Yoga to nurture new life. Worldwide, leading specialist yoga teacher training in 5 areas:
Pregnancy
03/01/2026
Birthlight Aquanatal Yoga training is a blended course part live online and part in person at the pool venue, with coursework to complete the qualification. Our next course starts in February- payment plan available- see the link below... Contact us for a friendly chat about the course. https://birthlight.com/product/birthlight-aquanatal-yoga-training-course/
03/01/2026
Birthlight Aquanatal Yoga training is a blended course part live online and part in person at the pool venue, with coursework to complete the qualification. Our next course starts in February- payment plan available- see the link to our course schedule in bio. Contact us for a friendly chat about the course.
02/01/2026
Are you looking to offer pregnancy support that is easy on the joints, accessible to most, provides exercise that is easier than on dry land, is relaxing, adaptable and easing for common pregnancy complaints and can help with preparation for birth and prenatal bonding with baby... then training in Aquanatal Yoga court be what you're looking for!
Full details here: https://birthlight.com/product/birthlight-aquanatal-yoga-training-course/
31/12/2025
Water + Yoga in pregnancy is something uniquely enjoyable, beneficial and accessible. Help get the happy hormones flowing for mums and their babies by offering Aquanatal Yoga in your area…
Meet Julie – Embodied Family Mentor & Birthlight Teacher and now Birthlight Tutor! I’m Julie, 42 years old, mom of two wonderful children (6 and 9 years old), and founder of the Feel Academy. As an Embodied Family Mentor, Birthlight Teacher, Trauma Yoga Therapist, Family Acro Yoga Teacher, and P...
19/12/2025
See link in bio to our training schedule for for info and booking…
18/12/2025
By "Very Important Person" we of course mean YOU! If you haven't experienced the self-hug, compassionate self-nurture practice of Ayurvedic Self-Massage then we invite you to join us for this short workshop in January. We've been offering it annually for the last few years gaining great feedback each time.
If you teach in womens' circles or offer workshops, classes or retreats for women's health and well being why not incorporate all or elements of this practice into your sharing.
25th January 2026 1-4.30pm UK time
with Liese van Dam
Cost: £35/£50 members/non-members
Ayurveda, the sister science to yoga, has many wonderful ways to support health and well-being. Self-massage is one such element that is easily practised as it can either be done ‘dry’ over the clothes, directly on the skin with oil or as dry-brushing. Each version has different effects on the body and mind.
In this short CPD Liese van Dam, Ayurveda practitioner, teacher at the Ayurveda Practitioner Studies at Ayurveda Academy The Netherlands and Birthlight guest tutor, will teach you a massage sequence which you can do over your clothes and with oil later.
You will also get all the information you need to be able to do this massage as an abhyanga – a nourishing self massage with pleasantly warm oil.
And you will learn all about an Ayurvedic lymphatic massage in the form of Garshan massage, an ayurvedic self-massage with special silk gloves to help activate your lymphatic system.
All three versions include a thorough breast massage, making it especially beneficial for women. The massage sequence includes different movements, yogic breathing and parts of the fully clothed version can easily be incorporated into a yoga sequence.
“Super course. Very enjoyable, very informative and very useful. Thank you!’ 2022
"I am very grateful I was given the opportunity to join this course. I've never had training on such an interesting topic and it made me wonder why! This is a very effective, -almost- zero cost tool that any woman can use. I was particularly interested in the breast massage and I am very eager to join the breast health module once it is released." 2025
"super nice to take time for this and to feel the value of this" 2025
08/12/2025
Toddler yoga isn’t a spectator sport. Parents are right in the action! 🙌
By joining in, you model movement, play and curiosity and toddlers love copying adults. Don’t be surprised if they later practice poses at home, teach them to their toys or retell the yoga story days later.
Crawling through tunnels, stretching like animals or balancing together turns every class into a joyful moment of connection.
💬 Parents: What’s your toddler’s favorite yoga move at home? Share below!
05/12/2025
Yoga + Language = Magic🌳
Toddlers learn words through movement.
Each pose tells a story and narrating it: 'Look how tall you’re standing like a tree!', builds vocabulary, body awareness and confidence.
✨ Ready to guide little ones in yoga?
Book the course today and bring movement and language together in nurseries, creches family centres or at home!
👉 Our Toddler Yoga Teacher Training is short, practical. and easy to follow.
