the Wisdom Method

85-hour Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training

{Yoga Alliance Registered}

**check back for 2013 dates**

{Abstract}

In the Wisdom Method 85 hour Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training you will learn how to safely teach yoga to pregnant women. Taught in 4 weekend intensives {18-19 hours each weekend session}, this program will give you the skills to apply the teachings of yoga in the specialized setting of a prenatal environment. You will learn appropriate asana & pranayama sequencing for each trimester, for beginner & advanced pregnant practitioners, & essential meditation techniques for helping your students experience a more comfortable pregnancy & birth.

Breathing practices, anatomy, meditation techniques, and teaching methodology specifically applied to the conditions of pregnancy are used throughout the course.

Guest faculty include certified nurse midwives + other birth professionals, physical therapists, + massage therapists specializing in prenatal massage.

{Program Outcomes}

The Wisdom Method Prenatal Yoga teacher training teaches instructors how to guide their pregnant students into a greater understanding of their own innate power by 1) envisioning the pregnant woman as the embodiment of the Divine Mother, 2) harnessing the transformative power of pregnancy to fuel a deeper sense of connection to the universal and, 3) encouraging a profound sense of union with the eternal, divine spark of life within each of us.

Using classical yoga – including asana, pranayama, meditation, mantra, lifestyle training, and visualization – as a starting point, the Wisdom Method Prenatal Yoga teacher training will help you guide your pregnant students to greater strength, confidence, and balance during each stage of pregnancy and through labor, delivery, and the postpartum period. This program offers essential tools to both beginner & advanced teachers who would like to offer the precious gift of yoga to pregnant women.

{About Kellie Adkins}

Kellie Adkins, MS, ERYT500, RPYT, RCYT, is the founder of the Wisdom Method^TM: a conscious evolution of mindful movement which unites the wisdom traditions of the East {including Ayurveda, yin yoga, Krishnamacharya lineage yoga, & contemplative thought}, with contemporary Western science {including nutrition, positive psychology, & cognitive neuroscience}. With over 4000 teaching hours & countless hours of specialty training, Kellie holds the highest level of national registration for yoga teachers {ERYT500} & is a specialty certified teacher for both Prenatal & Children’s yoga. Kellie is an active member of the International Associations of Yoga Therapists & serves on the Yoga Alliance Standards committee for Schools & studios.

Although Kellie’s true love is Ashtanga-based Vinyasa Flow yoga, she has completed over 250 hours additional training in yoga therapeutics {including restorative/yin & prenatal yoga}, 250 hours advanced training in Ashtanga yoga, 100 specialty hours in yogic breathing techniques, 300 hours of Anatomy & Kinesiology, & has been a practitioner of contemplative meditation since 1998. In addition, Kellie is currently completing a NAMA-recognized professional training program in Ayurveda.

Kellie founded & directs the Wisdom Method^TM School of Yoga – a Yoga Alliance registered, integrative yoga school offering basic, specialty, & advanced yoga studies. Kellie’s academic studies have spanned Classical Indian philosophy, Tibetan Buddhist studies, philosophy, comparative religion, cognitive neuroscience, anatomy & physiology, health promotion, gender studies, & include a graduate degree in Nutrition Science & a B.A. in Religions & Gender Studies.

Kellie had the great good fortune to practice & teach yoga throughout her pregnancy, visualizing a healthy full-term baby & a 5-hour, pain-free labor: she got just that. You can read a little about her experience here. She’s the proud mamma of Veda Sophia – a beautiful & precocious young one born Sept. 24, 2010.

{Requirements}

75 contact hours, 10 non-contact

{Structure}

4 weekend workshops {once monthly}

Module 1: Foundations of Prenatal Yoga* + the First Trimester {19 hours}

*open to yoga teachers who’d like to CEUs in Prenatal yoga

Module 2: the Second Trimester {19 hours}

Module 3: the Third Trimester  {19 hours}

Module 4: The Postpartum Period* {18 hours}

*open to yoga teachers who’d like CEUs in Postpartum yoga

{Locations + Dates}

TBD

{Tuition}

Full Pay: $1295

{until 90 days before training, $1350 thereafter }

Payment plan: $1380

$200 deposit + 4 payments of $295* {due the first of each training month}

{Sample Schedule}

Saturdays & Sundays, 9a -6:30 p

Contact Kellie for additional details 

Studio owners ~ would you like to bring this comprehensive training to your studio?

Email Kellie for details: kellie [at] kellieadkins [dot] com