As a yoga teacher, knowledge about pregnancy is important. How do you guide your pregnant students safely in class? Do you offer prenatal and birth prep classes at your studio? How do you integrate pregnant women in your regular classes? Do you offer postnatal yoga to reintegrate new mums safely in your class? 

Considering the fact that most of your students will be women, it is important to get proper training. Pregnancy is the most special and vulnerable time for mums and their babies. For this reason Yoga Moves has partnered with Birthlight UK to train teachers to guide women through pregnancy, birth and beyond safely. 

 

Birthlight has been at the forefront of selecting and adapting yoga practices that are safest and most suitable for pregnant women and their babies. Birthlight is at the forefront to warn women about dangerous practices and offer safe and fun ways to connect with your baby. 

This September, Kirsteen Ruffel of Birthlight offers a full program for all yoga teachers wishing to expand their knowledge and skills. From the Pregnancy Yoga certificate training to Postnatal Yoga. And this year, for the first time in the Netherlands, Baby Yoga. 

For those not interested in becoming a specialized prenatal yoga teacher it is important to know the basic do's and don'ts of yoga during pregnancy. Learn how to integrate a pregnant and postnatal woman into your regular yoga class with indications, contraindications and modifications for specific postures and breathing practices for each stage of pregnancy and the post-natal period in this basic training. 

Have you participated in a Birthlight training before? Don't miss the opportunity to freshen up your knowledge about yoga for late pregnancy and birth preparation.

Namasté

The Yoga Moves team
perinatalBirthlight Perinatal Yoga Teacher Training
with Kirsteen Ruffel and Liese van Dam

This course aims to equip yoga teachers with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of pregnancy, birth and the early postpartum as it is related to the teaching of yoga, so that they can teach safely and competently. 

This training consists of two parts and a self study period and  is designed for yoga teachers. It is particularly recommended to teachers who are motivated to develop a specialisation in yoga with pregnant women and new mothers. Midwives or other professionals in the field with yoga experience can do the course too. 

"It has completely changed how I teach prenatal yoga!
I hope to continue giving a safer better improved class.

I thought it would be more 'yoga' but was pleasantly
surprised by the philosophy and method.

Birthlight made my teaching more organic and full!"


Part 1: Friday 26 - Monday 29 Feb 2016 
Part 2: Friday 9 & Saturday 10 Sept 2016
postnatalPostnatal Yoga Teacher Training
21 - 22 September | 2 days

Learn to teach postnatal recovery from just after birth through progressive practice back to general yoga.

The Postnatal Yoga course is accessible to qualified yoga teachers, who wish to offer postnatal yoga classes to new mothers. The course includes some interactive practices with babies but the main focus is on the use of yoga to promote maternal well-being. 
babyyogaBaby Yoga Training
24 - 26 September | Kirsteen Ruffel

Learn to teach fun interactive classes for Mums (or Dads) and their baby, promoting bonding and supporting baby development.

Baby Yoga is a 3 day intensive course that covers the period 3 months to mobile babies. Baby Yoga imparts principles of nonviolence, quiet observation and self-awareness, respect, acceptance and compassion, which are qualities needed in early parenting years.

comebackYoga for Late Pregnancy & Birth Preparation
27 September | Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

This is a special "come back" day for all graduates or interested people who have experience in yoga for pregnancy and want to keep up with your educational skills, hours and network.

Focus on Yoga practices with simple Ayurvedic principles that ease late pregnancy symptoms, help women prepare body, mind & spirit for birth and welcoming their baby in their arms. 
IN THIS NEWSLETTER
Perinatal Yoga Teacher Training
Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training
Baby Yoga Teacher Training
Continuing Professional Development
Experience of a Pregnant Yogi
This is not Baby Yoga
Basic Workshop for Teachers

experienceExperience of 

a Pregnant Yogi

 

"I felt that I needed to learn to let go. I just knew that I had to practice another form of yoga, where I would relax the muscles more so I could bring my baby into the world in a beautiful way. Moreover, in the third trimester I tarted to have problems in the pubic and sacro-illiac area. 


 

 


The Birthlight method helped me enormously to transfer from my strong ashtanga practice to a more appropriate style of yoga. And my complaints in the pelvic area diminished quite rapidly as well."

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notbabyThis is NOT Baby Yoga


Many of you may have seen and been rightly horrified by the recent shocking youtube video showing Lena Fokina swinging screaming babies by their legs. She calls it 'dynamic baby gymnastics'.

This is NOT Baby Yoga!  this is dangerous, violent, harmful and totally against what babies need... Igor Tjarkovsky, the Russian pioneer of brutal baby water training, developed these extreme and unsafe practices that have been known for some years as Russian Baby Gymnastics....

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whattodoWhat to do when your yoga student gets pregnant?
Basic workshop for teachers

Yoga students are often women, so for every yoga teacher it is important to understand how to safely integrate pregnant and postnatal women into a regular yoga class. 

Learn when it is/ is not safe to allow a pregnant or postnatal woman to join your class. Explore what is depends on: for example, the stage of pregnancy, how long ago she gave birth, the type of yoga-class and any specific health concerns of the woman.
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