Our Training Courses

Perinatal Yoga – Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum & the Postnatal Year

Train to support all women journeying through pregnancy, birth and postnatal recovery with specially adapted Yoga that will enhance their health and wellbeing throughout their pregnancy, help them prepare mentally

Aqua Yoga for Women’s Health, Pre & Postnatal Aqua Yoga

The Aqua Yoga area consists of the following courses – Aqua Yoga for Women’s Health, Aquanatal Yoga and Aqua Yoga Therapy Days.

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Birthlight Aqua Yoga for Women’s Heath

Baby Massage, Baby Yoga & Toddler Yoga

To digest and sleep well, to grow and develop their potential, babies need movement appropriate to their ages and/or developmental stages. Drawing on a wealth of teaching experience over three

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

Well Woman Yoga – Yoga for Women’s Health and Well-being

Why we need specialist Yoga for Women’s Health and Well being

Women transform through

In-house, Corporate, Community and Charity Sector Training

In the last 30 years, Birthlight has offered a wide range of in-house training courses for a wide range of providers. Birthlight can come to you for in-house, specialist services
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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 parenting

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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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Your Pelvic Floor Through Every Stage of Life: Why One-Size Advice Doesn’t Fit All
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Your Pelvic Floor Through Every Stage of Life: Why One-Size Advice Doesn’t Fit All

Most conversations about the pelvic floor begin — and end — in the same place: pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the instruction to do your Kegels. But your pelvic floor is with you for life. It

My Birthlight Journey – a blessing of joy, nourishment and connection
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My Birthlight Journey – a blessing of joy, nourishment and connection

Ines Rothmann shares her journey and experience

My Birthlight journey started in 2017, at a time that I felt the need to deepen my prenatal yoga teaching experience. Over the years I have felt immensely

Welcome to Julie, Toddler Yoga tutor in Germany
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Welcome to Julie, Toddler Yoga tutor in Germany

Meet Julie – Embodied Family Mentor & Birthlight Teacher and now Birthlight Tutor!

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