Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training | IN STUDIO

Alexa Dean + Guest Teachers | 9 Mar ( Virtual intro session) , 11-15 March 2027 | 50 hours | Price: £650

Pregnancy is often the time when many are introduced to yoga and all of its benefits. In pregnancy yoga can help with having a mindful pregnancy, nourishing and strengthening the body as well as preparing it for labour. Our intensive 5-day in studio Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training offers a balanced mix of theory, holistic, technical, practical and spiritual approach providing students with valuable knowledge and tools to teach yoga to pregnant women safely and confidently. It is ideal for qualified yoga teachers, recent teacher training graduates or those still completing their yoga teacher training who want to specialise in pregnancy yoga or gain knowledge to work with pregnant women confidently in their general yoga class. This training is also beneficial for keen yoga practitioners who are pregnant, birthkeepers, doulas and midwives, childbirth educators and complementary therapists to enhance their professional skills and build a new career path. Anyone joining the course should have an established yoga practice themselves.

This 5-day Pregnancy Yoga course will give you the tools and the inspiration to confidently teach mothers-to-be in specialised Pregnancy classes as well as in general classes.

This course can be attended as a stand-alone course or as an optional module on our 3 00-hour programme.

You can read more about eligibility for our Bursary programme and apply HERE

Pregnancy Yoga Course Overview

The training is focused on how yoga and childbirth education can be integrated for health and well-being through the different stages of pregnancy. We will explore the principles of anatomy and physiology, safety issues, and the spirituality and emotional experience at this stage of a woman’s life cycle. Through the processes of discussion, experiential work, assignments and yoga practice, students will learn to support and empower pregnant women on their path to motherhood.

Pregnancy Yoga Course Content

What to expect from the course

2 hour Virtual Introduction session
5 days in studio with Alexa Dean and Special Guests
1-1 Mentoring with Alexa via Zoom
Option to attend 2 of Alexa’s pregnancy classes at the Shala at 50% discount
An in-depth Pregnancy Yoga teaching manual
In-depth review of Childbirth Education
Practical tools to teach a safe and comprehensive class including poses, themes and sequences specific to pregnancy yoga
Integrate yoga props and small equipment into classes
Importance of the environment and set up of classes for pregnant students
Take and teach a well-rounded yoga class with the pregnant community that honours a woman’s mind and body at this special and sacred time
Deep exploration of anatomical and physiological changes of the pregnant body
Review structuring a pregnancy class and poses to do and not to do
Adapt the class for those with injuries and/or common ailments such as lower back pain, pelvic girdle pain, low/high blood pressure and fatigue.
Feel confident adjusting regular poses for pregnant students
Instruction for how to teach virtually

A printed training manual is included (note that if you book later than 14 days before the course start date you will receive the manual as a pdf).

What is expected of trainees

Complete 5 days with Alexa
Be prepared to teach fellow teacher trainees as well as pregnant women
Complete reading from the book list
Complete written assignments
Take and participate in a minimum of 4 pregnancy yoga classes in your community
Complete the practical portion of your final exam, teaching a 75-minute pregnancy yoga class. This class must be recorded and shared with Alexa for assessment

Yoga Alliance Accreditation

This course is a Yoga Alliance registered ‘Further training Course’ which will allow certified yoga teachers who hold a 200-hour qualification, to deliver prenatal yoga classes, workshops and short courses.

Although this course IS open to birth-workers (midwives, doulas, perinatal bodyworkers) interested in deepening their knowledge of yoga’s perinatal benefits, it cannot provide a yoga teacher certification. Birth workers will instead be able to integrate yoga techniques to their usual modalities when supporting pregnant clients.

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About Lead Trainer Alexa Dean

Alexa Dean is a Senior Pregnancy Yoga Teacher and Trainer, Birth Doula, Hypnobirthing Childbirth Educator, and Massage Therapist. With over two decades of experience in the field of women’s wellness and birth, Alexa brings a deeply intuitive, evidence-informed, and heart-centered approach to supporting individuals through the transformative journey of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

She is passionate about empowering women to approach birth as an active, positive, and conscious experience. Through her work, she helps parents cultivate deep body awareness, trust in their innate wisdom, and a sense of agency through education, movement, breath, and mindfulness.

Alexa’s professional journey began with classical Hatha Yoga training at triyoga London and continued with Vinyasa Flow studies in India. She later specialised in Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga with Nadia Narain and furthered her expertise through the renowned YogaBirth program, which blends yoga with childbirth education. Her prenatal training also includes Khalsa Way (Kundalini-based), developed by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, and work with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli. She trained in Baby Yoga with Birthlight, under Françoise Freedman.

