My Qualifications

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"Ofqual-regulated, 500 hours, Level 4 yoga teacher training qualification that is on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF). This qualification is overseen and quality-assured by the external Awarding Organisation British Wheel of Yoga Qualifications (BWYQ).  
BWYQ qualifications are regulated by the Office for Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) and are bench marked to national educational standards. The regulated BWYQ Certificate and Diploma qualifications require level 4 attainment and are therefore equivalent to a HNC/ first year of a foundation Degree. This is the highest level of yoga teacher training currently available in the UK."
https://www.bwy.org.uk/

"Lasting two months and comprising over 100 hours this comprehensive Online Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training is led by Senior Registered Yoga Teacher, Pelvic Health Specialist, and Birth Doula, Nadia Raafat, who created this pregnancy yoga teacher training course with Belinda Freeman, especially for yoga teachers who wish to offer their students qualitative Mindfulness training alongside Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation classes. It is the only recognised dual Yoga and Mindfulness training programme for Pregnancy."

https://nadiaraafat.com/

"This 10 week course certifies teaching yoga and mindfulness to teenagers and is accredited by Yoga Alliance US. Devised with the help of specialist adolescent Neuroscientists, Anatomists, Psychologists, Educators and Yoga Teachers, as well as experts in Online Learning, this is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of the latest research in teen yoga. This course qualifies you as a Level 3 Coach, within the Sports Partnership."
https://teenyoga.com

"This five-day immersion into Yin yoga with Norman Blair creates space for exploration and study.

There is detailed examination of poses, examples of sequencing, contraindications and modifications. The course also includes teachings from external teachers - on anatomy, on meridians and on meditation.  Qualified yoga teachers will be equipped to begin teaching Yin yoga."

http://www.yogawithnorman.co.uk

"This ground-breaking training combines knowledge from both eastern and western traditions, medical science and complementary therapies and include specially adapted yoga poses, breathing techniques and meditation to help women manage their menopause symptoms.

This empowering 47 hour training is set within a positive framework that views menopause as an opportunity for self growth and insight. Menopause Yoga teachers support women and help guide them towards an awareness of their inner wisdom".

https://www.menopause-yoga.com

"A 35-hour Relax and Restore Intensive Yoga Training (Level 1) with Adelene Cheong.

To ‘rest’, to ‘relax’ and to ‘restore’ is a natural vital process in our lives. Rest supports optimal physiological functioning and promotes healing and growth. During rest, one’s autonomic nervous system switches from sympathetic-dominance to parasympathetic-dominance, regeneration, and restoration is accelerated. Research has shown that relaxation and rest are essential to everyone of all ages and cultures, size and shape."

https://www.adelenecheong.com/

"A 3 day training course accredited with the IYN which teaches how to combine yoga postures, breathing and mindfulness techniques with storytelling. games, songs, chants, dance and other forms of creative learning to help increase overall wellbeing of children."

http://www.chrysaliskidsyoga.co.uk/

• Qigong Year Long Teacher Mentorship
• Qigong for Yoga Teachers Immersion Training
• Qigong and the Chinese Five Elements Immersion Teacher Training

Trained with Mimi Kuo-Deemer

"Mimi Kuo-Deemer, MA, is the author of 'Qigong and the Tai Chi Axis: Nourishing Practices for Body, Mind and Spirit and Xiu Yang: The Ancient Chinese Art of Self-Cultivation'. She teaches qigong, internal martial arts (6th generation lineage holder in Baguazhang) and meditation. She champions the balance of playfulness and precision as the best way forward in life, and never underestimates how sitting, breathing and conscious movement grant the clearest and most compassionate perspective on the joyful yet mysterious, messy and unpredictable job of being human."

https://www.mkdeemer.com/

A 6 week course with Amy Fuller Fergus exploring the solutions to common postnatal challenges, including the postnatal pelvis (leaking, prolapse, pain during sex) surgery and tearing (caesareans, episiotomies and tearing) , diastasis, and back and shoulder issues. Also covered on the course is knowing when postnatal yoga is appropriate and when and where to signpost when it is not.

 www.caesareanphoenix.com

A 40 hour, Yoga Alliance Professionals accredited specialist training course in postnatal yoga.  This course , led by Amy Jones, results in the qualification to teach postnatal rehabilitation yoga, and mum & baby yoga classes.

www.amy-yoga.com

A 50 hour training course accredited by FEDANT (Federation of Antenatal Educators) and led by Dr Tessa Sanderson.  The course covers comprehensive antenatal training for pregnant women and their birth partners, including birth anatomy and physiology, the role of the birth partner, birthing preferences, common interventions in pregnancy and birth, and labour and birth positions (including biomechanics for birth).

www.tessavenutisanderson.co.uk/

A 30 hour course, led by Dr Tessa Sanderson and Julia Davis.  The course covers the use of the voice and language to create an environment conducive to relaxation, adverse reactions that can occur during deep relaxation and how to act when they occur, how the brains responds to relaxation, skills for creating a space that is conducive to deep relaxation, simple practices that can help students to slow their breath and feel more at ease, and techniques for circle holding skills.

www.yogateachersforum.org