Who is this training for?

• Maybe you have been teaching yoga for years and are ready to take the leap into teaching for people during pregnancy and postpartum?

• Maybe you are an exercise or movement professional already working with pregnant people and are ready to refine your skills to include more yoga?

• Maybe you are a midwife, doula, or another type of perinatal provider that would like to include more mindfulness and movement tools into your practice?

Whoever you are, you are likely tired of old paradigms that emphasize a singular narrative around pregnancy, birth and postpartum. And you're ready to help widen your understanding of birth, through the lens of social justice, gender inclusivity, and trauma informed care. This training will broaden your understanding of pregnancy, birth and postpartum. We will take a holistic look at how prenatal and postpartum yoga and movement classes are a fertile time for providing supportive and inclusive classes.

Our hope is that you will walk away from this training:

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able to teach classes with a deep understanding of anatomy, physiology, functional movement, yoga poses & breath practices for the pregnant & postpartum person

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with working knowledge of pregnancy, birth & postpartum, & feel confident in your ability to address the dynamic needs of a group class

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embodying your role as teacher, your scope of practice & ethics of teaching yoga to perinatal populations through a trauma sensitive & healing focused lens

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with a general understanding of structural & systemic oppression & be able to identify & address how intersectional barriers may impact students & have tools to mitigate its impact