Birthlight

31/10/2025

In our screen-saturated world, toddler yoga offers a rich, tactile alternative-not just for little people but for parents too! Toddlers' burgeoning physical co-ordination gets a full-bodied adventure that no digital experience can replicate.

Songs, rhymes and playful stories help toddlers engage, building concentration, coordination, brain and social connections.

For parents, it’s a chance to rediscover play, connecting through movement, touch, sound and shared experience- not forgetting the all important being fully present without other pressures. And relaxation...yes it is even possible to enjoy moments of blissful quiet as toddlers tune into the change in the adults as they facilitate the quiet stillness.

Book the toddler yoga course today and create playful, full-bodied learning experiences!
👉 Our Toddler Yoga Teacher Training is short, practical. and easy to follow.
14-15th & 21-22nd February 2026 9am – 1pm UK time each day
Course Cost: Early Bird until 14th January ’26 £240 new members/ £205 members thereafter £275.00 non-members/ £240 members
Visit our website to find out more and book your place today.
https://birthlight.com/product/toddler-yoga-training-feb-26/

29/10/2025

Are you a Midwife, Maternity Support or other Birth Worker?

Our Perinatal Yoga for Maternity Professionals course is back with a fresh format and more flexibility. Blending Live online sessions, 3 days in-person, self study online, a comprehensive course manual, recordings to help you remember practices and coursework with detailed feedback.

This course enables you to:
1. Offer regular prenatal classes.
2. Use the tips and practices to help during appointments.
3. Run couples workshops.
4. Offer simple, very gentle practices to start recovery after birth.

Perinatal Yoga For Maternity Professionals
Dates:
Live online Friday 16th January ’26 10am- 1.30pm
In person 30th Jan- 1st Feb ’26 9.30am- 5pm Soul Fire Yoga studio, Sheffield
Live online Sunday 20th September 10am-1.30pm
Early Bird until 16th December ’25
https://birthlight.com/product/perinatal-yoga-for-maternity-professionals/

27/10/2025

Gentle touch, playful movement and deep connection - this is what Nurturing Baby Massage and pre-mobile Baby Yoga is all about.

As a Baby Massage and Baby Yoga teacher, you can help families:
🌱 Bond
🌱 Feel Calmer
🌱 Enjoy gentle movement and relaxation together

Our Integrated Nurturing Baby Massage and pre-mobile Baby Yoga Training Course gives you the knowledge and confidence to guide parent-baby pairs safely and effectively.

You’ll learn how to support babies’ development, help parents feel calm and confident in handling and connecting with their baby and create joyful, meaningful sessions that families love. Parents can connect with each other helping to dispel feelings of loneliness or sharing common challenges as they adapt to new parenthood.

👉 Book the course today and start teaching Baby Yoga and Baby Massage with confidence.
https://birthlight.com/product/integrated-nurturing-baby-massage-and-pre-mobile-baby-yoga-course/
This training is open to health professionals, childrens’ centre staff, yoga teachers with an interest in babies & supporting families.

28-30th November and 5-7th December 2025
Friday 5-6.30pm, Saturday 9am -5pm, Sunday 9am -1pm both weekends

** Early Bird until 28th October **

24/10/2025

If you’re a yoga teacher, midwife, physio, swim teacher or health professional, Aquanatal Yoga opens a whole new world to offer antenatal support:

✨ A fun, welcoming space where women connect.
✨ Practices that release tension, gently strengthen and help prepare for birth.
✨ Working with the support and hydrostatic pressure of water combined with yoga makes these sessions both accessible and adaptable to many different women.

Whether you teach prenatal yoga or work in water therapies, this course will grow your skills and give you confidence to lead supportive, enjoyable Aquanatal Yoga classes.

📩 Message us to learn more and save your spot.

Birthlight Aquanatal Yoga for Pregnancy Training is a blended course- part live online, part face to face.
https://birthlight.com/product/birthlight-aquanatal-yoga-training-course/
*Starting in February. Early bird until 11th December 2025 £495 new members/ £460 members thereafter £545 new members/ £495 members

23/10/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/23/the-thought-of-not-being-thin-for-my-wedding-makes-me-want-to-die-the-new-mothers-driven-to-weight-loss-jabs?fbclid=IwY2xjawNnCudleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETA4dGVHQnBsQmZtcnBHT3FIAR764RDS-0z4fuy8J4vJ5sL5TJ1_MdiO6l5kGrU8K02ImoEN9M9inpiyx06XMg_aem_PJz5MdGFPrAXO7h2tshf8w

The NHS warns against using GLP-1s while breastfeeding – for the baby’s sake as well as the mother’s. But how much does that count when they’re so readily available and there’s so much pressure to ‘bounce back’?

