Pregnancy is a miraculous process of self-discovery and learning, and a time in which the practice of yoga matters very deeply and can affect the life not only of women, but of their unborn child. Pregnancy is a process of spiritual, physical and emotional transformation for women. You will learn how to teach yoga in a holistic manner and support healthy women through pregnancy and beyond.

Course Description

This Pre-Natal Yoga Teacher Training Course forms the 1st Module (25 hours) of Dr. Byrne’s 100-hour Yoga for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond Teacher Training. It provides an overview of yoga and meditation practice throughout pregnancy, birth and beyond with a focus on yoga & meditation for the different stages of pregnancy. This course is also registered with the Yoga Teachers Association of Australia as a speciality module.

Dr. Byrne’s Yoga for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond Teacher Training is a comprehensive and intensive training course for yoga teachers, aspiring yoga teachers, pregnant women, midwives, doulas and anyone interested in yoga during and after pregnancy. It will provide existing yoga teachers and aspiring teachers with a 100-hour specialisation in yoga for this important time in a woman’s life. For those who wish to complete Jean’s 100-hour Yoga for Pregnancy Birth and Beyond Teacher Training, will be able to deduct credits earned in this pre-natal module eventually.

Course Objectives:

• To learn about the relationship between the practice of yoga and women’s life cycles.
• To understand the medical and cultural context, both past and present, of pregnancy and birthing.
• To understand the physical and emotional changes that occur for women and their babies at different stages of development, pre and post natal.
• To understand how to teach healthy pregnant women appropriate yoga practices for the stage of their pregnancy.
• To understand the common complaints, contraindications and conditions during pregnancy and how to adapt yoga practice to these in order to teach safely.
• To facilitate an understanding of how the teaching of pregnancy yoga can enable women to have a conscious and active birth and improve their birth experience and outcomes, so that teachers may then empower their students to birth consciously.
• To learn and implement the theory of Optimal Foetal Positioning as it applies to yoga asana in their yoga classes.
• To enable teachers to deliver interesting, informative and fun classes for women during pregnancy, for birth and beyond.