Yoga Mamas 105-hr Prenatal & Postnatal
Teacher Training
Looking to level up in your teaching?
Become a Yoga Alliance Registered Pre and Postnatal Yoga Teacher and build relationships that will become a community of Yoga Mamas who will enrich your life and practice.
This asynchronous program is highly interactive giving you the confidence to begin teaching while completing your training.
New and New-again Yoga Mamas will be extraordinarily grateful for your expertise in leading them in a safe nurturing practice that helps them feel empowered for birth and connected with other Yoga Mamas. Relationships developed between Yoga Mamas teachers and students during this special time often lead to more class opportunities you can develop like Couples, Moms & Toddlers, and Family Yoga.
Complete your training COVID-safe in our hybrid model with options to attend in person or fully online.
Curriculum
This is a sampling of what you’ll gain through our comprehensive program:
Confidence: Building confidence in your teaching and building mamas confidence in her ability to give birth
Community: Learn alongside women in every stage of pregnancy. Teach using a support group structure during asanas while creating community in your classes.
Personal Authenticity: Find your personal voice in your teaching, as well as self-care for you and your students.
Shift Your Vision: Focus on what is possible in Pregnancy instead of what’s not, exploring the many variations of asanas.
Hatha Yoga Foundation: Comprehensive manual for reference including 12 Hatha Yoga Themes for a class series and how to best structure your class.
Asana: Create space for baby and comfort for mom through length and strength
Labor Preparation: Yoga tools for best birth outcomes, including fetal positioning, mindfulness preparation, asanas & pranayama for labor and more.
Support with Props: Specific issues common to prenatal/postnatal women and how to modify and use props.
Deep Dive: In depth knowledge on the pelvis, the manometric system, diastasis recti and how yoga best supports functional movement and a healthy core.
Adaptation: Explore best practices for modifying and empowering mamas during pregnancy in a regular class
Expansion: Structure your specialized classes to get the optimal benefits of community building and safety in addition to physical wellness.
Labor Practices: Explore the use of mindfulness practices, chanting and vocalization, guided imagery, partner yoga support, and breathwork for labor.
Philosophy
Yoga Mamas Prenatal & Postnatal Teacher Training gives you the ability to lead classes that support the continuously changing body through relaxation, strength and mindfulness. Our classes are richly themed and highly informative based in Hatha Yoga Philosophy and Doula Practice, sparking intimate and enriching conversations ranging from the nitty-gritty of pregnancy and advocacy, to nourishing spirit and connection with baby, ALL while leading Yoga Mamas through safe postures. Many of our teachers use their Yoga Mamas skills to expand their offerings to their general classes and to differently-bodied participants with mobility challenges.
Dates
Prenatal Training Weekends:
May 14, 15, 16: Create Community in Sacred Space
June 11, 12, 13: Empowerment through Knowledge
June 25, 26, 27: Freedom through Nurturing
Postnatal Training Weekend: A New Norm – Parenting Strength and Surrender
July 9, 10, 11
Trainers
Our Yoga Mamas leaders are mothers who are passionate about the power of yoga to empower students, create community and transform the experience of pregnancy, birth, and motherhood.
Meet my AMAZING Partners below
Who’s this Training for?
Our Yoga Alliance certified training is perfect for yoga teachers, fitness instructors, doulas, midwives, L&D nurses, and childbirth educators who want to add prenatal instruction to their repertoire. After successful completion of this program you will be Yoga Mamas certified by Create Karma for pre and postnatal yoga and you will qualify for Yoga Alliance’s 85-Hour Prenatal Yoga Teacher (PYT) designation.
Additional Offerings
Women who are planning a birth in the future or currently pregnant, but are not looking to teach are invited to join us for Yoga Mama Wellness Weekends.
Already prenatal certified? Our comprehensive postnatal training weekend can be taken as a stand alone module.
Is this the right fit for you? Want to talk to find clarity and the perfect program? Please reach out to me below.
Investment $1800
Each instructor brings their own expertise and perspective
Randi Coen Gilbert
BFA, MA, E-RYT 500, RPYT, YACEP, has spent over 20 years as a child advocate and yoga teacher. Randi began teaching yoga in 2000 after having her second baby. She credits a full yoga practice, including mindfulness, to saving her as a new mom and making her a much better parent.
Certified at the 500 hour level in 2003, Randi has advanced accreditations from Yoga Alliance. In 2012, she became a birth doula, registered by DONA International and trained in Yoga Therapy for 2 years. Randi has a Master’s Degree in Drama Therapy from NYU.
Last year, Randi fulfilled a lifelong dream and spent 5 weeks studying yoga and visiting spiritual sights in India.
Kristin Shultz
BS, 500 RYT, has spent her adult life working with mothers, parents and children teaching everything from yoga to conscious discipline to mindful childbirth. It was during her own pregnancies she uncovered the powerful benefits of mind-body awareness and self-care. Her passion to share these teachings and inspire her community to live their fullest potential has led her to found Zia Yoga & Wellness.
She has in-depth specializations including Ayurveda, AyurYoga, Pre/Postnatal Yoga, Children’s Yoga, Facilitation, Training and Mentorship. In addition to her experience teaching yoga and training others, Kristin brings over 15 years experience in business operations as a consultant in the early childhood education, health and wellness, and social and behavioral research industries. She graduated with Distinction from the Pennsylvania State University earning a B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies.
Sarah Yukie Gingrich
BS, E-RYT 500, discovered the joy of teaching during her Montessori elementary education. She felt the transformative power of yoga in 2001. Sarah completed her first 500 hour certification in 2003, trained as a movement and postural analyst in 2011, and evolves her movement and wellness offerings by leading classes, sessions, and trainings for over 15 years.
After developing her skills as a life coach in 2009, she integrated embodied leadership coaching for individuals, companies, and non-profits to transform and empower their communities. Sarah founded Create Karma, a not-for-profit social enterprise to provide accessible transformational leadership and wellness trainings through collaborative facilitation, in 2015.
A mother and partner, Sarah loves living in Lancaster, PA, and serves on the advisory board of the Women’s Business Center.