Workshops
Here you'll find workshops and classes that will support you and enhance your pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience. Childbirth education, yoga teacher trainings, infant massage, nutrition, and a variety of different types of yoga workshops are available. Take a look…you'll love what we offer!
- Childbirth Preparation Classes and Workshops
- Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Workshops
- Nutrition Workshops
- Prenatal Teacher Training Workshops
- Postnatal Teacher Training Workshops
- Parent and Baby Workshops
- Events
Childbirth Preparation Classes and Workshops
- HYPNOBIRTHING BASED CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION CLASSES
This class will put you at ease, build your confidence and get you excited for the experience of giving birth. HypnoBirthing is a method of childbirth preparation that teaches pregnant couples techniques of hypnosis, relaxation, visualization, and special breathing in order to have a safer, calmer, and more positive birthing experience. This preparation promotes a deeper connection between partners, a joyful anticipation of bringing your baby into the world, and a commitment to focusing on birth as normal, natural, and safe. First time parents are welcome, as are second time parents who wish to have a better experience.
A four-week (16 hour) comprehensive childbirth preparation class for families intending a natural birth at any location.
Teacher: Rachel Yellin
Location: San Francisco and Mill Valley
Registration: To register call Rachel Yellin 415.383.8419 or email rachel@one-moon.com. For more information visit Rachel's website www.one-moon.com for a complete description, dates, times, and costs.
- HOMEBIRTH PREPARATION CLASSES
This 6 week series is designed specifically for those families choosing to have their babies at home with a midwife. Mamas and birth companion will learn and practice deep relaxation, massage and breath awareness practices that will support mama through the birth process. This fun class is a very hands-on class and experiential. Information and tips for the birth partner will be covered as well. Birth films and stories will be included. As a home birth mama and a former homebirth midwife, Jane is uniquely qualified to teach families who are choosing to birth outside of the hospital environment. In this class, families will also get an opportunity to meet others choosing at to birth at home.
Teacher: Jane Austin
Location: San Francisco
Registration: For more information visit Jane's website www.janeaustinyoga.com
- CALM BIRTH
The Calm Birth program is from centuries old wisdom and is based in current mind-body medicine and meditation research at Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts. Calm Birth offers women and their partners advanced meditation and relaxation practices to support natural childbirth, and is also a vital complementary method for women when medical interventions are used. Calm Birth is a successful stress reduction program which helps: reduce anxiety and fear, increase capacity to manage pain, strengthen the immune system and heal the nervous system in preparation for birth, and facilitate bonding with baby.
Teachers: Kari and Craig Marble
Duration: 6 hours (2 classes, 3 hours each)
Location: California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC)
Registration: To register, please contact Kari at 415-845-1073 or kari@welcomeom.com. For further information, see www.WelcomeOm.com. No prior meditation experience necessary. The class is beneficial to take anytime in pregnancy, recommended as early as possible.
Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Workshops
- PRENATAL PARTNERS YOGA AND MASSAGE WORKSHOP
Yoga is an excellent way to prepare the mind, body and spirit for the many transitions of pregnancy, childbirth and parenthood. In this workshop, you will learn techniques for breath awareness, partner poses and massage, which can help strengthen and relax your body, and sooth your mind during the birth process.
Additionally, these approaches will give you the opportunity to connect more deeply to yourself, your partner and your baby. We will also explore visualization and relaxation techniques that can further assist you during childbirth.
Please eat a light meal one hour before class, and bring a snack.
Teachers: Jane Austin & Britt Fohrman
Duration: 3 hours
Location: Yoga Tree Valencia Studio
Registration: To register call 415.647.9707 or visit www.yogatreesf.com/workshops/. For more information visit www.yogatreesf.com or www.brittfohrman.com or www.janeaustinyoga.com. This workshop is limited to 20 couples; pre-registration is recommended.
- PRENATAL PARTNER WORKSHOP: YOGA AND MASSAGE FOR LABOR
Deepen your birth preparation through essential massage, yoga, and breath practice. This workshop will provide you and your birth partner with confidence and an invaluable array of tools to support labor and birth, whether for your first baby or beyond. You will: learn how to relieve labor pain using specific massage techniques; practice partner yoga postures to strengthen and open the body for labor and birth; practice positions that tap your body's wisdom, align with gravity to ease your body's work, and aid progression of labor; and learn to use vocalization to focus your mind and relax your body through contractions.
