Deepen your understanding of yoga, pregnancy & childbirth
Empower and support women
This 50-hour Vocational Training Course is designed for yoga teachers that want to deepen their understanding of pregnancy but also for other birth-work professionals that have an understanding of pregnancy but want to deepen their understanding of yoga.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Lifetime Access to an abundance of materials
- Initial 1-2-1 consultation to discuss your intentions and goals
- Pregnancy Yoga Sequences
- Class Safety and contra-indications
- Techniques for wellbeing during pregnancy
- Yoga nidra and relaxation
- Yoga for Childbirth
- Hypnobirthing visualisations
- Pregnancy ailments and therapeutics
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Email follow-ups with your mentor from Course Faculty
- Access to Online resources and specialist reading list
COURSE OUTCOMES
By the end of the course you will:
- Be able to confidently and safely, practice and teach pregnancy yoga classes whether 1-2-1, within a group or within a modified general yoga class.
- Deepen your understanding of pregnancy and birth so that you understand intuitively, why a practice/pose may or may not be appropriate
- Gain technical understanding of the stages of labour, process of birth and pelvic anatomy and bring your insights into your pregnancy classes
- Understand yogic concepts of subtle energy body to provide an holistic and integrated yoga practice
- Offer a class that builds a warm, welcoming community. You’ll create an atmosphere in class that invites sharing and connection, to baby, self and others.
- Appreciate flow-state and how it can be cultivated as part of birth preparation and for childbirth itself
- Offer a quality rich class experience with the techniques of breathing exercises, meditation, mudra, mantra, bandha, sankalpa, visualization and yoga nidra as well as a little taste of hypnobirthing, Thai yoga massage and a sound bath.
- Understand, appreciate and develop the arts of teaching yoga, including the art of holding space, art of verbal cueing, art of story telling.
- You will be equipped with the business know-how, skills and motivation to set up as a professional Pregnancy Yoga Teacher
COURSE FORMAT
- 35 hours (i.e. 5 days of live Zoom Class rooms)
- 15 hours Self Study
- All materials and content is pre-recorded and available as on-demand unlimited access online Platform