Yoga is a gift to the pregnant woman, her child and her family.   This 31-hour training is designed for yoga teachers interested in learning how to help pregnant women enhance their experience during pregnancy, child birth and beyond.   Students will learn the anatomy and physiology of the growing fetus and how this produces changes in the mother's body during each trimester.   Topics covered include fetal development, physiological and hormonal changes in the mother's body as well as possible body responses to these changes.   Appropriate asana, assisting, pranayama, sounding and meditation will be covered for each trimester, including after birth.  Pregnancy discomforts during each stage will be explored along with ways to use yoga, non-traditional methods and traditional techniques to help alleviate these discomforts.   Each day begins with a prenatal yoga class during which participants wear “pregnant bellies” for each trimester to simulate the experience of moving in a prenatal body.   Class will be followed by theory, practical application and practice teaching.  In addition, the course will provide tips for labor and birth, partner prenatal yoga and marketing oneself.   Students will leave confident, qualified and comfortable to teach prenatal yoga.

To participate in a Prenatal YTT with Jacci find the location to the right nearest to your home or contact her to bring a prenatal training to your area.

Class Outline and Format (31 hours) (45% lecture, 55% experiential):

• Anatomy and physiology of fetal development and pregnancy
• Stages of labor and birth
• Discussion, practice and leading of over 35 asanas and asana modifications for pregnancy and birth
• Discussion, practice and leading of 8 pranayamas appropriate for pregnancy and birth
• Sounding techniques for pregnancy and birth
• Leading and sequencing a prenatal yoga class including language, visualization and hands-on assisting
• How's and why's of strengthening the pelvic floor
• Overview of pregnancy discomforts and use of asana and pranayama for relief
• Partner prenatal yoga
• Gentle massage techniques for pregnancy and labor
• Belly casting
• Marketing the prenatal yoga class
• Client management

CEUs/Certification
This course provides 31 Yoga Alliance CEUs

To schedule a Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training at your studio email yogawithjacci@gmail.com or call 505.603.0803

New! Baby & Me Workshop
For those who have attended the prenatal yoga teacher training previously or will be attending , this 5-hour workshop covers the basics of adding to your toolbox teaching Baby & Me Yoga. Help Mom re-connect with her post-pregnancy body while connecting with her newborn. Learn how to continue to build a community for moms helping them strengthen their ties to one another, motherhood and yoga. This workshop will cover infant development, post-natal health and how to create safe, fun and effective baby and me yoga classes incorporating yoga poses, singing, poetry, play and baby massage.