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Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training in India
Prenatal yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India at Kundalini Yoga Ashram is an opportunity to deepen your understanding of yoga and pregnancy. The course is designed for those who wish to become certified yoga teachers specializing in prenatal yoga.
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Highlights
- All classes and workshops
- Kirtan night and satsang
- Ayurveda and Indian classical dance
- Free pick up from Dehradun Airport
- 4 nights of comfortable accommodation
- Sattvic diet during the course|
- 50 hour in-person
- 35 hour online course selfpaced
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Styles
Indira Gandhi International Airport (US$ 80 per person)
Accommodation
The beautiful ashram is situated on acres of pristine land, surrounded by nature. They offer a variety of yoga and meditation classes, as well as health and wellness retreats. The goal is to provide the guests with a complete mind, body, and spirit experience.
Program
Prenatal Yoga is meant for ensuring health of mother and baby during pregnancy and facilitating smooth childbirth process for women. This is a specialized Yoga Teacher Training Course designed for pregnant women. The course includes following:
- 50 hours in-person course
- 35 hours of online pre-recorded video will be provided on the 1 day of the course. It will be one year of access to the course.
- Understanding the specific benefits of postures during Pregnancy
- Pre Natal yoga
- Applying different styles of Yoga
- Specialized Alignment and Adjustment
- Specialized Pranayama for Pregnancy
- Preparing for Motherhood
- Anatomy and Physiology in each stage of Pregnancy
- How to have a natural labor
- Yogic Motherhood
- Specialized Care for Mother and Baby
- Specialized Yoga Nidra Technique for the growth of the foetus
- Specific Diet for Pregnancy
- Ayurvedic Lifestyle for the Pregnant Women
- How to Conceive a Baby
- Divine and Conscious Parenting
- Role of Parents
- Special Vedic Mantras for Natural Labor
- Using props for the Postures
Prenatal Course Syllabus
- Importance of Yoga in Pregnancy
- Different Stages of Pregnancy
- Creating a Foundation for Yoga Practice
- Sun Salutations
- Holistic Approach
First Trimester (First 3 months)
- Thunderbolt Pose
- Triangle Pose
- Shoulderstand Pose
- Shoulder Stretches
- Sitting Stretches
- Breath and Awareness
- Basic Pelvic Alignment
- Spinal Rolls
Second Trimester (Mid 3 months)
- Sun Salutations
- Advanced Triangle to Moon
- Easy Archer to Warrior
- Tree pose
- Standing Hip Openers
- Strong Centering Poses
- Easy Kneeling Stretches
- Dynamic Kneeling Stretches
- Standing Twists
- Easy Triangle to Moon
- Advanced Kneeling Stretches
- Alignment of the Spine
- Sitting Stretches
- Sitting Stretches with Chair
- Wide-open Stretches
- Pelvic Floor Stretches
- Breath Awareness
- Pranayama
- Relaxation
Third Trimester (Last 3 months)
- Sitting Stretches
- Wide Kneeling Stretches
- Yoga for Better Sleep
- Alignment of the Spine
- Sun Salutations
- Circular Stretches
- Warrior to Wall
- Yoga for Labor
Postnatal Yoga
- Postnatal Sun Salutations
- Abdominal Stretches
- Gentle Back Stretches
- Sitting twists
- Kneeling Stretches
- Kneeling Sun Salutation
- Standing Sun Salutation
- Standing Forward Bend
- Rolling plough
Care for New-born Baby
- Baby massage
- Feeding milk
- Food after Six Months
- Mantras for Baby
- Specialized Care
Meditation
- Basics of meditation
- Nadabramha (Humming Meditation)
- Om meditation
- So Ham
- Mantra meditation
- Pregnancy mantra meditation
Massage of pregnant women
- Feet massage
- Head massage
- Womb / belly care
- Postnatal Ayurvedic massage
Healing Practices
- Yoga Nidra
Breathing practices for pregnant women
- Kapalabhati
- Nadi Shodhana
- Brahmari
- Healing pranayama
- Surya and Chandra Bhedi
- Ujjayi
- How to prepare body for labor through breath awareness
Pelvic floor awareness
- Cautions and conditions
- Pelvic floor awareness
Videos to watch
- Functions of the womb
- Stages of pregnancy
Yoga Anatomy and physiology during pregnancy
- Anatomical and physiological changes during pregnancy
- How organs function
- Complications (miscarriage, premature labor, pre-eclampsia)
