As part of Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month, Peaches Womb Cancer Trust is delighted to be working with The Yoga for Life Project to offer a free online Caring for Cancer Yoga session for people affected by womb cancer.
Moving for mind, body and spirit
Finding ways to move that feel right for you can be an important part of looking after your wellbeing during and after womb cancer. Gentle movement can help you reconnect with your body, ease physical and mental tension and create space to breathe, rest and feel more grounded.
As part of our Workout for Womb Cancer challenge this September, we’re encouraging you to move your way, whether you’re living with womb cancer, supporting someone you love or taking part in their honour.
This specialist yoga session offers a gentle way to get involved, with practices that can be adapted to your needs, ability and energy levels. You can join from a chair, bed or yoga mat, and no previous yoga experience is needed.
Care for your body this September with time to breathe and move.
Please check with your healthcare team before starting any new activity or exercise.
Wednesday 16 September 2026
1.30–2.30pm
Online via Zoom Free to attend
Book your free place
What to expect
The one-hour session will include:
- 10 minutes – Check-in and group sharing A chance to settle in, meet others and share how you’re feeling.
- 40 minutes – Breath work and gentle yoga Claire will lead a combination of breathing exercises, gentle and restorative yoga, with strengthening postures where appropriate. Sue will observe and offer modifications where needed.
- 10 minutes – Deep relaxation A guided relaxation to help you unwind and finish the session feeling calm and grounded.
The session is suitable for people at different stages of treatment and beyond. Carers and family members are also welcome, recognising that they may benefit from some time and space for themselves too.
Meet your teachers
Sue Skelton is a specialist cancer nurse and yoga teacher. She qualified as a nurse in 1983 and has spent the last 13 years working as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Oncology and Palliative Care, in the NHS and more recently in hospice care. Sue has practised yoga for more than 20 years and has been teaching for three years.
Claire Whalley, Founder and Director of The Yoga for Life Project, has practised yoga for 30 years and trained as a Yoga Alliance-accredited teacher at Yoga Campus. She has completed additional accredited training in yoga for the menopause, working with people affected by cancer and Yoga4Health through the College of Medicine. She has also taught yoga within the NHS.
Part of Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month
This session is part of Peaches’ Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month programme, offering different ways to support your wellbeing and get involved.
If you’d like to support our Workout for Womb Cancer fundraiser, donations are warmly welcomed but completely optional.
Book your free placePlease complete the health information requested when booking. This helps the instructors understand your needs and make the session as safe and suitable as possible.
As a UK charity this event is available to people living in the UK.
