Teacher Trainings

PRENATAL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

 

January 2026

with Beth Donnelly & Lara Kohn Thompson

For over 20 years, Beth Donnelly and Lara Kohn Thompson have been partnering to train yoga teachers and health professionals in the art and science of perinatal yoga. With their combined backgrounds in movement, science, and tradition, they bring a wealth of knowledge, compassion, and practical expertise to this Yoga Alliance–certified Prenatal Teacher Training.

This joyful and in-depth training invites you into the unique journey of prenatal yoga, where the perinatal cycle touches both the primal and the divine. Prenatal yoga provides vital support for people as they attune to the profound physical, emotional, spiritual, and social transformations of pregnancy. Through accessible and powerful practices, teachers will learn how to help students cultivate balance, resilience, and ease during pregnancy, labor, birth, and early postpartum recovery.

What You Will Learn

  • Anatomy & Physiology of Pregnancy
    A clear and comprehensive foundation in the stages of pregnancy, fetal development, and the physiological changes in the body. Learn the range of physical changes and challenges during pregnancy and when to suggest students seek medical or therapeutic care.

  • Asana & Sequencing
    How to adapt and skillfully sequence yoga postures for each trimester, including safe modifications, contraindications, and supportive use of props.

  • Teaching Methodology
    Frameworks for designing and sequencing safe, empowering, and flowing prenatal classes that integrate physical alignment with breath, mindfulness, restoration, and community connection

  • Holistic Tools for Pregnancy & Beyond
    Exploration of yoga philosophy, chanting, pranayama, meditation, and visualization as tools for navigating pregnancy and the early postpartum journey.

  • Labor & Birth Preparation
    Practices and techniques that support the body and mind in labor, including breath work, visualization, movement, and positions for comfort and progress. 

  • Trauma-Informed Teaching
    How to create safe, inclusive, and supportive spaces where students feel seen and heard, and where shared experience deepens community.

Structure of the Program

  • 60 hours of in-class training with Beth and Lara, combining lecture, discussion, experiential practice, and teaching labs.

  • 25 hours of out-of-class study, including prenatal class observations, required reading, and homework assignments to deepen integration.

Training Schedule:

Friday, January 9th, 10:30 am - 5:30 pm

Saturday, January 10th, 1:00 - 8:00 pm

Sunday, January 11th, 1:00 - 8:00 pm


Friday, January 16th, 10:30 am - 5:30 pm

Saturday, January 17th, 1:00 - 8:00 pm

Sunday, January 18th, 1:00 - 8:00 pm

 

Friday, January 23rd, 10:30 am - 5:30 pm

Saturday, January 24th, 1:00 - 8:00 pm

Sunday, January 25th, 1:00 - 8:00 pm

Tuition

$500 deposit required to reserve, which will go towards your tuition.

Early Bird Special by December 1, 2025 - $1300

after December 2, 2025 - $1450

**Pre-requisite: 200 hr Yoga Teacher Certification.

REGISTER HERE
 
 

YOGA FOR LABOR & BIRTH TEACHER TRAINING - ONLINE TRAINING
DATES: TBD

This continuation of prenatal yoga teacher training will give you ways to guide people through practices that serve as comfort measures and coping strategies for late pregnancy, labor, birth and the immediate postpartum. The information in this training can be woven into prenatal yoga classes or it can be taught as a workshop or private session, and doulas and health care professionals are also welcome to attend.

Yoga for Labor and Birth will help people prepare physically, mentally, and emotionally for birth using various techniques and philosophies of Yoga along with the practice of effective pain-management strategies. Teachers will gain a comprehensive understanding of the anatomy and physiology of late pregnancy, labor, birth, and the immediate postpartum and effective ways to safeguard the universal needs of people through this process. We will explore positions, movement, and rhythms that influence fetal position, encourage progress in labor and support a greater sense of ease. We will work with breath and sound as ways to steady and calm the mind, induce relaxation, dissipate pain, and energize the body. We will work with touch—massage, counterpressure, acupressure points—as means to supply comfort, facilitate progress, and relieve pain. When the mind is free of tension and fear, the body is able to give birth with greater ease. We will practice relaxation techniques and visualizations for labor and birth.

Teachers will also learn about medical interventions and their potential impact on the birth process. Among the topics we will discuss are the use of heat and/or cold for comfort, eating and drinking as essential labor support, and the benefits of water in various forms.

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