Bliss Baby Byron Prenatal Weekend Teacher Training

Description

The Bliss Baby prenatal course is designed to equip you with greater knowledge, confidence and a comprehensive ‘tool kit’ of appropriate asanas and practices for safely teaching pregnant women yoga during all stages of pregnancy.

This is an ideal course for teachers or trainees who wish to specialise in teaching yoga classes for pregnant women and many of the people who have taken this course are now running successful prenatal yoga classes.

What we will cover

• Contraindicated / indicated poses for the three trimesters
• Asanas for common back problems & ailments during pregnancy
• Yoga poses & practices to prepare for birth (active birth positions) & the stages of labour
• Asanas for common back problems & ailments post-natally
• Use of props and application of restorative yoga in pre and post natal classes
• Conducting a prenatal yoga class – timetabling and sequencing

Prerequisites

The Intensive modules are suitable for yoga teachers and teacher trainees (at minimum of level 1), and anyone interested in finding out more about the benefits and applications of yoga pre and post natally.

Instructors

We have a great team of experienced and passionate women’s health teachers:

Ana Davis has been teaching yoga since 1996 and is founder of Bondi Bliss Yoga Studio in Sydney. Ana has been specialising in the area of teaching and training teachers in pre/post natal yoga for the last 6 years. She is regularly invited to conduct this workshop in Japan. 
Emma Grant has been practicing yoga since 1996 and teaching since 2001. She has maintained her practice of yoga, meditation and Ayurveda throughout her pregnancies and into motherhood. Trained in pregnancy & postnatal yoga, Emma has also studied Ayurveda at Naturecare (Sydney) and with Ayurvedic Doctors in India. Emma is Founder and Director of Red Tent Yoga, a yoga school specializing in classes for pre/post natal women, and children. 
Anna Watts is a qualified Childbirth Educator who has been guiding women and their partners through the journey of pregnancy and birth since 1990. Anna will lead the session on Birth and the Stages of Labour.

For more detailed information on our courses please visit our website.