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PRENATAL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
for conscious birthing
with international teacher Janice Clarfield
October 16th to October 20th, 2010

Expect to complete this comprehensive training and have the knowledge, understanding and techniques to support pregnant women to birth as consciously, naturally, actively and normally as possible. Feel confident to assess specific therapeutic needs and address them safely with yoga and modifications. If you are already working with pregnant women, this training will provide a deeper appreciation & understanding to work holistically while integrating physical, emotional, energetic & spiritual well be ing.
This training is for those who are already teaching pregnant students and those who are interested to broaden their teaching to include this population.


When:
October 16th (Sat) 9:30-12:00 / lunch / 13:00-15:30 (5 hours)
October 17th (Sun) 12:30-17:00 (4.5 hours)
October 18th (Mon) 9:30-12:00 / lunch / 13:00-17:30 (7 hours)
October 19th (Tue) 9:30-12:00 / lunch / 13:00-17:30 (7 hours)
October 20th (Wed) 9:30-12:00 / lunch / 13:00-17:00 (6.5 hours)

Where:
Yoga Studio Terra
1-1-3 2F Shinohara-kita, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama (1 min from Kikuna station)
See access (Japanese) or google map

Fees:
Early registration: 128,000 yen (Early registration ends September 10th)
Regular price: 138,000 yen
*The price includes a textbook.
*Payment details will be sent after your application.

For:
1. Yoga teachers and teachers in training
2. Professionals who work with pregnant women(childbirth educators, chiropractors, doctors, doulas, massage/shiatsu therapists, midwives, nurses) who have an established yoga practice
3. Pregnant women (if do not fit into one of the above categories - not eligible for a teaching certificate)

Limit:
14 people.

The course will include:
- training to be a responsible professional working with pregnant women
- how to inspire and support women to birth from their own empowerment
- physiological, energetic and emotional considerations during pregnancy, labor & delivery
- posture, breath work, vocal toning, relaxation, meditation, visualization & massage
- how to assess specific therapeutic needs & address them safely with yoga & modifications
- how to work with women at different stages of pregnancy and experience with yoga
- how to work with couples for birth preparation
- post natal considerations and practice
- client and business management
- practice teaching
- comprehensive study guide
- certificate upon completion
30 hours applicable towards Yoga Alliance CEUs

Prenatal Yoga classes provide an opportunity for expectant women to develop greater vitality and awareness of their body that is home for two, as well as to deepen their relationship with their baby. Gentle postures, breath work, vocal toning and meditation are learned to cultivate flexibility, calm and confidence in preparation for labor and childbirth. Women are empowered to enhance their ability to access greater relaxation, comfort, and enjoyment. Calm and flexibility ease the birthing process, thus reducing pain and increasing the joy of giving birth. With Prenatal Yoga, women prepare for as active, normal and natural a birth as possible. In the Prenatal Yoga classes, women experience the empowerment and beauty of this transformational time in their lives. To be in the company of other pregnant women is a profound opportunity for sharing common experiences while creating supportive community.

Couples Birth Preparation provides an opportunity for couples together to enhance awareness of and confidence in pregnancy, labor and birth. Through discussion, gentle postures, breath work, vocal toning, meditation and massage, couples cultivate greater relaxation, understanding and enjoyment for childbearing. Couples practice postures together that are both beneficial and enjoyable during pregnancy and during labor. Partners feel more connected to the unborn baby. The presence and encouragement of a woman's partner is a powerful aid to labor and delivery. Partners develop greater understanding to support the birthing mom with confidence and sensitivity.

About teacher
Janice Clarfield enjoys an international reputation as an inspiring teacher of yoga and meditation. She is based in Vancouver where she consults, teaches and maintains a private practice of yoga therapy and energy medicine.

Janice sits on the Prenatal Yoga Advisory Committee for Yoga Alliance, USA. She trains professionals to work with pregnant women and expectant couples. She is the author of a study guide for prenatal yoga teachers and has recorded a CD for pregnancy and birth preparation.

Janice is known for her warm, gentle and creative approach to helping students enjoy authentically inhabiting their bodies. The intention of the work is to deepen experience, understanding and enjoyment in the integration of physical, mental, emotional, energetic and spiritual well-being. Her web site: www.urbanyoga.ca

To register (Contact):
Email us with the name of the workshop (Prenatal Yoga TTC) in the subject line. Please include your full name and cell phone number. Space is limited, so please register early to ensure your spot.
nobidojo@nifty.com

Some testimonials:
Thank you for the amazing Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training. Your voice, presence, kindness and professionalism still resonate. You are an amazing. THANK YOU! Not only for your teachings, but for your attitude. I find the memory of that as helpful or more than the curriculum.
Jessica Berger, Kripalu

The Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training was excellent. The techniques Janice shared, the spirituality, the language, the guided imagery, the ability to hold the space for each person in such a large group, to hold boundaries, the honesty and purity - were all meaningful and powerful for me. Janice's sensitive, compassionate, light hearted but profound way of teaching has increased my ability to go deeper inside and to love, appreciate and accept myself and others. Excellent manual.
Edith Jason

Janice is one of the kindest, wisest, and most maternal women I've ever met. She intimately understands the emotional, physical, and spiritual experiences that I had during my own pregnancy and birth. I know Janice has been put here to help women give birth in the most fulfilling and beautiful ways they can imagine.
Amanda de la Garza

The Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training was a wonderful and empowering experience. Janice Clarfield was an inspiration to us all.
Natalie Paes Brazil

Ever since taking your workshop in Ann Arbor, MI, I have been so turned on to teaching yoga to pregnant moms. You truly were my inspiration and feel like you are still inspiring me every time I listen to your meditation CD.
Namaste,
Patty Clark

Thank you for presenting a great balance of technical and intuitive information. You presented a great spirit of sacredness and openness with a calm and supportive atmosphere. Your energy taught the essence of magic and I feel blessed.
Brenda Strong

I participated in your Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training at Kripalu. It was a life changing experience for me. The beauty of your course helped me to have the courage and strength to follow what I know is right for me in my teaching. Thank you for your gentle, empowering teaching and visualizations. You have such a good feeling about you!
Namaste,
Leslie Harry

I want to tell you how much the Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training course meant to me. It was a joy to be a student in your class. Your teaching style is very open, but never lacked direction or intent. My fears of not being able to be a good prenatal teacher because I have never had children were put to rest in your opening remarks. I feel I have received the necessary information and understanding to enable me to keep my class focused and my students safe. Thank you for developing the program. I will recommend it to my colleagues.
Blessings,
Elaine Sears, R.Y.T.

I want to thank you again for the wonderful training experience at Kripalu. It was both validating and inspiring on so many levels, and a true pleasure to connect with you. I have especially enjoyed sharing the vocal toning work with my students. Watching them open, and discover this new internal resource, has been quite exciting.
With love and light,
Sara Shelley

Such a generous sharing of a thorough curriculum. Thank you for your heart energy and wisdom that you presented with grace and poise.
Susanna Munro Cheng

Janice is an awesome teacher! She is very clear in her knowledge of the material and has her heart in her teachings. What a beautiful experience with a lovely, articulate teacher offering wise instruction and thorough explanations.
KYTA Conference

Janice is an incredible, spirited teacher. She creates a sacred and balanced environment for learning and acquiring knowledge. I especially loved the partner work and toning/sounding. I appreciated her empathy and sensitivity which I believe came from the purity of her intention. Such calm and centered presence. Thank you!
KYTA Conference

I attended your teacher training for prenatal yoga at Kripalu last year. I was 3 months pregnant at the time and I want to thank you following the incredible home birth I had because the vocal toning you taught worked incredibly well for me. I also used your guided meditation cassette in preparation for the birth which was a great tool. Thank you.
Liliane Regnier

The Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training was excellent and comprehensive. Janice's sensitivity and awareness for the expectant mom's developing relationship with her unborn child is deeply intuitive. It was the second time I attended that the full impact of what Janice is teaching sunk in. The teacher training has enriched all levels of my teaching. Debra Humphries

Your Prenatal Teacher Training was wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. You obviously have explored all aspects of the prenatal experience, and are a wealth of knowledge about the Mind, Body, and Spirit of Pregnancy. Your style of teaching is so soothing and heartfelt. I am especially impressed with your lyrical, poetic way of imparting the information. It is like listening to a song.
Blessings, Janice Keifer, Florida

I took your Prenatal training at Kripalu and at Om Yoga in New York. Thank you for giving me the tools and helping me to find the courage within to teach this transformative practice of trusting the pregnant body's instinct to realize the power that is embodied naturally throughout their pregnancy and labor and LIFE!
Tracy Wendroff-Rawnicki, New Jersey

I attended your Prenatal Training at Kripalu and have never forgotten just how much I enjoyed learning all of your "trade secrets." I have gone on to be blessed with a quite large prenatal following at my studio and am currently being asked to bring my classes to some of the larger companies and insurance carriers in my area. They have finally caught on to just how invaluable prenatal yoga can be to their expectant employees! You have such wonderful insight and a personal calmness that I hope one day to emulate!
Linda Antagnani, Hartford

Before the Prenatal Teacher training, I was nervous and afraid to become pregnant. I perceived pregnancy as a "medical situation". After your training I was totally comfortable in knowing that my body would take care of itself, and that pregnancy does not have to be a medical situation. Pregnancy can be a beautiful spiritual experience, and you showed me that. After the training I honestly said, ok, I'm now ready! And now, I am pregnant!
Hali McQuillan, Okotoks, Canada

This training sets the tone for empowerment for a woman/couple who is expecting and also plants the seeds of principle for intuitive parenting, for life! I feel empowered and confident. I am eager to teach yoga and conscious birthing, to do an even better job as a parent myself and am looking forward to becoming pregnant and giving birth again! Janice is a very wise woman and I consider her a mentor and a guru. If I could, I would take every workshop in every city because I appreciated it so much! I am inspired with an eagerness in my heart to share this gift that Janice shared. I thank her for appearing on my path!
Namaste, Mary Marketos, Montreal

Many thanks for the many benefits I received during the Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training. Besides all of the wonderful knowledge I received, I left feeling such a sense of strength and dignity about being a woman. I felt a feeling a "wholeness" come over me after this creative and powerful training. I have an increased sense of validity in my life. Thank you for the generous gifts you gave us.
Warm regards, Maria Dios