22/10/2025

In the first months of life, small gestures - gentle massage, playful stretches and soft movements - can make a big difference.

Teaching Baby Massage and Baby Yoga is about helping families connect, feel calm and enjoy those first months together.

Our Integrated Nurturing Baby Massage and pre-mobile Baby Yoga Training Course teaches health professionals, childrens’ centres staff, and yoga teachers with an interest in babies how to support their baby's development, calm parents and create sessions that are both empowering and fun.

You’ll learn simple, effective techniques that help babies feel secure and happy, while giving parents practical tools to hold, move, play and connect with their child every day. It’s perfect for facilitators and teachers who want to expand their skills and make a real difference for families.

👉 Book the course today and start teaching baby yoga and massage with confidence.
https://birthlight.com/product/integrated-nurturing-baby-massage-and-pre-mobile-baby-yoga-course/

28-30th November and 5-7th December 2025
Friday 5-6.30pm, Saturday 9am -5pm, Sunday 9am -1pm both weekends

** Early Bird until 28th October **

21/10/2025

Learn how to share specially adapted Yoga that will enhance all women’s health and wellbeing throughout pregnancy, helping to prepare mentally and physically for labour and birth and begin to restore balance and strength in the early postpartum period.

Dates and times
Part 1:
28th, 29th, 30th November 2025
5th, 6th, 7th December 2025

Part 2:
5th, 6th, 7th June 2026

All Live Online via Zoom, 9:30 to 13:30 UK time each day. See link in bio or go to Yoga Campus for full info & booking

20/10/2025

Menopause is something every woman will go through, yet many feel they can’t talk about it. For some, it can feel confusing, lonely or very challenging.

✨October is Menopause Awareness Month.

As a holistic practice Yoga has a lot to offer to support you through the perimenopause when everything is shifting, transforming and finding new balance - a real metamorphosis in joints, fascia, muscles, metabolism, mind, emotions and spirit. Some struggle with their existing yoga practice, others return to yoga or are drawn to yoga for the first time during this time of change.

Wherever you or your yoga students are at in this life phase Birthlight practices offer support and integration. Beyond understanding the physiology and common symptoms you'll explore:

Lesser known yoga practices to engage with emotions and access calm inner strength: transforming anger and grief with heart connection.

Playful and creative flow practices to enliven Shakti – the hub of primordial feminine creative energy in women’s lives – during menopause years.

Pathways to relaxation to soothe the nervous system, from quick easy practices to an exploration of deeper relaxation in restorative poses.

🧘‍♀️ Our Yoga for a Holistic Menopause Short Course is open to Yoga teachers and other professionals working with women’s health and well-being.

If you took this module before as part of the Well Woman Yoga Diploma before the pandemic you are invited to join for a refresher for the cost of a CPD! Email us!

Dates:
Friday 31st Oct 18.30-20.00
Saturday 1st Nov 9.30-17.00
Sunday 2nd Nov 2025 9.30-13.00
https://birthlight.com/product/birthlight-yoga-for-the-menopause-short-course/

17/10/2025

Here's what past attendees have said after attending Liese’s workshop…

📅 Join our Birthlight Yoga for a Holistic Menopause with Kirsteen live online
Friday 31st Oct 18.30-20.00
Saturday 1st Nov 9.30-17.00 Sunday 2nd Nov 9.30-13.00 (UK Time)

Everyone welcome- come for yourself, your loved ones, your yoga students! If you took this course as part of the Well Woman training before the pandemic come for a CPD/refresher and get access to all the recordings- contact admin@birthlight.com to arrange.

https://birthlight.com/product/birthlight-yoga-for-the-menopause-short-course/

15/10/2025

Menopause brings many changes - it’s not just about the body, it touches every part of life.

Learn how to create support during the menopausal years with simple yet profound changes in nutrition and lifestyle.
Whether you are experiencing complaints or if you would like to support the menopause as a natural cycle, Our Menopause Mini CPD/workshop is for you.

This October, take a moment to notice what your body is asking for.
🧘‍♀️ Our Menopause mini CPD/workshop is open to everyone - whether you’re experiencing menopause, know someone who is or simply want to learn how to offer more support.
Sunday 26th October 2025 13.00-17.00 (live online UK Time)
https://birthlight.com/product/menopause-support-from-an-ayurvedic-perspective-with-liese-van-dam/

10/10/2025

Menopause is one of the big transformative phases of women’s lives that may leave them struggling with their yoga practice as well as their everyday lives. Join us on this short course to learn how the Birthlight yoga approach and practices can help women to adapt more easily to the changes whether they are experienced yogini or new to yoga. See link in bio for all the details.