Pregnancy is a short time in a person’s life but post natal is the whole rest of our lives.

Those first few months of baby’s life and of becoming a mum are special but challenging.  Yoga provides women with the support and self care to be fully present with their baby and themselves so they can gain confidence and enjoy this precious time.

For Mum, yoga allows her to do something for herself to start to tone her core and pelvic floor, love her post natal self,  alleviate any issues from pregnancy while bonding with her baby and gaining confidence as a mum.

For babies, yoga supports their development, helps them feel secure and relaxed with a calmer more confident version of their lovely mum.

For everyone, learning about whole body, integrated intuitive core alignment will support us to be strong and move from a centred space, prevent injury, and feel powerful and supported while loving the bodies we are in.

The aims of this course is to empower you with the skills, knowledge and confidence to support women, and their new babies, through yoga, and deepen your understanding of core and pelvic floor, as well as developing your own practice.

• Give you the tools to teach mum and baby yoga classes
• Empower you to support post natal students in your regular yoga classes.
• Develop your understanding of integrated core alignment, the pelvic floor and whole body alignment.
• Fill your cup with lots of practices, including pranayama, asana, teaching practice, philosophy and yoga nidra  

Length of course (hours) 40 hours (28 live contact hours + self practice and assignments)

This course will certify you teach postnatal yoga and mum and baby yoga.

Course content/modules

Module 1: Anatomy and physiology beyond birth

The fourth trimester – Hormones and the nervous system

Recovering from birth

Beyond pregnancy – The pelvic floor

The abdominals – diastas rectus

Module 2 Asana for post natal yoga 

Poses for the pelvic floor and psoas – exploring, strength, length and letting go

Working with the complete core – strengthening and healing

Asana with baby

Module 3:  Yoga for baby 

The developing brain

Sound and movement

Connection

Module 4: Lesson and Course planning

Sample six week course

Lesson Planning: objectives, outcomes and letting go

Course planning: Themes and building skills

Module 5: Yogic Philosophy

The gunas

The four paths of yoga and motherhood as practice

The Upanishads and postnatal yoga

Module 6: Self care and the power of relaxation

Nada yoga – mantra

Yoga nidra

Ritual and routine

Module 7: Over to you

Teaching practice

Setting up your own offerings

Self care for yoga teachers

Assessment and assignments

Assessment is continuous based on participation, teaching practice and completion of a short project.

Lead Tutor: Clare Bassett

Entry requirements

Candidates must be qualified yoga teachers; trainee yoga teachers may be accepted onto the course but will only receive their cert on completion of their level one 200 hour teacher training.

Pregnancy yoga teaching qualifications is an advantage but not necessary.

Bookings

Pay in full by June 7th with the code Earlybird10 for 10% off  OR  use your voucher

Full Price: €595   This may be paid in easy instalments with €200 deposit necessary to keep your place.

Minimum participants: 4

Maximum participants: 12

Assessment

Attendance is important and missed sessions may have to be made up in order to complete the course successfully.

Assessment is continuous and formative with project based learning forming part of the course. There are two practical assignments.

Teaching practice will take place throughout the course and the final teaching practice will be assessed with feedback given directly to the trainees.

As well as providing each trainee with the necessary skills for teaching postnatal for the course gives an excellent opportunity for personal development and growth.

Trainees are expected to participate fully in all practices and assignments to the best of their ability. Tutors are there to support them becoming competent happy mum and baby yoga teachers.