Baby Om Teacher Training

Next New York Sessions:
Saturday, Oct 22 & Sunday, Oct 23, 2011
Saturday, Feb 11 & Sunday, Feb 12, 2012

Baby Om Teacher Training is an 16-hour intensive workshop, limited to 12 participants. Baby Om Teacher Training is intended for yoga teachers and health care professionals with an active yoga practice. The workshop delivers a complete toolkit of techniques that will allow teachers to offer compelling mother and baby yoga classes in their area. The training has three principal sections:

the postpartum body
the newborn
putting it all together

Specific topics to be discussed include:

The Postpartum Body

Common weaknesses of the postpartum body and the corresponding asanas for regaining strength
Essential exercises for the new mother
What is "good alignment"?
Looking for symptoms of depression
Cesarean recovery through yoga

The Newborn

The three major stages of infant development: 0-3 months, 3-6 months and 6-12 months
Corresponding Baby Om engagement exercises
The cesarean and colic baby

Putting it all together

How to structure a class
How to keep a class moving
How to incorporate the baby throughout the class
Cesarean, nursing and colic variations
Helping new mothers feel comfortable

Participants will have the opportunity to participate in several Baby Om classes, and finally, to teach sections of a Baby Om class.
On completion of the workshop, each participant will be presented with a Baby Om Teacher Training Certificate, which sanctions participants to describe their classes as using Baby Om Techniques. It will not, however, authorize certified trainees to operate as Baby Om or use the Baby Om logo.

Teacher Training Schedule:

October 2011 Session
Saturday, Oct 22, 2011: 9:30am-5:30pm
Sunday, Oct 23, 2011: 8:30am-5:00pm

February 2012 Session
Saturday, Feb 11, 2012: 9:30am-5:30pm
Sunday, Feb 12, 2012: 8:30am-5:00pm

Location:

The teacher training workshop will be held at Jennifer Brilliant Yoga (732A Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY, between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue).

Tuition:

Total fee for the workshop, which is limited to 12 participants, is $400. Save $50 off regular price if you register by October 1, 2011. Each participant will also receive a copy of our book, Baby Om: Yoga for Mothers and Babies and additional written materials. Snacks and beverages will be provided throughout the duration of the workshop.

Application:

Applicants must be practicing yoga teachers or health care professionals with an active yoga practice; admission to the workshop is first-come, first-served, and is based on a review of the application form.
     To apply for admission to the workshop, please click here to download the application form. (The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to open the application form; you can download a free Reader here.
     Please download, print and fill out the application form and return by mail with a $200 deposit to:

     Baby Om
     250 Riverside Drive #25
     New York, NY 10025

Cancellation Policy

Requests for cancellation must be submitted in writing and received two weeks prior to the start of training. We will issue a refund, less the deposit, for valid cancellations; no refunds will be issued on cancellations received later than two weeks prior to the training start date. Payments from cancellations may be applied to the following Baby Om Teacher Training.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the teacher training course, please email info@babyom.com.