Yoga Birth Method Instructor
Attending a weekend certification will enable you to teach the YBM in your practice. To upgrade your certification to meet Yoga Alliance Prenatal standards additional requirements are:
- one extra workshop day for YAA RPYT upgrade (a date will be offered once a month)
- Research Exam
- 10 Teaching Hours Demonstrated
Weekend Course Outline:
Childbirth education meets “yogini birthing”. This weekend intensive teaches an 8 step yoga pathway for labour that enables women to have a natural, mindful and enlightened childbirth experience. You will learn how prenatal yoga can be used as a measure for managing labour pain and effective labour progression. The Yoga Birth Method is a unique yoga technique combining the philosophy of yoga, asana sequencing for the three stages of labour and breath awareness for a mindful connection to the baby during birth.
The weekend certification Intensive is ideal for Yoga teachers looking to become prenatal certified, prenatal yoga teachers wanting to teach childbirth preparation to their students, for other childbirth professionals or doulas wanting to teach The Yoga Birth Method technique.
The training will consist of:
- Applying pranayama and asana birth method sequences specific to the stages of progression
- How to teach prenatal yoga for birth preparation
- Discuss topics relevant to childbirth
- What is informed choice and understanding the waterfall effect of medication
- Transforming pain in labour to an enlightened experience
- Preparing for labour early: working with women at different stages of pregnancy
- Comprehensive study guide
- Certificate upon completion
Upcoming training and workshop dates:
Call us or contact us for location and advanced registration as dates fill up quickly.
Yoga Birthing Certification & Yoga Alliance Registered Prenatal Yoga Certification
*to complete registration requirements for Yoga Alliance Prenatal Yoga Teacher there are additional assignments that must be completed. If you are only interested in Yoga Birthing Certification the extra two days are not required. *If you are interested in distance Certification please contact Dorothy for Registration information
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Toronto, Ontario - May 7 - 8 - Yoga Birthing Certification $395
** For YA RPYT 4 days required: May 7-10th $650
Montreal, Quebec - June 18th-19th Yoga Birthing Certification
New York, New York - TBD
Kamloops, BC August 6-7th $395
** For YA RPYT 4 days required: August 6-9thth $650
Yoga Birth Method Certifications
We will be hosting Certifications in the following cities in 2013:
April 6-7, 2013 - Toronto, Ontario (April 8-9 Prenatal yoga teacher training additional 2 days)
May 11-12, 2013 - Orange County, California (May 13-14 Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training additional 2 days)
May 25-26, 2013- New York, New York
October 5-6, 2013- Edmonton, Alberta and October 7 - 8, additional two days for prenatal yoga teacher training)
8:30-4:00 each day
$400
Early bird save $25 if registered 60 days before training
Limited 15 spots
Register by email dorothy@yogabirthmethod.com or call (905) 949-9642
Each weekend training will also include time on how to enhance your business financially with a YBM Certificate added to your skill set!
Childbirth education meets "yogini birthing". This weekend intensive teaches an 8 step yoga pathway for labour that enables women to have a natural, mindful and enlightened childbirth experience. You will learn how prenatal yoga can be used as a measure for managing labour pain and effective labour progression. The Yoga Birth Method is a unique yoga technique combining the philosophy of yoga, asana sequencing for the three stages of labour and breath awareness for a mindful connection to the baby during birth.
The weekend certification Intensive is ideal for Yoga teachers looking to become prenatal certified, prenatal yoga teachers wanting to teach childbirth preparation to their students, for other childbirth professionals wanting to teach The Yoga Birth Method technique. The training will consist of:
- Applying pranayama and asana birth method sequences specific to the stages of progression
- How to teach prenatal yoga for birth preparation
- Discuss topics relevant to childbirth
- What is informed choice and understanding the waterfall effect of President of Yoga Network of Canadamedication
- Transforming pain in labour to an enlightened experience
- Preparing for labour early: working with women at different stages of pregnancy
- Comprehensive study guide
- Certificate upon completion
Dorothy Guerra is the creator of The Yoga Birth Method. She developed this program through her work as Labour Doula and Child Birth Educator. She has been teaching yoga for over 15 years and facilitates a yoga teacher training program in Toronto. She is a faculty presenter for the Yoga show and Conference, Toronto and the 16th annual Doulas of North America Conference and Lamaze Mega Conference. Owner of Birth Yoga Studios and The Yoga Birth Method Institute. Affiliated with CAPPA Canada, LamazeInternational and International Childbirth Education Association and Director of the Yoga Network of Canada
Dorothy Guerra is the author of "Yoga Birthing, How to Have an Calm, Natural and Enlightened Birth Experience using the Yoga Birth 
Method"
Order a copy of the book at www.yogabirthmethod.com
She is a conference presenter for CAPPA Canada (Canadian Anitpartum and Postnatal Association), Doulas of North America (DONA) and Lamaze International and Yoga Show and Conference Toronto. She has been on the forefront of educating yoga as a birth choice and changing the way women experience labor.