85 hour yoga alliance registered prenatal yoga teacher training with sue elkind in frenchtown, new jersey
AWAKENING THE GODDESS - LIVE-STREAMED RECORDED AND IN-PERSON
Part one - December 1-3, 2023
Part two - January 19-21, 2024
Part three- February 9-11, 2024
PLUS: four live Zoom calls 5-7pm ET: December 14, January 4th, Feb 1, March 7
PLUS: Library of pre-recorded prenatal & postnatal yoga specialized classes (18 classes) you gain access to once you register and pay for training.
Learn how to support women during their journey into motherhood in this comprehensive training in prenatal yoga & conscious birthing with Sue Elkind, E-RYT 500, RPYT. Explore how to weave the great teachings of yoga seamlessly into Mother Nature’s blueprint, encouraging women to experience a more joy-filled pregnancy, empowered birth and confident postnatal transition.
An expansive training manual will be provided and students will be expected to complete homework assignments, including book report, observation and practice teaching throughout, and completion of Final Exam.
Teachers will also find this training applicable to teaching restorative, infertility, chair, partner, beginning and seniors yoga.
Weekends will include :
PART ONE
• The inner wisdom of Yoga in Pregnancy
• Benefits of Yoga in pregnancy
• The Essentials of a healthy Prenatal Yoga practice
• Hormonal Physiology of Pregnancy/childbirth
• Fertility awareness and Conscious Conception
• Trimester specific practices
• Prenatal Specific Anatomy & Physiology
• Yoga Biomechanics for Pregnancy
• Core and Pelvic Floor Health for Pregnancy
• The do’s & don’ts of the Trimesters
• Meditation and Mantra for Pregnancy
• Restorative Yoga for Pregnancy
• Prenatal Nutrition
PART TWO
• Prenatal Specific Anatomy & Physiology
• Pregnancy conditions
• Yoga Biomechanics for Pregnancy
• Trimester specific practices
• Essential oils and Pregnancy
• Hormonal Physiology of Pregnancy/childbirth
• Cellular memory of birth experience
• Yoga Biomechanics for Pregnancy
• Labor Support for Pregnancy
• Creating Themes to inspire your students
• Modifications and Alternatives in Postures
• Sequencing Prenatal Classes
• Prenatal Yoga Teaching Practicum
• Relaxation techniques to support birth
• 4th Trimester Support
• Postnatal nutrition
• Prenatal Yoga teaching practicum
• Structuring Prenatal Classes
• Modifications and alternatives in practice
PART THREE
• Teaching Pregnant Women in a Public Class
• Observation & verbal adjustments
• Sequencing for Pregnancy conditions
• Teaching Practicum for Pregnancy conditions
• Postnatal Specific Anatomy & Physiology
• Postnatal Core and Pelvic Floor Health
• 4th Trimester-specific recovery practices
• Final Pre/postnatal Yoga Group Practicum
• Restorative Yoga for Postnatal
teacher training schedule & tuition
Friday 4-8:00pm ET - Livestream/Recorded only
Saturday 12noon-8pm In Person & Livestream/Recorded
Sunday 12-6pm In Person & Livestream/Recorded
Training: $1500 - A payment plan option is available if you need financial assistance.
registration and cancellation policies
A 15% deposit (based on full price of training) is required to hold your space. Once you are enrolled in the training, all deposits are non-refundable. One week prior to training, 50% is non-refundable. No refunds will be available once the training has started.
About Sue Elkind:
My interest in prenatal yoga developed shortly after I began teaching yoga in the early 1990’s. During one of my first public classes, I encountered a pregnant student who was in obvious need of extra assistance. Trying not to panic, I instinctively gave her as many props as I could find to help her modify her practice and stayed close by to remind her to breathe! After the session, I called a seasoned prenatal yoga teacher and friend to consult about what I had done. First she assured me that I did not do anything wrong or harmful. She then offered me some useful advice based on her wisdom and personal experiences in pregnancy and prenatal yoga. From that first experience, I was truly inspired to see how yoga and the state of pregnancy were deeply connected. I continued to seek out prenatal trainings over the next several years, fortunate to be in Los Angeles where prenatal yoga was flourishing. There was an abundance of great inspiration, particularly the community woven together by Gurmukh Khalsa. What I found interesting was how different each prenatal yoga class was — depending on the teacher and their school of influence. When I became pregnant and decided to teach prenatal yoga, I used this multitude of resources I had gathered to help inspire my own voice to bloom.