Maternity Chakras

Advanced New Training for Passionate Pregnancy Yoga Teachers

“I really enjoyed this course. I learnt a lot of new material to bring to my pregnancy yoga classes, it’s given me a lot of new ideas and it’s been wonderful to spend time with other passionate birth workers.”

Rosa Davies, Attendee, Maternity Chakras Teacher Training Feb 2022

Essential Information

When: Friday Mornings: 21 April 2023 – 23 June 2023  (No Class on 26 May)

Where: Zoom.

Structure and Hours: 9 x Friday Mornings 9.300-12.00 BST (UK Time)

CPD/CE: 40 Hours Yoga Alliance Professionals and Yoga Teachers Forum Accredited

Payment plan available contact nadia@nadiaraafat.com info@yogateachersforum.org

All sessions will take place live and will also be recorded for all participants.

Cost: £395

Maternity Chakras: A Pathway for Pregnant Awakening

The ancient chakra system with its structures of subtle energy pathways and confluence of energy centres has informed yoga practice for millennia It offers us all a truly holistic map to help us know ourselves fully and live freely.

The journey through the chakras is the journey of discovery and healing; travelled many times by yoginis but rarely in pregnancy.

And yet pregnancy is the journey from mystery to manifestation and from instinct to transcendence. Pregnancy is transformational whether you like it or not. When consciousness is brought to the process, the transformation can be healing, empowering, integrated and stabilised. As the body expands and the yoni opens so does the heart and the mind. Perceiving pregnancy and birth through the lens of the chakras enables deep insight into the multidimensional aspects of the experience and of the potential of yoga practice too.

On this 9 week course you will:

  • Discover both the classical and modern western teachings and practices of Chakra Yoga and learn how to apply Chakra Theory and practice to the Maternity Experience in this specialised professional training.
  • Offer your students a clear holistic pathway through the pregnancy, birth and becoming mother/parent experience using the teachings and philosophy of the chakras.
  • Learn ancient and modern chakra theory, how to access and work at the energy body level and how to apply chakra teachings and practices to the maternity experience so that you prepare your students in the best possible way for an empowered pregnancy, birth and postnatal experience.
  • Gain insights into space holding, pleasure practices and teachings to cultivate parental empowerment, navigating modern childbirth.
  • Learn practical ways to bring a spiritual dimension to your pregnancy yoga teaching.
  • Inspire your personal practice, your yoga teaching and the women you serve.
Session 1: Intro Session – Yoga as Energy Practice, Classical & Modern History of the Chakras, Overview of The Maternal Chakra Experience (recorded – with support material)
Session 2: Muladhara – The Pregnant Body:  Embodied Beginnings & Powerful Endings; Practices for Embodiment, Personal Sanctuary and Psychic Foundations (recorded with support material)
Session 3: Svadhisthana – Sexual Energy in Pregnancy, Birth and the Postpartum Period (recorded with support material)
Session 4: Manipura – Maternal Power & Vulnerability; the Path of Self-Advocacy – live and recorded
Session 5: Anahata – Honouring the Heart in Childbirth and Mothering, The Social Nervous System – live and recorded
Session 6: Vishuddha – Articulating. Pure. Expression – live and recorded
Session 7: Ajna – Preparing the Deep Mind for Labour – live and recorded
Session 8: Sahasrara – Birthing in a Spiritual Crisis – live and recorded
Session 9: Integration – The Path of Manifestation – live and recorded

Testimonials:

“I loved this course, what a wonderful experience and sangha you created, via zoom no less. It was nurturing and nourishing and wonderful to connect with other expectant mamas in these strange times. I feel much more confident and I really noticed the shift from trepidation to excitement for my upcoming birth growing each week of the course. The penultimate class on the third eye with all of the breath work and meditation ushered me into experiencing a real sense of calm and readiness for motherhood and birth.”

JG Yoga Teacher, Attendee Maternity Chakras

“Thank you Nadia for this course. I enjoyed it very much. It has enriched my prenatal and postnatal yoga teaching by opening the comprehension of chakras into a larger horizon of maternity and wellness.” GS
“Nadia is an excellent communicator and has a wealth of knowledge. She is masterly at combining past and present teachings..and maternity yoga” UB
“Thank you so much. I loved every minute of our time on your course.” AV

“Thank you so much for your offerings! I was so happy to be on your chakra course, it was such an intimate and empowering space,and I really had the feeling that all of your teachings and practices came from your heart <3″

E.X. Pregnancy Yoga Teacher, Attendee Maternity Chakras

“I’ve been loving our Wednesday night sessions — thank you! Today’s heart chakra focused class felt wonderful! The more pregnant I become, the more the classes resonate with me week by week — it’s lovely! “

E.M. Attendee Maternity Chakras

Essential Information

When: Friday Mornings: 21 April 2023 – 23 June 2023  (No Class on 26 May)

Where: Zoom.

Structure and Hours: 9 x Friday Mornings 09.30Am-12.pm BST (UK Time)

CPD/CE: 40 Hours Yoga Alliance Professionals and Yoga Teachers Forum Accredited

This training is being offered in conjunction with Yoga Teachers Forum.

All sessions will take place live and will also be recorded for all participants.

Cost: £395

Booking:

See class schedule for individual workshops – £50 to attend each week independently.

If you book onto the full course 75% live attendance is expected and sessions will also be recorded for future reference.

At the end of the training, you will receive Certification from Yoga Teachers’ Forum..

Have you read my blog piece on The Spiritual Anatomy of Pregnancy