85 hour yoga alliance registered prenatal yoga teacher training with sue elkind in frenchtown, new jersey

AWAKENING THE GODDESS - LIVE-STREAMED RECORDED AND IN-PERSON

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PLUS: four live Zoom calls 5-7pm ET: TBA

PLUS: Library of pre-recorded prenatal & postnatal yoga specialized classes (18 classes) you gain access to once you register and pay for training.

Learn how to support women during their journey into motherhood in this comprehensive training in prenatal yoga & conscious birthing with Sue Elkind, E-RYT 500, RPYT. Explore how to weave the great teachings of yoga seamlessly into Mother Nature’s blueprint, encouraging women to experience a more joy-filled pregnancy, empowered birth and confident postnatal transition. 

An expansive training manual will be provided and students will be expected to complete homework assignments, including book report, observation and practice teaching throughout, and completion of Final Exam.

Teachers will also find this training applicable to teaching restorative, infertility, chair, partner, beginning and seniors yoga.

Weekends will include :

teacher training schedule & tuition

Friday 4-8:00pm ET - Livestream/Recorded only

Saturday 12noon-8pm In Person & Livestream/Recorded

Sunday 12-6pm In Person & Livestream/Recorded

Training: $1500 - A payment plan option is available if you need financial assistance.

registration and cancellation policies

A 15% deposit (based on full price of training) is required to hold your space. Once you are enrolled in the training, all deposits are non-refundable. One week prior to training, 50% is non-refundable. No refunds will be available once the training has started.

about sue elkind

My interest in prenatal yoga developed shortly after I began teaching yoga in the early 1990’s.  During one of my first public classes, I encountered a pregnant student who was in obvious need of extra assistance. Trying not to panic, I instinctively gave her as many props as I could find to help her modify her practice and stayed close by to remind her to breathe!  After the session, I called a seasoned prenatal yoga teacher and friend to consult about what I had done. First she assured me that I did not do anything wrong or harmful. She then offered me some useful advice based on her wisdom and personal experiences in pregnancy and prenatal yoga.  From that first experience, I was truly inspired to see how yoga and the state of pregnancy were deeply connected.  I continued to seek out prenatal trainings over the next several years, fortunate to be in Los Angeles where prenatal yoga was flourishing. There was an abundance of great inspiration, particularly the community woven together by Gurmukh Khalsa.  What I found interesting was how different each prenatal yoga class was — depending on the teacher and their school of influence.  When I became pregnant and decided to teach prenatal yoga, I used this multitude of resources I had gathered to help inspire my own voice to bloom.

NOTE: Below are the registration guidelines for Yoga Alliance. Note, you cannot register with them until you have completed 30 teaching hours post Sue’s full 85 hr training. DIG does not have to track everyone's 30 hours. Instead, everyone tracks and logs their hours directly on the YA website. Upon completion of your 30 teaching hours and logging of those hours, you will also scan your certificate to YA for registration. 

RPYT (Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher)®

Training requirements:

✓ Completed a 200-hour training program with a RYS 200

✓ Completed a 85-hour training program with a Registered Prenatal Yoga School (RPYT)

Teaching hour requirements:

✓ Has at least 30 hours of teaching experience in prenatal yoga since graduating from a RPYS

Teachers can register as a RPYT if they have successfully completed both a 200-hour yoga teacher training program and an 85-hour prenatal yoga training that meet Yoga Alliance standards. Applicants must submit 30 teaching hours in prenatal yoga which must be completed after graduating from a RPYS (Registered Prenatal Yoga School).Currently, teachers with significant experience in prenatal yoga prior to 2011 can also register as a RPYT via grandfathering. 

International 85hr Pre & Post natal Teacher Training in Zurich Switzerland

with Sue Elkind & Stefanie Castson - October 2nd-6th, 2024

Learn how to support women during their journey into motherhood in this comprehensive training in prenatal yoga, conscious birthing & postnatal yoga with two experienced, international, seasoned Yoga Teachers Sue Elkind & Stefanie Castson both E-RYT 500, RPYT.

Explore how to weave the great teachings of yoga seamlessly into Mother Nature’s blueprint, encouraging women to experience a more joy-filled pregnancy, empowered birth and confident postnatal transition.

• The 5-day live portion of the 85hr Training takes place in Zurich, Switzerland OCTOBER 2-6, 2024.

  The rest will be offered online course with pre-recorded lectures, lessons, videos one month prior.

• A follow up Zoom gathering and a Q&A (+3hr) take place online after the training.

• An expansive training manual will be provided, including Sue’s Book: Dig Pregnancy, Birth, & Baby: A Conscious & Empowered Approach to Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga and students, and students will be expected to complete homework assignments, including book report, observation and practice teaching throughout, and completion of Final Exam.

• Teachers will also find this training applicable to teaching restorative, infertility, chair, partner, beginning and seniors yoga.

The Training will include:

• Navigating pregnancy & parenthood with yoga

• The essentials of a healthy prenatal yoga practice

• Trimester specific practices

• Hormonal physiology of pregnancy/childbirth

• Prenatal specific anatomy & physiology

• Core and pelvic floor health for pregnancy

• Meditation and mantra for pregnancy

• Relaxation techniques to support birth

• Cellular memory of birth experience

• Labor Support for Pregnancy

• Fertility awareness and conscious conception

• Restorative yoga for pregnancy

• Prenatal nutrition

• Pregnancy conditions

• Postnatal specific anatomy & physiology

• Postnatal core and pelvic floor health

• 4th Trimester-specific recovery practices

• Creating Themes to inspire your students

• Teaching Pregnant Women in a Public Class

• Modifications and Alternatives in Postures

• Observation & verbal adjustments

• Sequencing for pregnancy conditions

• Sequencing Prenatal Classes

• Prenatal Yoga Teaching Practicum

Date

• October 2-6, 2024 for onsite course, daily from 9:00 AM - 6.30 PM

• Preparatory online course included - 37,5 hours.

Price

Course FeeCHF 1950.-Early Bird Price*CHF 1850.-
*contact sue@digoga.com for payment information

Eligibility criteria

• You have completed a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Course and received a certificate

• If you are undergoing any medical treatment or if you have a medical history, please inform us and provide a medical certificate (depending on the case).

• Pregnancy: inform us of your pregnancy and provide a doctor’s approval.

Good to Know

• The training is conducted in English. To fully benefit, you should have a working knowledge of the language.