whole person.
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Penny Brohn Cancer Care's "whole person" approach to cancer care provided the context and ideology for a truly holistic approach to yoga. The yoga taught in the YogaThrive course became more mindfulness-based and held in the container of an understanding of the psychological, emotional and spiritual impact of cancer on the individual and the community.
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After my training as a Mindfulness teacher with Breathworks, the six-week yoga for cancer course evolved further into what is now the Healing the Whole Person approach to yoga and mindfulness for cancer. I have been refining the teachings alongside new research in the field of movement therapy, grief support, trauma healing, nervous system rebalance and cancer treatment.
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The offering you see here is the fruit of many years' work, study and practice, carried out with love. I truly hope these yoga classes are a support to you in your journey through cancer, as they have been to many before you.
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"Just keep going, no feeling is final" - Rilke
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With love and gratitude,
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About Morven
Morven Hamilton is a senior yoga trainer, breast cancer survivor, and passionate advocate for yoga as a tool for healing. She’s been teaching since 2008 and now leads yoga teacher trainings and mentoring programmes across the South West UK. She is the creator and founder of the Teach Yoga for Cancer teacher training course for yoga teachers and health professionals.
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Since 2011, Morven has specialised in teaching holistic, evidence-based yoga to people affected by cancer, working within cancer care settings as both a teacher and course facilitator at Penny Brohn Cancer care in Bristol and in her private practice.
Her work is grounded in compassion, experience, and a belief in yoga’s power to support people through life’s most challenging moments.
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Morven is committed to helping others live better, feel better, and reconnect with themselves through the powerful tools for transformation healing that yoga offers us.
"Each class content to include both asanas and instruction by you is good and appropriate for post surgery. You propose adaptations and caution where needed. It all comes together perfectly in week 6. I loved the Yoga Nidra inclusion."
- Marelle, course participant
The Class
Here are some of the amazing participants of the early yoga for cancer classes. We gathered in Bristol at the Penny Brohn centre and at a village hall in Uphill, Weston-super-Mare.
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This was an incredible group of people supporting each other through cancer.
