Yoga to nurture new life. Worldwide, leading specialist yoga teacher training in 5 areas:
Pregnancy
20/04/2026
I remember when people were surprised that there was such a thing as “Postnatal” Yoga. Nobody much thought about adapting a regular yoga practice for bodies and minds recovering from pregnancy and birth. Surely you’d just go back to a ‘normal’ class after your baby was born? We didn’t think about those that had only started yoga during pregnancy. Then we got more aware, wiser and better informed about what new mums bodies, hearts and minds go through after their baby is born. And we understood the concept of the fourth trimester and how important it is for mums’ long term health and well being. So Postnatal Yoga, we believe, is a treasury of practices to nurture, rebalance and strengthen new mums in body, mind and spirit. If this resonates with you maybe take a look at our upcoming training start in May, live online - see link in bio.
17/04/2026
Learn a wide repertoire of progressive postnatal yoga practices to nurture and restore new mums in your care. We’ll show to how to cater for 1:1 and group classes, with or without babies present. Share effective, accessible and enjoyable postnatal yoga in your area! Link in bio to course schedule
17/04/2026
With over 26 years collective experience of offering this training in a variety of settings we take pride in providing you with a fully supportive and insightful learning experience. We’ve inspired many trainings over the years but people still recommend us!
17/04/2026
Our next course is this Autumn with 3 in-person days in Sheffield 27-29th November - see our course schedule for full details, link in bio. Add a new way of supporting the the pregnant women and people in your care with benefits for pregnancy, birth, bonding and postpartum recovery.
17/04/2026
Find a Baby Yoga class near you or online on our Directory of qualified teachers or see our upcoming training courses on our schedule to offer BBY Yoga sessions yourself- see links in bio.
17/04/2026
Do you want to confidently support new mums postnatal recovery with gentle accessible yoga progressing from the early post Partum weeks through the postnatal year and into a general class? Join this course starting in May!
17/04/2026
Find a Baby Yoga class near you or online with a Birthlight qualified teacher on our Directory or find our next Baby Yoga training course on our training schedule- see links in bio
16/04/2026
Find a Baby Yoga class online or near you by looking on our Directory of qualified Birthlight trained teachers. Find out about our Baby Yoga training courses on our course schedule-see links in bio.
15/04/2026
Martine joined our Perinatal yoga training 10 years ago and has been going strong ever since! Read about her experiences in her blog from Events Manager to Mothering the mothers see link in bio, find her at in Haarlem, The Netherlands, thank you for sharing Martine!
15/04/2026
See our bio for details of our next Postnatal Yoga teacher training over 6 mornings in May & June. Offer sensitive effective postnatal recovery from early postpartum through the postnatal year. Or look for one of the teachers trained with us to offer these sessions near you or online - see our Directory, link in bio
07/04/2026
New mums need a welcoming space to reconnect to their breath, body and spirit after birth. Why not train to offer nourishing progressive yoga practices in a circle of other new mums with or without their babies present?! See link in bio for full details or message us your questions.
30/03/2026
See our bio for details of our next Postnatal Yoga teacher training over 6 mornings in May & June. Offer sensitive effective postnatal recovery from early postpartum through the postnatal year.
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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.
