Postnatal yoga classes not only create community and connections for mums but with increasingly timed pressed NHS services, postnatally women face a lack of support and education, your yoga classes for mums with little ones are needed now more than ever!

This specialist training course will enable you to teach postnatal rehab yoga, covering diastasis-recti and prolapse, and mum & baby yoga classes. This business-positive training also ensures you have the knowledge to run a yoga business creating thriving classes and support for mums and their little ones.

How the course is delivered

This innovative self-paced study training combines flexible, online training with excellent individual support, delivered through a creative mix of:

• At your pace training videos
• Recorded postnatal and mum & baby yoga classes for observation
• Monthly question Sessions
• Personal support as you train via email
• Personal reading, research, assignments and teaching practice
• Personal feedback on assignments and teaching practice
• Supportive course private community away from FaceBook
• Outstanding post-course support with 12 months of ongoing access to all online content, and community

*Please note enrollment on this course is closing on 1st June 2024. You have 12 months to complete the training and access to the online content and community. Enrollment in this course is now closed. New course coming soon join the waitlist HERE.

Who is the course for?

This course is open to all yoga teachers, and non-yoga teachers from related professions such as midwifery, medicine, doula, health workers, fitness instructors, body workers or education. The course is for people who have a passion for supporting mums with little ones. Specialising in postnatal yoga is an excellent opportunity to build a yoga business around daytime, and week-day classes, as well as create community and support for women, this is needed now more than ever!

The course is also for those suited to this type of training, who are looking for a flexible online course that they can do around their other commitments. It is not for those who struggle with self-paced training.

Time commitment

You can join the course anytime and it takes between 2 to 4 months to work through the course and complete assignments, dedicating roughly 3 hours a week, you are encouraged to complete the course within 6 months and need to have completed the training by 1st June 2025.

The Course Content (syllabus)

The postnatal Period

• A Mother’s health and well-being.
• The first 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and beyond.
• Common physical issues, including diastasis recti, and wrist, back and knee pain.
• The impact of pregnancy, and labour on the pelvic floor and pelvis.
• The impact of breastfeeding on the body and our yoga practice.

 Yoga for Postnatal rehabilitation 

• Postnatal-specific asana practices 6 weeks, 12 weeks and beyond.
• Rehabilitation yoga for diastasis recti
• Yoga for the “core”, the process of re-discovery.
• The pelvic floor; traditional approaches to the pelvic floor and functional use of the pelvic floor in movement.
• The use of the 7-inch softball.
• Pranayama and relaxation in the postnatal period.

 Mother and Baby Yoga Classes (6 weeks to 10 months)

• Baby development 6 weeks to 10 months.
• Asana for mother and baby together, including songs, movements, and sensory props.
• Yoga and simple massage for babies.
• Ways to hold, lift and carry baby safely.
• Breathwork, mantra/sound, and relaxation for mother and baby.
• Class plans and sequences for mother and baby yoga.
• Real class observations.

The business of teaching postnatal yoga

• Class times, venues, and pricing for mum & baby yoga
• Options for delivering postnatal yoga, including 1:2:1 packages and online courses
• How to grow a thriving community of mums with little ones
  

PLEASE NOTE ENROLMENT IN THIS COURSE IS NOW CLOSED. NEW COURSE COMING SOON JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE

Terms and conditions

The course costs £449, payment made in full, or 4 monthly payments of £115, enrolment is closing on 1st June 2024, from which point you will have 12 months of access to the course.

Refund and Cancellation Policy (T&Cs)

Due to the online nature of the course once your place is paid for it is non-refundable.

Attendance and completion of the course (T&Cs)

Students should complete 100% of all course hours, content and assignments, upon completion a certificate will be issued, and you will be qualified to teach postnatal and mum & baby yoga.

Course to be completed by 1st June 2025, certification will not be issued beyond this point.

Access and time limits

You have 'lifetime' access to all online content and our community space. "Lifetime access" is defined as 12 months from course purchase. You will have access to the course, community and Amy's support until 1st June 2025.

Accreditation

The course is accredited by International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM) and as a Yoga Alliance Professionals Specialist training course.

However, you do not need to be a member of either awarding body to complete this training.

You can see my IPHM listing HERE

You can see my YAP listing HERE

By purchasing this course you are agreeing to all the T&Cs laid out above, including the cancellation policy. 

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