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PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
With Anne Phyfe Palmer, 500 RYT
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January 26-30, 2009
9:00am – 4:00pm (with one hour lunch break)
8 Limbs Capitol Hill, 500 East Pike St.
This one-week training will instruct certified yoga instructors to teach prenatal and postnatal yoga classes. Course will cover the following:
- physical, physiological, and emotional changes in the perinatal body
- how to teach asana, pranayama, and meditation to pregnant and postpartum women
- how to work with different levels of practitioners and common pregnancy-related physical issues
Preparation for the training will include extensive reading from required reading list below. In addition to the in-class training time, attendance is required in least 10 prenatal and 5 postnatal yoga classes taught by 8 Limbs instructors (preferably Anne Phyfe Palmer). This is included in course tuition. Exceptions may be made for out-of-town participants.
Listen to Anne Phyfe Palmer talk about prenatal yoga with Megan Sukys on KUOW's Sound Focus - mp3 format (12.64MB)
To apply
Please email annephyfe@8limbsyoga.com. State your interest in the training, why you want to teach pre/postnatal yoga, and your related background (including experience as yoga instructor).
Cost for training
$600 through January 1st, $700 after.
Anne Phyfe Palmer is the founder and director of 8 Limbs Yoga Centers. Her passion for pregnancy and birth started in college in a Sociology of Women’s Health Course with one of the contributors to Our Bodies Ourselves. After taking a doula training with the Seattle Midwifery School , Anne Phyfe decided that teaching yoga to pregnant woman would be the best way for her to use the tools she learned. She completed the first prenatal yoga teacher training with Colette Crawford in 1998 and began to teach prenatal yoga soon thereafter. She has two daughters, ages 7 and 2.
Required Reading:
- Birthing from Within by Pam England
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn by Penny Simpkin
- Yoga for Pregnancy by Sanda Jordan
Recommended Reading
- Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
- The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
- Preparing for Birth with Yoga by Janet Balaskas
Required and recommended books offered at 10% discount to training participants when ordered through 8 Limbs.
Please email annephyfe@8limbsyoga.com to be notified when next training dates are chosen.
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