Certificate Earned upon completion: Yoga Therapy for Cancer

Pre-requisites for Certification: Currently enrolled in Step 2 or beyond of SCHYS Yoga Therapy Program.

Instructor: JJ Gormley, CIAYT, MS

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 which 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.

Plus eight hours of prerecorded video classes of Case Studies. You are required to present two cases to JJ Gormley of clients that you worked with where you used yoga therapy for cancer.

As lead faculty, JJ Gormley 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), with a quiz at the end.

• Yoga Therapy for Cancer-Part 2-Online Class - Eight one-hour lessons (prerecorded), with a quiz at the end.

• Case Studies Online Class - Eight one-hour classes (prerecorded)

• Present to JJ Gormley two case studies of client’s you’ve worked with who have cancer, previously underwent treatment for cancer, or are a caregiver of a cancer patient. Presentations should be similar to those you observed in the Case Studies Online Class.

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.