Pregnancy Yoga Workshop with Lolly Stirk
This is an opportunity for yoga teachers, pregnancy yoga teachers, doulas, childbirth educators and anyone interested in this way of working to deepen their knowledge of yoga and pregnancy, and further their ability to communicate the power of yoga to pregnant women.
The work takes a dynamic approach to the breath, and introduces ‘hypnobreathing’, an innovative way into the pregnant bodymind, and a powerful guide through the process of labour and birth.
What you’ll learn:
This workshop will show you how to lead pregnant women into a primordial sea of consciousness, lowering adrenaline levels and encouraging the endorphin release that eradicates fear and creates trust. The approach moves beyond conventional group work and taps women into the state most conducive for a healthy pregnancy and prepares them for labour and birth.
You will look at the dynamic anatomy and physiology of the pelvis and pelvic floor, learning how to work with and manage pelvic girdle pain and how to improve the strength and balance in this area.
The workshop will include:
∗ Teaching varying stages of pregnancy within the same group.
∗ How to identify and address some of the complaints commonly found in pregnancy.
∗ How to create a forum for information.
∗ The principles and practice of working with rather than against the body.
∗ The potential of fine tuning.
∗ Tapping into instinctive movement.
∗ Learning how to ride the waves of labour and birth.
∗ How pregnancy can reveal the true depth and sensitivity of yoga.
Dates & Cost
Friday 12 Feb – Saturday 13 Feb, 2021
10:00-16:00 each day
£170
Online via triyoga with Lolly Stirk
Booking
This is an online course facilitated via triyoga who will be responsible for all booking.
Please note this workshop is not a complete pregnancy teacher training, however this online immersion will deepen your knowledge of working with pregnant women and give insight into Lolly’s unique approach.
As part of the workshop you will be invited to attend two of Lolly’s online pregnancy yoga classes with Triyoga.
About Lolly Stirk
Throughout the 1980’s and 90’s Lolly Stirk was a founder member of the Active Birth Movement and for 15 years she co-directed the Active Birth Teachers Training Course with Janet Balaskas and Yvonne Moore in the capacity of Yoga Course Director.
She campaigned for the rights of women to move freely during the births of their babies, contributing to a global movement towards natural births and resulting in many changes to policy, establishing birth centres in many major hospitals. She was part of the team of midwives, doctors and complementary therapists at the hospital of St. Johns and St. Elizabeth in St. Johns Wood London.
Lolly designed and led the yoga classes, Active Birth workshops and discussion groups at St Johns which was famous for its celebrity clientelle and extraordinary statistics for natural and water births. She lectured to midwives at Thames Valley University and continues to conduct workshops for midwives, doctors, osteopaths and yoga teachers worldwide.
Lolly’s child birth inspirations and colleagues included Michel Odent, Sheila Kitzinger, Ina May Gaskin and Janet Balaskas with whom she studied for many years. The yoga teachers with whom she trained included Donna Hollerman, B.K.S. Iyengar, Mary Stewart and Sandra Sabbatini who introduced her to Vanda Scaravelli with whom she worked for a number of years. Her husband John Stirk author of ‘The Original Body’ and 'Deeper Still' continues to influence her approach to practice and teaching.
Lolly continues with her work in London in her private practice, and at the leading centre Triyoga, where she teaches pregnancy yoga and Active Birth/Hypnobreathing Workshops on a regular basis. She is also a founder member of YogaBirth, for whom she mentors students and runs a postnatal training course. She runs independent workshops and training courses in this valuable work in the UK and internationally.
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