Dru Yoga Prenatal Teacher Training - online post graduate course
This comprehensive course is open to all qualified yoga teachers from any tradition. Designed to train graduate teachers in the practical skills to confidently and safely teach yoga classes for pregnant women and accommodate a pregnant woman in a general class. This course is also aimed at those wishing to learn how to modify and adapt yoga practices to be accessible for differing abilities.
We will examine the most common concerns yoga teachers have when embarking into this special area of teaching and demonstrate the fulfilling role of a Dru prenatal yoga teacher.
This training explores how to empower women to trust in the miracle of birth and utilise the yogic techniques to face the challenges of pregnancy, labour and birth.
The course will be held over two 3 day module weekends with over 30 hours live on-line sessions plus extra information pre recorded.
All course materials including the course manual, video recordings and handouts are accessed via a Student Online Learning Platform called Thinkific
Dates:
Module 1 6-8 May 2022
Module 2 25-27 November 2022
There will be two Tutorials between Module 1 and 2
THE COURSE WILL INCLUDE:
Fundamental principles
- safe and effective practice
- physiology of pregnancy and birth
- empowering women to believe in themselves
- trust that birth is a natural process, a part of life
- understanding good postural alignment
- adapting Dru Yoga practices for a prenatal environment
- honouring the miracle of new life
Beneficial practices to establish during pregnancy
- asanas and sequences
- effective breathing practices for pregnancy and labour
- pregnancy relaxation techniques
- prenatal meditation for empowerment
- developing concentration skills
- affirmations to transform unhelpful emotional patterns
Maintaining optimal health and wellbeing throughout pregnancy
- learn to balance hormonal and emotional fluctuations
- develop skills for dealing with the effects of stress during pregnancy and labour
- effective self-help tools to ease back pain and many other pregnancy related problems
Anatomy and physiology for pregnancy and childbirth
- changes to and demands on the musculo-skeletal frame
- strengthening core stability muscles including pelvic floor
- ways to enhance optimal fetal positioning
Preparing for childbirth
- Running a partner class specially for birthing support people - sharing a variety of pain-relieving techniques, partner massage and partner stretches.
Postnatal yoga
- Guidelines on a gentle home programme during the first 6 weeks after the birth of the baby
ASSESSMENTS
- Practical assessment will be ongoing. There will be guided practical teaching exercises at every stage of the course with tutors observing and providing feedback.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Design 3 lesson plans
2. A case study
30 CPD points Teaching skills (Professional development)
CERTIFICATE
On successful completion of the course you will be awarded a postgraduate certificate in teaching Dru prenatal yoga.
Dates: Module 1: 6 -8 May 2022
Module 2: 25-27 November 2022
Total course fee: $890
For more information please contact Dru Post Graduate Yoga teacher, Julie Beynon at juliebeynon@optusnet.com.au or 0401 835 462
or Patricia Brown at patricia@dru.com.au or 0401 002 814 or
Dru Australia office:
Ph: 02 6161 1462
Email: info@dru.com.au
Dates
As a qualified Dru Yoga teacher, I thought I had a good understanding of asana and the koshas - which of course I did, but the APD course has taken that level of understanding and more importantly my personal experience of my yoga practice to a different level.
The course took me on a journey through the koshas in a way that not only increased my awareness of how I experience asana but also how to use asana to reshape my experience. With the support and guidance of the tutors, I was able to revisit the asana I previously avoided which has contributed to my body being stronger and more flexible than at any time since my twenties - and I now love to practise those asanas.
Emotionally, it has helped me process difficult emotions such as grief and shown the way to change self-limiting beliefs. For me, the real gift of the course was the tutorials which became the foundation for building a supportive sangha of wonderful yogis which continues to exist. It was during these sessions of deep personal sharing that our fantastic tutors were able to share further their incredible wisdom and answer the many questions that inevitably spring forth in any process of swadhyaya - I highly recommend this course!
Dru Yoga is very special, beautiful and powerful on all levels
Dru Ayurveda & Yoga workshop:- A thoroughly enjoyable day, enlightening me to how I can work on my health and happiness with minimal effort - great for a kapha type!