Supporting the Magic of Motherhood
Learn how to create a program in a calm, peaceful environment that will help strengthen the uterus and pelvic muscles, improve circulation, aid in digestion, exercise the spine and increase overall comfort of your students Yoga can also alleviate many of the discomforts of pregnancy such as nausea, constipation, varicose veins, swelling, back pain and sciatica. Learn to develop a safe, open community that will allows women to freely discuss any issues, from discomforts and concerns to the wonderful new changes that her body and baby are experiencing.
Course Details
- Dates: Online March 8-14, 2021 (email for future dates)
- Tuition: $989.00 (AYTT graduates enquire about discounted tuition and this program is included in the Atlas 500hr YTT program electives)
- Earlybird registration discount if registered and paid 60 days before program starts.
- Further discount if you register and pay for the 3 Modules of the Reproductive Cycle (Fertility/Conception, Prenatal, Postnatal) at the same time. Fertility & Conception Yoga June 7-11, 2021, Postnatal Yoga May 24-28 - Tuition for all three module is 2400.00
- Hours: 50 contact hours (qualifies as a specialization for 500 Hour Atlas YTT)
*Please note: payment is required on receipt of notification of acceptance to the program
Support
In this specialized Prenatal Yoga Instructor Training Course, Denise will be providing dedicated prenatal education, a trained Childbirth Educator and birth coach. There will be specific anatomy focus on areas such as the pelvic floor, diastasis recti and the core. Students will be better equipped to deal with the sensitivities surrounding a women's growing prenatal body and therefore be able to confidently apply their learned knowledge in both their personal and professional yoga practices.
Yoga & Meditation Scripts
You will find yoga class plans, meditation scripts and templates for class planning to support you as you develop your skills as a prenatal yoga teacher.
Prerequisites
200 Hour YTT &/or Physical Education or Kinesiology Degree
- Basic knowledge of Anatomy & Physiology
- If you are a graduate from another school of yoga, we will require a copy of your certificate, an up-to-date FirstAid/CPR/AED certificate and a copy of your syllabus to ensure that you have covered basic foundational principles assumed in this program. This may require that you do a small amount of work to understand basics in our teaching style.
Example Curriculum
- Anatomy and Pregnancy
- Physiology Basics
- Anatomy and Physiology Workbook
- The importance of a healthy Microbiome
- Somatics
- Chinese Meridians
- Ayurvedic Marma Points
- Chakras & Pregnancy
- Aromatherapy and Pregnancy
- Samāsa Approach to Yoga
- Precautions for Prenatal Yoga
- Remedies for Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy
- Common Discomforts in Pregnancy
- Benefits of Prenatal Yoga
- Informed Consent, New Student Waivers, ParQ, ParMedX, PrenatalParQ
- Class Planning
- Programming for Special Conditions
- Working with the Doula, Midwife, OBGYN, Partners and Family Members
- The Labour & Delivery Partner Workshop
- How to Bring Prenatal Yoga into the Corporation (working environments)
- Pregnancy – a family affaire
- Pregnancy and social justice
- Pregnancy and Inclusivity
- Cross-training – walking, swimming, running, cycling, weight-liftng
Denise Davis-Gains
Denise Davis-Gains has been teaching yoga since 1993. She has been teaching fitness and studying meditation since 1980. After completing her first certification with Susie Dias in Toronto, Denise actively sought to find time with senior teachers of this ancient tradition. She holds two university degrees and continues to pursue higher education. Denise completed a course in Sanskrit with Jonathan Geen at McMaster University. She is trained in the Kripalu method of yoga, a very introspective style that incorporates vinyasa flow and postural analysis. She has been fortunate to be able to study with great yoga masters in the Ashtanga, Iyengar, Sivananda, Kundalini, Himalayan and other styles and schools and brings this variety of experience and style to this program. Denise has been training yoga teachers since 1997. Denise taught credit courses: Intro to Yoga; Intro to Yoga Therapy; Group Exercise and Physical Fitness in the Kinesiology department of Wilfrid Laurier University for 16 years and vocational fitness in the Community Services Department at Conestoga College. She has been a facilitator and Production & Staff manager in the Inner Quest Intensive, at the Kripalu Institute, Massachusetts (the Inner Quest Intensive in considered the most intensive and healing program that is run at this institution) and assisted in a programs in support of Parkinson’s patients and their care-givers and a nutrition program, “The Quest for the Limitless You” and “The Mindful Table a Nurtition and Mindfulness program.” Denise is a certified yoga therapist.
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