The Yoga Birth Method - Prenatal Intensive Training

The Yoga Birth Method - Prenatal Intensive Training

Childbirth education meets “yogini birthing”. This weekend intensive teaches an 8 step yoga pathway for labour that enables woman to have a natural, mindful and enlightened childbirth experience. Teaching prenatal yoga as a means to having the tools ready for use in labour. The course is ideal for prenatal yoga teachers, expecting moms and others that have a general interest in yoga for natural childbirth. We will cover the yoga birth method techniques that help woman through the three stages of labour. How the 8 limbs of yoga become a powerful tool for prenatal classes and the ability to achieve a natural non-medicated birth through informed choice and pain awareness. We discuss topics such as identifying true labour and embracing a calm state, the waterfall effect of medical assistance during labour, the physical and emotional signs of labour progression and how to apply the birth method consisting of asana sequences, pranayamas and awareness specific to each stage. You will be able to teach the birth method and empower women to experience childbirth naturally, mindfully, and peacefully; the yogini way.

* For yoga teachers, prenatal teachers, expectant moms and other health care professionals
* Learn the 8 steps of yoga to be applied as a natural birthing technique
* Training in being the pranayama and asana sequences specific to the stages of labour progression
* Understanding yoga philosophy for prenatal yoga and birth preparation
* Discuss topic relevant to hospital birthing vs. natural birth
* Transforming pain in labour to an enlightened experience
* Preparing for labour early: working with women at different stages of pregnancy
* Embracing support during labour
* Comprehensive study guide
* Certificate upon completion

Dorothy Guerra is the creator of The Yoga Birth Method. She developed this program through her work as Labour Doula and Child Birth Educator. She has been teaching yoga for over 15 years and facilitates a yoga teacher training program in Toronto. She is a faculty presenter for the Yoga show and Conference, Toronto. She has specialized in prenatal care and owns Fertility to Delivery – Pregnancy Care Yoga Center. She is affiliated with CAPPA Canada Childbirth and Postpartum Association, Doula CARE Ontario, International Childbirth Education Association. She educates yoga teachers to use the Birth Method in prenatal classes to give expectant moms yoga tools for a mindful birth experience. She is also the president of the Ontario Yoga Association, a non profit organization that overlooks standards of yoga practice in Ontario. Dorothy is also the founder of Parivartan Yoga Studio and the creator of the Hot Yoga @ Home kit. www.fertilitytodelivery.com, www.parivartanyoga.com

VANCOUVER : April 9-11, 2010/ Friday 7:30-9:30, Saturday 11-4 and Sunday 12:30-4 http://yogaforthepeople.ca/events/

TORONTO: February 5, 6 & 7 - Friday 7 - 9 pm / Saturday, 9 - 5 and Sunday 9 – 4

TORONTO YOGA SOW AND CONFERENCE 2010: Intro to The Yoga birth Method – Saturday March 26 5:30-7:30 http://www.theyogaconference.com/toronto2010/faculty.html#dorothy