Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training
Transform Your Passion for Yoga into a Rewarding Career Guiding Mums-to-Be
This 100hr (3 month) ground-breaking Teacher Training enables you to deliver active and nurturing Pregnancy Yoga classes specifically designed to help prepare expectant mothers to feel supported and enjoy their pregnancies ~ while rehearsing in their bodies, minds and hearts for labour, birth and life beyond.
We understand every person in our class is different. We give them all the information they need to make their own best, informed decisions. Research shows us that being central to the decision-making process is key to feeling more positive about our birth experiences in the long term — and importantly, in avoiding trauma.
What You'll Gain From This Course
A prenatal yoga certification from FEDANT
Expert knowledge to help you create pregnancy yoga and birth preparation classes
Mentorship from LushTums Founder Clare Maddalena with over 20 years experience
Hands-on experience both observing sessions and teaching pregnancy yoga classes
Curriculum Detail
Yoga Asana — Postures
Tailored adaptations for different pregnant bodies, with specific support for common pregnancy ailments.
Pranayama — Breathwork
Different breathing techniques and their uses for pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Meditation & Mindfulness
Different techniques and how to weave them through your class.
Yoga Nidra — Guided Relaxation
The importance of relaxation and how to teach this safely to help encourage preparation for a positive birth.
Physiology & Anatomy
How the body changes in pregnancy, the systems of the body and how they are affected, hormones, and the role of the pelvic floor.
The Process of Birth
The stages of labour, roles of hormones, the positive feedback loop, pain relief options, water birth, medical interventions, caesareans and instrumental births, the role of birth partners, birth environments and evidence of outcomes, 3rd stage options, vitamin K, and the importance of skin to skin.
Motherhood & Society
The vital role we play in supporting vulnerable women at this time of their lives, whilst understanding the basic neurology behind postnatal depression, trauma and PTSD.
The History & Philosophy of Yoga
Included in our comprehensive but accessible manual — yoga origins, mudras (hand gestures), mantras and chanting to include in your pregnancy yoga classes.
Course Structure
1. Introduction to Prenatal Yoga
Course foundation: understand the profound impact yoga can have on pregnancy, labour and birth
Learn the principles behind the mind-body connection and our teaching approach: "Breathe, Move, and Relax To Birth"
2. Pregnancy Yoga Teaching Techniques
Develop a teaching toolkit to master the art of adapting poses for comfort and safety
Learn techniques to manage pregnancy-related conditions like Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP)/SPD and gestational diabetes
3. Birth Preparation Yoga Techniques
Weave in antenatal education throughout your classes so students learn pain-management techniques and feel informed to make their own choices
4. Practical Teaching & Real-World Application
Practice pregnancy yoga teaching techniques in real classes, building a personalised, heart-centred approach for each student's needs
5. Observe, Practice & Reflect
Observe real pregnancy yoga classes, teach six pregnancy yoga classes, then submit a filmed class, assignments and class plans for assessment and self-reflection
6. Course Completion & Certification
Upon successful completion, receive your antenatal yoga certification empowering you to teach professionally
Invitation to join the Teachers’ Community WhatsApp group for ongoing connection and support
Guidance on your next steps as a teacher, with the option to work 1:1 with Clare Maddalena through the Business Launch & Mentoring package when you qualify, and benefit from her 20+ years of business experience in the yoga and birth world
How the Course Works
Training starts with:
Access to our inspiring Book List, where you choose a book to read throughout your studies in preparation to review it later.
A welcome email gives you immediate access to:
Pre-recorded lectures, classes and a library of Q&A tutorials
3 detailed Course Manuals for you to print out ~ sharing all the key course content
We suggest spending the first 2-3 weeks immersing in the content before beginning your written assignments, practice classes and observations.
Ongoing Support
Follow-up Tutorial Q&A Zoom Sessions to check in and receive on-going support
Ask questions along the way in the private Trainees WhatsApp group
A Zoom Wrap-Up Session to draw everything together at the end / delver your Book Review
What You'll Be Able to Offer
Once completed you can offer LushTums Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation classes to pregnant women ~ and birthing people ~ in your community.
Who can apply?
Open to everyone — no yoga or birth experience needed. Whether you're a mum, a movement teacher, a midwife or a birth worker, if you're passionate about this world, there's a place for you here. Join us for a deep dive into this fascinating specialism
Investment - £1800
Includes complete training with access to course resources for the duration of your studies, Q&A support throughout, assessments (with feedback) and certification.
A non-refundable deposit of £480 is required at the time of booking to secure your place on the course with the remainder due 4 weeks before the course starts.
Payment plans are available for special circumstances; contact us to arrange.
Once you qualify, you'll get 10% off the 1:1 Business Launch & Mentoring package in your first year ~ fortnightly calls with Clare, WhatsApp support and her Launch Video Library to help you fill your first classes ~ find out more.
Training + Business Launch ~ £2,450 (saving £145), with payment plans available.
Why LushTums!? What Our Trainees Say . . .
“My life has completely changed since training with LushTums. I have now been teaching for over 5 years and my classes are well established in the local area. My confidence has grown and I now run weekly pregnancy, postnatal yoga classes along with regular birth workshops.
Since my training I know more now about all things birth and baby than I did when I qualified as a midwife! It’s really cemented what I already knew and driven my enthusiasm to keep learning more.
I feel very lucky that this is my job and that I get to work with so many wonderful women, and provide a safe space where they feel seen, heard and acknowledged at a time when they can feel vulnerable and anxious.
It has also allowed me to find that family work life balance and work to suit myself and be there more for the kids!”
Enrol Now
Just email Clare with any questions and we can get you booked in. Once the deposit is paid we will send you the Book List and you can make a start on your studies and take your first step to becoming a LushTums Pregnancy Yoga Teacher! EMAIL: hello@lushtums.co.uk