Self-Paced Online Antenatal and Postnatal Yoga Instructor Training
Self-Paced Online Yoga Teacher Training
This course provides a globally recognized qualification as an Antenatal and Postnatal yoga instructor via affordable, self-paced, in-depth online training that fits easily around your life. On completion of the course, you will be able to provide safe and supportive yoga classes for pregnant students and new mums. You will have the knowledge to teach a wide variety of appropriate yoga, meditation, relaxation practices, and well-formatted and nurturing techniques.
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Highlights
- 100-hour Antenatal and Postnatal yoga teacher training
- Gain a 100-hour certification from the World Yoga Alliance
- Teach Pregnancy and Postnatal yoga group classes and 1:1 sessions
- Live online sessions will be held over Zoom
- Online sessions time zone: BST (GMT +1) during summer and GMT after October 30th, 2022
- Self-paced: the training is self-paced, you can start and finish when you like, and it will take at least 100 hours to complete
- This course is for existing yoga teachers they are also delivered digitally containing a textbook, audio classes, practical sessions, and an assessment, they also can have live tutorials
- The 100 hours can be used towards gaining a 500-hour teacher training or higher
- Become a globally recognized and certified teacher of Antenatal and Postnatal yoga
- Fully mapped to CIMSPA standards and endorsed with 10 CPD points
- Increase your income and study at your own pace
- Flexible online learning with full support and guidance
- Competitively priced with no hidden costs
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Pre-application requirements
Enrolment is made via completion of the online application form and a contract of learning. Applicants are required to include proof of their existing yoga teaching qualification unless they have completed the World Yoga Alliance-approved Yoga 2 Hear 300-hour yoga teacher Diploma course.
Is this course suitable for you?
This course is for those with an existing yoga teaching qualification. It provides 100 hours of further training certified by the WYA and carries 10 CIMSPA CPD points. It has been created for yoga teachers who wish to deepen their understanding of how yoga positively influences the antenatal and the postnatal periods and wish to become fully qualified to teach group classes, 1-to-1 sessions, and to integrate antenatal and postnatal students into existing yoga classes.
Is this course accredited?
This yoga instructor course excelled in the international education standards of the globally recognized World Yoga Alliance and is certified by them as a 100 Hour Online Antenatal and Postnatal Yoga Instructor Course.
This course has also been mapped to the meet the very high standards of CIMSPA, completion of this course provides 10 CIMSPA CPD points.
Yoga 2 Hear as an organization have been assessed by CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity) and are approved by them as a CIMSPA Training Provider and Education Partner. This provides all Yoga 2 Hear training courses with a second, powerful, internationally recognized ‘stamp of approval’.
Successful completion of the course permits entry to the World Yoga Alliance or any other yoga governing body and will allow you to obtain public liability insurance and work as a yoga teacher anywhere in the world.
How the training works
Live sessions are available on Zoom by arrangement. Students receive a globally recognized qualification to teach Antenatal and Postnatal yoga, and every student that passes receives a certificate.
This course is taught over one in-depth module and is made up of:
- A PDF textbook that includes everything the learner needs to know to teach antenatal and postnatal yoga.
- Six guided audio practices to follow, explore and evaluate. These practices include sessions specific to the antenatal and postnatal periods, each trimester of pregnancy, and relaxation.
- An assessment to be completed and returned.
Whilst training with Yoga 2 Hear you will get all the support and assistance you need to succeed. This can be via online tutorial sessions, telephone, or email.
Yoga 2 Hear is here to help you get the most out of your training and to ensure you complete the course feeling confident and ready to teach yoga to pregnant and postnatal students in a variety of settings. All course content is yours to keep so you can revisit the information as often as required. Having trained with Yoga 2 Hear's qualified instructors will continue to benefit from ongoing support from Sue and the team whenever needed.
Timing of sessions (BST (GMT +1) during summer and GMT after October 30th, 2022
The learning is self-paced so you can study when you like and complete the training in your own time.
Throughout your training with Yoga 2 Hear you will receive unlimited support and guidance from the course creator and Yoga 2 Hear founder Sue Fuller.
