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Do you want to deepen your teaching skills and find inspiration in the specialised area of Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga, Yoga for Fertility and Restorative Yoga for Women?
The Bliss Baby Yoga Live Mentoring Program offers the opportunity for invaluable learning in the form of real-time question and answer time with our Senior Bliss Baby Yoga teachers, via zoom.
Our mentoring program is changing for 2025! This program will now offer twice monthly Q&A sessions with one of our senior teachers via Zoom. Times rotate each fortnight between Mondays at 2pm AEST and Thursdays at 7am AEST (Sydney Australia time) so that these times are also suitable for other time zones.
These sessions invite questions about your course, your teaching or even your own practice. We ask that questions are submitted in advance where possible so that our teachers can be well prepared to answer your questions fully.
Can’t make the times specified? Don’t worry, all sessions will be recorded so you can submit your questions, and listen to the answers later on!
This Q&A mentoring program will be available to all current Bliss Baby Yoga Trainees including Prenatal, Postnatal, Fertility and Restorative Teacher Trainees.
Zoom links will be within your mentoring account as will recordings of the sessions.
When you enrol you have access to 12 months of sessions that you can either attend live or watch the recordings after.
For Q&A session dates please click on the tab above marked “Course Schedule”.
What is included in the Mentoring Program?
- You will have 12 months access to twice monthly 1 hour live Q&A sessions led by our top Bliss Baby Yoga trainers. This means you’ll have the opportunity to check in with one of our amazing, inspiring trainers every fortnight to inspire your Prenatal & Postnatal, Fertility or Restorative Yoga studies, and/or your teaching if you’re already sharing this work in your community.
- We ask that you submit your questions before the session and you’ll have them answered, whether or not you can attend the session live! The sessions will be recorded and uploaded to your account for you to watch later if needed.
- Please note, that if you’re enrolling in this program along with your Bliss Baby Yoga Prenatal/ Postnatal Online RPYT Yoga Teacher Training Course, these mentoring sessions are in addition to your one-on-one video calls (via Video Call) that are a part of your RPYT course assessment process. You will be required to have attended a minimum of two live and watched at least two recorded sessions to certify.
- For those already out there teaching these specialist classes , this special mentor program can give you some extra ‘juice’—ideas, information, confidence—to fuel your teaching and also offers all-important professional development which you can log with your yoga accreditation body such as Yoga Alliance.
- You will also have the opportunity to connect with other yoga teachers online who will be part of these Q&A, joining our worldwide Bliss Baby Yoga community live!
How does the Mentoring Program work?
We offer alternating different day/times for our Live Online Q&A sessions to suit different time zones in an effort that you will be able to attend at least half of the sessions live in your region.
Times alternate based on Sydney Australia time between Monday afternoons AEST 2 – 3pm and Friday mornings AEST 7 – 8am (noting that if you are outside of Australia times may vary slightly due to daylight savings commencing / ending). A full outline of the live session dates can be found in the tab marked “Course Schedule” on this page.
Remember all live sessions will be recorded and replay videos will be available to view & download in your course within 24-48 hours after each live session. If you are completing this program as part of your RPYT training, we require that you attend/watch a minimum of 4 sessions with at least two sessions live and watch/practice a minimum of two sessions with the recording. Your teacher in your one to one video call will ask you about this.
If you require a certificate for CEP purposes, we ask that you watch/attend a minimum of 4 sessions. There will be a questionnaire at the end of the program before accessing your certificate.
Once you enrol in our Mentoring Program you’ll have access in the membership part of our website. Within the course you will find the Zoom links for each mentoring session as we go along as well as other details you’ll need for that live session plus recordings.
The recordings will be available 24-48 hours after and will be available for streaming or download. If you have any feedback or questions at this time for us or other people doing the mentoring, you can share them via the “Discussions” option within the course!
Our Mentoring Program includes 12 months membership to our twice monthly live video calls of 1 hour. We have scheduled courses morning and afternoon to cater for students all around the globe.
