3 Things You Might Not Know About Prenatal Yoga

Just a short and sweet article today:

Here are 3️⃣ things you might not know about Prenatal yoga!


1️⃣ It’s not just gentle yoga! Prenatal yoga is a specific style of yoga which is designed for pregnant women. It doesn’t have to be gentle yoga, sometimes in pregnancy it actually can feel really nice to practice dynamic yoga, especially in trimester 2!

2️⃣ You do not need to be pregnant or ever have been pregnant to teach it!! No explanation needed- but make sure you are certified to teach and feel comfortable and confident to teach prenatal and postnatal yoga (if you’re not, make sure to check out our YTTs designed to help you teach prenatal and postnatal yoga with confidence 🔥).

3️⃣ In many cases, women can practice Prenatal yoga all the way up to giving birth! Of course, make sure that women are feeling ok and have a doctors approval to practice yoga The beauty of prenatal yoga is that we can modify it for what women need in each trimester!!

Want to learn more?

👉🏼 Download my free guide: The Do’s and Don’ts of Prenatal Yoga HERE

👉🏼 Check out our Prenatal & Postnatal YTT courses HERE

Island Prenatal Yoga is a Yoga Alliance Registered Prenatal Yoga School (RPYS) offering an 85-hour RPYT certification online and in person. I've been teaching prenatal yoga since 2017 and have trained 850+ teachers across 40+ countries. If you're ready to start the path to your RPYT, you can learn more and apply here.

Lauren Prindiville is the founder of Island Prenatal Yoga, a Yoga Alliance Registered Prenatal Yoga School (RPYS). She holds the RPYT, E-RYT 500, RPYS, and YACEP credentials and has been teaching prenatal yoga since 2017.