100 level Pre and Post Natal Teacher Training
Shakti Yoga Teaching Academy and Therapy Centre offers a unique, fully comprehensive, internationally accredited 100 hour prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher training with lead facilitators Rulene Moolman and Taryn Elise Herselman (Ma Akash).
The course includes a perfect blend of asanas, alignment, anatomy, physiology, pranayama, mudras, yoga nidra, meditation and yoga philosophy that will give you with confidence and enthusiasm to work with future mothers or those trying to conceive.
Duration: 10 Weeks: Starting on Thursday the 6th March until 15 May 2025
Times: Mondays (online only) and Thursdays from 5:30pm to 8:30pm and 5 Saturdays in April / May. (The full course can be completed online via Zoom, in studio or a combination of both.)
Investment: SA Residents: R9250.00 (includes a comprehensive manual, Google Drive access to additional learning and teaching resources, lectures, etc). The balance can be paid in monthly instalments (R1920 x 3). A non-refundable deposit of R3500.00 secures your placement on the course.
International Students: USD $890.00 / EUR € 750.00 / GBP £ 650.00
COURSE CONTENT (100 level):
Pre conception Diet, lifestyle and spiritual practices
Pregnancy
Trimester 1, 2 and 3: Anatomical and physiological changes / Complications and issues / Yoga Asanas, Pranayama and Relaxation
Labour and Birth
Postnatal 4th Trimester 0-3 months
Additional Modules:
Chanting / Mantras for pregnancy
Mudras for pregnancy
Pranayama for pregnancy
Meditation and guided visualisation to prepare for labour and birth
Relaxation and Yoga Nidra during pregnancy
Cleansing techniques from the Hatha yoga texts
About your hosts:
Taryn Elise Herselman (Ma Aakash)
Is the director of Shakti Yoga Therapy Centre and Teaching Academy in Gauteng, an internationally accredited training facility. Ma Aakash is a qualified yoga therapist and internationally trained yoga teacher with over 17 years of teaching experience. She is also the Director of Yoga Alliance International South Africa and AFRICA, appointed by Swami Vidyananda.
Rulene Moolman – Rulene is passionate about Pre-Natal Yoga, where she offers Private and Semi-Private classes.
“My mission is to stay true to the essence of yoga while serving with integrity”
Qualifications:
300 Level hatha certification, 500 Level hatha certification, 300 hours Pre and Post natal certification,
150 Aerial yoga certification, 200 Transformational yoga certification, 150 hours Yin certification, 50 Hours Chakra certification, 300 Hours Yoga Therapy Diploma
Theoni Papoutsis – Theoni qualified as an Aromatherapist in 1995 where she started her love for women’s bodies and essential oils.
She is a woman, mother, teacher, birthkeeper, bodyworker, craniosacral therapy, kahuna bodyworker, NLP master practitioner, ceremonialist and pregnancy and moms and babes yoga teacher.
Through the two decades worth of first-hand experience that she has gained by being involved in the world of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood, she has honed a unique and wide range of expertise that help her to be a compassionate and knowledgeable guide for women during various transitions from wanting to start a family, through pregnancy, birth, motherhood and all the way to menopause.
The last few years she has been empowering and educating women and mothers with doTERRA pure essential oils.
She teaches, supports, inspires and hold space for women to find trust in themselves and their bodies.