Teachers: Kari and Craig Marble
Duration: 3.5 hours
Location: The Mindful Body and California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC)
Registration: To register, please contact Kari at 415-845-1073 or kari@welcomeom.com. For further information, see www.WelcomeOm.com. No prior yoga or massage experience necessary. Ideal time for class between 30-37 weeks.
- HYPNOTIC RESTORATIVE YOGA
HypnoYoga combines hypnosis and restorative yoga, bringing you to a whole new level of healing relaxation. During this workshop, Britt Fohrman will instruct you through a sequence of restorative yoga poses, while Rachel Yellin guides you into a deep healing hypnotic state. This workshop is open to all people, however, pregnant women are strongly encourage to attend and experience the special sequence of poses designed just for pregnancy! No yoga experience is necessary. This is also the perfect workshop for postpartum moms who could use a little time for themselves.
Teachers: Britt Fohrman & Rachel Yellin
Duration: 3 hour weekend workshop
Registration: To register visit /www.yogatreesf.com and www.jccsf.org. For more information visit Rachel at www.one-moon.com or Britt at www.brittfohrman.com.
This workshop is designed to educate both pregnant women and yoga teachers on how to safely practice yoga throughout pregnancy. The workshop includes the effects of pregnancy on the body, benefits of yoga in pregnancy and postures to aid common discomforts. Modifications of yoga postures will be taught and discussed. Students will learn about the cautions of practicing while pregnant as well as what poses to avoid. Appropriate pranayama (breath) practices will be reviewed. This workshop is appropriate for those new to yoga, but also for seasoned practitioners and anyone else who is interested in understanding the complex changes that occur in pregnancy.
Teacher: Jane Austin
Location: Yoga Tree
Registration: to register call 415.647.9707 or visit www.yogatreesf.com or www.janeaustinyoga.com
- RESTORATIVE YOGA: BREATHE, HEAL AND REST DEEPLY
Receive whatever kind of restoration your body, mind or soul is in need of, as you surrender to the nurturing stillness and quiet of Restorative Yoga. The focus of this gentle practice is to create a foundation of mental, emotional and physical relaxation that resonates into all aspects of your life. Through supported poses, breath awareness and simple meditation techniques, we'll restore health and vitality to the body and mind. From this still place, the body is more able to access its natural ability to cleanse, heal, rest, sleep, grow, conceive and build immunities. The deep surrender cultivated here is incredibly useful for women preparing to release into the intensity, mystery and power of giving birth, thus pregnant women (who already have an established yoga practice) are encouraged to attend. New parents, people with chronic illnesses, headaches, and discomfort, as well as people that tend to nurture everyone but themselves are also welcomed. This workshop is open to yogis of all backgrounds, levels, sizes and ages. No yoga experience is necessary, just come with the willingness to be still and present with yourself.
Teacher: Britt Fohrman
Duration: 3 hours
Location: Yoga Tree
Registration: Register through Yoga Tree, call 415.647.9707. For more information visit www.yogatreesf.com orwww.brittfohrman.com
- BABY LOSS: A GENTLE YOGA CLASS FOR PARENTS WHO LOST A BABY DURING OR AFTER PREGNANCY
This practice is designed to allow each parent to be in his/her own unique experience. The asanas (poses) will be gentle and restorative. No prior yoga experience is necessary. You will not be asked to speak in front of the group, however there will be time at the end of class for you to share your experience if you choose.
*The yoga poses taught in this class are not appropriate for women who are currently pregnant.
Teacher: Rachel Yellin
Duration: 2 hour weekend class
Location: Jewish Community Center-Pacific Heights
Registration: to register visit /www.jccsf.org or call 415.292.1299 x 1148. For more information contact Rachel Yellin by email rachel@one-moon.com or call 415.383.8419.
