85 HR Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training

22 years of expertise offered through a modern lens.

PYC has transformed how prenatal yoga is taught. Based on our unique approach, you will learn to safely and confidently support the physical, mental and emotional needs of your perinatal community.

The training offers a mix of both live and independent study. It’s the perfect match for a motivated teacher with limited time to spend in the classroom!

Taught by experts who have assisted 22,000+ expectant parents through a wide range of birth choices and experiences

ONLINE & IN PERSON YTTS AVAILABLE

What Makes PYC's Teacher Training Unique

Prenatal Yoga Center (PYC) has been a pioneering leader in perinatal yoga for over two decades—offering a holistic, evidence-based approach that supports expectant parents through every stage of the journey into parenthood. What sets our training apart is our signature Three-Prong Methodology, which blends:

Fostering community among students and teachers to create a safe, supportive space.
Integrating childbirth education to empower teachers with knowledge that supports the whole birth experience.
Utilizing targeted yoga asana to help balance the body—focusing on pelvic alignment, soft tissue release, and nervous system regulation—to encourage optimal fetal positioning and smoother births.

In addition to live instruction and a robust video library, trainees observe or take classes with pregnant students at PYC. This experience offers invaluable insight into how people move through practice at different stages of pregnancy, helps you understand common discomforts, and allows you to hear firsthand what students are experiencing—grounding your training in lived, practical knowledge.

More than just a yoga training, PYC’s program provides tools to support emotional wellbeing, reduce birth trauma, and uphold bodily autonomy and choice. Graduates leave with a deep understanding of how to use yoga as a powerful tool for education, empowerment, and transformation—both on and off the mat.

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Take A Sneak Peak At Some Of The Videos From The Online Class Library!

The library of content allows you to study & learn at your convenience. The live weekends allow time for questions, personalized attention, teaching practice, and feedback to help better understand the material and grow as a prenatal yoga teacher.

Here's How It Breaks Down

The perfect mix of live & self-guided!

This training offers a unique combination of live instruction and an extensive online video library featuring evidence-based, cutting-edge content. The live weekends are highly interactive, with breakout groups, discussions, and practice teaching that help solidify your learning and build confidence.

In addition to the live sessions, you’ll have access to over 40 videos to support your learning throughout the three-month training, giving you time to absorb and integrate the material at your own pace.

To support the learning of each module, there is a handpicked selection of Prenatal Yoga Center’s Yoga | Birth | Babies podcasts with some of the world’s leading experts in pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and postpartum.

Module 1

Anatomy And Physiology & birth Culture

In Module One, you will begin an in-depth exploration of the anatomical and physiological changes that occur during pregnancy. Special attention is given to postural alignment, abdominal and pelvic floor adaptations, and how these changes can influence pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period.

This strong foundation removes the guesswork and uncertainty from understanding which yoga poses are beneficial and which may present challenges for pregnant and postpartum students.

Module One also includes a critical examination of the current birth culture in the United States, including discussions on systemic racism and LGBT inclusion within the medical system.

Module 2

Structuring Your Class

In this module, you’ll learn which asanas and pranayamas to encourage or modify to support the changing needs of the pregnant body throughout each trimester. We focus on bringing balance to the body with an emphasis on pelvic stability and poses that promote optimal fetal positioning to support the birth process.

These foundational poses will serve as the building blocks for designing safe, effective, and empowering prenatal yoga classes. You will also be introduced to the Prenatal Yoga Center’s teaching template, a clear and supportive structure that helps you confidently sequence classes and create a seamless, flowing practice for your students.

This module includes 4 one hour prenatal yoga classes to help you familiarize yourself with the practice.

Module 3

Birthing The Baby

In this module, we shift our focus to labor, delivery, and common medical interventions. You’ll explore the stages of labor, emotional signposts, pain management techniques, and coping strategies, as well as potential complications and interventions.

We also cover therapeutic applications of yoga to address common pregnancy discomforts, giving you the tools to confidently support students with both asanas and complementary techniques. You’ll leave with a strong foundation in childbirth education, a deeper understanding of the current birth landscape in the U.S., and the confidence to offer evidence-based information and trusted resources to your students.

Module 4

POSTNATAL YOGA

Your students have now given birth and are returning for Postnatal Yoga. In this module, we’ll break down the essential “8 Areas of Focus for the Postnatal Body” and provide clear guidelines for supporting postpartum students physically, emotionally, and within the larger community. We also explore perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) to help you better recognize and support mental health needs.

