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Byron Yoga Centre
Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training Intensive – Byron Bay

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Part A: 8 May - 19 May 2011

12-day intensive

Byron Yoga Centre’s 12-day Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training Intensive is part one of the fully accredited 200hr (Yoga Alliance) course. It is designed to deliver in-depth, holistic training in the specialised area of yoga teaching for pregnant & post partum students.  

Part B: Completion of course work by correspondence

Theory and practical assignments – in your own time

Part B is conducted by correspondence with preparation work beginning two weeks before course commencement date then continues at a personal pace for as long as the trainee needs after the residential 12 days. Part two is included in the course cost.

Course overview

Byron Yoga Centre’s 12-day Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training Intensive is run in conjunction with Bliss Baby Yoga.  It offers the opportunity to explore the theoretical background and practical applications necessary to safely and appropriately conduct pregnancy and post natal yoga classes.   

It is the natural follow-on for any students who have previously completed the Bliss Baby Prenatal & Postnatal Weekend Intensives with Ana Davis . 

Course methodology

In the face-to-face component (part A) students will be exposed to a number of experts in their respective fields of antenatal and postnatal yoga and health who will provide detailed information on the stages of pregnancy and labour, and the emotional and physical needs of a new mother.  

The course also aims to give students the practical skills and tools that will result in the development of an extensive teaching repertoire of appropriate and beneficial Asanas and other yoga-techniques for their pregnant and post natal students.  Students will also be engaged in the learning tool, in both part A and part B(correspondence option), of teaching and documenting specific case-studies 

Course pre-requisites

This course is open to all graduates of recognised, accredited yoga teacher training courses.

Yoga teachers who have been teaching for many years without official training are also eligible, with the provision of a written declaration detailing your teaching experience. Serious, experienced yoga practitioners may be accepted at Byron Yoga Centre’s discretion.

Your teacher trainers - experience and expertise

The head facilitator of this course will be Ana Davis who has 15 years of teaching experience behind her, including the last 6 years of specialising in teaching pre/postnatal students, as well as training teachers in this area. 

Ana will be joined by a team of highly experienced and passionate women's health professionals.   These will include Anna Watts, Childbirth Educator, doula and yoga teacher;  Emma Grant, director of Red Tent Yoga and Ayurvedic Practitioner; Lauren Tober, Pyschologist and Yoga Teacher; and Lisa Fitzpatrick, Physiotherapist and Anatomy and Physiology Teacher Trainer. 
 

Course content

The following subjects will be covered: -

• Pregnancy:  the three trimesters, physiological changes to mum and baby 

• Birth:  stages of labour; supporting a woman in natural/active birth 

• Anatomy & Physiology: understanding the changes to the pregnant and postnatal body 

• Applied Anatomy & Physiology/yoga therapy: working with back conditions and other complaints specific to prenatal and postnatal students 

• Safety guidelines for pre/post natal students (detailed analysis of contraindications) 

• Practicing and teaching of safe and appropriate Asanas, pranayama, yoga nidra, savasana, meditation, visualisations, and partner yoga exercises for pregnant and post partum students 

• Introduction to counselling

• Defining and recognising Postnatal Depression and 'Baby Blues' 

• Establishing and running prenatal yoga classes (including marketing and business management) 

• Establishing and running postnatal and 'mums 'n' bubs' yoga classes (including marketing and business management) 

• Introduction to Baby yoga and massage 

• Ayurveda for pregnancy, birth and beyond 

• Restorative yoga as yoga therapy for prenatal and postnatal yoga students 

• Working with props (modifying postures for pregnant students and new mothers) 

• Adjustments and corrections

• Nutrition and alternative therapies for pre/postnatal women 

• Case studies (comparative): theory

• Case studies: student exercises (practical)

Course schedule

Students need to arrive on the morning of the first day to settle into their accommodation. A brief introduction to staff and commencement of the course will be after lunch at 2pm.

The course finishes on the last day at 4pm.

› Download the May 2011 Prenatal & Postnatal Training provisional schedule here.

Food

Food at Byron Yoga Centre is market-fresh. Enjoy healthy and delicious vegetarian cuisine, organic wherever possible, designed along Ayurvedic principles to be light and cleansing.

Accommodation
Stay in twin share rooms with everything on site; accommodation, yoga studios, dining areas and the beach just nearby!
 

Full tuition fee: $2, 950
This includes all satvic meals (healthy vegetarian) and “ashram” standard accommodation.

Bookings
All bookings must be paid in full 6 weeks before start date. We offer internet banking and credit card facilities.