Pregnancy yoga classes create community and connections for mums-to-be, who need this now more than ever. Train to teach pregnancy yoga, support women through their pregnancy and birth, and create these much needed connections.

This Yoga Alliance Professionals and IPHM accredited, specialist training course, will enable you to teach pregnancy yoga and yoga for birth, safely and effectively, creating thriving classes and communities for mums-to-be. This business-positive training also ensures you know to run a yoga business teaching pregnancy yoga.

How the course is delivered

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

• At your pace training videos
• Recorded pregnancy 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 community on Circle, think FB but a million times better!
• Outstanding post-course support with ongoing access to all online content, and our community space for the lifetime of the course*

*Lifetime access is defined as a minimum of 12 months of access post-course purchase to all online course content, and community space.

Who is the course for?

This training 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 those who want to teach yoga to mums-to-be and use yoga to create community and support for women at a time in their lives when they need it the most.

With ever-increasing time-pressed NHS services your pregnancy yoga classes will become a source of support, information and positivity, to guide women through their journey of both pregnancy and birth. 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 3 to 6 months to work through the course and complete assignments, dedicating roughly 4 hours a week, you are encouraged to complete the course within 6 months.

The Course Content (syllabus)

Yoga for Pregnancy and Birth

Anatomy and Physiology 

• The physiological changes, hormones and emotions from conception to labour.
• Labour, ‘normal’ labour and other courses of labour.
• The pelvis and pelvic floor in pregnancy and labour.

 Complications in pregnancy

• Common conditions of pregnancy, including pelvic girdle pain.
• The dark side of pregnancy, bereavement and grief.

 Yoga Asana

• Yoga through the 3 trimesters.
• Optimal foetal positioning and asana.
• Precautions, prohibitions and modifications including safely integrating women with pelvic girdle pain into a class.
• Using props in asana: gym balls, pilates balls, blocks, bolsters, cushions, chairs, and straps.
• The pelvic floor; traditional Kegels, postural asanas for pelvic floor and the integration of the pelvic floor in movement.
• Yoga for birth preparation and discussing labour with sensitivity.

Pranayama, meditation and visualisation 

• Breathing practices for pregnancy and labour.
• Working with sounds, mantra and mudra.
• Visualisations, affirmations and meditation for pregnancy and labour.

 Planning and teaching

• Lesson planning and class sequences for pregnancy yoga.
• Real class observations.

The business of teaching pregnancy yoga

• Class times, venues, pricing and workshops for pregnancy yoga
• How to grow a thriving community of mums-to-be
  
  

Terms and conditions

The course costs £549, payment made in full, or 4 monthly payments of £140, you can join the course anytime and start today!

Refund and Cancellation Policy (T&Cs)

Due to the online nature of the course once your place is paid for it is non-refundable. However, you have up to 14 days from the point of purchase to change your mind, if within the first 14 days you decide this isn't the course for you a refund is available on request to [email protected].

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 a specialist pregnancy-yoga teacher, course accredited by Yoga Alliance Professionals.

Access and time limits

You have 'lifetime' access to all online content and our community space. "Lifetime access" is defined as a minimum of 12 months from course purchase.

Your details

Please note that Amy Jones will pass on your details (name, email and phone number) to the Yoga Alliance Professional so they can contact you directly and invite you to register as a member of YAP UK. You understand you have the option of opting out of this registration process.  Your details will not be passed on to any other parties. 

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

Training Scholarship

Yoga is for everyBODY but the reality is often it is for those who can afford to train and have enough confidence to commit to a training course. 

Amy offers a 25% reduction on the cost of any of her training courses to anyone who is facing a financial barrier to training. However it is not just money that can be a barrier to training, the scholarship is also aimed at people who work in the voluntary & community sector, people of colour and LGBTQ+ people, who are all underrepresented in the yoga world. 

If you don’t fall into these categories but still require some assistance please still get in touch. To apply send an email to Amy at [email protected]

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