Birth Trauma for Yoga Teachers & Therapists

In this online training for teachers and therapists, the focus is on birth trauma. 

Part I on challenging and traumatic births and Part II on baby loss.

The videos amount to over 3 hours of teaching. With the reading and learning time for the additional resources, this workshop merits 6 CPD hours.  A certificate can be provided on request.

In Part I, you will learn:

• a definition of trauma
• about the prevalence of birth trauma
• about the cluster of symptoms surrounding birth trauma
• about the concept of obstetric violence and range of ways that birth trauma presents
• how the nervous system responds to triggers and how people may present in class or labour
• foundations of supporting someone with birth trauma
• how to consider which practices are appropriate
• about an example individual session plan and how to co-create a session

In Part II, you will learn:

• the prevalence of different types of birth loss and reflection on what support is offered
• information on the nervous system, heart rate variability and polyvagal theory to illuminate why the practices work and to share with clients
• examples of practices to use, including movement and touch
• Listening Partnerships and how to use them to learn how to listen and witness, and how to use as an external support for yourself.
• to consider the use of language in exploring emotion and sensation that opens up the possibility for positive experience and change
• reflect on how to include self-compassion, including how to adapt the traditional metta bhavana meditation to be suitable after birth trauma