Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training Gallery

Workshopping Warrior Two

The empathy belly is used to help decifer which poses are best suited to the pregnant body.

Prenatal Partner Workshop

Prenatal Yoga teacher training students monitoring the couples in the prenatal partner workshop.

Behind the Scenes

Jennifer films Prenatal Vinyasa Yoga for My Yoga Online

Partner Shoulder Stretch

Prenatal yoga teacher training students in Mexico City use props such as blankets and bolsters to achieve a supportive shoulder stretch.

Extended Side Angle

Jennifer uses the empathy belly to help students, many of whom have never been pregnant themselves, get a glimpse into how the pregnant body moves in the yoga practice.

Optimal Fetal Positioning

Students in Colombia learn about the importance of how babies engage in the pelvis during labor, and how yoga can helps babies gain an optimal position.

Prenatal Yoga for Men!

Jake, Jennifer’s husband and PVY’s man behind the scenes bares the empathy belly.

Trimester Modifications

A student (left) demonstrates a first trimester modification, while Jennifer (right) shows a variation for creating more space.

Seated Squat

Jennifer teaches students the deep hip opener, seated squat and how it affects the biomechanics of the pelvis.

Prenatal Partner Poses

Both prenatal teacher training students and practicing prenatal women (and their partners) learn how to support each other in this workshop.

Labor Support

As part of the prenatal partner workshop, partners learn how to safely and effectively offer counter pressure to laboring women.

Emotional and Physical Support

Partners learn how to aid laboring women, helping them feel supported both physically and emotionally.

Seated Squats for Dads too!

This dad-to-be takes seated squat with his partner.

Partner Triangle Pose

Students practice partner triangle pose.

Creating a Comfortable Seat

Jennifer guides couples to lengthen their spine helping to find a comfortable seat.

Partner Squat

Jennifer and a student demonstrate partner squat for the class.

Supported Reclined Bound Angle

Prenatal yoga teacher training students use this supported pose for a savasana.

Practice Prenatal Vinyasa Yoga Class

Jennifer leads her trainees through a full prenatal yoga class.

Cool Down

Jennifer and a prenatal student demonstrate some options for the cool down period at the end of a prenatal vinyasa yoga class.

Half Moon at the Wall

One of many poses at the wall, a student demonstrates half moon while Jennifer breaks down important alignment.

Sensation Control

Variations of the wall squats are instructed to help demonstrate the power of the mind, and its ability to focus in one positive sensations.

Modifications for Carpal Tunnel

Diastsis Recti

Jennifer teaches students how to check for diastsis recti in post natal students.

Practice Teaching

Students in China practice teaching half moon at the wall.

Breaking Down Sequences

A Chinese student draws out a sequence for a prenatal vinyasa yoga class.

Turning Breech Babies

Jennifer offers yoga positions that may help babies find a more favorable orientation in utero.

Lecture and Practice

Students in China take notes during a lecture.

Wall Squats

Students in China practice squats at the wall.

Child’s Pose

Prenatal vinyasa yoga teacher trainees take child’s pose during a practice class.

Rebozo Technique

Jennifer demonstrates a belly lift with rebozo, a woven scarf used by midwives in Mexico.

Using Props

Two students in Peru exemplify the use of blocks in half moon at the wall.

Alignment for Prenatal Yoga

To accommodate for the growing belly, students learn how to safely align poses for prenatal practitioners.

Workshopping Plank Pose

A student demonstrates for Jennifer how plank may be unsafe for a prenatal practitioner.

Stages of Labor

One of the many lectures in the prenatal yoga teacher training is on the progression of the stages of labor.