Nutrition Workshops
- NUTRITION FOR PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM TIME
Our babies are literally made from our bodies. So when we are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant it is essential that we eat better than ever. Good nutrition in pregnancy improves positive outcomes for both mothers and babies. Eating well is also essential once the baby arrives. Good nutrition after birth can help to keep hormone levels balanced which can decrease chances of depression, increase energy, improve the baby's health and help with healthy weight loss. (Snacks Provided)
Teacher: Katie Louderback
Duration: 3 hours
Location: The Mindful Body
Registration: To register call 415.931.2639 or visit www.themindfulbody.com/main/workshopsevents.htm. For more information contact Katie at katie.louderback@gmail.com or 415.871.7486
Prenatal Teacher Training Workshops
This pre and post natal yoga teacher training offers holistic, practical information for how to support women during conception, childbearing, and beyond. We will explore a breadth of traditional and conventional wisdom, as we learn to teach pre and postnatal yoga asana, meditation, philosophy and breathwork. This comprehensive course also includes study of nutrition, common medical and midwifery practices, alternative healing modalities, as well as birthing relaxation techniques. Additionally, we'll cultivate tools for supporting women through fertility treatments, accepting infertility, and healing from miscarriage and other loss. Students will complete this training possessing a wide breadth of practical knowledge, hands on experience, numerous resources, feeling prepared to work with and inspire women in all stages of life. Encompassing all phases of the childbearing cycle, this training is the most comprehensive of its kind. Participants will not only learn from four accomplished yoga teachers, but also have the opportunity to deepen their own practices, becoming more connected to their own bodies.
Teacher: Britt Fohrman
Guest Teachers: Kari Marble, Katie Louderback, Rachel Yellin, Joanna Adler and Elizabeth McBride PT
Duration: 50 classroom hours plus 50 independent study hours to be completed after the training.
Location: The Mindful Body
Registration: to register call 415.931.2639 or visit www.themindfulbody.com. For more information visit www.themindfulbody.com and www.brittfohrman.com
Immerse yourself in the study of yoga for the childbearing year. This 5 day 40 hour intensive is a comprehensive training on the art and science of teaching prenatal yoga. The training will include teaching yoga for pregnancy, birth and beyond. The program includes practice, lecture, class observations, guest speakers and lots of juicy discussion.
Guest speakers include:
- Joanna Foote Psy.D perinatal psychology, pre and postnatal psychology
- Cynthia Belew CNM pre and postnatal nutrition
- Mary Newberry CNM “Birth and Culture”
- Stephanie Forster postnatal pilates
Certificate of completion will be given upon completion of the 40 hour training, exam and book report. All hours qualify for continuing education with the Yoga Alliance.
Teacher: Jane Austin
Duration: 5 day (40 hours)
Location: Yoga Tree
Registration: to register call 415.647.9707 or visit us online www.yogatreesf.com or www.janeaustinyoga.com
- INTEGRAL YOGA PRENATAL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
This 50-hour training prepares Yoga teachers to teach classes in Prenatal Yoga offering an in-depth review of the anatomy and physiology of pregnancy, labor and birth. Teachers gain extensive experience with asanas well-suited to pregnant women and a thorough understanding of contra-indications during pregnancy. The training attunes teachers to the profound physical, emotional, mental and spiritual transitions of pregnancy and birth and demonstrates how tools such as chanting, pranayama, deep relaxation and meditation can be effective ways of coping with these changes.
Teachers: Susan Arthur and Beth Donnally Cabán
Duration: 6 days (8 hours per day)
Registration: to register call 415.821.1117 x 375 or visit. Email training@IntegralYogaSF.org for more information. To download teacher training application visit www.integralyogasf.org/prenataltt.html
- YOGA IN PREGNANCY
Teacher: Jane Austin
See YOGA IN PREGNANCY listing above for full description
Postnatal Teacher Training Workshops
- IT'S YOGA, KIDS TRAINING WORKSHOP (IYKT)
Incorporating yoga in your home or classroom can have significant benefits. This Sunday afternoon course is a valuable resource for parents, educators, or professionals working with kids of all ages. Yoga experience is not required.
Teacher: Michelle Wing
Duration: 4 hours
Location: It's Yoga, Kids
Registration: To register call 415.561.0900 or visit www.itsyogakids.com
- IT'S YOGA, KIDS CERTIFICATION TRAINING (IYKC)
The courses, It's Yoga, Kids for 3-7 year olds and Rocket Kids for 8-13 year olds, are comprehensive programs to certify you to teach yoga to kids. This weekend training includes material for toddlers, teens, families, babies and children with special needs. Yoga Alliance certification is recommended but not required.