Live Mentoring Q&A – Dates and Times
Monthly Session Dates | |||||||||||
January 20, 2025 2:00 pm AEDT February 7, 2025 7:00 am AEDT February 17, 2025 2:00 pm AEDT March 7, 2025 7:00 am AEDT March 17, 2025 2:00 pm AEDT April 4, 2025 7:00 am AEDT April 14, 2025 2:00 pm AEST May 2, 2025 7:00 am AEST May 12, 2025 2:00 pm AEST May 30, 2025 7:00 am AEST June 11, 2025 2:00 pm AEST June 27, 2025 7:00 am AEST |

Who is this Live Mentoring Program for?
This ongoing live bi-weekly program of interactive sessions is open to all current Bliss Baby Yoga students as well as graduates. In fact, you don’t need to be enrolled in any other course with Bliss Baby Yoga to join us for these sessions.
This program is for you if you wish to deepen your knowledge in the specialised area of Prenatal and Postnatal, Fertility Yoga or Restorative Yoga and is ideal as in person support for our online trainings or if you are a new teacher and feel you need extra support.
If you have a teaching strategy you’d like some feedback and support on – a sequence, choice of postures, and so on. Or perhaps you’d like to chat about a particular student case-study to get some tips on how to best work with them. You will have time to ask such questions in the Q&A at the end.
Maybe you’d like some additional opportunities to connect with our facilitators, your peers and extended community for support, questions, connection and inspiration as you complete our Prenatal and Postnatal, Fertility or Restorative Yoga Teacher Training course.
You’re not alone!!
This Live Mentoring Program is designed to inspire teachers / trainees in the area of yoga for women, is also for those are just launching into teaching in this specialised area of yoga and need some help to get started, through to those who have been teaching for a while and would like some advice from experienced teachers to help take their teaching to the next level!
Mentor Bio’s
Nadine O’Mara (E-RYT 200, RPYT, YACEP, Yoga Australia Lvl 3 Teacher, DONA Certified Doula) is an experienced prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher, doula, and our Bliss Baby Yoga Director who is passionate about supporting women’s health, especially around birth.
Nadine began her journey teaching yoga in 2005 and with time channelled this into teaching yoga for pregnancy, preparation for child birth and yoga for the postnatal period, having run classes both in Australia and the UK. She sees teaching prenatal and postnatal yoga as such a unique gift – supporting students at their most vulnerable time. Sensitivity and understanding is key to your teaching.
In addition to sharing her knowledge in our Bliss Baby Yoga online courses and content, Nadine has run her own business Conscious Birth for almost ten years in Sydney and now in Bellingen, NSW Australia. Nadine provides doula support and yoga as well as prenatal yoga teacher training, birth education, self care and restorative yoga workshops for mothers, facilitates mother’s circles, family yoga and retreats for women and/or families. She is most importantly a mama to two girls who get on the mat with her when they can.
Nadine has a wealth of experience to share with newer and trainee teachers in the area of pregnancy and birth and in running a feminine centred business. She believes that teaching pre and post natal yoga helps facilitate a gentle birth and the creation of positive family life.
Nadine’s specialisations:
- Prenatal Yoga
- Mother & Baby / Postnatal Yoga
- Restorative Yoga
- Family Yoga
- Running your own yoga business
- Running birth workshops
- Women’s circles & workshops for new mothers
Nadine is also a co-presenter for our Bliss Baby Yoga Online L2 Yoga for Fertility Teacher Training course and our Online L2 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training course.
Kanako Yajima (E-RYT 500, RPYT) has long been a dedicated yoga student, teacher, and teacher trainer. She is very passionate about supporting women at all stages of their lives by sharing yoga practices that are individually relevant and accessible.
She has been trained in various styles of yoga including Solomon Yogalates, Ishta System with Rachel Zinman, and Vini Yoga and the Five Element Form with Peter Clifford. She worked closely with late Maria Kirsten whose amazing passion and work have inspired and continue to inspire the way Kanako works with her own body and with her students.
