Development

YogaBirth teacher training sets the bar, embracing a wide-ranging body of childbirth disciplines.

It’s important for our parents to have access to the most up-to-date information possible, and for our teachers to learn and grow.

This is why we run 3 annual events, covering a fascinating variety of topics, featuring respected guest speakers.

Below is our study Archive from recent years:

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ONLINE via ZOOM, June 2020 (study weekend)

  • AGM chaired by Ruth Polden and Amanda Edwards, with Committee Member Caroline Brindle
  • Birthrights, Johanna Rhys-Davies
  • Victoria Cochrane, Consultant Midwife, Midwifery Update

Edinburgh, February 2020 (study day)

  • Fiona Greig, Consultant Midwife Tayside – Midwifery Update
  • Perinatal Mental Health – Are we getting it right?
  • Yoga with Louise Simmons

Wellbeing and Birth, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, January 2020 (study day)

  • Marketing using online platforms – facebook and instagram

Grove Neighborhood Centre, London, June 2019 (study weekend)

  • AGM chaired by Ruth Polden and Amanda Edwards, with Committee Members Lauren Irving and Caroline Brindle
  • Aude Herail Jager, yoga
  • Monica Voss, yoga
  • Monica Voss, Explore use of touch in yoga teaching
  • Victoria Cochrane, Consultant Midwife, Midwifery Update
  • Mars Lord, doula, Diversity & MBRRACE-UK study

Edinburgh, February 2019 (study day)

  • Tracy Humphrey, Consultant Midwife, Midwifery Update
  • Rachel MacLeod and Mary Innes, Midwives, Perth Homebirth Team
  • Pam Martin, Trauma Release

Garden Studio, London, October 2018 (study day)

  • Emergency First Aid at Work training

Grove Neighborhood Centre, London June 2018 (study weekend)

  •  AGM chaired by Ruth Polden and Amanda Edwards, with Committee Members Lulu Winfield and Tracey Luggeri
  • Briget Thornborough, yoga
  • Aude Herail Jager, yoga
  • Victoria Cochrane, Consultant Midwife, Midwifery Update
  • Alexandra Heath, Traumatic Birth Recovery
  • Natalie Meddings, Tell me a Good Birth Story

Edinburgh, February 2018, (study day)

  • Christine Borg, yoga
  • Tracy Humphrey, Consultant Midwife, Midwifery Update
  • Louise James, Physiotherapist, Pelvic Floor and the Buttafly Block
  • Nicola Goodall, doula, What Women Want for Birth

Pilgrims Hall, East Sussex, June 2017, (study weekend)

  • AGM chaired by Jill Benjoya Miller, with Committee members Lulu Winfield and Tracey Luggeri
  • Dominique Moorsom, yoga
  • Lisa McRory, yoga
  • Sarah Wickham, midwifery in-depth workshop: Post term pregnancy- exploring the evidence

Edinburgh, Study Day, February 2017

  • Nadine Edwards,Vice Chair, Association for Improvements in Maternity Services, on Women’s Experiences of birth (2nd stage)
  • Yvonne Austen, Yoga teacher, on Working with Hypermobility in Yoga
  • Tracy Humphrey, Professor of Midwifery, on Recommendations for Improvements in How Midwives Deliver Care

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, October 2016 (study day)

  • Sally Kelly, Specialist Bereavement Midwife, West Middlesex University Hospital, Fetal and Neonatal Death and Bereavement.
  • Teresa Gernon, Director of Epi-no UK Ltd.
  • Cheryl Slater, Soul Seed Media, Social Media Workshop for yoga teachers

Grove Neighbourhood Centre, London, May 2016 (study weekend)

  • AGM chaired by Jill Benjoya Miller, with Committee members Lulu Winfield (and Stacia Smales Hill)
  • Chloe Freemantle, yoga
  • Aki Omori, yoga
  • Hilary Lewin, Maya Abdominal Massage
  • Sinead McCarthy, Pelvic Floor, PGP, Psoas
  • Christine Grabowska, Midwifery Update & Acupressure points for labour

