Bliss Baby Yoga

Bliss Baby Yoga specialises in training yoga teachers to teach pre and postnatal yoga. We offer various courses from weekend workshops to complete online training.   

Our courses are designed to equip you with greater knowledge, confidence and a comprehensive 'tool kit' of appropriate asanas and practices for safely teaching pregnant women during all stages of pregnancy, as well as confidently guiding post-partum women.

Ideal for current teachers or trainees, our courses will provide you with the skills required to specialise in teaching yoga classes for pregnant woman or new mothers.  Many of the people who have taken this course are now running successfull pregnancy yoga and/or mums n bubs yoga classes.

We will cover the theoretical and practical applications for:

• 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 labor    
• Contraindicated / indicated poses for the postnatal period    
• Asanas for common back problems & ailments post-natally    
• Conducting a prenatal yoga class - sequencing ideas etc.    
• Conducting a 'Mums n Bubs' class - sequencing ideas (including baby yoga)

Courses Offered

The Bliss Baby Intensive Courses are divided into two modules: prenatal or postnatal and can be completed separately or together as required.   Each module is run as a weekend workshop and are held in Byron Bay and other cities and locations around Australia. These courses are the most practical, information-packed, and affordable courses of their kind.

Bliss Baby will be running a 200 Hour Pre & Postnatal Training in Byron Bay in May 2011 for those who want to take a more in-depth journey into this fascinating field of women's health and yoga.  

Can't make it to Byron Bay or Sydney? We have also recently launched the Bliss Baby Online Course, which you can do flexibly from anywhere in the world!  The online course consists of audio lectures, video resources, the course manual and other handouts.  There is also a practical assessment task and a live Skype session with a Bliss Baby Facilitator, this is a fabulous option if you can't make it face-to-face. There are two online course options available:

• Online Complete: Pre and Postnatal Modules
• Online Postnatal: Postnatal Module Only 

For more detailed information about any of our courses please visit our website.

Pre-requisite

Our courses are suitable for yoga teachers and teacher trainees (minimum Level 1 standard), and anyone interested in finding out more about the benefits and applications of yoga pre and post natally.

The Instructors

Founder and Director of Bliss Bay Yoga, Ana Davis has been teaching yoga since 1996. 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. 

Ana is on the faculty of teachers for the Byron Yoga Centre Level I & II Teacher Trainings offering sessions on women's health. She is also a freelance writer with her articles regularly appearing in the Australian Yoga Life and Wellbeing Magazines.   She also holds a Diploma in Remedial Massage, and an Honours Degree in Japanese feminism (!) As mother to a 5 year old, Ana is passionate about sharing the benefits and joys of yoga during pregnancy and early motherhood.

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 Labor.

For more information on Bliss Baby's specialised training, please visit our website or see the courses listed below.