Yoga Thrive

Yoga Thrive is open to all individuals living with or beyond cancer (on or off treatment) and their support persons. Since its inception, more than 1,500 individuals living with cancer or beyond and their support persons have participated in Yoga Thrive classes.

About the Classes

• Classes offered either online or in-person
• In-person classes have a maximum of 15 participants to ensure individual attention and safety
• Online classes have a maximum of 20 (+) participants, and have a moderator present to ensure participant safety
• No previous yoga experience is necessary
• Each class is 75 minutes and held once per week over a 12-week period
• The program is progressive (i.e. each class builds on the previous)
• Each class is led by a certified instructor trained in the Yoga Thrive program

New sessions begin approximately every 10-12 weeks, with live & on-demand sessions running from September to June each year.

Visit the The Yoga Effect for a list of the Yoga Thrive classes currently being offered in your area.

Central to the program is the Yoga Thrive Teacher Training Program (YTTTP), a 40-hour certification program that equips yoga instructors with the expertise to teach therapeutic, cancer-specific classes. YTTTP is based in The Yoga Effect with Tyla Arnason (Senior Yoga Thrive Instructor, Yoga Thrive Teacher Training Facilitator and Program Development, and Owner of The Yoga Effect) and collaborates with the University of Calgary.

More than 150 yoga instructors have been trained through YTTTP around the world. This growing network of qualified teachers has expanded Yoga Thrive tremendously with teachers educated and trained to work in the cancer community.

Yoga Thrive Teacher Program Training is offered in Alberta at 14 locations (including, but not limited to, Cochrane, Edmonton, Jasper, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, and St. Albert), British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, the United States and Ireland.