Teaching Yoga for Pregnant Women with Robyn Wexler

March 14-18, 2013 (Friday-Tuesday) Teaching Yoga for Pregnant Women with Robyn Wexler The training will include: • The physiology of pregnancy and childbirth • The physical and mental benefits of yoga during pregnancy • Appropriate yoga poses for different stages of pregnancy • Specific yoga practices to relieve common discomforts during pregnancy • Poses to avoid during pregnancy • Helpful breathing practices ?for pregnancy and childbirth • How a woman's pre-natal yoga practice can help her during childbirth and motherhood • How to successfully include pregnant women in general yoga classes • Important guidelines and practices for Post-Natal rehabilitation • Special permission to observe at one of Yoga Yard Pre-natal Yoga classes March 19, 2014 (Wednesday) Pre-natal fitness ball Teacher Training with Li Jianhui               March 20-21, 2014 (Thurday-Friday) Post-natal Yoga Teacher Training with Robyn and Sue: Post-natal integration + Mommy & Baby Yoga
About Robyn Wexler: The Director and Co-Founder of Yoga Yard, Robyn began teaching yoga in 1998 and has practiced yoga since 1996. In 2003, Robyn initiated Yoga Yard’s pre-natal yoga program, and since that time has had the pleasure to work with more than one thousand pregnant women from countries throughout the world. Robyn is the mother of two boys, Ethan (2007) and Zachary (2010). Robyn is also a trained birth doula (birth assistant) and has worked with pregnant women and provided support to women during childbirth since 2004. Robyn’s experience as a birth doula brings a unique and important perspective to her approach to teaching pre-natal yoga, allowing her to incorporate concepts and exercises into her pre-natal yoga teaching that are aimed specifically at supporting women during the process of child- birth and early motherhood. Robyn's teaching of pre-natal yoga is also strengthened by her study of pre- and post-natal pilates with Claire Norgate (Network Pilates).  Robyn has benefited from many teachers with whom she has studied, namely Judith Hanson Lasater, Matthew Cohen, Donna Farhi, Claire Norgate, Richard Miller, Sarah Powers, and Max Strom. Robyn has been invited to teach the pre-natal portion of teacher trainings (200-Hour Yoga Alliance certified) led by Max Strom (2008) and Matthew Cohen (2011), as well as to guide the design of and teach the Pre-Natal Yoga Teacher Training sponsored by FORKISS, China's first service provider for pregnant women and their families. Robyn's work in the fields of pre-natal yoga and childbirth have also been featured in numerous magazines including: Yoga Journal (China edition),《妈咪宝贝》 and 《我和宝贝》, where she currently writes a regular column for pregnant women and young families. Robyn has lived in Beijing since 1999, and teaches in English and Chinese. Guest Teacher: The physiology of pregnancy and childbirth portion of this training will be taught by Liu Hong. About Liu Hong : Liu Hong brings 22 years of clinical experience work­ing in the fields of obstetrics and newborn pediatrics. A graduate of the School of Nursing at Peking Uni­versity Medical Department, Liu Hong works at the Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, where she manages the hospital nursing staff and is a senior birth education teacher. Liu Hong is a China Ministry of Health certified lactation consultant, and a certi­fied Lamaze Birth Coach and translator for Lamaze in China.
Teaching Yoga for Pregnant Women Date/Time: Teaching Yoga for Pregnant Women with Robyn Wexler March 14 (Friday) 9:30-12:30 / 2:00-5:00 March 15 (Saturday)12:30-6:00 March 16 (Sunday)12:30-6:30 March 17 (Monday)11:30-5:30 March 18 (Tuesday)10:30-12:30 / 2:00-6:00 Pre-natal fitness ball Teacher Training with Li Jianhui March 19 (Wedsday)12:30-6:00 Post-natal Yoga Teacher Training with Robyn and Sue: Post-natal integration + Mommy & Baby Yoga March 20 (Thursday)1:00-5:30 March 21 (Friday)11:00-1:00 / 2:00-5:30 Price:3300RMB (Before January 28 is 2900RMB) （ Participation limited to maximum of 20 students.） Pre-natal fitness ball Teacher Training with Li Jianhui Date/Time: September 13, 2013 Friday 12:30 - 6:00 Price: 580RMB (Before January 28 is 500RMB) Post-natal Yoga Teacher Training with Robyn and Sue: Post-natal integration + Mommy & Baby Yoga Date/Time: September 14-15,2013 Price: 1100RMB (Before January 28 is 1000RMB) All Three Teacher Training Registration: Please register with Yoga Yard at info@yogayard.com, or on our website at www.yogayard.com. Space limited, please register early. Registration confirmed only when payment in full received. Cancellations: If cancelling 30 days prior to the workshop, payment minus 10% of total workshop fee will be refunded. If cancelling 10 - 29 days prior to the workshop, 50% of total amount paid will be refunded. If cancelling made within 10 days prior to the workshop, no payment will be refunded. Please register below. Payment must be received in full to confirm space.