The Art of Teaching Prenatal Yoga

30 hour Prenatal Training in Miami

January 26-29, 2012     


To be held at Waalay Yoga Studio in Key Biscayne, FL


$600


                      

                    

I am available to schedule a training at your studio in your city or country (English and Spanish). Please contact me for more information on this transformational 30 hour training into the journey of Mothering!

For:

Yoga Instructors

Yoga Instructors in Training

Birth Professionals/Labor and Delivery Nurses/Doulas/Midwives

  1. *all hours can be applied toward Yoga Alliance continuing education


~ Alignment, Anatomy and Physiology of the pregnant woman

~ Understanding the body, mind and spirit throughout pregnancy and birth

~ Common discomforts of pregnancy and poses that help

~ Modifications of yoga poses for pregnancy

~ Yoga poses specific to pregnancy and birth as well as those to avoid

~ The 3 trimesters plus the elusive ‘4th’

~ Helpful, safe and mindful assists

~ The pelvic floor, mulabhanda and birth

~ Pranayama, mulabhanda and birth

~ Creating a ‘sacred space’ in class

~ Pain coping practices used in prenatal yoga to draw from during labor

~ Different stages of labor and how yoga prepares the student for each one

~ The voice, chanting and birth

~ Sequencing a prenatal class

~ Themes for creating effective classes that teach about birth and Mothering

~ The nature of pregnancy and birth as a rite of passage

~ The nature and ecology of birth

~ Birth in the modern world

~ Natural childbirth/ Cesarean awareness

~ Birth trauma and how to prevent it

~ Optimal Fetal Positioning, breach, occiput posterior

~ The different sphincters related to birth and breastfeeding

~ Mothering the Mother: the postpartum period

~ The business of prenatal yoga

This training will prepare you to be a Prenatal Yoga Teacher and take you on your own personal journey through birth so you understand the body, mind and spirit of each prenatal yoga student who walks into your classes.