As a doula, Alexa was certified under the mentorship of Dr Michel Odent and Liliana Lammers, whose work has profoundly shaped her birth philosophy. She holds certifications in Hypnobirthing from both Katharine Graves and Maggie Howell, and studied DreamBirth® imagery and visualisation techniques with Claudia Raiken. Alexa also trained as a Midwife Assistant at The Farm Midwifery Center in Tennessee, founded by Ina May Gaskin, a global pioneer of natural childbirth.

In addition, she is a qualified massage therapist specialising in fertility, pregnancy, postnatal, and baby massage, offering hands-on care throughout the perinatal continuum. Her ongoing education includes workshops with respected international figures such as Robin Lim, Debra Pascali-Bonaro, Naoli Vinaver, and Angelina Martinez Miranda. She is also a dedicated participant in the True Midwifery Spiral and the Silent Birthkeeper Immersion with Ruth Ehrhardt.

Originally from Argentina with English heritage, Alexa has made London her home since 2001. Her practice is rooted in a profound respect for the body’s intelligence, the sacred nature of birth, and the unique path of every family.

You can visit Alexa’s website here

Avni Trivedi pregnancy yoga — Avni Trivedi

Maika Prevosti pregnancy yoga — Maika Prevosti

Justine Siprell pregnancy yoga — Justine Siprell

Guest Teacher Topics & Biographies

A series of guest teachers impart a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of ante-natal care. These include (subject to change):

Avni Trivedi – ’Finding alignment and easing ailments in pregnancy’

Avni is a Women’s health osteopath with a special interest in pregnancy and birth. She has lectured in pregnancy and birth at the University College of Osteopathy. Avni has a MSc in paediatric osteopathy from the renowned Osteopathic Centre for Children. With an insatiable appetite for learning and development, Avni has also trained to become a doula with Michel Odent and Doula UK, and trained in zero balancing, family constellations, NLP, medical acupuncture, cranial osteopathy, reiki and shiatsu. Her podcast ‘Speak From the Body’ encourages people to reconnect with the wisdom of the body. Avni has an intuitive and practical style that can be both strong and gentle. For more information visit www.avni-touch.com

Barbara Hanachova – ‘Women’s Bodies Through Pregnancy & Birth’

Barbara is Independent Midwife with 20 years of experience across all maternity services within NHS as well as private sector. She is passionate about homebirth, respectful care and women’s choice. She loves working with pregnat women empowering them to take control over their bodies and health. She is also IBCLC and tongue tie practitioner. In helping babies with feeding issues she combines her skills with craniosacral therapy. More recently her focus shifted towards using craniosacral therapy and homeopathy in supporting families with complex children which is often closely linked to pregnancy and birth.

She is a mum of four children between the ages of 5 and 22 years. To get in touch you can visit her Instagram @barbarahanachova

Justine Sipprell – ‘Pelvic floor health in pregnancy, birth and postpartum’

Justine Sipprell is a mother of 2 and has been working as a Shiatsu therapist, Doula and Pilates teacher for the past 15 years. She is passionate about improving women’s experience of birth and early motherhood. She has been teaching pelvic floor workshops for the past 5 years, introducing women to the Hypopressive method. Practicing the Hypopressive series or incorporating the technique into your personal practice can improve posture and breathing technique, alleviating pain in the body. Hypopressives build core strength through reduction of abdominal pressure rather than increasing abdominal pressure as more traditional exercises can do. It is used for the treatment of prolapse, stress incontinence, hernias and haemorrhoids. For more information visit www.core4pelvicfloor.com

Maika Prevosti – ‘Nourish pregnancy through taste: an Ayurvedic soulful guide to nutrition’.

Maika is a qualified Ayurveda Practitioner and Nutritionist with a passion for interpreting the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda to suit modern lifestyles and make it relevant and accessible to our lives today. Her personal journey since 2003 has seen Ayurveda empower and transform those committed to making a profound and positive change. Having qualified from College of Ayurveda UK and done her internships in India, she enjoys sharing her knowledge through workshops and individual consultations for those wanting more in-depth personalised advice. She also has a background of 16 years as a teacher which now helps her to interpret people’s needs from all ages and backgrounds. Becoming a Reiki Master, Massage Therapist, Pranayama and Meditation Practitioner (Yogalap) and Buteyko Practitioner (Buteyko Clinic International) have added an invaluable tool in her therapeutic approach to efficiently support patients with tailored solutions to improve emotional and physical well-being. For more information visit www.maikaprevosti.com

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Course Dates

The course has the following modules scheduled:

9 March 2027 VIRTUAL Introduction

7-9pm
11 March 2027 DAY 1 IN STUDIO

10-6pm
12 March 2027 DAY 2 IN STUDIO

10-6pm
13 March 2027 DAY 3 IN STUDIO

10-6pm
14 March 2027 DAY 4 IN STUDIO

10-6pm
15 March 2027 DAY 5 IN STUDIO

10-6pm

Pricing

The cost is £650 for the full 5-day training
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