Mantra for pregnancy
- For normal delivery
- Removing pain
- Forming good environment at home
- Good health
Sex during pregnancy
- Allowed or not
- Special care during the relationship
Yoga philosophy, lifestyle and ethics
- Based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
- Loving what we do as yoga teachers
- Ethics and boundaries between teachers and students
Yogic and Ayurvedic diet in pregnancy
- Foods to avoid
- Healthy foods
- Nutrients that help during pregnancy
Assessments are based on
- Written test
- Oral test
- Attendance
- Performance
- Behavior
Daily Schedule
- 06:00 - 07:00 Pre-natal asana
- 07:00 - 08:00 Pre-natal anatomy
- 08:15 - 09:15 Prayanama
- 09:15 Breakfast
- 11:11 - 12:12 Yoga therapy
- 12:15 - 13:15 Yoga alignment
- 13:30 Lunch
- 16:00 - 17:00 Philosophy, Yoga Nidra & healing
- 17:15 - 18:30 Asana practice
- 19:00 - 20:00 Ganga meditation
- 20:00 Dinner
- 21:00 Light off
Instructors
Yogi Vishnu Panigrahi
Vishnu teaches your evening meditation class. His peaceful and well-informed approach to teaching will help you to discover your true self. He encourages you to strip away all of the layers of social conditioning and find the stillness within. In his class, you will learn various approaches to meditation which can be applied to both your personal and teaching practices. A kind, understanding, and patient teacher, Vishnu is here to guide you on your meditation journey.
Anita Mander
Yogini Anita Ji is a Kundalini teacher with a focus on connecting the mind, body, and breath through kriyas to clear the energy gateway. She teaches in both the U.K. and India combining the traditional Kundalini practice of mantra, kriya, pranayama, and asana to create a shift in energy and connection with her beautiful yogis and yoginis. She loves the experience she shares with her students as they work together to bring to life the most beautiful traditional teachings of Kundalini and Tantra.
Location
Online training
A pre-recorded video will be provided on the 1 day of the course. It will be one year of access to the course.
In person training
Kundalini Yoga Ashram in Rishikesh, India is an amazing place to experience true yoga. The ashram is located in the heart of the city, near the banks of the Ganges River. It is a beautiful, serene location that is perfect for practicing yoga and meditation. The staff at the ashram are incredibly welcoming and they offer a variety of services to help you relax and rejuvenate. This ashram is highly recommended to anyone seeking an authentic yoga experience.
Food
When practitioners of Kundalini yoga eat food, they do so with the intention of nourishing their bodies and supporting their practice. The following is a description of some of the common foods that are eaten at a yoga ashram:
- Grains: rice, oats, wheat
- Legumes: beans, lentils, peas
- Vegetables: potatoes, carrots, broccoli, spinach
- Fruit: seasonal
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
- Detox juices
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Whole food
- Yogic
What's included
- 5 nights accommodation
- 50 hour in-person
- 35 hour online selpaced
- All classes and workshops
- Certificate upon course completion
- Books and study materials
- Daily vegetarian meals and tea
- Free pick up from Dehradun Airport
- Weekend excursions, study tour, and local ashram visit
- Kirtan night and satsang
- Ayurveda and Indian classical dance
- 18% GST
What's not included
- Medical insurance and medical treatment
- Visa / travel expenses
- AC or heater (100 USD extra)
- Delhi airport taxi (80 USD)
- Taxi from Haridwar train station (1200 INR / 18 USD)
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Jolly Grant Airport
15 km
Transfer included
Indira Gandhi International Airport
209 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Jolly Grant Airport (DED). Pick up from this airport is free of charge, which is provided by the ashram. Drop off to the airport is 1,000 INR, which is 15 USD.
If your flight arrives in Delhi in the night, you may ask the ashram for a taxi to reach the venue because there is no flight in the night to Dehradun. The taxi charge is 80 USD from Delhi airport and the same cost for the drop off.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
