Do you feel properly prepared to teach the pregnant student? Have you found yourself nervous or unsure how to guide a pregnant person in class? Do you want to learn more about honoring the needs of pregnant students while maintaining the flow of an open-level class?

This four-hour training will equip participants with knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the pregnant body, specific needs of the pregnant student in an asana class, modifications or substitutions for common poses including vinyasa transitions, and the benefits of yoga during pregnancy. In addition to lecture and conversation, Shelley Jones, mama of two, Ph.D., E-RYT 200, RYT 500, and YACEP, will lead you through a prenatal-appropriate class so as to embody the teachings. Most importantly, participants will leave with a sense of confidence in their ability to support the prenatal student in class.

Led by Shelley Jones of Birth & Beyond Yoga, mama of two, Ph.D., E-RYT 200, RYT 500, and YACEP. Shelley found yoga in 2005 and began teaching in 2009. She considers herself a student first and has extensive and ongoing training in both alignment-based and vinyasa flow yoga, yoga philosophy, meditation, kids’ yoga, and pre- and postnatal yoga. Her most recent training was an 85-hour prenatal certification with Deb Flashenberg and Caprice Abowitt of the Prenatal Yoga Center in New York City. Shelley credits yoga with helping to make her transitions from pregnancy through birth and into motherhood easeful, though not easy. Now she shares the gift of yoga with her kids, while realizing the power of her own personal practice in supporting her as a mother.

This training is designed for those who have graduated from or currently attending yoga teacher training and provides continuing education hours for Yoga Alliance® Registered Teachers.