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:
Submit a request using the form below. Full Terms and Conditions are available here.
Your request must include a completion plan: your requested extension length, and any adjustments to your study approach (pace, quiz retakes, extra review) needed to finish within the new timeline. To build that plan:
- Check your progress via My Account. How much of the program is left, and roughly how many hours. Factor in at least 6 weeks for practicum development and review.
- Review Curriculum to confirm whats still ahead given where you are. And review the recommended schedule and training tips.
A few things to know:
- Depending on time elapsed, quiz/assignment performance, and course updates, you may be asked to redo certain modules — we’ll reset your profile so that work can be resubmitted.
- A $250 administration fee may apply, and is required before access resumes past your original expiration date.
- Extensions are available once per participant.
- Approval and terms are at yoga4cancer’s discretion; some restrictions may apply.
Extension Request Form:
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