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Oncology Yoga Training

World-class 100-hour continuing education for yoga teachers and health-care practitioners. This training offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference for those navigating the challenges of cancer. Don’t miss out on the chance to expand your expertise and empower your students.

New Cohort Begins January 2027!
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Join Yoga Therapist and Oncology Specialist Cheryl Fenner Brown, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP, for yoga teachers and healthcare practitioners eager to empower cancer patients and survivors. This 100-hour comprehensive training will equip you with the knowledge and skills to integrate ancient yoga practices that can significantly enhance immunity, alleviate cancer-related side effects, and promote holistic well-being. 

 

In this training, you will ...

  • Understand the biology of cancer, including the mechanisms behind its development, and explore the critical links between stress, inflammation, and immunity.
  • Gain insights into traditional Western medical treatments alongside complementary and alternative approaches, and discover how their side effects affect patients' overall quality of life.
  • Learn effective yoga protocols aimed at managing treatment-related side effects such as pain, insomnia, lymphedema, digestive issues, cognitive fog, anxiety, depression, neuropathy, and cancer-related fatigue.
  • Master the art of adapting common yoga practices for patients in active treatment, identifying what’s safe and what to avoid.
  • Discover somatic movement therapies designed to enhance lymphatic flow and improve both functional and physical well-being.
  • Apply adaptive, chair, and restorative poses relevant to patients during treatment and recovery.
  • Explore how cancer affects the subtle body, including the koshas, vayus, and chakras, to gain a holistic perspective on healing.
  • Harness the power of mudra practice to help ease the physical and emotional side effects of cancer.
  • Learn safe pranayama techniques that cool the body, soothe the nervous system, and enhance mindfulness.
  • Uncover the brain science showing how Yoga Nidra can support healing on multiple levels.
  • Craft your own customized Yoga Nidra meditations tailored to individual needs.
  • Guide your students through intention setting, transforming these intentions into meaningful personal Sanskrit mantras.
  • Experience the profound effects of sound practices, including bija mantras and japa mala meditation.
  • Learn how to adapt yoga for cancer protocols for both individual sessions and group classes.
  • Build confidence in supporting your students' emotional processing while establishing and protecting healthy boundaries.
  • Strengthen your teaching and assistant skills for cancer patients through engaging group case studies.

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You will receive a series of emails introducing you to my Oncology Yoga Training, including:

  • The #1 Lesson to consider before teaching yoga to cancer patients, the core of my oncology yoga philosophy.
  • A sample class to ease anxiety, combining asana, mudra, pranayama, and sound.
  • My 'why' for doing this work and what sets my training apart: a holistic approach that weaves together diverse yoga practices, nurturing not only a cancer patient's physical body but also the deeper, subtle aspects of their being.  
  • An excerpt from the training on the yoga therapy process: transformation through the koshas. 
  • And testimonials from other teachers who have been on this learning journey with me. 
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