Why My Pregnancy & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training is For You!

Are you a trained yoga teacher and interested in adding a hugely rewarding specialty of pregnancy & postnatal yoga to you offerings?

Then come and join my Yoga Alliance UK accredited 80-hour teacher training course which starts in September 2023.

45 hours in-person in Tunbridge Wells or join us live online over 3 weekends: 16th & 17th Sept, 14th & 15th Oct, 11th & 12th Nov with another 35 hours of self study, written assignments, further research, class observation and teaching practice.

Or if you are pregnant and wanting to dive deeper into understanding your pregnant body and how best to prepare for an empowered birth and recover afterwards, then you can join the course via the ‘Personal Development Route’ (class observations, teaching practice not required & essays are optional).

Not only from my own experience, but also the hundreds and hundreds of positive testimonials that I’ve received over the years convince me that mindbody preparation, including yoga, can and does make a huge difference to women preparing to have babies.

You will learn how to safely adapt classic yoga poses for 2nd and 3rd trimester women and for the early postnatal period, whatever kind of birth she had,  and you will also understand the emotional considerations of your students which is vital at this very vulnerable and precious transition in life.

We weave in mindbody techniques with an understanding of pain psychology, how mindfulness can play a role, breath physiology, sports psychology techniques, hypnosis and hypnobirth, assessing body image and self-belief as well as all the benefits of the physical asana.

After completing this pregnancy & postnatal teacher training course you will be able to confidently offer both pregnancy yoga with hypnobirth relaxation and postnatal yoga with baby bonding.

Why train with me?

I’ve been practicing yoga since 1996, teaching since 2000 and helping mums to get ready for birth and recover afterwards since 2002.

I’ve been specialising in pregnancy yoga since 2002 and postnatal Yoga since 2005. I’m also an Active Birth childbirth educator, KG Hypnobirth teacher & Mindfulness teacher.

Since 2006 I’ve been running my successful pregnancy & postnatal business, Unity Yoga Bumps and Babies, in Kent.

I have spent the last 20 years adding to my knowledge base and have 14 relevant qualifications.

 Course Content

MODULE 1 (PREGNANCY):

Understanding the pregnant body.

Trimesters.

Hormones.

Postural changes.

Pelvic floor anatomy.

Emotional considerations.

Breath changes in pregnancy.

Breathing for childbirth.

Nervous system changes.

Brain waves: how breath affects these and how they change during childbirth.

Teaching practice: Presentation of prepared piece.

MODULE 2 (PREGNANCY):

The benefits of yoga in pregnancy.

Class management – checking in with your group, holding space and creating community.

Pregnancy related body issues and contraindications.

Trimester considerations and modifications in class.

Sequence building.

Using props.

Themes.

Teaching practice.

MODULE 3 (PREGNANCY):

The Mindbody.

Hypnobirthing.

Understanding pain, pain psychology, comfort measures.

Teaching Mindfulness & meditation.

Teaching practice.

MODULE 4 (PREGNANCY):

Active Birth antenatal education: The anatomy of birth.

Movements & positions for birth.

How to support a student preparing for C-section birth.

Yoga, autonomy, navigating the healthcare system, building confidence and choice making.

Signposting.

Teaching practice.

MODULE 5 (POSTNATAL):

Creating a safe space for birth stories.

Pelvic floor damage (understanding the levels of damage).

C-section healing.

Upper and lower crossed syndrome.

Healing and tissue damage (nutrition).

Common body issues (wrists, knees, ankles, shoulders, posture)

Breathing to heal.

Core & Pelvic floor rehab.

Healing diastasis recti.

Hormonal considerations.

Emotional considerations – red flags.

Nervous system considerations – using breathing and mindfulness to bring balance.

Teaching practice.

MODULE 6 (POSTNATAL):

Working with babies.

Songs, massage, distraction methods.

Sequences.

Modifications.

6w-3m – games to play.

3 months onwards – games to play.

Onward referrals (closing the bones, body work).

Setting up your business.

Teaching practice.