THIS TRAINING IS FOR:

• This course is for yoga teachers and trainees as well as acupuncturists, childbirth educators, chiropractors, doctors, doulas, craniosacral/massage/shiatsu therapists, midwives, nurses, therapists and of course pregnant women! It is also Yoga Alliance applicable.
• You’ll gain practical, hands-on skills to support clients during pregnancy and birth, including understanding the stages of labor, the role of a Doula, active birth support, effective communication, postpartum care, trauma-informed practices, social justice considerations, marketing strategies, and establishing your own Doula business. Plus, you’ll benefit from full mentorship along the way.
• By the end of the training, you’ll feel prepared to accommodate pregnant individuals in regular classes, and you’ll be equipped to lead prenatal, couples workshops, and postnatal yoga, Pilates, and movement classes. You will be able to provide support for women as a Doula during birth and post partum.

COST

• $330 +HST per weekend x 5 Modules
  
• A certificate is given upon completion of these courses applicable towards Yoga Alliance continuing education credits.

Hormones 101 – Pre-menses Anomalies and Fertility Certification – 20h

In this course we will explore the different anomalies that can occur with women’s cycles in pre puberty and how it affects fertility, miscarriage and other issues. We will learn how to begin the process of balancing hormones through physiology and yoga.
 The human body uses 50 hormones to regulate different systems and bodily functions such as growth, metabolism and temperature regulation. There are also a number of hormones that help regulate the development and release of the female reproductive cells. Hormonal imbalance is an incorrect quantity of one or more hormones in the bloodstream and balance this process is important for health and wellness

• Core concepts of Hormones during puberty
• Fertility, hormone balance and other anomalies
• Miscarriages and pregnancy loss  why they occur
• Understanding ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology including IVF) and the terminology around it
• Benefits & principles of Yoga for Fertility, hormone balance and other anomalies
• Sample class that supports various stages of the fertility cycle within a group fertility class
• Supporting your clients’ mental health through their fertility journey
• ‘Holding space’ for students in and around Fertility Yoga classes
• Contraindications for Yoga for Fertility (what to avoid)
• Meditation  practices for Yoga for Fertility/anomalies
• Fertility and breath work practices ( pranayama)
• Nutrition for fertility and hormone balance
• Yoga for Miscarriage
• Guidelines for healing yoga & meditation practices for miscarriage & pregnancy loss
• Sample classes accommodating different phases of the fertility journey

Prenatal Yoga Specialist Certification – 20h

This training will give you the knowledge and skills required to support and help pregnant women make informed choices. Help you asses a pregnant student physiologically, and be able to use the proper props, modifications and hands on corrections for yoga. It will also give you a solid foundation of techniques used to help women and couples during labour.

• Learn tools to be able to teach and design yoga classes for pregnant women, as well as couples and those interested in fertility
• Appropriate Yoga postures for pregnancy and various modifications, pranayama (breathing) for relaxation, guided meditation, positive affirmation & restorative postures for pregnancy
• How to foster and support women in preparation for birth in a natural and holistic way
• Learn Positions for labour and types of yogic breathing to prepare and support the laboring Mother during her birth
• Understand how to teach and support pregnant students in all phases of gestation
• Gain an understanding of the psychological, physical and emotional states of pregnant women
• Discover how to enhance fertility through yoga practice
• Learn to prepare couples for birth, ensuring they make informed choices
• Practical business and marketing tools for Prenatal Yoga
• Practice your teaching skills in the course

Doula/Birth-Worker Part 1 – 20h

• Birth Education
• Physiological Birth and the Stages of Labour
• Birthing & the Stages of Labour
• Pre-labour, First Stage, Transition
• Second Stage, Birth, Placenta
• Hormones of Pregnancy & Birth
• Role of the Labour Doula
• Doula Scope of Practice
• What is a trauma Informed Doula?
• A Doula Code of Ethics
• A Social Media Code
• History of Doulas
• Equity, diversity and inclusion policy and instructional component
• Advocacy, anti-oppression, social justice and decolonization in birth work
• The Role of a Labour or Postpartum Doula
• Inter professional relations with all health care providers
• Communication
• Prenatal support and the doulas role
• Reflective and Active Listening
• Comfort measures in labour with hands on learning
• Emotional support during labour
• Supporting second stage
• Special circumstances in pregnancy, birth and postpartum and doula support
• Cesarean Sections and VBAC
• Pain management theory.
• Medicalized options and the doulas role
• Medical Intervention
• What is Medical Intervention and the Cascade of Intervention?
• VBAC doula support

Postnatal Yoga Specialist Certification – 20h

This course is for yoga teachers and trainees as well as acupuncturists, childbirth educators, chiropractors, doctors, doulas, craniosacral/massage/shiatsu therapists, midwives, nurses, therapists and of course pregnant women! It is also Yoga Alliance applicable. In this course we will explore:

• Yoga for mothers/parents and newborns, mothers/parents and babies (once rolling begins), mothers/parents and toddlers/preschoolers
• How to inspire and support women postpartum
• Physiological, energetic and emotional considerations after birth
• Pelvic floor support
• Abdominal reconditioning
• Working with c-section recovery
• Assess specific post natal needs and address them safely with yoga and modifications
• Gain the understanding of developmental stages of babies from infancy on
• Discover how to encourage participants to stimulate the developmental stages of their infants through movement and touch
• Post natal considerations and practice
• Client and business management
• Practice teaching and designing classes for participants with their babies

Doula/Birth-Worker Part 2 – 20h

• Practical: Active BirthComfort measures in labour with hands on learning
• Positions for Labour
• Acupressure for Birth
• Hands on Massage for Birth
• Positioning/baby spinning baby for birth
• Rebozo for Pregnancy & Birth
• Postpartum Support:
• The Role of a Postpartum Doula
• Breast /chest Feeding Support
• Postpartum recovery for the new mother and infant
• Post partum Depression and baby blues
• The neurobiology of trauma in pre- and post-natal parents
• The psychological impact of birth
• Supporting Trauma and when to Refer
• Doula Practicum and Business
• Inter professional relations, building bridges with all health care providers
• Effective communication
• Birthworker/doula business support
• Marketing

TR-PYT Eligibility

To gain Canadian Yoga Alliance certification as RPYT, a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training is required. Others can participate but will not be eligible for registration as a Prenatal Yoga Teacher through Canadian Yoga Alliance. RPYT 95+ hours. Teachers that have their RYT 200 hour or a previous 40 hour Pre/Post natal certification may upgrade and pay a reduced fee for full certification. Participants also require:

• A minimum of 75 contact hours with Elle Slimmon (the training meets this requirement)
• 10 observation hours observing or assisting classes in your community or at the studio
• Successful completion of teaching practicum with support of Elle Slimmon, our teaching team and peers
• 10 hours of homework readings to be completed after the course (this will be assigned in class)

This course is certified via Canadian  Yoga Alliance and American Yoga Alliances (CYAS). A certificate is given upon completion of these courses for a total of 95+ hours of Registered Prenatal and Post natal Yoga/Pilates Instructor + Birth Worker/Doula