Yoga Baby

Soon at a studio near you!

This 20-hour specialized course offers yoga teachers and related professionals the knowledge and tools you will need to offer safe, healthy and fun postnatal yoga classes to new moms and babies. Deanna Bills PRYT and RYT-500, has over 25 years of experience teaching yoga and over a decade of working in maternal health and child development. This training will cover the many physical, emotional, and psychological considerations which are key to creating an environment where both mother and child can heal, grow, and thrive.This training is designed for yoga teachers, doulas, maternal health professionals, community-based practitioners, and anyone passionate about supporting people in the postpartum period through movement, healing, and connection. Some experience working with women in their reproductive years is helpful but not necessary.

Postnatal Teacher Training is for:

  • Mothers, caregivers, birth workers in training

  • 200-hour/300-hour Yoga Teachers

  • Birth Professionals (childbirth educators, doulas, midwives, nurses, OB/GYN’s, etc) interested in learning how yoga can benefit your clients and how to add yoga to your care modalities

  • Yoga practitioners

  • Non-profit & Program Staff, Community Health Workers, Peer Educators, Group Care Facilitators

What to expect:

  • The most beneficial postures, as well as contraindications for postnatal yoga

  • Songs, movement, and community-building activities that make a fun yoga class experience

  • How to lead group classes

  • Pertinent information regarding the pelvic floor, diastasis recti, and other anatomical and physiological considerations particular to the postpartum body, approached from a western as well as eastern perspective

  • The psychology of the chakras and how it is integrated into parenting

  • About emotional and mental concerns specific to the postpartum period, such as the 'baby blues,'  postpartum depression, anxiety and isolation

  • A specialized sequence of class activities and time management tools to keep the flow of class in tune with the changing needs of the students

  • How to adapt your classes to the toddler years

  • How to become a facilitator in community building, self-care, and creating a safe place for mothers to share their celebrations, concerns, and questions during this tumultuous and exciting time of life

  • How to market your services as a postnatal yoga teacher

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