Bloom PreNatal Yoga Teacher Training

04/06/2025

SAVE THE DATE: 26 + 27 July
In-person + online

23/04/2025

For mums who have lost their babies…give them the opportunity to SAY THEIR NAME 🫶

09/03/2025

Most birthing women and people would agree…and many remember the exact details throughout their lives.

What we say, and how we say it, what we do and how we do it, matters. Listening and hearing matters.

21/02/2025

Once upon a time…I taught a Mum + Me Class for toddlers and their mums for an entire 12 month period.
It was without a doubt one of the hardest classes I have ever taught…I was more than just the teacher, I was policing EIGHT toddlers at one time whilst their mothers moved in their bodies.

As a mother myself I knew and understood the value of that precious time on the yoga mat, even more so with a toddler in tow…and I did everything I could to ensure they got the most of their time.

What was an hour of pure chaos for me, was an hour of calm for the mums…and my whole purpose for pursuing the class was purely for them. There was no demonstration, I was too busy kid wrangling, so leaned into calling the class ~ and honed a new skill as a teacher. Being present in this class gave a whole new meaning to ‘the teacher’s perch’.

So few mums get to experience this kind of yoga and even fewer teachers are willing to brave the discomfort that comes with stepping WELL out of your comfort zone for others, but in my case I really loved that these mums were so willing and for me there was so much learning in holding space when everything appears unhinged, but is in fact perfect.

The reason I love holding space for mums who are in the throws of mothering is because this practice helped to anchor me back to ME as I was navigating my new self in the world of being someone’s mum.

This little guy here came to pregnancy yoga in his mum’s womb, then earth-side in mum + baby classes and then as a walking, talking toddler.

As I sat to observe and settle, he climbed into my lap…I love that he did so with safety and trust ✨
His mum snapped this photo and I’m incredibly grateful 🙏 Such a precious reminder of why I love sharing this practice 💕

If you’re a new mum, this is your invitation to let yourself be held ~ join me: bloomyoga.com.au

30/12/2024

🧠 So important as a pre and post natal yoga teacher to understand how…and why the brain changes during pregnancy.

During pregnancy, a woman's brain shrinks in size.

This is why some pregnant women may experience small, sometimes subtle deficits in tasks, like recalling items from a list they have studied, or remembering to do certain things in the future.

After delivering the baby, it would take up to six months for the mother's brain to regain its original size. The cells in the brain reduce in size without reducing in number. In other words, neuron density remains the same, which is why the brain capacity returns to normal after childbirth.

A study published in Nature Neuroscience revealed that pregnant women experience a decrease in gray matter in specific brain regions responsible for social cognition and forming attachments. However, this loss of gray matter actually enhances a mother's feelings of attachment to her baby and improves her ability to understand their needs and emotions.

Using MRI scans, researchers examined the brains of pregnant women before and after giving birth. They discovered that the reduction in gray matter in specific brain regions actually improves the brain's efficiency in understanding nonverbal cues from newborns.

This change enables mothers to quickly identify potential dangers and enhances their emotional connection with their babies. The first study was published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology, and it’s entitled, “Change in brain size during and after pregnancy: study in healthy women and women with preeclampsia”. The second study was published in Nature Neuroscience and it’s entitled, “Pregnancy leads to long-lasting changes in human brain structure”

20/12/2024

Are you a yoga teacher who wants to support pregnant women through yoga? Perhaps you’re pregnant and wanting to learn more about the parallels of yoga, pregnancy + birth?

2025 will be my SEVENTEENTH YEAR teaching Pregnancy Yoga ~ my whole reason for becoming a yoga teacher in the first place!

I’m offering just TWO weekend trainings for my 30 hour Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training in Perth in 2025:
March 15 + 16
August 16 + 17

Want to find out more?

Download the training prospectus with a link to register:

https://tinyurl.com/4bj957cx

And if you can’t join an in person training, my fully virtual online pregnancy yoga teacher training (finally) launches February 2025.

08/08/2024

Hey Everyone 👋

POSTNATAL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING is happening this November 👶🏽

In-person and via livestream - early bird pricing available - send me a DM for the discount code

22/06/2024

Debunking ‘BIG’ baby fear mongering!

19/06/2024

🤰🏽Are you a yoga teacher that would like to support pregnant women on their journey into motherhood?

📿This prenatal teacher training is grounded in yogic philosophy, up-to-date research and best-practices for women centred birthing.

🦁 Learn practical concepts to safely and confidently teach prenatal specific yoga for all stages of pregnancy; guiding women to lean into their feminine wisdom through movement and mindfulness.

📖 Learning Objectives:

✔️Anatomy + physiology as it relates to each trimester
✔️A comprehensive guideline of contraindications; as well as complications and modifications as they arise
✔️Planning and sequencing prenatal vinyasa classes for all trimesters
✔️Pranayama, Meditation, Relaxation + Visualisation for Pregnancy
✔️The value of props in a prenatal practice
✔️Incorporate prenatal specific yin + restorative practices
✔️Provide appropriate assists
(with + without the use of touch)
✔️Apply Active Birth philosophy and practices through yoga asana + philosophy for labour and birth
✔️Explore Modern Birth Culture and why it matters in a prenatal yoga setting

Plus SO much more.

🎥 LIVESTREAM + Payment Plan options

💻 More info + bookings:
https://www.bloomyoga.com.au/yoga-teacher-training-courses-perth/prenatal-yoga-teacher-training

03/06/2024

As a Senior Yoga Teacher and Prenatal Specialist for 15 years, I’ve taught thousands of pregnant bodies and have created an intuitive and feminine way to teach prenatal yoga:

🍎 Safe Core + Pelvic Floor for Pregnancy
💪 Pain Coping Techniques
🧠 Train the brain for birth using asana
📚 Birth Education
🧘🏽‍♀️Asanas for each trimester
🫁 Breathing + Mindfulness for Pregnancy + Birth
🦵Strengthen to ease aches + pains

Join my next 30 hour Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training this July 28-30; available in-person or via livestream:

WANT TO FIND OUT MORE:
https://www.bloomyoga.com.au/yoga-teacher-training-courses-perth/prenatal-yoga-teacher-training