85-Hour Pre & Post Natal

with SUE ELKIND & ANNA VERWAAL
85 HOUR YOGA ALLIANCE CERTIFIED

THIS TRAINING ALSO SUPPORTS TEACHING RESTORATIVE, INFERTILITY, CHAIR YOGA, PARTNER YOGA, BEGINNERS & SENIORS YOGA.

Learn how to support women during their journey into motherhood through this inspiring 3-part training in prenatal yoga, conscious birthing and post natal yoga. This training dives deeply into the philosophy and biomechanical principles of yoga. Explore how to weave the great teachings of yoga seemlessly into Mother Nature's blueprint, encouraging a more joy-filled, life-affirming experience of pregnancy, birth and motherhood.

PART 1: ~20hrs
Awakening the Goddess: with Sue Elkind
* Empowering women with philosophy
* Pregnancy essential facts & conditions
* Prenatal nutrition and education
* Modifications for stages/levels
* The do's and don'ts of the trimesters
* Hormones of pregnancy
* Pregnancy conditions
* Relaxation techniques to support birth
* Restoratives
* Optimal prenatal yoga alignment

 
PART 2: ~30hrs
Deepening Connections: with Sue Elkind & Anna Verwaal
* Cellular memory of conception/birth
* Fertility awareness & conception
* Hormonal physiology of pregnancy
* Hormonal physiology of childbirth
* Yoga alignment in pregnancy
* Structuring & sequencing
* Verbal & manual adjustments
* How to teach prenatal in public class
* Inspiring your students with philosophy
* Essential oils and pregnancy
Prerequisite: Part 1 with Sue or permission

PART 3: ~30hrs
Grace in Action: w/ Sue Elkind & Anna Verwaal
* History of Childbirth
* Childbirth options and choices
* Birthing a new humanity
* Yoga therapeutics for pregnancy
* Partner yoga for pregnancy
* Creative sequencing
* Practice teaching
* Meditation and mantra for pregnancy
* Postnatal yoga training