This module equips you to meet the full spectrum of your students’ postpartum experiences with knowledge, sensitivity, and confidence.

BONUS VIDEO

The Business of Yoga with Mado Hesselink

Owning a yoga business is not for the faint of heart. In this exclusive bonus video, Mado breaks down 6 steps that will help you be more organized and successful than 99% of yoga teachers out there. If you’re thinking about launching your own yoga business, or want to make sure your foundations are in place, this conversation will be your roadmap to confidence.

BONUS WORKSHOP

Massage techniques for pregnancy & Birth with Yiska Obadia

Yiska Obadia, a seasoned practitioner and birth doula with over 25 years of experience, shares the power of connective touch in this online class, Massage Techniques for Pregnancy & Birth. You will learn a variety of massage techniques and acupressure points to share with your students that can be used during labor to bring comfort, both during and between contractions. Yiska also teaches the fundamental principles of skillful touch.

BONUS WORKSHOP

Inclusion in Prenatal Yoga with Jacoby Ballard

Jacoby Ballard is a social justice educator and yoga teacher who leads workshops and trainings around the country on diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this exclusive workshop, Jacoby shares his own experience as a trans parent and offers participants vocabulary and inclusive LGBTQ language. He also presents case studies to reveal common harm in prenatal yoga classes that can be caused from assumptions and yoga practices that can support you when harm occurs.

Here's what you get!

Two LIVE training weekends with Deb Flashenberg & co-teachers
Teacher Training mentors available for weekly office hours, Q&A, extra study time, and practice
Access to a private Facebook group of past and current trainees
Digital Prenatal Yoga Center Teaching Manual
40+ pre-recorded videos covering lectures and yoga practices
3-month access to our membership website
8-class package to take or observe real PYC prenatal classes. Learn directly from the pregnant community.
Step-by-step study guides to help you think through content.
Quizzes to help gauge your progress and provide feedback.
Yoga pose library of over 75 videos
After the training ends, continue with Monthly “office hours” with co-teacher trainer Ellyn Gerry, which includes continuing education.

Here's what You'll learn....

Explore the anatomical and physiological changes during pregnancy
Focus on postural alignment, abdominal shifts, and pelvic floor adaptations
Study pelvic floor dysfunction, diastasis recti and pelvic girdle pain
Learn why we encourage and discourage certain poses
Learn the importance of body balance and how it can influence birth flow.
Learn trimester-specific asana and pranayama modifications
Establish core poses that become building blocks for class planning
Get introduced to the Prenatal Yoga Center Teaching Template to help confidently sequence and lead well-rounded prenatal classes
Understand the stages of labor and emotional signposts
Explore coping skills, pain management, and partner support
Learn about common interventions and potential complications
Discover the “8 Areas of Focus for the Postnatal Body”
Understand and recognize Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs)

AND MUCH MORE!

"The prenatal yoga teacher training that I completed at the Prenatal Yoga Center was phenomenal. I highly recommend this training! The training provided me with an immense amount of information on the specifics of prenatal yoga, the pregnant body, modifications for common pregnancy-related conditions/pain, as well as preparing the body for birth"

PYC was an incredibly professional program.This training not only equipped me with the tools to better serve prenatal yoga students, but it also made me a stronger teacher for my power and vinyasa general population classes. Can't recommend this school and its teachers highly enough.

"PYC is incredibly thorough in their training and commitment to a holistic approach to prenatal yoga. I appreciated their inclusion of diverse materials and books in support of understanding pregnancy and birth. This course was a challenging one, in the best way and has made me a better teacher. This was my first virtual training, and I was also impressed at their approach to online teaching."

" I have learned so much from this program and feel confident to answer most questions students bring up and guide them to the best resources if I do not have the answer. It has helped me feel confident to work with the movement of pregnant bodies and help them find strength and relief."

Meet your teachers!

Our Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training is led by a highly skilled and multidisciplinary team of professionals deeply rooted in the perinatal field. Our faculty includes certified Childbirth Educators, former Labor and Delivery nurses, a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner, experienced Labor Support Doulas, certified Spinning Babies® Parent Educators, and Body Ready Method® Birth Professionals. With decades of combined experience, our instructors bring a wealth of clinical knowledge, hands-on expertise, and compassionate insight to every training session, ensuring you receive the most comprehensive and evidence-based education possible.

