More than one in four couples worldwide experience infertility and of those a large majority experience the challenging journey of using IVF and other Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).

Many women are beginning to realise that practicing yoga during this time provides them with physical and emotional support and can even enhance their reproductive health. 

As a Yoga for Fertility teacher, it is important to have an understanding of the various types, terminology, treatments and possible side effects of ART that women will have experienced. By the time women come to a Yoga for Fertility class they will most likely have been on a rollercoaster of emotions, stress and physical challenges and will require sensitivity and understanding.

This module is designed as an extension to our Online Level 1 Yoga for Fertility Teacher Training and Online Level 2 Yoga for Fertility Teacher Training courses. Presented by experienced Yoga for Fertility teacher Tanya Neate, this module will provide you with the knowledge you need to guide those who are undertaking IVF in a fertility yoga class. Having had to overcome her own fertility challenges, Tanya is a source of inspiration and experience. She brings light to whom a potential client is, what they may have already experienced and what they will be looking for in a fertility yoga class.

In this module Tanya details the specifics of tests and treatments women may be offered including IVF, IUI, medications and surgery and how yoga can support ART outcomes. You will find out which asanas are particularly beneficial for fertility as well as sample class plans, an audio visualisation and led pranayama.

This module, designed to accompany our Level 1 + Level 2 Yoga for Fertility Teacher Training Courses,  will help you understand the journey of those undergoing ART, both from a medical and an emotional perspective, and how you can best support them during a fertility yoga class.

For an even deeper knowledge of this area,  please refer to our Online Level 2 Yoga for Fertility Teacher Training Course which provides video sample classes for the stages of IVF and a deeper understanding of asana benefits for fertility.

• 1 x 45 minute Online Video Lecture with Fertility Yoga Specialist, Tanya Neate: “Helping your clients through the challenges of ART” with accompanying powerpoint handout.
• 1 x 30minute Online Video Lecture with Fertility Yoga Specialist, Tanya Neate: “Understanding ART – Treatments & Possible Side Effects” with accompanying powerpoint handout.
• 1 x 23 minute Online Video Lecture with Fertility Yoga Specialist, Tanya Neate: “Yoga for Fertility & ART – Case Studies” with accompanying powerpoint handout.
• 2 x beautifully illustrated sample sequences
• 7 minute Audio Recording & Script – Belly Breath practice
• 7 minute Audio Recording & Script – Ovarian and Womb Cleansing Visualisation
• Quizzes to test your knowledge of the content included in the course

Course comprises 5 non-contact hours in total, which can count towards required CPD (Continuing Professional Development) hours for Yoga Alliance and Yoga Australia members (certificate of completion issued upon completion of the course content and quizzes).

This special professional development module provides important guidelines for teaching yoga for students who are undergoing ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) treatment for fertility. It covers the following content:

• What you need to know about IVF and ART to teach Yoga for Fertility
• Who your client is, and what they are looking for from a Yoga for Fertility class
• Yoga and its relationship to ART outcomes
• The effect of ART on women and couples
• Therapeutic principles and tools for Fertility Yoga for ART
• ART Treatments and Possible Side Effects

Once you’ve enrolled and your payment is confirmed, you’ll be sent an email with your log-in details to log into our special student section of the website where you can get started with your course. 

Our Supporting IVF with Fertility Yoga Module is easy to navigate – it’s all clearly laid out and you don’t have to be a ‘techy’ person to figure it out!

This extension module consists of 3 modules, with a short quiz included at the end of the each module.  The quizzes are designed to help you consolidate the knowledge we share with you. An 80% pass mark is required, but don’t worry, the quizzes are multiple choice/ true-false and you can re-do them as many times as you need to.

Once you’ve reviewed all the content and passed the quizzes, you just need to give us your feedback (your feedback is sooo important to us!) and then you’ll receive your Completion Certificate that you can either print out or keep digitally to send to registration bodies (eg: Yoga Alliance / Yoga Australia) to gain all-important CPD (Continuing Professional Development Points).  The hours on your Completion Certificate for which you’ll be able claim CPDs are 5 non-contact hours.

A Completion Certificate (PDF electronic file) is provided once you’ve completed the course. The total course hours on this completion certificate is 5 non-contact hours.

Members of both Yoga Alliance and Yoga Australia are required to complete ongoing professional development to keep their membership current. By completing our Bliss Baby Yoga Online Extension Modules, teachers are able to accrue some of these necessary professional development hours as well as enhance their knowledge and skills in this specialised area of women’s health.

(The following information re: Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance requirements for CPD was true at the time of publishing – please check the Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance websites via links below to confirm their requirements).

For Yoga Australia members, 12 CPD points (Continuing Professional Development) must be accrued each year to keep your membership active. These can be accrued through contact or non-contact hours of study. Our Online Fertility Yoga & ART Module is non-contact study, however as our course includes an assessment component (online quizzes), for Yoga Australia members (as per their Continuing Education Policy) the hours spent completing our course are counted as contact hours, core to yoga teaching (1 point per hour). This Online Extension Module is 5 hours, so Yoga Australia members will accrue 5 CPD points.

For Yoga Alliance members, according to their Continuing Education Requirements, every 3 years starting from your initial date of registration, each RYT and E-RYT must complete and log a minimum of:

1. 45 hours teaching yoga, and
2. 30 hours of yoga related training that is directly related to one of the Educational Categories, of which:
   • At least 10 training hours must be Contact Hours.
   • No more than 20 training hours may be Non-Contact Hours.

Our Online Supporting IVF with Fertility Yoga Module (5 non-contact hours) can therefore cover 5 of the 20 non-contact hours of study and contribute to these CPD requirements.

PLEASE NOTE that our Bliss Baby Yoga training courses are designed as post-graduate study for qualified yoga teachers, and are not alone designed to qualify graduates to teach prenatal / postnatal / fertility / restorative yoga classes to the public if they are not yet a qualified yoga teacher (having completed a minimum Level 1 / 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training).

The pre-requisite to enrol in our courses is at least 6-12 months consistent prior yoga practice experience – so that you are familiar with the basic postures / practices / terminology and can therefore gain the most from this training. We strongly recommend undertaking a 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training in addition to our specialised teaching before teaching any public classes, so that you can be insured as a qualified yoga teacher. We highly recommended undertaking this module in conjunction with or following completion of our Bliss Baby Yoga Online Level 1 Yoga for Fertility Teacher Training course or equivalent study.

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• Are your Bliss Baby Yoga online courses registered with Yoga Alliance?

• What are the pre-requisite requirements to enrol in the Bliss Baby Yoga online training courses? (Do I have to be a qualified yoga teacher to enrol?)

• Is there a time limit to complete the Bliss Baby Yoga online courses?

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