ARE YOU PASSIONATELY DRAWN TO TEACHING WOMEN THROUGH THEIR PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND TRANSITION INTO MOTHERHOOD?
Prenatal Yoga is about honouring the union of mother and baby, preparing a mother’s body to be strong and flexible so that she and her baby can work together in pregnancy and childbirth to have an empowering birth experience.
This 50-hour accredited course will teach you to assist the mother in her journey through the most transformational, life changing time in her life. Prepare your student’s mind as well as her body by connecting her with her baby and her breath through movement and stillness, flow and balance, strength and surrender, to find her power and embrace her potential.
Learn to teach safe, effective, sensitive and uplifting classes, guiding women into the sacred landscape of their bodies, minds, and hearts, to connect with their babies and to embrace this new phase of their lives.
This comprehensive 4-day training interweaves theory with a holistic, technical, spiritual and practical approach to teaching yoga to pregnant women. The highly informative course, taught by Senior Yoga Teacher, Birth Doula and Active Birth Educator Miriam Van Doorn will give you the skills and knowledge to confidently and safely teach pre and post-natal yoga in specialised and general classes.
MODULES
This training is delivered over two weekends spaced one month apart.
Module 1 (Sun/Mon) - Prenatal Yoga
Module 2 (Sun/Mon) – Postnatal Yoga and Active Birth
INVESTMENT
$300 non-refundable deposit
$1097 + GST
150-hour post graduate course $2961 + GST, choose any 3 modules (20% discount)
A non-refundable $300 deposit of the course fee is due upon booking. The remaining amount is due four weeks before the training starts. Please contact us to discuss any payment plansCOURSE OUTLINE
Anatomy and physiology of foetal development and pregnancy
Stages of labour and birth
Hormones of pregnancy and birth
Optimal foetal positioning
C-Section, Episiotomy and complications of childbirth
Common birth interventions
Common discomforts of pregnancy and the postpartum period
Contraindications of pregnancy, prenatal and postnatal yoga sequencing
Discussion, practice and leading of asanas and asana modifications for pregnancy and birth
Discussion, practice and leading of pranayamas appropriate for pregnancy and birth
Discussion, practice and leading of visualizations for relaxation and meditation
Developing teaching skills with feedback
Understanding how to theme classes
4th trimester and breastfeeding
Pubic symphysis dysfunction
How’s and why’s of strengthening the pelvic floor
Postnatal recovery and practice
Yoga and Pilates related movements for the postnatal period
Baby yoga movements and massage
Mother and baby yoga, specifically how to hold space for mama’s with babies
Meditation, mudras, kriyas and birth affirmations
WHY CHOOSE THIS TRAINING
Small groups, maximum 10 students. This fully comprehensive pre and post-natal training facilitated by Miriam Van Doorn with active birth offers transformational yogic tools that provide safe, inspiring, nurturing and grounded support for women and their babies in pregnancy and beyond. Miriam is an experienced Doula (birth support person), has been teaching since 1998 and shares her deep knowledge, passion, dedication, insights, and experience with training participants. This training is registered with Yoga Australia and YACEP Yoga Alliance CE continuing education points.
What you will learn on
Pre and Postnatal Yoga
Pregnancy is completely natural process and this training will provide you with a balanced understanding of the emotional and psychological journey into motherhood as well as the relevant and precise anatomy and physiology, enabling you to guide women into their own intuition with integrity and awareness.
It can and often does take months for women to rediscover their embodied strength and remembered who they are in the context of their new life. Practiced wisely, yoga can form the basis for this new exploration.
This is a daunting time for new mothers and creating a class designed to support them on many levels can help them feel centred, give them a more positive outlook and provide access to simple tools to empower themselves throughout their day on and off the yoga mat.
As well as supporting the mother, this training offers tools to incorporate baby into classes with baby yoga and baby massage, you will have plenty to offer new mums, allowing them time on their mat with the baby.
HOME STUDY & ASSESMENT
As part of this 50-hour course, you are required to do at least 18 hours of private study and reading and attend at least 90% of the training face-to-face.
- Submit written class plan and theming template of one Prenatal yoga class (Pre course)
- Submit written class plan and theming template of one Postnatal yoga class (Post course)
- Attendance logged at one pre and one post-natal yoga class with a brief summary and observation (can view online videos)
- Research and complete a written assignment on one common pregnancy or birth complication, 500 words
REQUIRED READING
- “Yoga Mama: The Practitioner’s Guide to Prenatal Yoga” – Linda Sparrow
- The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality” - Kimberly Ann Johnson
- “Active Birth: The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally” – Janet Balaskas
CERTIFICATION
✓ This 50-hour course is registered with Yoga Australia as part of a 150-hour Post Graduate Course. You can choose 2 other 50-hour trainings with Miriam to cover the full 150 hours.
✓ Or by attending this course yoga teachers can earn 42 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.
✓ Or you can log 42 CE points with Yoga Alliance as Miriam is a registered YACEP continuing education provider.
PREREQUISTITES
To attend this training, participants need to be trained yoga teachers (minimum 200 hours) or currently training to be yoga teachers.
REFUNDS AND CANCELLATIONS
$300 deposit non-refundable (In the event you would like to defer to next year’s course, all monies will be repaid minus the $300 deposit)
4 weeks prior to the course start date 50% refund
Less than 2 weeks prior to the course start date, no refund
If the course is cancelled for any reason out of Miriam Van Doorn’s control, you will be offered to complete the training at a later date or be refunded the full amount minus a $50 admin fee.
QUALIFICATION
This teacher training course has met the stringent requirements set by Yoga Australia. Graduates are trained to the highest standards.
TRAINING LOCATION
CODE OF CONDUCT
We require all students to be present in both body and mind at every session throughout the training. It is your responsibility to communicate to us via email if you will need to miss any sessions and to book in additional hours to catch up. If for any reason you are unable to complete the training you have booked into, we will offer you the opportunity to complete your training at a later date, ensuring you are fully prepared to teach once qualified.
Upon completion of Pre and Post Natal
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WITH ACTIVE BIRTH:
✓ You will be able to teach a Pregnancy Yoga class, a Postnatal Yoga class and a Mother & Baby Yoga class incorporating breath, relaxation, sound, contemplation and asana.
✓ Teach a well-rounded yoga class that honours a woman’s mind and body at this special and sacred time.
✓ Integrate yoga props into your classes and one to ones to make them more bespoke.
✓ Adapt the class for those with injuries and/or common ailments such as lower back pain, pelvic girdle pain, low/high blood pressure and fatigue.
✓ Have a clear understanding of why it is important to incorporate all elements of yoga into a class.
✓ Have the knowledge of what actually happens to the body during pregnancy and birth.
✓ Have an understanding of how different cultures view women in pregnancy and birth throughout the ages and why this is relevant to teaching yoga today.
✓ Insight into the spiritual process of a teacher and how it allows us to hold the space for students with more integrity.
This is what some of Miriam’s students had to say
Pre&Postnatal YTT Testimonial
