Join Suzanne Burns of Humble Haven Yoga for a virtual continuing education opportunity fully focused on Pre and Postnatal Yoga. This offering is designed for yoga teachers and students, health and childbirth educators, expecting persons, those looking to conceive, and those passionate about labor and birth. The intention of this program is to empower each participant with tools to support expectant persons in their journey to parenthood and beyond.
Workshop will meet Saturday, 1/30 & Sunday, 1/31 from 9a - 6pm via Zoom. Registered Yoga Teachers eligible for 19 hours of continuing ed credits with Yoga Alliance.
TOPICS OF STUDY:
Sequencing prenatal yoga classes inclusive of a deep dive into the asanas (physical postures) in relation to prenatal anatomy and caring for the expectant person during all stages of pregnancy
Yoga postures and modifications specific to various stages of pregnancy
Pranayama (breath) techniques during pregnancy
A teacher’s role in creating a conscious community for mothers and expectant persons while preserving a safe environment
Movement, meditation, and breath techniques for those wanting to conceive
Baby + Me Yoga class structure
Dates:
Saturday, 1/30 | 9a-6p
Sunday, 1/31 | 9a-6p
Location: Join us from anywhere! Workshop will be virtual on Zoom. Sessions will be recorded and shared with registered participants for 90 days following the completion of the workshop for easy make up and completion. Live, in person attendance encouraged.
Investment: *refunds unavailable after 12/4*
Pay in full - $350
2 Payments of $200 - 1st by 11/30 + 2nd on 12/11
Doula Training Partnership: Looking for additional childbirth education or to begin your journey to becoming a Doula? We have partnered with our friends at ToLabor. Register for our Pre and Postnatal Yoga continuing ed course and receive $200 off ToLabor's Doula Training Workshop in January (exact dates to be posted soon). Learn more about their programs and register here.
"HHY Prenatal was hands down the best thing I did for myself and for my baby during my pregnancy. It prepared me for labor, built strength and flexibility, and helped me cope with the mental and emotional struggles of pregnancy. Not to mention the wonderful mama community I was welcomed into - I'm still very close with many of the moms I met in this class! Would highly recommend!" - Sarah
About the Instructor - Suzanne Burns
In January 2015, Suzanne headed west to California to train with Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa in her 85-hour Khalsa Way Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training. At the time, Suzanne was teaching yoga professionally and at the brink of her own fertility journey, eager to want to learn more for her own well being and to support those who attended her classes. Fast forward to January 2016, Suzanne opened Humble Haven Yoga in Richmond, VA and after nearly two years of trying to conceive, Suzanne found out she was expecting. Over the last four years Suzanne has been teaching Prenatal Yoga at Humble Haven, has created and led her own Pre and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training, and given birth to her two children, Holt (4) and June (18 months).
As a yoga teacher, Suzanne believes in creating an environment and class structure that is supportive to all persons during their quest to become parents. To ensure a space for collective community, Suzanne incorporates teachings from other trainings she has attended with Yoga for the Special Child, Birthing Bodies: LGBT Inclusion in Prenatal Yoga, and trauma informed yoga teaching with Connection Coalition. Her class style combines her love of Power Vinyasa, Hatha, and Kundalini Yoga as taught to her by Gurmukh.
As a mother, Suzanne has navigated an intervention free pregnancy and one high risk following her daughter's diagnosis of Down syndrome at 12 weeks of pregnancy. Suzanne has a personal understanding of the importance of community and support in navigating the road to parenthood, whatever that may look like. She knows firsthand that the tools we learn on our yoga mat before our babies arrive, as we carry them, and anticipate their arrival, are the same tools that we harness as we raise them alongside ourselves.
"If anyone asks me for advice about pregnancy and preparing to become a parent I tell them one thing - find yourself some mom friends. And then I tell them that I can trace my entire circle of mom friends back to attending prenatal yoga at Humble Haven. I am eternally grateful for not only the physical and mental benefits of prenatal yoga, but also for the incredible community that Humble Haven provided during such a transformational time." - Kate
"Prenatal yoga at Humble Haven was such a critical element of my pregnancy journey. It helped me gain the physical and mental strength needed for the birth experience I had envisioned. Beyond that, class became a community where I found so many strong, supportive, amazing mamas. Forever grateful for that time spent on the mat surrounded by individuals on the same path." - Bee