Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training
February 18 – 19
The essence of giving birth is relaxation, a profound letting go.
Conscious relaxation through prenatal yoga can greatly contribute to a comfortable pregnancy and labor, increasing the joy and easing the discomforts of the process. This training will provide knowledge, understanding and techniques to support pregnant women in experiencing their pregnancy and the birth of their child(ren) as consciously, naturally, and actively as possible.
Prenatal practices will be offered to give participants the experience of modifying and adapting TriYoga to the pregnant body. This will include how to use posture and flows, breathwork, vocal, abdominal, and pelvic toning, relaxation, concentration practices and visualization, and meditation with pregnant students. We will discuss working with women at different stages of pregnancy and with varying experience with yoga. We will consider the physiological changes and emotional transformations involved in pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Prenatal yoga will also be discussed as a way to cultivate flexibility, confidence, and calm in preparation for labor and childbirth.
Who Should Attend?
This weekend is open to all. Pregnant women seeking to deepen their understanding and practice during this sacred time of creating life; yoga teachers seeking knowledge of how to safely work with pregnant women, and special considerations for each trimester, those in the 200 Hour Basics Teacher Training program (it is one of the techniques alternatives); and those working towards the 500 Hour Therapeutic Teacher Training Certification.
Fees: $160 for weekend; $90 for one day
Christine (Citrinī) Jeuland Ware, Ph.D., E-RYT(200), RYT(500)
Dr. Ware is both a a licensed clinical psychologist and a registered yoga instructor, certified through Kali Ray TriYoga in Basics through Level 3. She has been in private practice since 2006. Her practice, Mind-Body Services, in Havertown, PA, also houses the TriYoga® Center of Philadelphia, of which she is the director. She received her bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College in 1999 and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from DePaul University in 2004, where she specialized in child, adolescent, and family therapy. She completed her internship in Clinical Psychology at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, as well as a 3-year postgraduate training program in Gestalt therapy through the Gestalt Institute of Philadelphia. As a therapist, she has worked with a broad range of presenting concerns, populations, and age ranges in outpatient, partial, and inpatient settings, including RYAH Yoga and Health, the Villanova University Counseling Center, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, the University of Illinois at Chicago Counseling Center, and the DePaul Community Mental Health Center. Dr. Ware has been teaching TriYoga since 1999 in the greater Philadelphia area and in Chicago; she offers teacher training in TriYoga. She has been an Experienced-Registered Yoga Teacher, E-RYT(200), with the Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level since Dec 2009. She has also been a Registered Yoga Teacher, RYT(500), with the Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level since August 2006 and an RYT(200), the 200-hour level, since February 2005. She is a LifeForce Yoga Practitioner, trained in using yoga to help alleviate depression, anxiety, and bring balance to emotions. She has undergone training in prenatal yoga to help expectant mothers journey through pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Her Sanskrit name, Citrinī, given to her by Kali Ray, means “bright.” She has been continuously drawn to TriYoga because of the grace, beauty, strength, and meditative qualities of the Flows. She deeply loves sharing TriYoga, watching the transformation that the practice engenders, and helping others uncover their connection to the Universal. Dr. Ware has strong interests in the connections between mind-body-spirit, in the promotion of well-being, and in alternative and complementary approaches to healing. She has always welcomed psychotherapy clients interested in integrating therapy with their yoga or meditation practices.