Our Training Courses

Perinatal Yoga – Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond

Pregnancy, birth and postnatal – courses include: Perinatal Yoga Diploma Parts 1&2, Postnatal Yoga Certificate, Birthlight Yoga for Maternity Professionals 1&2, Childbirth Preparation for Birth Partners, PBAC (Yoga for Positive

Aqua Yoga

The Aqua Yoga area consists of the following courses – Aqua Yoga, Aquanatal Yoga, Well Woman Aqua Yoga, Well Woman Aqua Yoga Diploma, Aqua Yoga Therapy Days and much, much more.

Baby Yoga

The teacher training courses which come under Baby Yoga are: Integrated Baby Massage and Baby Yoga, Baby Yoga (Parts 1&2), Toddler Yoga, and Yoga for Babies and Toddlers with Special

Baby Swimming

Birthlight Baby Swimming Area consists of courses: “Baby Swimming Teacher Certification (Parts 1&2)” and “Aquatic Nurture for Newborns” (Short Course / CPD). Additionally, “Foundations of Swimming for Toddlers”, “Aquatic Nuture

Well Woman Yoga

The courses which make up Well Woman Yoga discipline are: Well Woman Yoga Diploma, Fertility Yoga, Yoga for Menopause, Yoga for the Pelvic Floor, Yoga for the Prevention & Repair

In-house Training

Various courses included here are corporate courses, NHS courses, and many more.

In the last 30 years, Birthlight has offered a wide range of in-house trainings for a wide range
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WELCOME TO Birthlight

Our Story

Birthlight, now worldwide, started with informal, small birth preparation classes taught by Francoise Freedman in Cambridge in the 1980’s. As an anthropologist at Cambridge University, Dr Françoise Freedman was asked to share

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Our Team

Dr. Françoise Freedman

Dr Françoise Freedman is the Founder and Director of Birthlight. She is a pioneer, Senior Yoga Teacher, acclaimed writer and lecturer of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. 

Françoise interlaces her academic research at Cambridge with Birthlight’s mission. She

Kirsteen Ruffell

Kirsteen Ruffell is the Co-ordinator for Birthlight’s land-based training courses and is one of our experienced Perinatal and Baby Yoga Tutors. She is a registered Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance Professionals, has been teaching yoga since 1998 and began

Carol Anne Procter

Carol Anne is a Special Baby Swimming tutor and a Certified Aquatic Specialist with more than 10 years experience in warm water therapy for adults and children. Having one of her own daughters living with a disability from birth has

Collective Birthlight

The fourth team member is the collective, it is you and the common and related work that you do, maybe in related disciplines or maybe in the directions you take after coming on a training with us or attending
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LATEST NEWS

The Fertility Journey can be an Emotional Roller Coaster
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The Fertility Journey can be an Emotional Roller Coaster

The fertility journey can be an emotional roller coaster. When women come into the yoga space for a fertility workshop there is usually a mixed feel in the room. As a teacher I’m aware that

5 Reasons to Massage Your Baby
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5 Reasons to Massage Your Baby

Baby massage has been around for hundreds of years, from ancient India, to China, Africa, South East Asia and around the globe. Indeed, I suspect that parents have been lovingly stroking their babies forever. Whilst

How we can make our yoga communities more inclusive 
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How we can make our yoga communities more inclusive 

I began my Perinatal Yoga Diploma with Birthlight in 2017 when I was in the 2nd trimester  with my son and began teaching other pregnant women from my 7th month of pregnancy  and was

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