HOM Yoga River Valley
Saturday 19 August / Sunday 20 August
12pm - 3:30pm, 12pm - 2pm
Including the Pregnant Practitioner in an Open Asana Class
Saturday, 19 August
12pm - 3:30pm
As a yoga instructor, have you ever found yourself fully prepared to teach your class when suddenly a pregnant practitioner arrives on her mat? Have you had a moment of panic? What can she do safely? Can you continue with your planned sequence? How can you help her to modify, without disrupting the flow of your class? What if she does something in your class that may cause harm to baby? Is she strong enough to do the class? Should I trust that she can modify her own practice? Do I support her or just let her be?
If this scenario has any familiarity for you, join us for this special workshop led by Amber Sawyer, PhD, Founder of Embodied Woman Yoga, as we explore and deepen our understanding of how to safely include the pregnant practitioner in an open level class. In this workshop, we will include an embodied approach (practicing asana from the perspective of pregnancy), as well as explore the anatomy and physiology of pregnancy, musculoskeletal changes and complications that are common during pregnancy. Through this lens, we will better be able to explore how to modify an asana practice safely for pregnant practitioners, going through easy and quick variations for postures and vinyasas, how to incorporate props to support the pregnant body, as well as review the contraindications for yoga during pregnancy.
Rather than memorizing a list of contraindications for pregnancy, this course will enable you to have a deeper understanding of why a pose may or may not be beneficial during pregnancy. Moreover, this CEU will hopefully give you the skills to confidently welcome a pregnant practitioner into your open level classes, so that no longer do you feel the panic arise with her presence, and instead, you feel excited to include her on the mat!
Topics to be covered:
Understanding an overview of the anatomical and physiological changes during pregnancy
General asana and pranayama modifications during pregnancy
How to use props to support the pregnant practitioner
How to include a pregnant practitioner in a vinyasa
Safe pelvic floor and core training during pregnancy
How to modify poses for common musculoskeletal complications during pregnancy
How to quickly and efficiently offer asana variations for the pregnant practitioner
Assists that are appropriate during pregnancy
Including the Postpartum Practitioner in an Open Asana Class
Saturday, October 31, 2020
2pm - 5pm
In your list of conditions, injuries and physical challenges that you keep in mind during your open level asana classes, have you ever considered the postpartum practitioner? Postpartum is a term that refers to a woman after she has parted with her fetus (this can be used for miscarriage or for birth of a viable pregnancy). Giving birth is not only the birth of a baby, but is also the birth of the mother–and with this monumental life transition often comes an incredible amount of stress on the body and mind. Once postpartum, always postpartum, but the first 0-3 years are commonly the most tender as the new mother is adapting to her ever changing body and role. You may have found yourself in a position where a woman has returned to her yoga practice in your class, recently having given birth, and that you are not sure how to best support her. Or, you may have never even considered that postpartum women need any particular attention!
Join Amber Sawyer, PhD, Founder of Embodied Woman Yoga for a special workshop specializing in how we can include the postpartum practitioner in an open level asana class. We will explore more deeply the physical and anatomical changes that take place postpartum, the general guidelines and contraindications that are common postpartum, how to offer appropriate asana modifications and what to look out for when including postpartum practitioners in your open level class. After attending this workshop, hopefully you will gain more confidence and security to welcome postpartum practitioners onto the mat in an open level class.
Topics to be covered:
Understanding an overview of the anatomical and physiological changes following birth
General guidelines to follow for a postpartum practitioner on that mat
General asana and pranayama contraindications following birth, and intuitively recognizing what may or may not be appropriate during the early postpartum years
How to include a postpartum practitioner in a vinyasa
Safe pelvic floor and core training following birth
Assists that are appropriate for a postpartum practitioner
Price
Including the Pregnant Practitioner in an Open Asana Class (3.5h CEU): $125
Including the Postpartum Practitioner in an Open Asana Class (2h CEU): $100
Both sessions: $200 SGD
Please note that students attending the workshop must have completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training. This workshop counts as continuing education credits for teachers who need to earn them for Yoga Alliance.
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