Pregnancy Complications and Yoga Therapy

is a Continuing Education Course for Yoga Teachers. It is also
APD credit for Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT), an IAYT Approved Professional Development course.

This 15-hour Course is taught hybrid: in-person preferred with the option for online.

April 12-13, 2025

Sat: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sun: 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Course fee (non-refundable amount varies by registration date)

$300.00 Early Bird discount

$350.00 after one month ahead
$400.00 after 2 weeks out

Course Details:

The workshop is designed to introduce yoga therapists to the basic complications a woman may have during pregnancy. Our work focuses on the mother and her wellbeing as she experiences many ongoing changes each month. It is important to understand anatomically what is happening from a western and āyurveda perspective. Yoga Teachers and Therapists can then adapt yoga tools to address any complications the mother may experience and know when to send them for proper medical care. We will learn to adapt āsana and integrate prānāyāma, meditation, bonding, mudrā, sounding, and other yoga tools to address the mother’s health during pregnancy, childbirth, and post birth recuperation time, specifically when complications arise. Students are required to submit a presentation exhibiting the application of tools learned.

3-punch handouts provided. Bring your own notebook or folder.

There will be an assumption that you are familiar with basic female anatomy and stages of pregnancy. Supportive reading would include:

Balaskas, Janet, Preparing for Birth With Yoga.1994, Element Books Limited. Boston, MA.

Bachman, Margo Shapiro, Yoga Mama Yoga Baby, 2013, Sounds True, Boulder CO.

Dinsmore-Tuli, Uma, Yoga for Pregnancy and Birth, 2008, McGraw Hill / Teach Yourself, Blacklick, OH.

Jordan, Sandra, Yoga for Pregnancy. 1987, St. Martin’s Press, New York.

We will be reviewing tools. A background on basic tools will be necessary. Suggested Reading:

Ashley-Farrand, Thomas, Healing Mantras, 1999, Ballantine Publishing Group, New York, New York.

Hirschi, Gertrud, Mudras: Yoga in Your Hands. 2000, Weisner Books, York Beach, Maine.

Werner, Ruth, A Massage Therapist’s Guide to Pathology. 2005, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Maryland.

Pregnancy and yoga books are available and you are welcome to bring them as there is wisdom in many books.

Taught by:

Hansa