Teacher Training

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Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training Program

40-Hour Intensive

Pregnancy offers women many physical, spiritual, and social challenges as they prepare for motherhood. Yoga practice during pregnancy can help them prepare for these challenges with awareness, strength, and grace, and is rapidly becoming one of the most popular ways of preparing for childbirth in the United States.
This comprehensive 40-hour prenatal/postnatal yoga teacher training program will provide you with a rich framework and effective tools to offer professional, responsible, and appropriate yoga instruction to pregnant and postpartum women. You will gain confidence and skills to teach prenatal and postnatal yoga classes from a solid foundation.

LEARN
which yoga postures are especially helpful during pregnancy and how to adapt them as necessary.
UNDERSTAND
the physiological, emotional, and social considerations of the childbearing year.
ADDRESS
the common discomforts of pregnancy with specific yoga postures and sequences.
OFFER
professional, responsible, and appropriate support to pregnant and postpartum women.
RECEIVE
hands-on training and peer feedback in practice classroom settings.
GAIN
experience in supporting mother/infant bonding and fostering community among new mothers.
MARKET
your prenatal program within your community.
ENCOURAGE
women to access and trust their own deep wisdom and strength.

This training is open to yoga teachers and health care professionals with a committed yoga practice of at least one year. The training includes significant prerequisite reading, supervised teaching opportunities and take-home assignments. Reading assignments and major textbooks will be sent upon registration. Applicants are strongly encouraged to register at least one month prior to scheduled training session in order to complete the prerequisite reading. Students who successfully complete all requirements of the course will receive a certificate of completion.

Prerequisites

Completion of a 200-hour yoga teacher-training course or permission from the instructor.

Teacher Bio

Leslie Lytle combines a background in Iyengar-style yoga and vipassana meditation with imagery, poetry, and a deep understanding of the experience of pregnancy and birth. She has worked with pregnant women since 1992 as massage therapist, doula, and yoga instructor. A Certified Laban Movement Analyst and Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, Leslie holds a bachelor's degree in Movement Studies and a master's degree in Sociology, where her area of interest was women's experience of the body and health. She has completed advanced training in prenatal yoga and exercise with Janice Clarfield, Colette Crawford, and Elizabeth Noble, and is certified as a Pre/Postnatal Health and Fitness Instructor with Dancing Thru Pregnancy® Inc. Leslie brings to her yoga classes a love of movement, an eye for alignment, and a deep respect for the body's inherent wisdom. Her goal is to empower women in their childbearing years to move into parenthood with grace and awareness.

Training Structure

The prenatal training is structured into a five-day intensive or may be spread over two weekends, usually offered approximately one month apart. Where possible and by prior agreement, the hosting studio will arrange a practicum prenatal class for the trainees to practice teaching pregnant students under supervision. Leslie is now developing her 2010-12 training schedule. If your studio is interested in sponsoring the prenatal yoga teacher training, please send inquiries to info@ommama.com.