Financial Aid for Oncology Yoga Professionals
Sometimes we all need a little help from our friends.
Getting an advanced certification to teach yoga to cancer survivors isn’t always affordable. For many of our community, yogis and cancer survivors, the costs are daunting. We face similar challenges and we work hard to provide financial support through fundraising and grants. But we also ask our community to do the same. Together, we are better!
Our scholarship programs are made possible by generous donations and support of our foundations, community and donors. Without their support and yours, we are unable to provide access to those who need the support. Together, we can help more survivors live longer, healthier and happier.
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Leverage Your Community
Getting the certification and qualifications to teach yoga to cancer survivors isn’t always affordable. We know for many of our community the costs are daunting. Also, we know for many of our trained teachers setting up a class can be expensive. We face the same challenges and we work hard to provide scholarships through fundraising and grants. We also ask our community to do the same. Together we are better!
Past and present students have used crowd-fundraising to successfully raise funds to participate in training programs. It’s guaranteed success if you put in the work and due diligence. Plus it creates awareness of your certification, attracts future students, and helps to gain visibility with local hospitals and cancer centers so that ultimately your certification is being well used and rewarded.
Organization Sponsorship
Leverage Your Employer or Hospital
Many cancer centers, hospitals and institutions are investing in Integrative Oncology Services like yoga. They require training and thus provide funding for training. About 20% of our trainees receive funding from their institutions, either in part or full, to participate in the training. Plus, it provides the necessary motivation to enhance the Oncology Yoga program at the institution and provide safe and effective interventions.
Download the research white paper to start. That will provide you with the language and argument for supporting an advanced Oncology Yoga training.
Grants and Scholarships
Foundation Grants and Scholarships
Many of our trainees and community members have received scholarships from local, regional or national non-profits and foundations to participate in our training programs.
These opportunities are unique to the individual applying to based on their background, location, demographics, prior training etc. So we encourage interested individuals to use Google to search for opportunities. We encourage you to search by the following inputs:
- Your location – state, town, county
- Your prior training – RN, PT, etc
- Demographic information (e.g. LGBQT)
- Cancer survivor status
- Contact local cancer or education foundations
- Search for vocational or healthcare scholarships
Y4c Scholarships
Direct yoga4cancer Scholarships
When possible, yoga4cancer provides Oncology Yoga Scholarships support professionals who seek this necessary education to better serve the growing cancer community.
These highly competitive scholarships are awarded based on the specific criteria and require the recipients to support underserved cancer survivors and help advocate for Oncology Yoga interventions.
Please note due to lack of funding and discontinued grants, we are unable to provide scholarships at this point.