14-15th & 21-22nd February 2026 9am – 1pm UK time each day
Course Cost: Early Bird until 14th January ’26 £240 new members/ £205 members thereafter £275.00 non-members/ £240 members
Visit our website to find out more and book your place today. https://birthlight.com/product/toddler-yoga-training-feb-26/
03/12/2025
We’ve been running this half day open to all for the last few years, it is the perfect gift to yourself or someone you hold dear to introduce this wonderful habit of self-nurture, a gift that keeps on giving!!
Liese will share how to self massage over the clothes and tell you about different oils you can choose to use later, known as an abhyanga – a nourishing self massage with pleasantly warm oil.
Make a date to take care of yourself or for someone else to make this into a nourishing habit!
Includes a thorough breast massage, making it especially beneficial for women. The massage sequence includes different movements, yogic breathing and parts of the fully clothed version can easily be incorporated into a yoga sequence.
“Super course. Very enjoyable, very informative and very useful. Thank you!’
“The mini CPD on ayurvedic self-massage is a great and unique way to learn the technique of dry and oily self-massages. Liese is a great expert of the field and her sweet and grounded personality is very inspirational to study with. After the online course I could practice the new techniques for weeks with the online videos and it really boosted my immune system and gave me a general feeling of well-being and self-care. I highly recommend for all who wants to nourish herself as a yoga teacher or massage practitioner. Also great to share some elements of it in the yoga classes.” Flora 2022
“Insightful, learnt a lot, useful, practical and feel great” 2022
03/12/2025
We've been running this half day open to all for the last few years, it is the perfect gift to yourself or someone you hold dear to introduce this wonderful habit of self-nurture, a gift that keeps on giving!!
Liese will share how to self massage over the clothes and tell you about different oils you can choose to use later, known as an abhyanga – a nourishing self massage with pleasantly warm oil.
Make a date to take care of yourself or for someone else to make this into a nourishing habit!
Includes a thorough breast massage, making it especially beneficial for women. The massage sequence includes different movements, yogic breathing and parts of the fully clothed version can easily be incorporated into a yoga sequence.
“Super course. Very enjoyable, very informative and very useful. Thank you!’
“The mini CPD on ayurvedic self-massage is a great and unique way to learn the technique of dry and oily self-massages. Liese is a great expert of the field and her sweet and grounded personality is very inspirational to study with. After the online course I could practice the new techniques for weeks with the online videos and it really boosted my immune system and gave me a general feeling of well-being and self-care. I highly recommend for all who wants to nourish herself as a yoga teacher or massage practitioner. Also great to share some elements of it in the yoga classes.” Flora 2022
“Insightful, learnt a lot, useful, practical and feel great” 2022
Date: 2nd February 2025 Tutor: Liese van Dam CPD Cost: £35/£50 members/non-members Please see full details below. To receive your members discount please login before adding to the cart.
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The Birthlight Trust is an educational charity, with over 30 years’ experience of promoting an integrated approach to pregnancy, birth, babyhood and parenting with Yoga.
Pregnancy, birth and the first 1000 days are an exciting and fragile time. Women need support to connect or reconnect with their own body and prepare for the arrival of a new life. Birthlight offers unique yoga-based teacher training to mother the mothers and nurture new life, on land and water. Our simple yet effective moves and our way to teach in circles help to build strong and healthy foundations for life.
Our courses include:
Fertility Yoga, Pregnancy Yoga, Birthlight Yoga for Maternity, Birth Preparation, PBAC, Postnatal Yoga, Yoga to support Breastfeeding, Aquanatal Yoga, Aqua Yoga Therapy, Nurturing Baby Massage, Baby Yoga, Toddler Yoga, Aquatic Nurture for Newborns, Baby Swimming, Toddler Swimming, Well Woman Yoga, Yoga for Pelvic Health, Yoga for Breast Cancer Recovery and Well Woman Aqua Yoga.
In a nutshell, our aim is to practically support the wellbeing of women through the journey of pregnancy and birth and to help both parents and infants relax in mutual enjoyment of their life together. We do this by transferring specially designed, original sets of body-based skills and exercises. These are drawn from classic yoga and also from traditional modes of care and parenting across cultures. We work both on land and in water with parents to be and new parents with their babies.
At the heart of Birthlight is Francoise Freedman PhD, whose vision for Birthlight has stemmed from her field research with rainforest indigenous people in South America, her teaching as a medical anthropologist and her exploration of innovative body-based practices to support motherhood as a trained yoga teacher/therapist and swimmer.