Kanako has also worked internationally in many teacher trainings, retreats and workshops as both interpreter (for Japanese groups) and as a teacher trainer.
Thanks to her experience as a yoga translator/interpreter (between Japanese and English) and her dedication to knowledge and growth, she has been immersed in various teachings including yoga philosophy, anatomy and physiology, pranayama and meditation, and her versatile and unique teaching styles reflect that extensive knowledge and experience.
Kanako is grateful everyday for being a mother to her daughter as it has been the most challenging yet beautiful and transformational yoga sadhana in life, and she loves sharing the magic of yoga practices with students from that heart-felt space.
Kanako’s specialisations:
- Yoga for pregnancy
- Postnatal Yoga
- Breath-centred Yoga
- Mindful movement
- Restorative Yoga
- Accessible Yoga
Kanako is also a Senior Course Facilitator for our Bliss Baby Yoga Online Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training course.
Star Despres is a devoted yogini, practising since she was 19 and teaching since 2006. She is a Senior Byron Yoga Centre qualified Teacher and Teacher Trainer and has been facilitating Bliss Baby Yoga teacher training courses since 2010. Star’s passions rest in empowering women to reconnect with the Divine Feminine, no matter what stage of life they are in, and assisting them to find a more nurturing, embodied, sacred and devotional approach to life. She especially loves to support women through pregnancy, the postnatal period, perimenopause, menopause and times of exhaustion and depletion via the practises of Restorative Yoga, Feminine Embodiment, Mindfulness and daily Self Care rituals.
Star is also the founder of Way of the Wise Woman, a devotional sanctuary honouring the Feminine and offering private mentoring, sessions, retreats, workshops and circles to inspire women to reclaim their power, awaken the wise woman within and reconnect to their authentic feminine essence. Her greatest role is as a mama of 2 daughters (17 years apart), and continues to fine tune the balance of service and Mamahood whilst also honouring her own needs and daily practise.
Star’s Specialisations:
* Prenatal yoga
* Postnatal yoga
* Restorative yoga
* Yoga for Women’s Health
* Feminine Embodiment Practises
* Womb Connection + Healing Practises
* Self-care practises / yoga
* The art of creating and holding safe space
* Running women’s workshops
*Sequencing your women’s yoga class
Star is also a Senior Course Facilitator for our Bliss Baby Yoga Online Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training course and Online L1 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training course.
Tanya Neate has been specialising in yoga for women’s health since 2013. Running private yoga therapy and group yoga classes for women at all stages of life, but especially for those experiencing fertility issues, and prenatal and post-natal clients. Tanya has extensive training in Hatha yoga. She has also completed the Bliss Baby Yoga Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Training and a 4-year Yoga Therapy Certification in the tradition of Krishnamacarya.
Complementing her work as a yoga therapist, Tanya is also a certified and registered counsellor and loves the way these two modalities intertwine.
Traveling with students from preconception all the way through to having them bring their bubs to “Baby & Me” yoga classes is an incredible journey, and the power of yoga to support this time of life always leaves Tanya in awe and feeling blessed to do this work.
Beth Ivy Buxton is a mother of three, registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT), Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher (RCYT) and Registered Arts Therapist. She is passionate about helping others to thrive through yoga and movement, knowing first hand how powerful and supportive it can be.
Beth has worked in the space of Prenatal and Postnatal wellbeing for almost 20 years. She currently teaches prenatal, postnatal and children’s yoga in 1:1 and in private group settings, along with integrating yoga and movement as an integral part of her Arts/Movement Therapy practice. She’s been a keen practitioner of yoga since 2001 and you can find her at Wildflowers Creative Arts.
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Ongoing Prenatal & Postnatal Mentoring Program – 12 months membership
$132 AUD
($86 USD / £69 GBP)*
You receive:
Access for 12 months to monthly 1.25 hour live sessions via Zoom + Recordings
Downloadable recordings of sessions.
Prenatal & Postnatal YTT + Live Ongoing Mentoring Bundle
$800 AUD
($538 USD / £430 GBP)*
You receive: