Pre-application requirements
- Stable internet connection
- Facebook account
- Notes, pen pencils, pillow, yoga blocks, mats, yoga belts, water bottle, and towel
How the training works
The course consists of approximately 40 to 50 live sessions via Facebook within one and a half weeks (approximately 10 days) with a focus on the syllabus mentioned. The last day will be the certification ceremony.
Daily schedule (GMT+5:30)
Monday - Friday
- 07:00 - 09:00 Gentle asana flow LED class by masters at the usage of props
- 09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast break
- 10:00 - 11:30 Teaching methodology
- 11:40 - 13:00 Anatomy
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
- 14:00 - 15:30 Ayurveda
- 15:30 - 16:30 Yoga Nidra, mantra chanting, meditation, or pranayama
Saturday
- 07:00 - 09:00 Gentle asana flow LED class by masters at the usage of props
- 09:00 - 10:00 Self-study or breakfast break
- 10:00 - 11:30 Teaching methodology
- 11:40 - 13:00 Lunch break
- 12:30 - 15:30 Self-study or weekend
Sunday
Course information
A healthy newborn baby is the biggest asset, a mother can have in her life. Proper due diligence during pregnancy, as necessary, do’s and dont’s of all kinds, a healthy diet, and a customized but well-suited workout regime are the most important factors for a pregnant lady or for the ones who have just conceived and have recently started their journey to motherhood or for those females who are planning for a healthy pregnancy and need professional assistance to ensure the journey is smooth and flawless.
The world is witnessing a dramatic change in the field of "pregnancy yoga" with thousands of pre-natal experts in demand to assist females before, during, and after three trimesters of pregnancy. It is just not the healthy food for a female, but a balanced and well-designed workout calendar backed by physical and spiritual healing methods that are becoming must in a today’s environment which is full of stress, bad food habits, changed lifestyles, and financial worries.
With growing needs and aspirations while balancing work-family life, many females are facing hormonal imbalance and gynecological problems that are the major bottlenecks for a healthy life and a successful pregnancy resulting in problems like infertility and many more. The systematic approach of the pra-natal yoga teachers training course aims at equipping students, teachers, or practitioners to optimize and maximize the use of inputs shared with them during the course and assist their students in a healthy pregnancy.
This prenatal program is designed to teach yoga for all stages of practitioners - beginners, intermediate, and advanced and to equip them with knowledge so that they are well-equipped to teach pregnant females. It helps pregnant females with yoga tasks during three trimesters of their pregnancy and postnatal i.e. after the delivery. Anatomy sessions make basics clear and to understand female physiology and pregnancy-related challenges.
Asana classes are well designed based on the stage of pregnancy and Ayurveda importance - Ayurveda before, during, and after pregnancy. Mantra chanting is for a successful and safe pregnancy. There are safety measures and tips for students while teaching with the usage of props before, during, and after pregnancy. Group practice with teaching methodology with safety standards and Hatha yoga basics to prepare teachers with in-depth yogic science.
Yoga practical techniques - 60 hours
1. Training, practice, and techniques - 40 hours
- Asana (trimesters wise) - gentle asana flow with props - adjustment belt
- Pillow
- Chair
- Wall ropes
- Bolster
- Yoga blocks
- Wall support
- Pranayama - yogic breathing
- Guided meditation - Yoga Nidra
- Trataka
- OM technique
- AUM meditation
- Mantra for three trimesters
- Jalaneti Kriya
- Yoga stretches and exercise
- Trimester
- Specific poses
- Safety measures
- Stress management techniques
2. Teaching methodology - 10 hours
- Principles of a successful teacher
- Ethical code of conduct of a teacher
- Art of demonstration and observation
- Alignment
- Adjustment of asana
- Practice teaching sessions for students (LED class) and yoga food or lifestyle
- Asana theory benefits and limitations
- Teaching methodology relevant practices
- Course plan (preconception to prenatal)
- Modifications and approach
- Safety in practice
- Apprenticeship
3. Practicum - 10 hours
- LED class by students - students themselves taking classes for other students and also observing others while teaching
Yoga theoretical techniques - 40 hours
1. Theory - 20 hours
- Introduction - course objectives understanchildbirthbirth reproductive system
- Mensuration
- Fertilization
- Pregnancy
- Birth
- Post-delivery scope of interventions yoga
- Synergy with Ayurveda
- Synergy with science
2. Anatomy - 20 hours
- Female reproductive system
- Endocrine system and hormones
- Hormones and their function
- The menstrual cycle
- Fertilization pregnancy and yoga preconception
- First-trimester development
- Second-trimester development
- Third-trimester development
- The birth: labor and delivery
- Post-natal period Ayurveda principles and basics of Ayurveda Ayurvedic physiology
- Precautions in pregnancy and practices of antenatal care
Eligibility
- Practitioners with a minimum of six months to one year of yoga practice or experience can apply
- Pregnant females or practitioners of age group 18 and above can apply with some background in yoga
- Teacher training program cannot be considered as a holiday getaway and fun holiday
- Patients with major illnesses or injuries cannot apply or they need to consult the doctor before applying
- Practitioners with a serious mindset to learn the teacher training program to apply