100-hr Blooma Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training®
Syllabus
General Background in the Specialty Area 5 Hours
- Yoga teacher relationship with health care professionals
- Psychological considerations during pregnancy
- Differentiate between high risk and non-high risk pregnancy
Experiential Learning 30 Hours
- Taking on the role of a prenatal mama
- Knowledge of 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimester
- Alignment with asana for the expectant mother
- Relaxation and stress management techniques
- Choosing music to create energetic shifts
- Comprehensive manual included in tuition
- Be Blooma Well DVD included in tuition
Teaching Methodology 15 Hours
- Using your knowledge to empower yourself and your students
- Creating a safe non-authoritarian environment
- Communication and relationship building with students
- Mindfulness and clarity while leading class
- Taking on the role of the learner as you are teaching
- Balancing prenatal yoga sequencing with the freedom of dance
- Support your students by providing effective tools for coping with labor
- Nurturing creativity in the learning process
Anatomy & Physiology 10 Hours
- Bones and muscles of the pelvic floor
- Trimester changes in mama and baby; duration of pregnancy- gestation
- Overview of complications- including miscarriage, premature labor, hypertension, preeclampsia and body mechanics
- Chakra system and its connection to the endocrine system
- Physical ailments commonly found in pregnancy: rectus diastasis, round ligament pain, sciatica, sacroiliac dysfunction and how yoga can help these issues
- Fetal positioning and asana's that are beneficial for breech presentation
- Childbirth education: including the stages of labor and related hormonal changes
Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics 5 Hours
- Fostering a non-competitive, inclusive class atmosphere no matter what birthing plan the mama has in mind
- Incorporating yoga philosophy in prenatal/postnatal-appropriate ways
- Teaching as a way to prepare for labor/delivery and motherhood
- Contemplation and journaling
Practice Teach and Observation 25 Hours
- Observing, assisting and teaching
- Create and teach one 60 minute prenatal yoga class while keeping your authentic voice
- Practice teach in small groups and in partners
- Give and receive feedback
Professional Practices 5 Hours
- Create healthy boundaries in the student-teacher relationship
- Create a safe and sacred learning environment
- Marketing your service
- Confidentiality
- When to refer out to other professionals
- Networking with related professionals and organizations
- Building the birth community- pre and postnatal
- Continuing Education
- Yoga Alliance Registry
- Insurance Liabilities
- Website listing on Nosara Yoga Institute Registry
Required Reading/ Writing Review 5 Hours
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
- Active Birth by Janet Balaskas
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