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Do you want to deepen your teaching skills and find inspiration in the specialised area of Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training?
The Bliss Baby Yoga Prenatal Bloom Live Yoga Class Package offers the opportunity for invaluable experiential learning in the form of real-time experience as a student in class with our Senior Bliss Baby Yoga teachers, via a video conferencing platform.
Each session is made up of a 60 minute yoga class including asana, breathing, and/or relaxation session with one of our senior Prenatal/Postnatal teacher trainers. There will be a 15 minute questions and answer time following in which have the opportunity to ask any questions you had about the class/your experience or practical questions about your Prenatal or Postnatal Yoga class offerings within your community.
In each of the Prenatal Bloom sessions we will structure the 60 minute class around a specific theme. This might include areas such as Birth Preparation, Looking after SIJ, Mother & Baby Yoga, Tools for Postnatal Mental Health and Being in your Feminine Flow.
By enrolling in this Prenatal Bloom Package you’ll feel supported and inspired in this very important and specialised field of yoga teaching.
This package of classes is not only for teachers but beneficial for anyone who is pregnant/postnatal and would like to practice online with experienced teachers.
For session dates please click on the tab above marked “Course Schedule”.
What is included in the Mentoring Package?
- 4 x 1.25 hour live Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga sessions led by our top Bliss Baby Yoga trainers. This means you’ll have the opportunity to check in with one of our amazing, inspiring trainers periodically to inspire your Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga studies, and/or your teaching if you’re already sharing this work in your community.
- Each session will include a yoga class session of 60 minutes in which our facilitator will guide you and the other participants through a sample Asana (posture), Pranayama (breathing technique) and/or meditation practice. This will then be followed by a 15 minute Q&A session.
- Please note, that if you’re enrolling in this ‘Prenatal Bloom’ Package along with your Bliss Baby Yoga Prenatal/ Postnatal Online RPYT Yoga Teacher Training Course, these four group mentoring sessions are in addition to your one-on-one video calls (via Video Call) that are a part of your RPYT course assessment process.
- For those already out there teaching Pregnancy or Postnatal (including mother and baby) Yoga classes, this special Class Package gives you some extra ‘juice’—ideas, information, confidence—to fuel your teaching and also offers all-important professional development which you can log with your yoga accreditation body such as Yoga Alliance.
- If you are unable to make a session live via you’ll have access to a recording of each of the sessions so you can watch them at your leisure. We require however that you attend at least two of the sessions live for certification. You’ll have 1 year of access to watch / download these recordings.
How does the ‘Prenatal Bloom’ Class Package work?
We offer several different date/time packages for our Live Online Class sessions that you can choose from.
You will select a specific course to enrol in that best suits your schedule / time zone, and attend the same day / time for all 4 sessions (noting that if you are outside of Australia times may vary slightly for the 4 sessions due to daylight savings commencing / ending). A full outline of the live session dates can be found in the tab marked “Course Schedule” on this page.
We unfortunately can’t offer ‘make-up sessions’ with a different cohort if you can’t attend one of your live sessions, however all live sessions will be recorded and replay videos will be available to view in your course portal within 24-48 hours after each live session. We require that you attend at least two of the sessions as a live participant if you require a certificate.
Once you pay for and register in our Prenatal Bloom Package you’ll have access in the membership part of our website. There, you will find a section that includes the Video Call links for the four mentoring sessions that you’ll be able to attend, along with all other details you’ll need for that live session.
Each session includes a practical session led by your mentor, followed by time for you to ask any questions you have about your teaching or even your studies.
Each session will explore a different topic, the practice and topic being unique to your teacher.
The full list of teachers and session topics are listed below – you will have 4 of these different teachers/topics over the course (not the full list below). The specific mentors for each course are listed under the “Course Schedule” tab.
Following each of these practices will be a Q&A discussion session to answer your reflections around the homework (for sessions 2, 3 & 4) and any questions you have in regard to teaching and practising Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga.
Tanya Neate
- Tanya will theme her classes around ‘Tools for Prenatal or Postnatal Mental Health’
Emma Louise Grant
- Emma will offer within her class, simple ways to stabilise your pelvis and core. These practices ensure safety and support throughout your pregnancy and into the postnatal phase, when incorporated into your yoga routine and even into your daily life.
Kanako Yajima
- Kanako will weave ways to specifically care for your sacroiliac joint (an area that becomes quite unstable in pregnancy) throughout her classes.
Nadine O’Mara
- Nadine will integrate birth preparation as part of her Prenatal Yoga classes and renewal & deep restoration as part of her Postnatal Yoga class
Star Despres
- Star will offer ‘Being in your Feminine Flow and Awakening your Intuition’ as a theme that runs through her classes.
