Birthlight Postnatal Yoga 3 day Teacher Training course

Description

Learn to teach Postnatal Yoga from early after birth through the first year

This course is for those who recognise this pivotal time deserves special attention and specific yoga practices. Covering progressive yoga practices for the early postpartum all the way through the postnatal year and how to integrate postnatal women safely into a regular yoga class. Birthlight practices acknowledge the fact that a good postnatal recovery, whatever the birth experience, contributes significantly to each mother’s long term health and well-being and to her ability to bond deeply with her baby over time.

• – understand the physiology of the postpartum and what best supports recovery after birth with specially adapted yoga.
• – offer Postnatal classes in a range of formats, 1:1,  group, with or without babies, as preparation for the 4th trimester, postnatal workshops and pamper days, or incorporate postnatal yoga into your baby massage or baby yoga classes.
• – develop the skills and confidence to give appropriate practices to women in different phases of recovery, with different yoga experience, and with different postnatal symptoms
• – how to incorporate babies into the session, without massage or baby yoga, so they don’t feel ignored and mums feel they can still do something for themselves.
• – continue classes with women from your prenatal classes who already know you.

Friday – Sunday 9.30-1.30pm each day with short breaks

Part 1 Friday 15th to Sunday 17th May 2026

Part 2 Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2026

Course Cost: £340 members/£375 non members Early bird until 15th April, late bird £395/£430

Payment plan available- 3 payments before the start of the course or you may be able to use Pay in 3 on Paypal .  More info>>

As a refresher for those who have trained in Postnatal Yoga with Birthlight before:  £95 members/£130 renewing-members

Read more about our approach and ethos for Postnatal Yoga: https://birthlight.com/postnatal-yoga-teacher-training-support-new-mums-recovery-with-fourth-trimester-yoga/

Frequently Asked Questions about Birthlight Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training:

Do you have to have already trained in Yoga for Pregnancy to become a Postnatal Yoga teacher? 

No, not at all. During the training we talk about how a woman’s pregnancy and birth may affect her postnatal recovery.

What if I don’t want to teach classes with the babies there- I think my women want time to themselves?

That is fine, but you may find that more women can come if they can bring their baby with them, otherwise they may have to wait until their partner is home or someone else can look after the baby.

Can you teach Postnatal Yoga in the evenings?

Yes, these are usually classes without babies so you need to think about when a suitable time would be. Also women tend to be more tired in the evenings rather than during the day or in the morning but it may be an ideal time for some women.

What happens if the babies cry?

Crying is inevitable at some point, babies cry to communicate. Babies are welcomed, not ignored so if they need feeding or changing, or picking up at any time we encourage mums to do so at any point during the class. They just join back in when they can. We can facilitate a good relaxed feeding position and they can do some breathing practice whilst they feed for example. Sometimes babies just want a change of view- and you might choose to do a practice where everyone picks their baby up- there are lots of ways we can entertain the babies whilst we practise! We also discuss this on the course.

Can you teach Postnatal Yoga one to one? 

Yes, and if it is early after birth this is the best way. After a vaginal birth without complications we recommend that new mums spend at least the first week mostly in bed and the second week mostly on the sofa. If their birth experience was more challenging and there was any surgery, tear or cut, or infection then recovery will take longer. So then 1:1 classes visiting them in their home is ideal to start them off very gently.

Won’t it be too gentle for someone who has practised yoga for years?

Even those who have practised for many years need progressive practices instead of jumping straight back to everything they were doing before. How fast they progress is very individual. We teach many small steps to progressively adding more challenging practices so that women don’t jump to more complex practices too fast and then for example overstretch or provoke PGP or lower back pain and end up having to go back to the ‘beginning’ again. Our course covers offering different practices for different women in your classes according to their needs.

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