A teaching network makes room for care in hospitals
Adriana Jarrín’s work brings adapted practice and teacher preparation into a conversation about access during cancer care.
A November 3 RAC1 profile follows Adriana Jarrín, a Barcelona-based teacher and anthropologist who developed specialist teacher training and founded an international oncology-yoga network. Her work connects a personal experience of illness with a teaching community.
Adaptation is part of the teaching
The report describes classes using chairs, blocks and belts, with room for conversation as well as movement. Girona teacher Alba Piñol emphasizes responding to people’s needs instead of assuming that a more demanding practice is a better one.
The network’s own website confirms that it brings together trained teachers and offers both local and online routes to classes. Its public information describes adaptation for people at different stages of cancer care.
These are a profile and an organization’s account of its work, rather than evidence that a particular class improves clinical outcomes. The report treats yoga as support alongside medical care. For teachers, its practical focus is preparation, appropriate adaptation and making participation possible.
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