Q: How is this different from a prenatal yoga teacher training?
A: Prenatal yoga is a style of yoga that requires everyone in the room to be pregnant. This course prepares teachers who desire to better support pregnant students in the context of their yoga community aka non-prenatal yoga classes.

Q: I don’t mean to be rude, but why is this important?
A: Story matters. In the United States in particular, pregnant students are exposed to a culture of fear-based stories and myths about birth, which yields an alarming rate of maternal mortality (yes, more birthing people die in this country than most other developed nations on earth). The statistics for Black and Indigenous birthing people are disproportionately terrible. Yoga teachers are uniquely positioned into a seat of authority and trust and can have a true influence on these negative statistics and fear-based practices inside of our own communities simply by changing the way we engage with our pregnant students.

Q: Will I learn how to adapt yoga asana for pregnant students?
A: Yes! Not only will you learn how to modify yoga asana for pregnant students in a wide range of styles (hatha, vinyasa, yin, restorative, hot), you will receive videos and pdfs quick references that you can print and keep at the studio.

Q: What is your birth bias?
A: This is the million dollar question - thanks for asking! Many people who teach about birth feel strongly that birth ought to occur inside of or outside of a medical setting. This is an unskillful dichotomy. My bias is that all birthing people have options about where and how to birth. This means that they are healthy enough to choose home birth, resourced enough to access medical care, educated enough to make the choice that best suits them, AND that all professionally-attended birth options are safe & legal.

Q: Is this training for women only?
A: This training is open to yoga teachers of all genders.

Q: I’m still in yoga teacher training. Can I attend?
A: Absolutely.

Q: Do you offer scholarships?
A: I offer equity pricing. Systemic practices in maternity care in the United States strongly disadvantage black birthing people, who die as as consequence of childbirth four times as frequently as white birthing people. Black teachers make up only a small fraction of paid yoga teachers in the United States. There are insufficient words to describe the atrocities in maternity and reproductive care access for Indigenous and First Nations people. Black and Indigenous teachers are invited to contact me for equity pricing access.

Q: Do you offer refunds?
A: I do not offer refunds, however, before or during the first week of enrollment you may transfer your tuition and registration to another person. Sort of like concert tickets.

Q: What is the structure of the comprehensive training?
A: This training has several components, and an intentional methodology. First, you may enroll in the self-paced course at any time.

For the live course:
Each week, I invite you to progress through a few short videos of priming material in advance of our live session. This material I have curated, recorded, and edited to make the most efficient use of your time. Each section is short, and you can go back and review any time.

We will meet as a live, synchronous group on zoom to discuss the priming material. You are invited to bring questions, scenarios, concerns, and areas for additional inquiry.

You will also receive links to external free resources that I have curated for you to share directly with students if and when they have questions about that particular topic. You are invited to peruse them at your leisure, and bring questions related to them into our live sessions.

Finally, you will receive a list of additional resources for deeper study and inquiry. Each module is supported by both lived and academic resources, and includes my favorite books and authors. I expect that several content areas will spark an interest in you, and I have lit the path for your curiosity