Teaching Trauma-Informed Prenatal Yoga
What you'll learn
- Introduction to trauma-informed prenatal yoga.
- How to create a safe and nurturing environment for your students.
- Guidelines of how to teach from a trauma-informed lens.
- Learn basic trauma-informed prenatal yoga sequences and grounding tools for your students.
Requirements
- No experience is neccessary.
Description
In this course, you will be introduced to teaching prenatal yoga through a trauma-informed perspective with Jessica Freedman and Victoria McCargar. In this program, we will talk about the foundations of trauma-informed yoga, where you can find it being taught, some general guidelines for instructors, 2 prenatal yoga classes, and a section on Grounding Techniques to use with your students.
We designed this course as an introduction for those who work with the pregnant population in wellness practices, exercise and yoga spaces, therapist's offices, and other community support centers. If you are curious about becoming a certified trauma-informed prenatal yoga teacher, we offer a certification course in the Fall and we hope this introductory course will help you decide if this is the type of work you feel called to do.
Victoria holds many certifications in various modalities of yoga and trauma-informed care. She is the regional director of the non-profit organization, Yoga 4 Change and teaches trauma-informed yoga classes both prenatal and traditional yoga in various settings.
Jessica is the founder of MamaShakti Prenatal Yoga and she also holds many yoga certifications. Jessica did her graduate studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine with a focus on Women's Health and Fertility. She brings a holistic approach to holding space for her pregnant students that is nurturing and compassionate.
Who this course is for:
- This course is intended for all folks who work with students, patients and clients in a trauma-informed setting.
- This course is intended for yoga instructors, fitness coaches, personal trainers, mental health counselors, body workers and group exercise instructors that wish to use embodiment practices like yoga to more holistically help your clients and patients.
- This is a perfect introductory course if you are curious about teaching trauma-informed yoga and wondering if you should take a certification.
Instructor
- 4.9 Instructor Rating
- 16 Reviews
- 161 Students
- 4 Courses
Jessica Freedman, E-RPYT, PCES
Jessica is a graduate of the University of Tampa and an experienced prenatal yoga teacher, birth educator, and corrective exercise specialist. She has been training pregnant people in her community for 16 years.
She has studied yoga and exercise science all over the world and has had the privilege of guiding hundreds of women through pregnancies.
In early 2022, she became a certified birth doula at the request of her daughter. She is a proud mama of 2 kids and a few furry critters.