Nona Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training
Mindfulness-based Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training
Coming Soon! Please contact Erica if you’re interested in future details.
In the Nona Prenatal Yoga course, yoga poses are taught as a method of embodying mindfulness strategies for being with pain and for working with symptoms of anxiety and fear.
Yoga poses for a 6-week yoga and support series are extremely gentle and accessible to all body types and experience levels and therefore can be taught by therapists, doulas, clinicians, childbirth educators as well as yoga teachers. Trainees will also learn to sequence regular prenatal yoga classes and modify poses as needed.
This training is appropriate for anyone who would like to provide a holistic framework for addressing the emotional, cognitive, and physical needs surrounding pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
In order to facilitate intimate and meaningful discussions, participants will take a deep dive into the emotional world of the childbearing year while learning essential skills for holding space with non-judgment and compassion.
In the Nona Prenatal Yoga teacher training, instructors will learn:
to facilitate intimate and meaningful themed discussions about pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum.
to teach prenatal yoga as a method of embodying mindfulness strategies for coping with labor, birth, and postpartum adjustment.
to sequence yoga poses for pregnant and postpartum bodies
the anatomy and physiology of pregnant and postpartum bodies.
to conceptualize pain in a holistic way so that instructors can teach skills for managing pain emotionally, cognitively, and physically
to address common physical discomforts of pregnancy and postpartum recovery
to guide mindfulness meditations and deep relaxation
to develop your own mindfulness practice
to educate about the emotional, physical, and cognitive aspects of labor, birth, and postpartum.
to educate about the hormonal physiology of childbirth and how mindfulness can mediate fear and anxiety
to facilitate and encourage mindfulness practices
to use trauma-informed and inclusive language for cueing poses as well as during discussion.
to educate about how Polyvagal theory explains the benefits of mindfulness and yoga in childbirth.
To accomplish these objectives, the training will be grounded in a mindfulness-based childbirth education curriculum with an emphasis on addressing our own biases with compassion and non-judgment so that teachers are less likely to reinforce oppressive systems while facilitating discussions and providing education.
Therapists, childbirth educators, doulas, and yoga instructors will find that facilitating these classes will help to fill their practice/classes while also providing parents with invaluable tools and ongoing community support and friendships.
The Nona Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training is an evidence-based, in-depth study of the cognitive, emotional, and physical adjustments of the childbearing year.
While the details of the training are still in development, the training will be 85-100 hours and will consist of:
required readings
online synchronous and asynchronous class time
meeting in person for 2 long weekends
practicum and teacher observation.
mentoring
The training cost will be between $1000 - $1500 per weekend including online class time. Payment plans will be available with a non-refundable deposit. Check back here for updates or contact Erica with questions.
Each training will hold space for trans and BIPOC folks who would like to attend with a scholarship or on a sliding scale. No application is necessary, just contact Erica to find out if space is available.
The Nona Prenatal Yoga Training is
Evidence-Based
Trauma-Informed
Mindfulness-Based
Polyvagal Informed
.
What does a Nona Yoga & Support class look like?
Nona Yoga & Support is a 6-week series of 2-hour classes. Each class consists of 1 hour of themed group discussion and 1 hour of mindful meditation, yoga, and deep relaxation.
In these classes, you will facilitate meaningful discussions that help to prepare parents for relationship changes, managing pain and anxiety during childbirth, realistic expectations for birth and postpartum adjustment and recovery, body image, identity adjustment, working with fear, and more.
Nona Prenatal Yoga Teacher Trainings are developed and taught by Erica Kroll, LPC. Erica is a perinatal counselor, doula trainer/retired doula, and has facilitated mindfulness-based prenatal yoga and support classes for over 20 years. Her unique combination of experience from attending births, teaching parents, training professionals, and providing specialized counseling to prenatal and postpartum families makes her especially suited to share her knowledge and expertise with you. Read more about Erica.
Continuing education credits will be available for counselors, yoga instructors, doulas, and childbirth educators.
Interested? More details are forthcoming but feel free to Contact Erica with questions or to be added to the contact list when registration is open.
"I loved the group atmosphere, open conversation, and Erica's wealth of knowledge. I feel much more knowledgeable about all aspects of birth!”
— Morgan S.
Contact Erica.
Erica Kroll, LPC
nonabirth@gmail.com
Columbia, Mo.