Kathy Grace
- Kathy will run her Postnatal session as a Mother and Baby class, using movement and breath to settle a baby and help mothers/parents to feel included. (NB Bringing a doll to practice with may help.)
Our Mentoring Package includes 4 x live online small group mentoring sessions via Video Call. We have scheduled courses morning and night, to cater for students all around the globe.
Live Mentoring Courses – Dates and Times
Package Dates | Lead Teachers | |
July 27, 2022 6:30 am AEST August 24, 2022 6:30 am AEST September 21, 2022 6:30 am AEST October 19, 2022 6:30 am AEDT | Emma (Prenatal Class) Nadine (Postnatal Class) Kanako (Prenatal Class) Tanya (Postnatal Class) | |
September 4, 2022 8:00 am AEST October 2, 2022 8:00 am AEDT October 30, 2022 8:00 am AEDT November 20, 2022 8:00 am AEDT | Star (Prenatal Class) Kanako (Prenatal Class) Kathy (Postnatal Class) Tanya (Postnatal Class) | |
October 12, 2022 6:00 pm AEDT October 26, 2022 6:00 pm AEDT November 9, 2022 6:00 pm AEDT November 23, 2022 6:00 pm AEDT | Tanya, Nadine, Star, Kanako (All 4 sessions Prenatal Classes only) |
See the “Mentors” tab above for session topics specific to each mentor.
PURCHASE
Who is this Prenatal Bloom Live Class Package for?
This package of four live interactive sessions is open to all current Bliss Baby Yoga students as well as graduates. In fact, you don’t need to be enrolled in any other course with Bliss Baby Yoga to join us for these classes.
You might be pregnant or have recently had a baby and be looking for live online classes with highly experienced teachers. You do not need to be a yoga teacher/trainee to enrol in these classes. We do recommend however that you practice the sessions that are appropriate for where you are in your journey and practice the recordings later for the ones that aren’t (eg if you are pregnant, we don’t suggest practicing the postnatal classes).
You will notice that some packages are ONLY Prenatal or Postnatal and so if you are currently pregnant or only just had a baby, please enrol in the package suitable for your stage of pregnancy / post birth.
This package is also for you if you wish to deepen your teaching skills and confidence in the specialised area of Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training.
If you have a teaching strategy you’d like some feedback and support on – a sequence, choice of postures, and so on. Or perhaps you’d like to chat about a particular student case-study to get some tips on how to best work with them. You will have time to ask such questions in the Q&A at the end.
Maybe you’d like some additional opportunities to connect with our facilitators, your peers and extended community for support, questions, connection and inspiration as you complete our Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training course.
You’re not alone!!
This Prenatal Bloom Live Online Class Package is designed to inspire Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga teachers / trainees, who are just launching into teaching in this specialised area of yoga and need some help to get started, through to those who have been teaching for a while and would like some advice from experienced teachers to help take their teaching to the next level!
Mentor Bio’s
NADINE O'MARA
Nadine O’Mara (E-RYT 200, RPYT, YACEP, Yoga Australia Lvl 3 Teacher, DONA Certified Doula) is an experienced prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher, doula, and our Bliss Baby Yoga Director who is passionate about supporting women’s health, especially around birth.
Nadine began her journey teaching yoga in 2005 and with time channelled this into teaching yoga for pregnancy, preparation for child birth and yoga for the postnatal period, having run classes both in Australia and the UK. She sees teaching prenatal and postnatal yoga as such a unique gift – supporting students at their most vulnerable time. Sensitivity and understanding is key to your teaching.
In addition to sharing her knowledge in our Bliss Baby Yoga online courses and content, Nadine has run her own business Conscious Birth for almost ten years in Sydney and now in Bellingen, NSW Australia. Nadine provides doula support and yoga as well as prenatal yoga teacher training, birth education, self care and restorative yoga workshops for mothers, facilitates mother’s circles, family yoga and retreats for women and/or families. She is most importantly a mama to two girls who get on the mat with her when they can.
Nadine has a wealth of experience to share with newer and trainee teachers in the area of pregnancy and birth and in running a feminine centred business. She believes that teaching pre and post natal yoga helps facilitate a gentle birth and the creation of positive family life.
Nadine’s specialisations:
- Prenatal Yoga
- Mother & Baby / Postnatal Yoga
- Restorative Yoga
- Family Yoga
- Running your own yoga business
- Running birth workshops
- Women’s circles & workshops for new mothers
Nadine is also a co-presenter for our Bliss Baby Yoga Online L2 Yoga for Fertility Teacher Training course and our Online L2 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training course.
