Prenatal Yoga Training: Embody a Luminous Pregnancy and Birth

For Yoga teachers and health professionals

Nurses, doulas, Yoga teachers, and other health care providers will learn how to facilitate Prenatal Yoga practices in their classrooms, communities, hospitals or birthing centers. Learn breathing methods, adapted asanas (poses), and relaxation techniques that come from the Yoga tradition. Add to your toolbox, mindfulness and pain management approaches that can aid in the labor process.

Come learn how to administer Yoga, breathing techniques, and meditation to pregnant women to promote overall well-being and increase awareness.

• Create a nurturing space to practice Yoga safely by modifying asanas (postures) according to the needs of each individual and trimester
• Alleviate common pregnancy discomforts through asanas, breathwork, and relaxation techniques
• Cultivate mindful ways to express and release stress and to manage fears and pain while pregnant and during labor
• Develop the confidence and innate intuition to follow and support a holistic process of pregnancy and birthing.
• Embody the spirituality, beauty, and transformation of pregnancy, birth, and motherhood.

Yoga teachers will leave the program inspired, with tools to teach Prenatal Yoga classes and with confidence in how to modify asanas for pregnant women during regular Yoga classes.

Recommended Reading (not required)
Yoga for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond, by Francoise Barbira Freedman.
Pregnancy Health Yoga: Your Essential Guide for Bump, Birth and Beyond, by Tara Lee and Mary Attwood.

You will receive a complete manual and the Integral Yoga Hatha for Pregnant Women.

Prerequisite
Familiarity with Yoga.

Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities

• Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 15 contact hours. You can input your contact hours using your YA login information.
• Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) can provide you a CE certificate with your program’s total contact hours for a $10 fee (free for IYTA members.) For more information, email membership@iyta.org.

Testimonial

As a long-time student of Viviana’s, and having taken her Yoga Teacher Training, Prenatal Yoga Training, and Meditation Teacher Training, I’ve had the opportunity to witness her teach a wide array of groups. She never fails to impress me with her extensive knowledge of each subject matter. She caters to her classes and trainings to meet the needs of each group. She’s a powerful speaker, delivering thought-provoking content.
As a result of Viviana’s trainings, I have become a sought-after Yoga and meditation instructor. I now have the knowledge and confidence to deliver value through instruction. Viviana sees the potential in her students and fosters their growth in personal and professional avenues. I highly recommend Viviana’s classes and trainings to anyone seeking a mentor or guide.
— Jennifer Cowin