MindfulBirth Teacher Training (Yoga Alliance RPYT/ Yoga Australia Post Graduate)

A Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance  accredited training, based on reaserch on mindfulness in birth and beyond. The first of 3 modules. This modules  focuses on Pregnancy Yoga, and how yoga and mindfulness can support women's journey during this miraculous time. 

This training is in-person. However, in case cicumstances change and we are unable to gather in-person, this training will run Online/Livestream via Zoom. 

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

Schedule and Contact Hours: 

Total of 24 hours combined lectures, teaching practicums and class observations. 

16 contact hours: Fridays from the 6th May - 27th May: Lectures, classes, and practicums

5 hours: Class assists (1 hr), Class observation (1 hr), Online classes (3 hrs) 

Certificate:

All participants will receive a certificate of completion at the end of every Module.

Location: 

This training is in In-Person at Pymble. However, should circumstances change and we can no longer gather in person, our training will shift Online/Livestream via Zoom. 

You will receive a Zoom link once you have registered.