Imagine a world where people journey from pregnancy to parenthood surrounded by a village of support?
Prenatal Yoga
What you need to know about our Sacred Birth Prenatal Yoga + DONE Birth Doula Approved Training
Sacred Birth – Prenatal Yoga + Doula Training is an 85+ hour dual certificate training and in-home retreat that will provide you with a framework to support your pregnant yoga students, launch a career in the field of birth work, and deepen your connection to your own body and practice.
DONA International and The Yoga Alliance are offering the unique opportunity to complete your certification online during this time of social distancing. With more than 85 hours of content, this training will equip you with tools to empower and support pregnant women throughout their pregnancies and labor.
This training is recommended for
In this course you will
Goals of this course
- Learn how to teach therapeutic and trauma sensitive pre and postnatal yoga.
- Learn how to safely modify postures for each trimester.
- Understand the anatomy and physiology of pregnancy.
- Study eastern and western perspectives of mind, body and spirit.
- Be mentored by experienced, proven teachers in the field.
- Heal and understand your own birth story.
- Study hormonal and energy changes holistically.
- Discover your own teaching voice and innate gifts.
- Unfold insight into the profound miracle of birth.
Certification Process
- We support you on every step of the DONA certification process, including:
- Completing Required Reading.
- Joining DONA International as a member.
- Attending births.
- Submitting Written References.
- Attending a Breastfeeding Class.
“Julia is a fantastic teacher. She created a warm and community-like environment. I learned many skills and tools that I will use in my yoga classes, in my life and perhaps in my own pregnancy. I especially found learning her mindfulness and awareness based approach very valuable. This course is very thorough and addressed the various aspects of pregnancy: physiological, anatomical, psychological and spiritual. I highly recommend this course!"
ML, Canada
Imagine being part of that village through prenatal yoga and birth doula support?
Imagine having facilitators who inspire you, and colleagues you feel connected to?
About the Program
R-PYT ELIGIBILITY
To gain Yoga Alliance certification as RPYT, a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training is required. Others can participate but will not be eligible for registration as a Prenatal Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance.
PARTICIPANTS ALSO REQUIRE
- 10 observation hours observing or assisting classes in your community
- Successful completion of teaching practicum with support of Julia, teaching team and peers
- 10 hours of homework readings to be completed after the course (this will be assigned in class)
Awakened Spirit Yoga is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School (RYS 200) and one of the few Registered Prenatal Yoga Schools (RPYS). We offer an 85-hour prenatal training as well as a combined prenatal yoga training and doula course. Intimate classes allow our dedicated team of teachers to provide personal attention, expert guidance and personal feedback throughout our trainings.
- Additional steps are also required if you choose to become a Certified Doula with DONA International
Graduates of our program are eligible for the Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT) designation with Yoga Alliance.
Your TRAINERS
Stefanie Antunes
Co-Facilitator, Doula Trainer
Stefanie Antunes has been a Lamaze® Educator and doula since 2002, after the birth of her second son showed her just how valuable it is to be prepared for birth and to have good support around you.
Stefanie is a visionary in the childbirth field. She leads the Discover Birth organization providing a variety of services to expectant parents and training for those wishing to pursue work in the childbirth field. Stefanie is the former president of the Ontario Association of Doulas, former Treasurer for DONA International and sits on many local boards and coalitions to improve our communities. She is a DONA-approved Birth Doula Trainer, and runs the Institute of Childbirth Educators, a Lamaze-Accredited Childbirth Educator Program.
Stefanie is the founder of The Birth Doula Program, operating in several Ontario hospitals.
Stefanie is a contributing author in the best selling Power of Women United and the book Bearing Witness: Childbirth Stories Told by Doulas. She is a regular contributing writer and blogger, and has done many interviews online and for TV/radio.
She believes that the world can be a better place if parents can have more positive childbirth experiences, allowing them to bond properly with their babies. She works tirelessly to change the world in this aspect…one family at a time.
Julia Forest
Co-Facilitator, Yoga Teacher Trainer
Julia is an international yoga teacher, birth doula, women’s health advocate, and closet artist who is passionate about health, environmentalism and empowered birth. She is co-creator of the Sacred Birth Yoga & Doula Training, is founding director of Awakened Spirit Yoga and co-founder of the Wellkind Foundation, a non-profit that focuses on community empowerment and wellbeing through the lens of permaculture. She also created the Sacred Earth Yoga Training, the first yoga teacher training program that combines yoga, mindfulness, permaculture and leadership to transform lives and communities.
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
During the past 20 years, Julia has been practicing and studying with extraordinary teachers in North America and in India and deepened her practice in several lineages such as classical hatha yoga, mindfulness meditation, vinyasa, Scaravelli inspired, yoga therapy and kundalini. A solo journey to Spain sparked a 10 year pilgrimage to Rishikesh India, where she taught and studied yoga and meditation in ashrams and monasteries.
A self-proclaimed anatomy geek, she draws from more than 16 years of experience in body-centered therapies and physical rehabilitation and has taught individuals of many ages and abilities including teens, women who are pre- and post-natal, elders, as well as people living with MS, fibromyalgia, cancer, osteoporosis and chronic pain.
The emphasis in her classes is on alignment, yoga as a tool for transformation, the healing qualities of inner stillness, movement and breath for the cultivation of inner peace, health and wellbeing. Her approach is trauma informed and accessible. She teaches from the heart and creates an environment in which her students can explore and discover their inner wisdom and potential. She believes that we all have within us what we need to heal ourselves and is passionate about honoring source tradition while exploring the potential that yoga has to offer in everyday life.
Julia has been deeply influenced by her many teachers and mentors such as Thich Nhat Hahn, Jetsumna Tenzin Palmo, Monica Voss, and Judith Hanson Lasater. She offers retreats, yoga teacher training programs, anatomy and physiology intensives, and specialty workshops worldwide.
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