DATES

POSTPONED

Hybrid training — weekly sessions (online and in-person) + Self-paced online curriculum. Participants can attend in-person or via Zoom video conferencing.

About the Accessible Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training

Pregnancy is an exciting and often happy time in a woman’s life. It symbolises a person’s future and legacy. The process of change, transformation and birth, while exciting, can bring up feelings of uncertainty and for some women it can equally be a frightening experience. Hersha Yoga's Accessible Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training is an effective course that will train you to be a knowledgable prenatal yoga instructor capable of adapting your class to suit all abilities across all trimesters. Graduates will be able to create a complete integrative yoga class that is classical, dynamic or adaptive. In addition, students will be competent in teaching a workshop to prepare students for labour, as well as postnatal rehabilitation. 

The training covers the larger education of yoga to include yoga philosophy and lifestyle, and Anatomy & Physiology specific to pregnancy and future parenthood. Hersha Yoga is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School and graduates will be able to apply for registration as a Registered Prenatal Yoga Instructor (RPYS). 

Curriculum

The training is a combination of LIVE + ONLINE training, to get your 85 hours required for accreditation. The online curriculum is self-paced and a stand alone for CPD credit. The in-person curriculum can be attended online, but in order to receive certification, this needs to be in real time. The curriculum is as follows:

• Learn Prenatal Yoga theory & techniques and childbirth preparation

• Create Yoga classes for different stages of pregnancy and abilities.

• Skilfully accommodate pregnancies with higher risks and support women’s mental health

• Provide expert support for preparation for labour and postnatal rehabilitation

• Specialise Pranayama, meditation & mindfulness for pregnancy

• Learn Yoga philosophy as it relates to women, pregnancy and motherhood, trauma and postnatal depression.

• Complete anatomy and physiology of Prenatal Yoga — theory and function

• The basics of setting up a successful teaching practice

This training is for you if…

• You have completed a 200-hour teacher training and want to establish yourself as an expert in prenatal yoga / women’s health

• You want to learn directly from a lineage, honouring Yoga’s roots

• You want to help women get prepared for parenthood

• You are looking for ways to refine your personal practice of pranayama, meditation and mantras to advance your journey towards Self-realisation

• You want to find ways to deepen your spiritual knowledge and help your students do the same

• Discover how to overcome negative thought patterns and self-sabotage that hold you back from living a successful life.

Hersha Yoga's comprehensive certification programmes provide a strong foundation for personal and spiritual development.  Participants gain an appreciation for nurturing a personal practice and the skills for teacher trainees to become a knowledgeable and professional yoga teachers. The training process creates a safe environment where students can realise their own potential, gaining respect for themselves and a greater capacity to be of service to others.  

DATE & TIME

POSTPONED TO LATER IN 2024

CERTIFICATION

Upon successful completion of the course, each graduate receives a diploma from Hersha Yoga's School of Teacher Training certifying that he or she may teach prenatal & postnatal yoga. For Yoga Teachers with a 200-hour certification, they may apply to be a Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance.  The Yoga Alliance is an internationally recognised voluntary alliance of organisations and teachers dedicated to uphold the integrity of yoga, establish standards for yoga teachers, and provide support for yoga professionals.**

What you need to know before you register…

PREREQUISITE

Yoga teachers who have completed a 200-hour teacher training from any tradition, midwives, doulas, nurses or any professionals who work with pregnant women. Additionally, pregnant women who are regular yoga practitioners are invited to participate as well.

Requirements for Certification

The Accessible Prenatal Yoga TT Program requires regular attendance, serious application and home study via our online curriculum. We are confident that we can certify all our applicants if they are committed to study and practice.

• Attendance: Participants are required to attend all hours of the live / in-person trainings. If a student misses more than one hour of the training, he or she needs to make up the hours at their own expense by attending additional prenatal yoga classes, scheduled study group sessions or speak to the trainers. Options will be discussed at the first day of training.

• Completion of the Online Course: Participants are required to log in to Hersha Yoga Online School of Teacher Training to the Accessible Prenatal Yoga online component and complete the entire course in order to receive the full certificate.

• Assessment: Participants must teach a full prenatal or postnatal yoga class or labour workshop with assessment from the lead trainer.

TUITION

• Early Bird (before Jan 10): HK$ 9,800 (DISCOUNT CODE: EARLYAPY)

• Discount (before Jan 31): HK$10,800 (DISCOUNT CODE: DISCAPY)

• Regular: HK$ 12,880

VENUE

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THE INSTRUCTORS

• Hersha Chellaram is the principle instructor for this training.  She has studied with Sri Swami Satchidananda since she was a child.  She has attended many of the Integral Yoga programs in her youth and became a certified Integral Yoga instructor in 2002.  She has taken Integral Yoga's prenatal yoga teacher training, and was encouraged to develop her own training program based on her unique experience. Hersha has taught at many Yoga programs, retreats and Teacher Trainings.  She is often joined by other professionals to support lectures and content of the course:

• Katia (Karuna) Bacon is an Integral Yoga certified teacher at the 500-hour level. She is in charge of Anatomy & Physiology, as well as Hatha Theory.

** Must apply to the Yoga Alliance separately

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