ROSIE MATHESON
Rosie Matheson is a passionate women’s health and wellbeing educator. She has trained extensively in Hatha Yoga, and is a also a qualified Doula. Rosie’s many offerings for women include classes, workshops, and teacher training courses in yoga for fertility, healthy menstruation, women’s life cycles, and both the prenatal and postnatal phases of life.
Rosie’s foundational work in women’s yoga was conducted during a three year residency on Koh Phangan, Thailand. There she participated in over 700 hours of Yoga Alliance certified Yoga Teacher Training courses in addition to attending Yoga Therapy workshops, meditation courses, and a variety of women’s retreats and classes.
Teaching women close to home and across the globe, Rosie regularly leads trainings for students in the USA, Japan, Italy, and Australia. Rosie’s passion is in educating women on the power of their bodies, and the undeniable correlation between celebrating your feminine form and living an empowered and vital life.
Her genius is in presenting these ideas in a way that is accessible, nurturing, and inspiring to women everywhere.
Rosie’s Specialisations:
- Yoga for pregnancy
- Yoga for fertility
- Guided meditations for women’s health and wellbeing
- Yoga to support the menstrual cycle and menstrual imbalances
- Restorative yoga
Rosie is also a Senior Course Facilitator for our Bliss Baby Yoga Prenatal & Postnatal and Fertility Yoga Teacher Training courses, online, throughout Australia and internationally.
KANAKO YAJIMA
Kanako Yajima (E-RYT 500, RPYT) has long been a dedicated yoga student, teacher, and teacher trainer. She is very passionate about supporting women at all stages of their lives by sharing yoga practices that are individually relevant and accessible.
She has been trained in various styles of yoga including Solomon Yogalates, Ishta System with Rachel Zinman, and Vini Yoga and the Five Element Form with Peter Clifford. She worked closely with late Maria Kirsten whose amazing passion and work have inspired and continue to inspire the way Kanako works with her own body and with her students.
Kanako has also worked internationally in many teacher trainings, retreats and workshops as both interpreter (for Japanese groups) and as a teacher trainer.
Thanks to her experience as a yoga translator/interpreter (between Japanese and English) and her dedication to knowledge and growth, she has been immersed in various teachings including yoga philosophy, anatomy and physiology, pranayama and meditation, and her versatile and unique teaching styles reflect that extensive knowledge and experience.
Kanako is grateful everyday for being a mother to her daughter as it has been the most challenging yet beautiful and transformational yoga sadhana in life, and she loves sharing the magic of yoga practices with students from that heart-felt space.
Kanako’s specialisations:
- Yoga for pregnancy
- Postnatal Yoga
- Breath-centred Yoga
- Mindful movement
- Restorative Yoga
- Accessible Yoga
Kanako is also a Senior Course Facilitator for our Bliss Baby Yoga Online Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training course.
STAR DESPRES
Star Despres is a devoted yogini, practising since she was 19 and teaching since 2006. She is a Senior Byron Yoga Centre qualified Teacher and Teacher Trainer and has been facilitating Bliss Baby Yoga teacher training courses since 2010. Star’s passions rest in empowering women to reconnect with the Divine Feminine, no matter what stage of life they are in, and assisting them to find a more nurturing, embodied, sacred and devotional approach to life. She especially loves to support women through pregnancy, the postnatal period, perimenopause, menopause and times of exhaustion and depletion via the practises of Restorative Yoga, Feminine Embodiment, Mindfulness and daily Self Care rituals.
Star is also the founder of Way of the Wise Woman, a devotional sanctuary honouring the Feminine and offering private mentoring, sessions, retreats, workshops and circles to inspire women to reclaim their power, awaken the wise woman within and reconnect to their authentic feminine essence. Her greatest role is as a mama of 2 daughters (17 years apart), and continues to fine tune the balance of service and Mamahood whilst also honouring her own needs and daily practise.
Star’s Specialisations:
* Prenatal yoga
* Postnatal yoga
* Restorative yoga
* Yoga for Women’s Health
* Feminine Embodiment Practises
* Womb Connection + Healing Practises
* Self-care practises / yoga
* The art of creating and holding safe space
* Running women’s workshops
*Sequencing your women’s yoga class
Star is also a Senior Course Facilitator for our Bliss Baby Yoga Online Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training course and Online L1 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training course.
EMMA LOUISE ROGER
Emma Louise Roger (E-RYT 200, RPYT, YACEP, Post Grad Dip Counselling, Cert IV Ayurveda, IRest Lv 1), has been a dedicated yogini since 1996, she is a mother of two daughters and has a passion for supporting women through Yoga, Ayurveda and counselling.