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, January 2016 (study day)

  • Debora Alcayde: senior midwife leading the perineal trauma clinic and specialising in FGM
  • Louise Kidd: senior midwife leading the VBAC clinic and specialising in turning breech babies
  • Maggie Vaughan: Doula (A La Carte Doula) offering placenta services
  • Janey Ashton: teaches the art of communicating with touch for midwifery students in King’s college
  • Sarah Yorke: Project officer for Singing away the blues for new mothers and pregnant women, Royal College of Music

Autumn 2015 (2 study days)

  • First Aid at Work Certification for our members

Grove Neighbourhood Centre, London, May 2015 (study weekend)

  • AGM chaired by Jill Benjoya Miller, with Committee members Kate Longden and Tracey Luggeri
  • Chloe Freemantle, Yoga
  • Ruth Polden, Yoga
  • Alison Shaloe, Independent Midwife, Tongue Tie & Related Breastfeeding Issues
  • Heather Berry, Independent Midwife, Turning a Breech Baby
  • Dominique Sakoilsky, Relaxed Birth and Parenting, Introduction to The 7 Secrets of a Joyful Birth

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, November 2014 (study day)

  • Senior Midwife Carmel McCullough, Nathalie Allain, Anne Hutchings, Practice Development Midwives, Chelsea and Westminster: Waterbirth Simulation including emergency situations in the pool
  • Kemi Johnson, Independent Midwife, London, of InvisibleMidwives.org: A beautiful Caesarean: Optimising Surgical Birth, including the Human Microbiome
  • Film Guerilla Midwife
  • Film focus on pelvic floor structure

Newbold House, Forres, Scotland, May 2014 (residential study weekend)

  • AGM Chaired by Jill Benjoya Miller, with Committee Members Helen Langley, Kate Longden, Tracey Luggeri
  • Yoga, Ilse Elders
  • Pelvic Instability with physiotherapist Garry Nimmo from Active Balance, Aberdeen, Manipulation Therapist/ Active Isolated Stretching
  • Perinatal Mental Health with Sharon Clark, Specialist Perinatal Mental Helath Midwife, NHS Grampian
  • Midwifery Update with Tracy Humphrey, Professor of Midwifery Aberdeen

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, February 2014 (study day)

  • Nutrition for Pregnancy and Ayurveda with Nisha Kuman Joon
  • Midwifery Update with Karen Patrick and Sarah Bearman: The Role of Supervisor of Midwives, plus saline injections for pain relief in labour

Newbold House 2013 (residential study weekend)

  • AGM Chaired by Jill Benjoya Miller, with Committee Members Helen Langley, Kate Longden, Sharon Budworth
  • Yoga, Ilse Elders
  • Communication in Yoga, Rosalind Garton
  • Midwifery Update with Tracy Humphrey, Professor of Midwifery Aberdeen: focus on continuation of Induction of Labour, Group B Strep, Delayed Cord Clamping
  • Professional development led by Julie Krausz, Jill Miller, Arlene Dunkley-Wood and Ruth Polden

Study Day, London 2012

  • First Aid training, Colin Fordham

Newbold House 2012 (residential study weekend)

  • AGM Chaired by Lolly Stirk, with Committee Members Marjaana Vanska, Jill Miller, Helen Langley, Kathleen Beegan
  • Yoga Ilse Elders and Kathy White
  • Biomechanics of the Pelvis, midwife Tracey Sanderson
  • Midwifery Update with Tracy Humphrey, Professor of Midwifery Aberdeen: focus Induction of Labour, Group B Strep, Obesity, Delayed Cord Clamping
  • Professional Development led by Judy Cameron, Kay Millar, Lolly Stirk
  • Ceilidh Dancing