Curriculum / course information
Being an antenatal and postnatal yoga instructor is rewarding, this qualification provides you with all the confidence and knowledge to format, create and deliver safe and effective yoga classes that will enhance and enrich pregnancy, birth, and beyond. The Yoga 2 Hear Antenatal and Postnatal yoga instructor course provides comprehensive online self-paced training that you can fit around your life.
This course is suitable for anyone that has completed The Yoga 2 Hear Diploma in teaching yoga or any other accredited 200-hour, Level 3 or greater yoga teacher training course.
Yoga has the ability to support and enrich pregnancy. It provides natural solutions for relaxation and enhances recovery during the postnatal period. Teaching yoga to pregnant students and new mums is highly rewarding and adds variety to your teaching repertoire. The course has been devised and created by leading yoga teacher and Yoga 2 Hear founder Sue Fuller.
Sue has traveled the world teaching yoga since 1995. During this time she has continually studied and researched yoga and yoga-related topics. Sue has written and facilitated teacher training courses and programs for other organizations including courses to teach yoga during pregnancy.
Sue has also created the Pre and Post Natal Yoga Workout DVD for IMC vision. Sue has spent many years researching and creating this yoga instructor course and has drawn on all her experience as a yoga professional and a mother to create it.
Course content
This course provides all the information required to make sure that you feel confident teaching safe, effective, nurturing, and supportive yoga classes to pregnant women and new mothers. Throughout the course, Sue is available to answer all your questions and provide any support and guidance required. Here are some of the topics that this course covers:
- Introduction to the course and an overview of yoga during the pre and postnatal periods
- Why practice yoga during pregnancy
- The benefits of practicing yoga during pregnancy
- A yoga recap, history, and philosophy
- Physical and emotional changes that take place during pregnancy
- Postures to avoid during pregnancy
- The first trimester - includes the development of the baby, changes happening to the mother’s body, and safe postures to practice
- The second trimester - includes the development of the baby, changes happening to the mother’s body, and safe postures to practice
- The third trimester - includes the development of the baby, changes happening to the mother’s body, and safe postures to practice
- The pelvic floor - what is the pelvic floor and how to exercise it
- The chakras and pregnancy
- Pranayama during pregnancy
- Relaxation and meditation during pregnancy
- Labor
- Postnatal yoga practices
- Class formats
- How to adapt a yoga class for an antenatal or postnatal student
- Contraindications
Yoga 2 Hear's commitment to the learner
Yoga 2 Hear is committed to helping everyone who studies with them become confident, knowledgeable, and versatile teachers of yoga. They value their reputation which is why their courses provide continuous support to all those who study with them. There are no deadlines to be met, you work at your pace and submit the final assessment via email when you are ready to do so.
Sue Fuller then personally reviews your assessment submission and a certificate verifying your new qualification will be issued when the required standard of knowledge has been met.
The training is self-paced, they can start and finish when they like, and it will take at least 100 hours to complete. These 100 hours can be used towards gaining a 500-hour teacher training or higher.
Instructors
Sue Fuller
Sue has been teaching individuals, group classes, workshops, and retreats around the world for over 25 years. She has previously written and taught yoga teacher training courses for other organizations and writes for yoga and lifestyle magazines including Health and Fitness, Natural Health, Om the Yoga Magazine and Women’s Weekly.
Retreat location
This teacher training is held online. Yoga 2 Hear is based in Bishopstone, UK and they will live stream sessions based on BST (GMT +1) during Summer and GMT for session/s after October 30th, 2022.
What's included
- 100-hour Antenatal and Postnatal yoga teacher training
- A 100-hour certification from the World Yoga Alliance
- A PDF textbook that includes everything the learner needs to know to teach antenatal and postnatal yoga
- 6 guided audio practices to follow, explore and evaluate. These practices include sessions specific to the antenatal and postnatal periods, each trimester of pregnancy, and relaxation
- An assessment to be completed and returned
- You will get all the support and assistance you need to succeed. This can be via online tutorial sessions, telephone, or email
What's not included
- Accommodation
- Food
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 100% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
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