For Teachers in Training

Certificate Program Extension Request

Our goal is to ensure as many yoga professionals as possible can provide a safe and effective intervention to cancer patients and survivors. Therefore, our mission is to support any participants of our certificate program become certified and complete the program. 

We recognize that personal and professional challenges — including health circumstances — can impact well-intended training plans, and we offer an Extension option for participants who need more time than the standard 1-year access window.

Why is access to the Certificate Program limited to one year? Is this just a technical limitation?

Honestly, it’s more about learning than logistics — though both matter. This applies across our courses and programs, not just the Certificate Program. A time-bound enrollment window is an intentional pedagogical choice, and one shared by most serious professional certification programs.

Here’s why it works:

  • It supports genuine comprehension. The y4c curriculum is dense, sequential, and cumulative. Concepts build on one another — you can’t effectively apply what you learn about lymphatic function without first having internalized how cancer treatments affect the body. Open-ended access can actually work against learning: without a horizon, it’s easy to defer, skim, or move through material without full engagement. A year is enough time to go deep, not just accumulate hours.
  • It mirrors professional standards. Programs accredited by bodies like Yoga Alliance, IAYT, and continuing education providers in healthcare routinely set completion windows — typically six months to one year.
  • It keeps the curriculum current. Oncology research moves quickly. Treatment protocols, safety guidelines, and evidence on yoga’s role in survivorship are regularly updated. A one-year window allows us to ensure that what you’re being certified in reflects current standards — not materials that may have shifted since you enrolled two or three years ago.
  • It supports your momentum. Students who complete programs within a structured window consistently report greater confidence going into their practicums and early teaching. Moving through material with intention — rather than indefinitely — builds the readiness that the practicum demands.

Also, there are technical reasons and cost impact that require the limit to access. 

How to request an Extension:

To request an extension, a participant must submit a request below. Please keep in mind the below details. And you can review the full Terms and Conditions on point of registration here.

  • A completion plan is required, including requested extension length and any adjustments you intend to make (e.g., study pace, quiz retake strategy, additional review of specific modules) to complete successfully within the new timeline. 
  • Depending on time elapsed and quiz/assignment performance and course updates, an extension may require an individual to redo modules of the Program. In these cases, the yoga4cancer Team will reset a students profile to force resubmission and revisiting of work.
  • Administration Fee. A $250 fee may be required to extend. Payment of this fee will be required to access the program after the original expiration date.
  • An extension is only allowed once.
  • Approval of the extension and details of the extension are at the sole discretion of the yoga4cancer Team. Some restrictions or exceptions apply.
 
Extension Request Form:

Please login to access form.