Teacher: Michelle Wing
Duration: 10 hours
Location: It's Yoga, Kids
Registration: to register call 415.561.0900 or visit www.itsyogakids.com
- TEACHING YOGA FOR PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND BEYOND
Teacher: Britt Fohrman
See TEACHING YOGA FOR PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND BEYOND listing above for full description
- POSTNATAL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
Teacher: Jane Austin
See PRENATAL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING listing above for full description
Parent and Baby Workshops
- INFANT MASSAGE
Love, compassion and respect are essential to a healthy family. Massaging your baby contributes tremendously to cultivating these qualities through respectful communication and nurturing touch. In this series of four classes, you will: bond with your baby; learn through massage how to nourish your child's well-being, enhancing brain development, emotional and physical health, and spiritual connection; learn clear protocols to relieve gas, constipation, colic and stress; and build confidence in caring for your child. Each class includes massage time as well as parenting discussions on topics such as crying, colic, attachment, and self-care. Classes are appropriate for babies age 4 weeks to pre-crawling.
Teacher: Kari Marble
Duration: a series of 4 classes, 1.5 hours each (one-time 2 hour private and mom's group intensives are also available)
Location: Sherith Israel
Registration: To register, please contact Kari at 415-845-1073 or kari@welcomeom.com. For further information, see www.WelcomeOm.com.
- INFANT MASSAGE & DEVELOPMENTAL MOVEMENT WORKSHOP
Newborns (3 wks old) to Pre-Crawlers
Come enjoy relaxation and dedicated bonding time as a new family. Embrace a lifestyle of health and wellness right from the start! This program includes relaxation for caregivers and babies, learning massage strokes on 1-3 body parts per week and the entire "Healthy Well Baby Routine," baby developmental movement & yoga poses, singing, dancing with your baby, discussion and hand-outs. Benefits include improved sleep patterns, digestion, communication and more. This workshop is appropriate for newborns (3 weeks) to pre-crawlers. Couples are encouraged!
Teacher: Rebecca Blake
Duration: a series of 4 classes (1 hour each); or private sessions
Location: San Francisco
Registration: To register, please contact Rebecca at 415.378.7001 or rebecca@upliftingyogaforall.com For further information, see www.upliftingyogaforall.com
- SPIRITED PARENTING
Spirited Parenting is an integrated approach to healthy and conscious parenting through private and group Coaching. In this process you will be supported in experiencing clarity, direction, and purpose for a peaceful and empowered transition into and throughout parenthood. Topics include: Conceiving consciously- the power of Intention in creating Life, Creating your ideal vision for motherhood/fatherhood, Re claiming role as Wife, Husband or Partner, Learning how to Mother Self while being a Mom, Loving your body in pregnancy and after birth, Experiencing balance in all relationships, Embodying the Divine Feminine-how to step into your female energy to mother Self and Child, Spirited Childhood- an approach to heal and re parent Self.
Teacher: Ginger Layden-Braun
Duration: Varied, based upon specific session type
Location: Various
Registration: To find out more or schedule a private session please call Ginger at 415 845-3930 or email gingeryoga@mac.com; www.aspiritedlife.info
Events
- LABRYINTH WALK
Prepare for labor with a ritual walk through the labyrinth...
Join childbirth educator Jane Austin and the midwives of the Bay Area Homebirth Collective at Grace Cathedral's Chartres-style labyrinth on the 3rd Thursday of every month. We'll gather at 11:45 am and begin walking at noon as the bells start to ring.
This is a time for quiet reflection, and a chance to put aside all the thoughts and chatter that busy our minds and distract us from connecting to our authentic selves.
Walking the labyrinth is an ideal way to actively meditate during pregnancy, and another step in preparing for birth.
All are welcome to this free event. Grace Cathedral requests a donation to enter the church.
Grace Cathedral
1100 California Street
San Francisco, California 94108
For more information visit Jane's website www.janeaustinyoga.com
© postnatal photos by Britt Fohrman & prenatal photo by Jane Austin Yoga