Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training Singapore
85 Hours Yoga Alliance Accredited Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training Singapore
Early Bird Price
@ $1300* (ends 2 months prior to the course’s start date)
Upcoming dates are
Full Time: 2 Feb -14 Feb 2023 (Mon-Fri)
Part Time: 17 Mar – 2 Apr 2023 (Fri-Sat-Sun)
Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training Course Objective
A certificate programme accredited by the Yoga Alliance, this Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher’s Training Course provides an excellent opportunity to expand your skills on teaching a specific group of students – pregnant women. The prenatal YTT course guides one to develop the inner teacher within you and discover that everything we need is already within us. This prenatal yoga teacher training course aims to guide you on how to use the practices as a tool for inner and outer transformation.
The Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training Course is intended to give better and deeper insight into the applications of Yogic practices and their benefits on pre and post-natal students. Most of the times students coming to prenatal yoga classes know that yoga will help them through their pregnancy, labour and beyond. By equipping oneself with a better understanding of the bodily changes over the trimesters and possible complications of pregnancy.
This course will cover fundamental understanding of the pregnant body and how to sequence a prenatal yoga practice. The prenatal yoga teacher training course also covers the yogic perspective of pregnancy and how to use yogic tools to prepare oneself during the transitional phase of pregnancy and beyond. Yoga teachers are able to be more sensitive and mindful of pregnant students by offering appropriate modifications as and when needed to make the practice suitable and comfortable.
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Upcoming Prenatal Teacher Training
Yoga Mala conducts both full-time, as well as part-time Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training Singapore courses. Our full-time courses are conducted on weekdays whereas our part-time courses are conducted only on the weekends. Please refer to the schedule below for our prenatal yoga teacher training Singapore classes in 2022.
2023 Schedule
Full Time Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training
Starting from 2nd Feb to 14th Feb
8 am to 4 pm (8 hours per day)
Week 1: 02 Feb – 03 Feb 2023
Week 2: 06 Feb – 10 Feb 2023
Week 3: 13 Feb – 14 Feb 2023
Part Time Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training
Starting from 16th Jun to 2nd Jul
Friday: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Week 1: 16 Jun – 18 Jun 2023
Week 2: 23 Jun – 25 Jun 2023
Week 3: 1 Jul & 2 Jul 2023
Requirements
Students who are interested in participating should bear in mind that this will be a physically and emotionally demanding programme. It will require a strong commitment and personal sacrifice, as well as the support of the student’s primary support network. We emphasise that this programme may not be for everyone.
Interested students must:
- Have a deep desire to learn and personally explore the deeper dimensions of yoga
- No need for minimum yoga practice or prior experience but willingness to put in the extra effort
- Be free of major injuries going into the programme
- Have an open mind
- Be willing to forgo most other personal or professional commitments for the duration of the programme
Graduates of our programme can register as a RPYT (Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher) if they have successfully completed both a 200-hour yoga teacher training and an 85-hour prenatal yoga training—in either order—that are registered with Yoga Alliance. Applicants must submit 30 teaching hours in prenatal yoga which must be performed after completing the training with a RPYS (Registered Prenatal Yoga School). Becoming a RPYT means having a higher profile and gaining international recognition as a yoga teacher, attributes that many hiring studios look for.
The 85 Hr Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training is based on continuous assessment, project and conduct. Students will be given take-home assignments.
Reading Requirements
Please purchase the following yoga texts for your Prenatal Yoga Teaching Training.
We sell Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha at nominal prices. You may choose to purchase them from us.
- Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha by Swami Satyananda Saraswati (Yoga Publication Trust)
Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training Course Syllabus
- Anatomy of Pregnancy
- Motherhood in Yoga
- Understanding Yogic Anatomy
- Asana
- Pranayama
- Mindful Birth through Meditation
- Teaching & Designing Sequences
- Postnatal Yoga
• Understanding changes in the body through the trimesters
• Pregnancy affecting body systems
• Problems affecting the mother during pregnancy
• Understanding the pelvis and pelvic floor muscles as they relate to pregnancy, childbirth
and postpartum
• Fetal position variations
• How to achieve and maintain optimal baby positioning
• Muscle release techniques
• Labor Anatomy, understanding labor and childbirth
• Why Yoga in Pregnancy
• Yoga and Motherhood
• Relevance of Yogic Anatomy in teaching a yoga class
• Kosha
• Prana
• Chakras
• Categories of Asanas and basic guidelines of general practice for Pregnant women
• Practices suitable for Beginners to Advance students
• Modifications suitable for Pregnant women
• Application of props
• Poses that students should avoid and their contraindications
• Introduction
• Types of pranayama
• Benefits of pranayama for pregnancy
• Pranayama practices suitable for pregnancy
• Mindfulness in pregnancy
• Relaxation and Stress Management Techniques
• Theory and concepts of meditation
• Meditation Practices- introduction to various techniques and sadhana
• Benefits of Meditation
• Yoga Nidra and Sankalpa for pregnant women
• Types of Prenatal classes
• How to sequence for various types of classes and students
• How to practice the techniques safely
• Class management & sequencing
• Key focus in Prenatal classes
• Different target muscles and joints for different focus and holistic approach to lesson planning
• Pose modifications for each of the 3 trimesters
• Yoga for common pregnancy discomforts
• Acting responsibly with your pregnant students
• Anatomy after birth
• Problems affecting the mother after birth
• Practices suitable for postnatal students
• Teaching Prenatal Yoga
• Postnatal precautions
• Postnatal poses and sequential flow
• Identify and treat Diastasis-recti issue
• Yoga after cesarean birth or other medical interventions
• Re-build strength in pelvic and abdominal area
• Re-build the versatility of back support muscles and spine re-alignment
• Restoration of physical and mental strength
Lead Teacher
Rajesh Raushan
Rajesh was born and educated in New Delhi, India. He obtained D.Y.Ed. (Diploma in Yoga Education) from renowned school of Yoga G.S.College of Yoga & Cultural Synthesis, Kaivalyadhama, Lonavla, Pune (Maharastra), India. Since then he has been a student of Yoga for 20 years and is still constantly expanding his interest in related studies like Naturopath, Acupressure and Reiki.
Rajesh also accredited ERYT 500, RPYT with the Yoga Alliance, USA. He has achieved 19 years of experience in teaching Yoga and Yoga Therapy in India and Internationally. He combines his depth of understanding in anatomy and movement with the richness of yogic knowledge to make yoga accessible for the modern day practitioners. He believes that a sound understanding of yoga is urgently required in today’s commercial yoga setting and enjoys teaching to smaller groups of Teacher Trainees to ensure all trainees develop a good understanding of yoga before going off to teach in studios, at home and in the workplace.
Course Fees & Payment
Standard
$1500
YTT Part Time Prenatal YTT
Early Bird
$1300
Full Time Prenatal YTT
Part Time Prenatal YTT
Price Validity Limited (2 months prior to starting date)
• Tuition must be paid in full by the start of training
• A $500 non-refundable deposit is required to hold your space, unless otherwise stated
• Complete payment must be made one month prior to the start date of the course. No refund will be given after full payment. Cash/Cheque/Online transfer payment options are available. Any applicable third-party charges will be payable extra by the student
• Fees include a non-refundable deposit as registration fee
• Fees exclude additional reference books, Yoga Alliance registration fees
• If certificate is lost, re-certification fee is SGD 100
• Postponement fees apply
• Yoga Mala reserves the right to change the schedule of the programme