Therapeutic Benefits of Yoga for Cancer and Chronic Illness, October 5, 19-20, 2024.

with Kathleen Ross-Allee, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500

• Saturday, October 5, 2024: 11am-1pm (EST)
• Saturday-Sunday, October 19-20, 2024: 11am – 7pm (EST)

This training has been designated by the International Association of Yoga Therapists as an Approved Professional Development course.

This course is offered entirely in an online Zoom format. Save on travel costs and earn approved recertification hours from the comfort of your home!

Yoga Therapy is fast becoming an integral part of the healing team for cancer patients and their families. This course is designed to support yoga therapists as they begin to explore career opportunities. We will identify the different approaches to offering yoga therapy as an adjunct tool for healing in the cancer journey, and you’ll learn how to take this knowledge and apply it directly toward establishing classes and clients, and creating relationships within the medical and support communities. Come learn how to bring your heart and passion into clinical world in a way that will effect real change.

We will examine templates, checklists, and resources to help a yoga therapist build a solid reputation as a respected professional, coupled with the skills necessary to build a successful career. We will look at identifying specific protocols (asana, pranayama, meditation, imagery, SOAP Notes, client intakes) as they apply to individual cancers and treatment plans. Students will also have the opportunity to design sample classes for specific populations, taking into account their specific needs.

Many medical professionals are becoming aware of the benefits of yoga for their patients, but do not yet have the time or experience needed to implement a program. We will examine different challenges and solutions a yoga therapist will encounter when working with members of the different stakeholder groups, such as integrative teams in a hospital, drop-in clinics, in-home settings, caregivers, and cancer support community outreach personnel.

We’ll also look at how to develop different programs designed for specific cancer populations (e.g., breast cancer, lymphoma, prostate, bone cancer), as well as general yoga therapy for cancer support, and see how they each have their advantages. You will learn how to navigate the healthcare system, and gain tools to empower you in decision-making, and get ideas about how to build programs in your own communities and for specific situations.

Yoga therapists will also learn how to create a sense of empowerment in your clients by building their body awareness before, during, and after treatment. Using the tools of yoga as it relates to the whole body will help you to support clients during every phase of cancer treatment and recovery.

You will learn:

• How cancer studies, statistics, and research can be helpful in adapting yoga for cancer patients, and how to develop strategies to remain current when new research emerges
• Medical information regarding types of conditions that might accompany treatment and how to apply yoga’s therapeutic benefits to support the patient
• Ways to address the challenges of offering yoga in a group setting (especially in hospitals) for cancer patients currently in treatment and post-treatment
• How to expertly join the treatment team and present and discuss patients with doctors, oncologists, nurses, and other health-care professionals, with the use of client intake forms and SOAP notes to create a seamless team of support for your clients.

Mentoring time may be scheduled for any student who wishes to review the particulars of their individual practice.

“I loved that we had the space to share our personal experiences and the class was very shared-learning-based, as this is such a sensitive subject.” —A. F.

“I think that Kathleen is fantastic. I really enjoy her points of view and approach to caring for cancer patients.” —A. P.

“I enjoyed the class so much and I learned a ton. I’m still reflecting. Kathleen held so much space for all of us! I felt at ease and supported in the group. It was an honor spending the weekend with (such) an outstanding teacher!”—M. F. “The instructor led us so skillfully through this heavy and intense topic while sharing valuable information about chronic diseases as well as tools for working with patients. (The course) helped me to really understand the role of a yoga therapist and how much empowerment we can deliver by listening, being present, and offering simple practices to patients…and prepared me to be more confident and helped me understand that teaching from our heart can alleviate other’s suffering”

“I enjoyed the class so much and I learned a ton. I’m still reflecting. Kathleen held so much space for all of us! I felt at ease and supported in the group. It was an honor spending the weekend with (such) an outstanding teacher!”—M. F. “The instructor led us so skillfully through this heavy and intense topic while sharing valuable information about chronic diseases as well as tools for working with patients. (The course) helped me to really understand the role of a yoga therapist and how much empowerment we can deliver by listening, being present, and offering simple practices to patients…and prepared me to be more confident and helped me understand that teaching from our heart can alleviate other’s suffering”

“I enjoyed the class so much and I learned a ton. I’m still reflecting. Kathleen held so much space for all of us! I felt at ease and supported in the group. It was an honor spending the weekend with (such) an outstanding teacher!”—M. F.

“The instructor led us so skillfully through this heavy and intense topic while sharing valuable information about chronic diseases as well as tools for working with patients. (The course) helped me to really understand the role of a yoga therapist and how much empowerment we can deliver by listening, being present, and offering simple practices to patients…and prepared me to be more confident and helped me understand that teaching from our heart can alleviate other’s suffering”—E. G.

Tuition

• 4-Day 32-Hour Certification ~ Early Bird Tuition: $510 (save $40 through September 7)
• 4-Day 32-Hour Certification ~ Early Bird Tuition for Shala Enrolled Students: $390 (save $40 through September 7)

Cancellation and enrollment policy: If you cancel 3 weeks prior to the program, you will receive a full refund minus a $100 nonrefundable processing fee and a $150 course material charge in the event that you have accessed the online curriculum. If you cancel between 3 weeks and 1 week prior to the program, you will receive a refund of half the tuition, minus the $100 non-refundable processing fee and a $150 course material charge in the event that you have accessed the online curriculum. Cancellations less than 1 week prior to the program are nonrefundable. AUM hOMe Shala reserves the right to deny enrollment due to space limitations or any other concerns. If AUM hOMe Shala cancels a course due to under-enrollment, students will be advised within 24–48 hours and promptly refunded.

Kathleen Ross-Allee, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, is a certified yoga therapist and ACE-Certified fitness trainer and Cancer Exercise Specialist (CES) with more than 25 years of experience as a health and wellness expert. Kathleen is a Health Educator and Yoga Therapist for Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills for the Center for Healthy Living. She is the managing director and instructor for the Loyola Marymount University Yoga Therapy Rx program, where she earned her credentials as a yoga therapist (YTRx-500C), as well as the lead instructor of the LMU Yoga Therapy Rx Level IV Practicum Prep Course. Kathleen has developed yoga therapy programs to support cancer treatment at Cedars-Sinai/Tower Hematology, USC/Norris Cancer Hospital, Vantage Oncology, and Tower Cancer Research Foundation, where she continues to teach ongoing classes. She also teaches a weekly gentle yoga therapy class for people with Parkinson’s disease, which she offers free to patients and caregivers at Liberation Yoga in Los Angeles.