Study Weekend, June 2011, East Sussex

  • AGM chaired by Lolly Stirk, with Committee Members Julie Krausz, Kahtleen Beegan, Olivia Lester, Tracey Luggeri, Annabel Hargrave
  • Opening Ceremony Amanda Edwards, YogaBirth Teacher, Interfaith Minister
  • Ruth Polden, Yoga
  • Sarah James, Marketing with Heart- Constellating
  • Midwife Debbie Gowers, Midwifery Update
  • Peter Blackaby, yoga
  • Sarah Davies and Jamie Morgan, 5 Rhythms: Rhythm & Dance

Study Day, March 2011, Edinburgh

  • Elisabeth Davison, Chiropractor

Study Day, London, November 2010

  • Carrie Tuke, yoga

Study Weekend June 2010, East Sussex

  • AGM YogaBirth Chair: Arlene Dunkley-Wood & Ruth Armes
  • Katie Harvey, Executive and Personal Coach: Money Matters: Personal, Professional and Organisational Approaches
  • Midwife Debbie Gowers: Midwifery Update
  • John Stirk, yoga
  • Ruth Polden, yoga
  • Anja Kositz: Postnatal Care for Women
  • 5 Rhythms Dancing

Study Day, London 2009

  • First Aid training, Mike Bond

Study Weekend June 2009, Hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire

  • AGM YogaBirth Co-Chairs: Arlene Dunkley-Wood & Annabel Hargrave
  • Midwives Rachel Wheeler and Karen Patrick: Midwifery Update
  • Sophy Hoare, yoga
  • Professor of Midwifery Christine Grabowska: Theraputic Touch and Uses and Effects of Personal Energy
  • Janna Runnals, Sound Healing and Chakras

Study Day March 2009

  • Dawn Baillie, yoga
  • Birth Through Story-telling, a healing tool
  • Film Orgasmic Birth

Study Weekend 2008, Hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire

  • AGM YogaBirth co-chairs: Annabel Hargrave and Kathleen Beegan
  • Marc Woolford, yoga
  • Amali Lokugamage, Consultant OB/GYN Whittington Hospital London: Natural Birth: Risk vs Choice
  • Lorna Davis, With Woman Midwifery: Body-Mind Connection in Birth, Tokophobia
  • Nicole Tudor-Williams, physiotherapist: Pelvic Floor workshop: structure, function and dysfunction
  • Cynthia Lee Richardson, yoga
  • Olivia Lester, Fist breath
  • Belly Dancing

Study Days 2008, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital London

  • Marion Howells, Meditation and Stillness
  • Elmer Postle and Patrick Houser, Fathers-To-Be: Experiences of Fathers at Birth and during Antenatal classes

Study Day, East Sussex, November 2007

  • Stacia Smales Hill, Birthing From Within mentor and doula: Understanding Variations in Pelvic Shapes, Rebozo for Optimal Fetal Positioning and Closing the Bones after Birth

Study Weekend June 2007, Brighton

  • AGM YogaBirth co-chairs: Annabel Hargrave and Kathleen Beegan
  • Focus core postures in yoga by YogaBirth members
  • Katherine James, yoga
  • Val Taylor, Independent midwife: Is it truly Possible to Prepare Women for Birth based on the Information That is Currently available? ; discussion of NICE guidelines and sociology of birth paradigms
  • Chrissie Tiller, Arts, Education, Cultural Management Consultant: Women and their Energy- Experiential Work

Study Day, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, March 2007

  • Focus Breastfeeding: Update on the Unicef Breastfeeding Management

Study Day, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, November 2006

  • Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, Sitaram Yoga
  • Midwifery Update: Senior C&W midwife

Study Weekend June 2006, Brighton

  • Midwife Mary Stewart: How Women Experience Vaginal Examinations
  • Peter Blackaby, yoga
  • Chrissie Tiller, Arts, Education, Cultural Management Consultant: Experiential work with Body Language

Other past speakers and yoga teachers have included

  • Michel Odent
  • Heather Hill, yoga
  • Midwives Sara Wickham and Lorna Davies
  • Wendy Teasdill, yoga
  • Maggie Howell, Natal Hypnotherapy
  • Susan Oakley, Consultant Midwife