Graduate with the skills to teach prenatal yoga with confidence, depth, and the real-world experience to back it up. Study online on Zoom or in person in NYC.
The PYC Method 85-hour teacher training gives you everything you need to safely and powerfully support pregnant students, from anatomy and pelvic floor health to childbirth education, labor support, and postpartum care. It is a three-month immersion, taught by a multidisciplinary faculty of an L&D nurse practitioner, childbirth educators, doulas, and yoga teachers.
Train with a diverse faculty of birth professionals, educators, and healthcare providers
Students who have come through PYC during pregnancy, birth, and parenthood.
Observe and learn with real pregnant students from the PYC community
75 pose videos, 40+ educational lessons & curated Yoga Birth Babies podcast content
Every cohort blends live, interactive training weekends with a self-paced online library.
Prenatal yoga is more than knowing which poses are safe during pregnancy. To teach with confidence, you need to understand WHY you’re teaching what you’re teaching and how to respond to the students in front of you.
That’s why anatomy, physiology, pelvic biomechanics, childbirth education, and yoga are woven throughout the PYC Method. You’re not simply given poses or sequences to memorize. You learn how to make informed teaching decisions based on what you see, what you hear, and what your students need.
What sets the training apart is its signature 3-Prong Methodology: fostering community, integrating childbirth education, and utilizing targeted yoga asana. Trainees also observe or take classes with PYC’s community of pregnant students, grounding the training in practical, real-world knowledge.
Create space for students to share what they are experiencing, so you can listen, learn, and respond in real time.
Understand pregnancy and birth so you can offer more than pose modifications and help students feel prepared.
Use movement, pelvic balance, soft tissue release, strength, and nervous system regulation to encourage optimal fetal positioning.
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.
Find Your Fit
Inside The Training
Bonus workshop with Mado Hesselink on building a sustainable teaching practice.
Bonus workshop with Yiska Obadia on comforting touch and hands-on support.
Bonus workshop with Jacoby Ballard on creating welcoming, inclusive classes.
DEC 7: course begins with online classroom release
JAN 7-10: Live Weekend #1
FEB 4-7: Live Weekend #2
FEB 8: course begins with online classroom release
MAR 11-14: Live Weekend #1
APR 8-11: Live Weekend #2
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.
HAVE QUESTIONS?
It is a three-month, 85-hour immersion. Each cohort begins with an online classroom released 30 days prior to the first of our 2 live weekend together. Between weekends you study a self-paced library of more than 40 videos, complete study guides, and take quizzes.
Both options are offered. Online cohorts meet live over Zoom so you can train from anywhere, including overseas. In-person cohorts hold their live weekends in New York City.
Yes, we require you to have completed a 200 hour training prior to participating in this advanced training. Teacher trainees will be doing many hours of practice teaching.
Regular tuition is $1,600 and can be split into 4 installments at checkout. The Action Taker rate of $1,450 is available when you pay in full. A $500 BIPOC Scholarship is available for one student per training, and an application can be found at the bottom of this page.
Yes. Your enrollment includes an 8-class package to take or observe real PYC prenatal classes, live or livestreamed, so you learn directly from the pregnant community.
The PYC Method is an 85-hour prenatal training taught by RPYT faculty and is designed to support your path toward the Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT) credential. Confirm current registry requirements with Yoga Alliance and the PYC team before enrolling.
Absolutely! Birth is NOT a pre-requite for being an empathic and capable prenatal yoga teacher.
You will have access to our private online group dedicated to our past and present teacher trainees. Over 300 PYC graduates are part of this online community and are able to ask and answer questions for each other. This group is also moderated by PYC and offers weekly information and articles to support your continued education.
We also have Zoom “Office Hours” once a month with assistant teacher trainer Ellyn Gerry. Ellyn curates this meet up with a new topic every month and allows time to address questions and concerns that may arises during the training or your teaching experience.
Lastly, we offer a graduate mentorship program. Past teacher training graduates attend the program and provide extra support to current teacher trainees. During the training, they have dedicated hours each week for you to ask questions and get extra practice or study time. You can think of them as your wise friend offering some extra help!
We follow the same schedule for both IN PERSON and ONLINE trainings. Please note: We are located in NYC, so all times are EST.
WEEKEND ONE
Thursday (always on Zoom)
7-8:30pm EST: Welcome!
Friday
10-11:30am: Prenatal yoga class
11:30-12:15pm: Classroom time
12:15-1:15pm: Lunch
1:15- 5pm: Classroom time
5-5:30: Break
5:30-7:30: Classroom time
Saturday
9-10:30am: Prenatal yoga class
11-12:30pm: Classroom time
12:30-1:30pm: Lunch
1:30-4:30pm: Classroom time
4:30-5pm: Break
5-7pm: Classroom time
Sunday
9-12pm: Classroom time
12-1pm: Lunch
1-2:30pm: Community Class
2:30-3:30pm: Classroom time
Thursday (always on Zoom)
7:00pm-8:30pm EST Review and classroom time
Friday
10-11:30am: Prenatal yoga class
11:45-12:30pm: Classroom time
12:30-1:30pm: Lunch
1:30-3:30pm: Classroom time
3:30-3:45pm: Break
3:45-5pm: Classroom time
5-6pm: Dinner
6-7:45pm: Classroom time
Saturday
9-10:30am: Prenatal yoga class
10:30-11am: Break
11-12:30pm: Classroom time
12:30-1:30pm: Break
1:30-3pm: Classroom time
3-3:15pm: Break
3:15-5:45pm: Classroom time
Sunday
8:30-10am: Postnatal yoga class
10-10:15am: Discuss postnatal class
10:30-10:45am: Break
10:45-12:15pm: Community Class
12:15-12:45pm: Goodbyes
12:45-1:15pm: Lunch
1:15-4:15pm: Final Exam
Complete and pass all pre-training quizzes.
Attend ALL live weekends (in-person or online); attendance is mandatory and cannot be made up.
Live weekends are not recorded. No exceptions.
Training is held in Eastern Standard Time (EST)—please adjust your availability accordingly.
Complete all four modules in the online classroom and corresponding video content.
Be prepared to take the seat of a teacher in a group setting.
Complete the required reading list.
Submit all written assignments using the Homework Tracker.
Attend or observe a minimum of 4 prenatal yoga classes.
Complete the written final exam during the final weekend.
Complete the practical exam of teaching a 75-minute prenatal yoga class.
If exams are not passed after two attempts, the trainee may receive a Certificate of Participation or may re-enroll at full cost.
Train with a faculty of birth professionals, learn from real pregnant students, and graduate ready to teach with confidence and depth.
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