Full description :Adapted yoga poses can physically and mentally help prepare women for childbirth. This course will teach you how to adapt a yoga practice to each stage of pregnancy, to ensure a safe and enriching practice for mother and baby. You will learn about benefits of yoga in pregnancy and how to modify asanas for the changing body. We will introduce special poses, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques that will help to prepare women for a smooth delivery and explore how meditation and relaxation practices can help parents to welcome their new children. Throughout the course, the emphasis will be on how to build a safe and supportive environment in the classroom and support students emotionally through their pregnancy journey. The goal of the course is to give yoga teachers guidelines for teaching yoga to pregnant women. We will cover Swami Vishnudevanandas 5 basic Points of Yoga as applied to teaching yoga to pregnant women.

*15 hr Continued Education Certificate with Yoga Alliance upon completion.

If you would like to take the full 2 week Sivananda Adapted Yoga Teacher Training that includes the following courses:

Adapted Yoga AsanasYoga Asanas According to AyurvedaTeaching Yoga for Kids and TeensChair YogaPrenatal Yoga

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Daily schedule :Wednesday:Check in is at 15:00

Regular Ashram daily schedule

Thursday and Friday:6 am Morning Satsang8 am Yoga class10 am Brunch11 am Karma Yoga1 pm Course session4 pm Prenatal yoga class6 pm Dinner8 pm Satsang

Saturday:6 am Morning Satsang8 am Yoga class10 am Brunch11 am Check out of the room1 pm Course session3.30 pm to 6 pm Prenatal yoga class

**The course ends on Saturday August 11th at 6 pm. Please plan to depart a day after the course dates if needed. Please refer to the check in/out times.

Teacher :Sarada has been part of the Sivananda organization as a karma yogi and teacher for over 20 years, in South America, Canada and Europe. She is a kind and compassionate teacher, offering her vast knowledge of yoga to a wide variety of students. Currently residing in Germany, she also teaches classes for kids / teens with special needs.

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