Our Services

Perinatal Yoga

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 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 and Additional

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

Bespoke Yoga Courses

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In the last 30 years, Birthlight has offered a wide range of in-house trainings for a wide range of providers. Birthlight can come to you for in-house and
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WELCOME TO Birthlight

Our Story

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

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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

Mum’s Mental Health is Everybody’s Mental Health
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Mum’s Mental Health is Everybody’s Mental Health

Together with 899 other people, I registered to hear the findings of the Report on the ‘Maternal Pandemic’ in an event jointly organised by the Centre for Mental Health and the Maternal Mental Health

A Holistic Retreat by Yoga Therapy Network
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A Holistic Retreat by Yoga Therapy Network

Network Yoga Therapy, founded by Anneke Sips who is a Birthlight teacher in the Netherlands trained in Perinatal Yoga, Postnatal Yoga and Well Woman Yoga.

Yoga Therapy Network run by Anneke Sips recently hosted

The Art of Teaching with Dolls
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The Art of Teaching with Dolls

The art of teaching with dolls

As Birthlight teachers, you probably recall falling in love with your doll as you named it and

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