Yoga for Cancer in North Tyneside
Hello and a warm welcome
Dealing with and navigating a cancer diagnosis and treatment is a deeply personal and challenging time. Side effects to treatment vary wildly but we are here to support you. Whether it’s relaxation and time to breathe, or maybe it’s joint mobility and muscle strengthening as you build up different areas of your body. Or perhaps it’s a safe environment where you can be around other people.
You don’t need to feel good to practise yoga, but we are here to support you. Everything but the breath is optional and we explore techniques to assist the mind and the body.
How We Can Support You
Yoga for those impacted by cancer in Tynemouth
Studio Classes
Studio classes every other Friday 11am - 12pm at Jasmine Yoga Tynemouth will begin in March, but open to book now.
What to expect:
We offer fortnightly yoga classes for anyone who has had a cancer diagnosis. We use yoga as a tool to support posture, breathing, range of motion and strength building. Different options are given throughout to suit your energy levels and the shape of your breath is far more important than the shape of a pose. Steph is there to guide you and hold space but she does not know how it feels to be in your body so she encourages a sense of kindness and self compassion.
We have stairs up to the studio. You’re welcome to borrow our equipment but you may prefer to bring your own yoga mat and blanket. If you would like to bring a loved one to support you, you are welcome to do so.
Price
We have a scale depending on your personal circumstances, £0 / £5 / £10 / £15, our typical studio classes are £10.
Private Classes
One-to-One Yoga Classes or Small Group Sessions
If you would like to organise a one-to-one with Steph either at home or at our studio, then drop us an email. Navigating life with a cancer diagnosis is different for everyone. Whether it’s physical or mental support, we can tailor a specific class to meet your needs and the side effects and aftermath of treatment.
If you are an organisation or charity, you may like Steph to come to you to lead yoga or mindfulness sessions that support the people in your community. These sessions can be organised in blocks with different focal points to connect with the mind, body, breath and emotions. Steph can bring equipment (mats, blocks, blankets, bolsters) or participants can bring their own if preferable. We clean equipment after it has been used.
Important Information
To join our yoga classes it’s advised that you are 5-6 weeks post surgery and that all surgical scars are healed.
We require you to fill out a medical form when joining our classes for the first time so that classes can be specifically tailored to support you and we request you keep us up to date with pertinent information regarding your treatment, care and side effects.
Our classes are for anyone impacted on by cancer at any point in your journey.
Book a Class
About Your Teacher
Steph has worked solely as a yoga teacher since 2019 after 12 years working as an English teacher. She runs Jasmine Yoga with her mum Jo, and sister Laura. Steph’s passion lies in wellbeing and supporting people on their yoga journey from flow classes moving breath to movement to restorative classes helping the nervous system to feel safe and restore energies.
Steph has Advanced Training in Restorative Yoga and Yoga for Cancer, training under the globally renowned Vicky Fox author of ‘Time to Repair’.
Steph is here to hold space for you and your changing needs.
FAQs
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Creating a safe environment to explore your mind, body and breath.
We use yoga to support the side effects and aftermath of treatment building range of movement and strength in the body. We use the breath and mindfulness to support the mind and body.
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From 5-6 weeks post surgery (as a guide) when all surgical scars have healed. Before your first class you need to fill in our Health Form so that Steph can support you and we ask that you keep us updated with relevant details regarding your treatment.
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You don’t have to feel good to practise yoga. If you’re feeling fatigued, nauseous or unwell you can come to class but let Steph know how she can support you and take the more peaceful options. On some days you may be feeling more or less energetic and that’s okay. If you can’t make a booked class then please do let us know via email if possible.
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Something comfortable and loose fitting that allows for movement. We tend to practise with socks off (to support balance and stability) however if you prefer your socks on then that’s fine.
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There are studies that show how yoga or exercise can be beneficial to anyone impacted by cancer:
Courtney et al 2014 - Yoga practice predicts improvements in day to day pain in women with metastatic breast cancer
Vadiraja H S et al 2017 - Effects of yoga in managing fatigue in breast cancer patients
Raghavendra M 2017 - Effect of yoga on sleep quality and neuroendocrine immune system response in metastatic breast cancer patients
If you have any medical concerns or questions beforehand then we encourage you to speak to your Oncologist or Clinical Nurse Specialist for further clarification.
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We ask you to transfer at least 4 hours before the start of class, you can find out more about our terms and conditions here
Get in touch
If you are a local charity or organisation and you’d like to partner with us then please fill out the form. Or if you are interested in attending classes with us and you’d like reassurance or to speak directly to Steph we look forward to hearing from you.