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LILA YOGA SCHOOL 50HR Pre and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training February 2027 - REGISTRATION OPEN
Pre and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training
With Joanne Ewen & Emma Howie Smith at Līlā Yoga School
From February 2027, we are offering a 50-hour Pre and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training at Lila Yoga.
We hope to bring together a group of students who are curious about pregnancy, birth and the postnatal experience, who want to explore how yoga can become a meaningful tool of support through it all.
Our approach is rooted in a more contemporary understanding of pregnancy and postnatal yoga: moving away from fear, restriction and rigid rules, and towards knowledge, informed choice and trust.
We want to teach you how to guide rather than prescribe. How to understand the individual woman in front of you, meet her where she is, and offer appropriate choices that allow her to stay connected to her body, her practice and her own intuition. At this time of profound physiological transition, we must acknowledge that every pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience is different. Our role as yoga teachers is not to tell women what they should or shouldn’t do, but to develop their knowledge and skills to support them thoughtfully through these changes.
Why Choose This Training?
This training is being led by Jo and Emma, each with more than 10 years of experience teaching pregnancy and postnatal yoga in and around Edinburgh. We’re bringing our knowledge, experience and passion together to create a training that is both deeply informed and grounded in real teaching experience.
Together, we’ll explore the changing needs of the pregnant and postnatal body, the realities of birth and recovery, and how yoga can be thoughtfully adapted to support people through this pivotal time. We’re excited to share a training that reflects where pregnancy and postnatal yoga is now knowledgeable, compassionate, empowering and grounded in real teaching experience.
Come and learn with us, deepen your knowledge and discover how you can support your students with greater confidence, understanding and care.
COURSE DETAILS
This continuous professional development course welcomes qualified teachers and trainee-teachers who are serious students of yoga seeking to deepen their knowledge.
Course Breakdown
This course will consist of 2 x 2 day weekends running Saturday - Sunday, plus additional stand alone 1 x Saturday. 8hrs per day.
Dates for 2027:
● February 6th & 7th
● March 20th & 21st
● April 25th
Minimum Attendance
All trainees are expected to manage their schedule to ensure they can attend 100% of the course offering, which consists of 5 days over 3 months, totalling 50 hours, in order to receive the 50 hour certificate.
Please refer to the Terms and Conditions for the Make Up policy.
Certification
● If you have an existing 200 hour yoga teaching certificate, you will be issued with a certificate of qualification.
● If you are not a yoga teacher but a serious practitioner, you will be issued with a certificate of attendance.
● Certification will cover you for 50 CPD hours for Yoga Pros and Yoga Alliance (YAUSA)
Certificates will be issued once all course requirements have been completed by the specified deadline.
Cost & Payment
The course is £950. Payment plans are available - please contact us for details.
Who is this for:
This training is perfect for yoga teachers who are curious about all things pregnancy, postpartum and all that goes with it.
You may be working with pregnant or postpartum students already and would like to deepen your understanding and skillset to best support them in class.
Motherhood might have sparked your interest, whether that is something you have experienced personally or something you look forward to in the future.
You want to learn to teach pregnancy yoga from a place of understanding, and give students a practical, functional and embodied experience of how they can move through this transformational time.
What you will learn:
Understanding pregnancy as a physiological process and deep diving into topics like the function of the core and pelvic floor, hormonal changes and other common pregnancy symptoms. Learning the significant physical and hormonal shifts from trimester one through to the fourth trimester.
How to create and structure a pregnancy specific yoga class that is creative and inclusive. Gain understanding of how to design adaptable sequences for all trimesters, while also learning how to modify general level classes for pre and post-natal students.
How to integrate breathwork, meditation and relaxation techniques, to help prepare your students mentally and physically for pregnancy, birth and motherhood.
Understand how to help guide and support women when returning to yoga during their postpartum recovery (4th trimester).
How to guide a Mum & Baby yoga class that supports women in the postpartum period to feel strong, capable and safe as they move with baby by their side.
Learn how to create a safe, supportive and inclusive space for women.
Understanding that pregnancy, birth, postpartum and beyond is not a ‘One size fits all’.
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