Deb Flashenberg

Lead Teacher

CD(DONA), LCCE, E-RYT-500, RPYT, SpBCPE

Ellyn Gerry

Assistant TT

RN, WHNP, RYT-500, LCCE, RPYT,

Labor & Delivery Nurse

Kathy Harris

Assistant TT

RYT 200, RPYT

Caitlin Jeanmougin

Assistant TT

RYT 200, RPYT, SpBCPE,

Labor & Delivery Nurse

Victoria Vega

Assistant TT

E-RYT 200, RPYT, Full Spectrum Doula

Jacoby Ballard

Guest Teacher

Yoga Teacher & Social Justice Advocate

Yiska Obadia

Guest Teacher

Doula, Bodyworker, & Acupuncturist

Mado Hesselink

Guest Teacher

Business of Yoga

Upcoming Prenatal Yoga Teacher Trainings

EARLY FALL
2025

ONLINE
on Zoom

AUG 18: course begins with online classroom release

SEPT 18-21: Live Weekend #1

OCT 16-19: Live Weekend #2

LATE FALL
2025

ONLINE
on Zoom

OCT 6: course begins with online classroom release

NOV 6-9: Live Weekend #1

DEC 11-14: Live Weekend #2

WINTER
2026

ONLINE
on Zoom

DEC 8: course begins with online classroom release

JAN 8-11: Live Weekend #1

FEB 5-8: Live Weekend #2

SPRING
2026

IN PERSON
New York City

FEB 9: course begins with online classroom release

MAR 12-15: Live Weekend #1

APR 9-12: Live Weekend #2

Tuition

$1600

Action Taker Discount & Payment Plans Available

Hear what past students are saying:

“I have been practicing/teaching yoga for years. I have also had 3 boys now and have experience with childbirth and carrying babies! I truly loved the prenatal teacher training at the prenatal yoga center because I learned so much more about the entire process of pregnancy and beyond and it really deepened my ability to teach prenatal clients and students.”

As a midwife I found this training to be comprehensive and informative with regard to the pregnant body, labor, and birth. It was the perfect combination of intense didactic learning and yoga teacher training. I loved the online component, the required reading, the comprehensive exam required to gain certification- the whole training. Deb has created the most comprehensive, evidence-based, pelvic-sound, prenatal yoga teacher training out there. At completion, I felt prepared to teach and confident that I could keep my pregnant students safe and prepare them for an active labor.

This is an incredibly comprehensive program delivered by experts in the field of prenatal yoga who are also birth doulas and childbirth educators. I could not recommend PYC more highly – thank you!

Grow With Us!

At PYC, we make it a habit to hire from within, and therefore completion of this 85-hour program presents plenty of opportunities for growth! We invest in our trainees and support their goals as prenatal yoga teachers.

Whether you’re interested in a spot on the sub list, a role on our administrative team, or a career path in leading PYC teacher trainings, our programs and expert guidance can put you on that path.

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Your Responsibilities

Policies & Guidelines

TT Weekend Schedule

Join us from abroad!

Live overseas? No problem! With our online training options, you can tune in from wherever you are. We’ve had students join us from Dubai, Australia, South Africa, Spain, the Netherlands, and more!

BIPOC Scholarship

Did you know that we offer a BIPOC Scholarship? We are committed to listening and being part of systemic change. We have two visions behind this scholarship.

First, we hope to make prenatal yoga and all its benefits more accessible for all.

Second, we recognize the lack of diversity in our teaching team. In an effort to best serve our whole community, it is important for our teaching team to better represent all members of the community itself. We understand that when a teacher reflects their students, there is better cultural understanding and therefore deeper trust.

We strive to make our teaching community a more welcoming and inclusive space for all.

Scholarship Details:

Eligibility: Open to individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous or a Person of Color
Support: $500 awarded to one individual (to be applied to the program’s tuition)
Each individual training has one available scholarship. If you do not see the training of your choice on the application, it’s because funds have been claimed for that session.

Please note: If you are awarded a scholarship you have 7 days to place the minimum deposit and claim the scholarship before it becomes available to another student. You agree to pay the balance of the training by the start of the teacher training or schedule a payment plan. Finally, you commit to completing the teacher training in its entirety.