This class is for you if:
- you are pregnant
- you have a womb
- you are postpartum (if you’ve had a baby you are postpartum no matter how long ago you birthed)
- you identify as a women or women-aligned (this is intended to be language with includes trans-women, genderqueer people and femmes)

Pregnancy is a time of profound change: it can be both exciting and scary, challenging and joyful. During pregnancy, you may be feeling unsure of your changing body, and often feeling very different from one day to the next.

Throughout this perhaps unsettled and thrilling time, Pregnancy Yoga can provide a steady practice and space for self-care that evolves with you and your pregnancy. Providing you time to pay attention to yourself, and also bond with your baby.

We share practices that are empowering, grounding and gleeful with you, creating space for you to thrive and flourish.

Some of the benefits of pregnancy yoga:
- Reduction in discomfort in the last fortnight of pregnancy
- Lower levels of pain during labour
- Much shorter first-stage labour (2.5 hours shorter overall)
- Controls oxidative stress (precursor of inflammation)
- Lower incidences of conditions like pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, small for gestational age
- Reduced levels of perceived stress and trait-anxiety
- Activation of parasympathetic nervous system, helping to consolidate sleep & reduce stress
- Reduced levels of pregnancy-specific anxiety and fear of childbirth

Pregnancy yoga has consistently been demonstrated to be safe for low-risk pregnancies and babies.

This evidence alone provides a convincing case for pregnancy yoga: the benefits could combine to have a potent effect on the experience of pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal recovery.

From a more holistic perspective, we can begin to see pregnancy yoga as a vital movement which enables space, community and time to acknowledge your experiences, cultivating a deep awareness of yourself and your pregnancy.

You are welcome to join 10 minutes before the class to check in and say hello. You may have your camera on or off, up to you.

We'll start with a check in and say hello, then move into a welcome meditation, followed by movement, pelvic floor awareness, breath and rest.

We recommend having some props nearby: a yoga mat, blankets, a bolster (or a couple of big cushions), a block (or a large book). Anything else you need to be comfortable.

Please do get in touch if you have any questions regarding this class: harriet@nourishyogatraining.com

Harriet also welcomes any woman or woman-aligned person to join this practice as it is fantastic for supporting menstruation and the postpartum time as well.

Leading students into a state of rest is a subtle, profound art. It is also a skill that can be learned. When we understand the roots, development and structure at the heart of practices like savasana and yoga nidra, we can hold a much safer, inclusive space to welcome our students into resting well together.

This training has been carefully designed to train yoga teachers in offering simple yoga nidras comfortably, confidently, and creatively.

Course Outline
This module is offered as part of the 300 hour teacher training, but can be taken by any teacher wishing to improve their skills in this area as Continuing Professional Development (CPD). The module will run as five weekly sessions of three hours, and combine theory, practice and skills development.

1. Recipes for rest – how rest is experienced, barriers to rest, getting creative to help our students find rest
2. History of yoga nidra – from pre-modern origins to recent techniques, and managing student trust and safety
3. The structure of yoga nidra – a simplified structure for creating safe and simple practices, and techniques for grounding and post-practice comfort
4. Mapping the territory – exploring koshas, tattvas, chakras, European holism and other maps that have been used to understand the nidra ‘landscape’
5. Getting creative – finding inspired and responsive ways to offer the practice without getting out of your depth

Nourish Yoga Training's 300 hour Advanced Teacher Training is registered with Yoga Alliance (International), and is completed as a series of standalone modules which can be taken over 3 years. More modules are forthcoming in 2021.

There are limited spaces available. As this course focusses on preparing you to deliver yoga nidra, live attendance is required. You are able to miss one session and a recorded session can be provided for the missed module only at no further cost. If you need to miss the final week, which includes a teaching practice and feedback session, a catch up session maybe be provided at the trainer's discretion, and will incur an extra charge.

Pricing
We believe in the importance and value of this training, and would like to offer a scaled pricing system, which enables attendees to pay which tier feels most appropriate for them. Please note there are NO further discounts available (i.e. no student discounts, etc).

Community price £139
Standard price £169
Supporter price £199

About Theo:

Theo Wildcroft, PhD is a yoga teacher, writer and scholar working for a more sustainable relationship between our many selves, the communities that hold us, and the world that nourishes us. She is currently registered with the IYN (RYT500) and Yoga Alliance (E-RYT® 500, YACEP®). Her research considers the democratization of yoga post-lineage, and the many different ways yoga communities are responding to concerns about safety in practice. She’s a lover of vulnerable people, of wild things and wild places, and of the simple miracle of life itself. Countless people have downloaded her yoga nidras, which are profound but gentle, take you on unexpected journeys, and are always spontaneously created. Drop in and listen for real.

Curious about taking your practice further? Interested in sharing the benefits you've felt from yoga with others? Then it could be that it's time to start your teacher training journey. Join us via zoom to discuss our flagship 200 hour yoga teacher training program.

Join Lead Trainer Harriet for a FREE information evening on our 200 hour teacher training program. There is no obligation involved at all, just the opportunity to ask questions and dip your toe into the deep waters of exploration and learning.

Read about our 200 hour program: https://nourishyogatraining.com/200-hour-yoga-teacher-training-2/

What past trainees have had to say:
"In each module we peeled away the layers going deeper during the sessions, which are expertly led, inviting lively discussion and sharing ideas and experience with respect and humility. This has given me the confidence to experiment with my own practice, to seek out more reading, and to put everything back together again layer by layer." Celia, 2019