Emma began teaching Yoga in 2001 and in 2002 taught her first prenatal yoga class. Magically Emma fell pregnant with her first child just 3 weeks later. Since then, Emma has specialised in yoga for women, in particular, teaching prenatal and postnatal yoga, Love Your Body for healthy body image, Women’s Shakti Yoga and Yoga for Trauma. Emma has studied and trained in the U.S., India, Bali and Australia in traditional Hatha Yoga – Swami Satchidananda & Pattahbi Jois of Ashtanga, Yoga Therapy of Krishnamacharya and Tantric Yoga with Uma Inder.
As well as teaching for Bliss Baby since 2010, Emma founded Red Tent Yoga for women in Byron Bay in 2008, where she has taught regular prenatal, postnatal and women’s yoga classes, birth workshops and support groups for women. Red Tent Yoga still continues in the form of local classes and private sessions. From this experience, Emma has a good understanding of how a feminine centred and yoga business can operate. Emma is also a qualified PACFA Holistic Counsellor, and specialises in Perinatal Counselling for pregnancy and mothers, and offers Havening therapy for trauma.
Emma’s specialisations:
- Yoga for Pregnancy & Birth Preparation
- Postnatal / Mums & Bubs Yoga
- Women’s Shakti Yoga
- ‘Love Your Body’ Yoga
- Yoga & Practices for Trauma
- Ayurveda & Self-Care
- Support groups for women
- Birth Workshops for Couples
- Counselling for Pregnancy & Motherhood
- Running a yoga women’s centred business
- Wellness Coaching
TANYA NEATE
Tanya Neate has been specialising in yoga for women’s health since 2013. Running private yoga therapy and group yoga classes for women at all stages of life, but especially for those experiencing fertility issues, and prenatal and post-natal clients. Tanya has extensive training in Hatha yoga. She has also completed the Bliss Baby Yoga Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Training and a 4-year Yoga Therapy Certification in the tradition of Krishnamacarya.
Complementing her work as a yoga therapist, Tanya is also a certified and registered counsellor and loves the way these two modalities intertwine.
Traveling with students from preconception all the way through to having them bring their bubs to “Baby & Me” yoga classes is an incredible journey, and the power of yoga to support this time of life always leaves Tanya in awe and feeling blessed to do this work.
KATHY GRACE
Kathy Grace
(E-RYT 500 and Level 3 Senior Yoga Teacher) is passionate about working with women of all ages! Kathy has been practicing yoga since 1992 and teaching since 2001. Also a Naturopath, Doula and Ayurvedic Practitioner, Kathy opened her own studio – Conception Health in 2009 which focused on womens’ journeys to becoming mothers, this is where she first started teaching Fertility yoga, Prenatal Yoga and Postnatal yoga.
Kathy is constantly fascinated and in awe of the womens’ body and what it does during pregnancy. She has worked with 1000s of women during pregnancy and each women has taught her something about their individual journey!
Kathy specialises in
– Fertility Yoga
– Pre and Postnatal Yoga
– Couples Birthing Preparation
– Running a Yoga Studio and business.
– Naturopathic and Ayurvedic Consultations
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Purchase Options
Choose from the purchase options below—stand-alone or bundle options
ALL PRICES ARE IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS AND INCLUDE GST FOR AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS.
4 x 1 hr Yoga Classes with Q&A Package
$120.00 AUD
You receive:
4 x 1 hour small group live sessions via Video Call + Recordings
Please scroll down to enrol in the mentoring group of your choice.
Prenatal & Postnatal YTT + Prenatal Bloom Class Package Bundle
$720.00 AUD
You receive:
Online Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training Course ($585)
4 x 1 hour small group live sessions via Video Call
($110 – special bundle price)
Recording of live mentoring sessions
Please scroll down to enrol in the mentoring group of your choice along with Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training.
Below you have the option to add our pregnancy related modules to the bundle should you wish.
Prenatal Bloom Live Online Classes | 4 x 1.25 hr Live Online Class Package | Bundle: Prenatal/ Postnatal YTT plus Prenatal Bloom |
July 27, 2022 6:30 am AEST August 24, 2022 6:30 am AEST September 21, 2022 6:30 am AEST October 19, 2022 6:30 am AEDT | ||
September 4, 2022 8:00 am AEST October 2, 2022 8:00 am AEDT October 30, 2022 8:00 am AEDT November 20, 2022 8:00 am AEDT | ||
October 12, 2022 6:00 pm AEDT October 26, 2022 6:00 pm AEDT November 9, 2022 6:00 pm AEDT November 23, 2022 6:00 pm AEDT |