By the end of this video, yoga teachers will understand the key considerations for safely welcoming someone with cancer into their class.

In this 5-minute tutorial, breast cancer survivor and experienced teacher trainer Morven Hamilton shares essential guidance for yoga teachers on the #1 question she is asked by yoga teachers: Is it safe to have someone with cancer in your yoga class? With clarity and compassion, Morven explains when it's appropriate to include someone, what to ask for—such as doctor’s notes and waiver forms—and how to know when to refer to a trained specialist teacher. This concise session offers practical advice to help you hold space with confidence, ensuring safety for your students while still sharing the healing benefits of yoga. A must-watch for any teacher who wants to teach inclusively and responsibly.
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Course curriculum

    1. Is It Safe to Teach Yoga to Someone with Cancer?

About this course

  • Free
  • 1 lesson
  • 0 hours of video content

Instructor(s)

Morven HAMILTON

Trainer Pro, Senior Yoga Teacher

Morven Hamilton is a yoga teacher trainer and mentor based in Weston-super-Mare. Teaching since 2008, she specialises in yoga therapy and is also a qualified Mindfulness teacher. Morven leads a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training programme as well as specialist Yoga for Cancer training courses. Her work is rooted in a deep belief in yoga and mindfulness as powerful tools for healing and transformation—something she has witnessed in the lives of many students over the years. Following her own cancer diagnosis in 2019, Morven instinctively turned to her yoga mat the very next morning—a reflection of how central the practice is to her sense of self and wellbeing. Between 2010 and 2016, while working at Penny Brohn Cancer Care near Bristol, she developed Healing the Whole Person, her unique approach to Yoga for Cancer. Her work there was shaped by the charity’s integrative, whole-person philosophy of cancer support, which continues to inform her teaching today.