This in-depth 90-Hour Teacher Training will provide you with rich experiences and prepare you to teach public prenatal and postnatal yoga classes and to support a pregnant person when they show up to your public drop-in classes. The material presented is also very useful for one-on-one sessions with your doula, midwifery or private yoga clients. Those who are pregnant are also highly encouraged to attend just for themselves as a way to dive deeply into the present.
Dates and Times:
Saturdays 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Sundays 9:30am - 4:30pm

TBD
Pricing:
$1800
  • $300 non-refundable deposit will hold your spot. $1500 due on first day of training. Payment plans are available.
Teacher’s Manual - $54. Purchase online at yogacenteramherst.com Required Reading books to be purchased separately
This training is for you if:
  • You yourself are pregnant and want to learn, grow, and nourish yourself as you move through this profound time in life
  • You love teaching yoga and want to dive into a specialty
  • You want to empower your community
  • You want to bring more positivity to the current birth culture
  • You want to connect spiritually to the Divine Mother and the various aspects of Her Love
  • You already serve people in childbearing years in some way (midwife, doula, CBD, etc) and want to add to your services
  • You already teach public yoga classes and want to be educated so that you can lovingly and safely welcome pregnant people when they drop in to your classes
  • You want to teach public prenatal and postnatal yoga classes or private prenatal and postnatal yoga sessions
Requirements for certification:
  • Attend all training weekends- you may miss a total of one full day and still receive certification
  • Observe and write a reflection of 4 live or online prenatal yoga classes
  • Practice and write a reflection for 4 live or online prenatal yoga classes
  • Practice teach 3 different 1 – 1.5 hr classes to one or more pregnant women (or they can pretend to be pregnant) and turn in your written class plan with comments about how the classes went.  Can also do 2 prenatal and 1 postnatal/baby and parent class
  • Complete Reading Assignments and other Homework/Reflections
  • To teach public prenatal yoga classes, you must also have a 200-Hr Certification of any tradition
Specific topics covered:
  • Intro to The Mothers Symbol (Mira Alfassa), chanting, opening practice
  • First of the 4 powers/personalities of the divine mother: Maheswari ~ reading, invocation with chant and short practice
  • Intentions, Hopes and creating a group altar
  • Ma-Aum Chant
  • Components of Birthing Mama
  • Embodyoga Pillars and Weave of Love as applied to Birthing Mama
  • 7 Embodyoga Movement Principles as applied to prenatal yoga
  • Pranayama Part 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • Embodyoga Stabilizing Principles as applied to Prenatal Yoga
  • Contraindications and Safety
  • Overview of A & P of Pregnancy and Fetal Development
  • 12 Qualities of Mothers Symbol as applied to Pregnancy
  • Resting and Integration
  • Adi Shakti Chant
  • Mahalakshmi invocation, chant, centering (2nd of 4 personalities)
  • Pelvic Anatomy and practice of both pelvic stability and opening
  • Yamas and Niyamas as applied to pregnancy and birth
  • Ins and Outs of Self Care and Herbs for Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Meditation
  • Arc of Prenatal Yoga Class
  • Key Components of a prenatal class
  • Adaptations and Modifications of Common Postures
  • Fluid Developmental Patterns to soothe pregnancy symptoms
  • Live prenatal yoga class with reflection
  • Practice teach in partners
  • Rites of Passage
  • Holding Space for Loss and Grief Pregnancy through the lens of the koshas – Mapping the Koshas and Yoga Nidra for the Koshas
  • MahaKali invocation and chant (3rd of the personalities of the Divine Mother)
  • Abdominal Anatomy and staying strong in pregnancy
  • Common Complaints and yogic remedies Part 1 and Part 2
  • Places to birth/types of birth
  • Stages of Labor – physical and spiritual
  • Yogic toolbox for labor and birth
  • The work of Penny Simkin and Spinning Babies in relation to prenatal yoga
  • Shamanic journey of birth
  • Prenatal yoga for couples preparing to birth workshop
  • Pranayama and Meditation for late pregnancy, birth and postpartum
  • The Subtle Body within Pregnancy
  • Part 2 of Mothers Symbol Concentration
  • Divine Mother and The Devi Mahatmya
  • MahaSaraswati Invocation and Chant (4th personality of Divine Mother)
  • Ins and Outs of teaching postnatal/parent and baby yoga
  • Sacred first 40 days
  •  Herbs for Postpartum
  • Reflective Teaching Practice
  • Business of Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga
  • Closing Ceremony
  • MahaKali invocation and chant (3rd of the personalities of the Divine Mother)
  • Abdominal Anatomy and staying strong in pregnancy
  • Common Complaints and yogic remedies Part 1 and Part 2
  • Places to birth/types of birth
  • Stages of Labor – physical and spiritual
  • Yogic toolbox for labor and birth
  • The work of Penny Simkin and Spinning Babies in relation to prenatal yoga
  • Shamanic journey of birth
  • Prenatal yoga for couples preparing to birth workshop
  • Pranayama and Meditation for late pregnancy, birth and postpartum
  • The Subtle Body within Pregnancy
  • Part 2 of Mothers Symbol Concentration
  • Divine Mother and The Devi Mahatmya
  • MahaSaraswati Invocation and Chant (4th personality of Divine Mother)
  • Ins and Outs of teaching postnatal/parent and baby yoga
  • Sacred first 40 days
  •  Herbs for Postpartum
  • Reflective Teaching Practice
  • Business of Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga
  • Closing Ceremony

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