Birth Balance Method
A Physio Informed Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training
Does this sound familiar?
You work with pregnant women — or want to — but you don’t quite feel confident yet.
You’re a physio, midwife, doula, birth worker, yoga teacher, Pilates teacher or fitness professional, or you have a background in health and wellbeing, and you’re keen to teach birth preparation classes that genuinely help.
You feel confused about pelvic health in pregnancy and how to prepare not just the pelvic floor, but the whole body for birth.
You hear far too many disempowering or traumatic birth stories — from clients, friends, or in clinic — and wish you could do more upstream.
You’re unsure how to create classes that actually help to:
reduce pregnancy-related aches and pains
support pelvic floor symptoms
address abdominal separation
and prepare the body for labour and birth
You’ve looked at pregnancy yoga, Pilates, biomechanics and hypnobirthing trainings — and feel like you need all of them to really understand what you’re doing.
You’re tired of 9–5 clinics, long shifts or emotionally heavy caseloads, and you’re craving more flexibility and autonomy in your work.
You already teach yoga or movement classes but freeze when a pregnant client walks into the room.
You’ve done a pregnancy training before, yet still don’t feel confident with anatomy, pelvic floor function, or how the pelvis actually moves in birth.
You feel unsure which positions truly help labour progress — and which might make things harder.
You’re a midwife or physio who knows biomechanics matters in the birth room, but you’re not sure how else to support balance, alignment and preparation during pregnancy itself.
If you nodded along to any of this, you’re not lacking ability — you’re lacking an integrated framework.
That’s exactly what The Birth Balance Method was created to provide.
What this training gives you
By the end of The Birth Balance Method, you will:
Feel confident teaching safe, empowering, yoga‑based classes across all stages of pregnancy.
Know how to sequence classes and sessions that address:
pregnancy‑related aches and pains
pelvic floor symptoms
abdominal separation
and preparation for labour and birth
Understand how to balance the pregnant body to support alignment, efficiency and an easier birth where possible.
Feel confident programming group classes, workshops and 1:1s (including within clinic settings) that integrate:
pelvic health principles
biomechanics for birth
optimal fetal positioning
Be able to confidently include holistic practices such as:
relaxation
breathwork
hypnobirthing‑informed visualisations in a way that feels grounded, appropriate and safe.
Have the skills to design pregnancy and birth‑focused workshops, courses and retreats that are enjoyable, educational and add meaningful revenue to your work.
Learn how to build a strong, trusting community of clients who often continue working with you through postnatal recovery and beyond.
Gain a Specialist Pregnancy Yoga Teaching Qualification, fully accredited by Yoga Alliance Professionals (UK).
Who this training is for
The Birth Balance Method is designed for practitioners who already work with bodies and people — and want to work with pregnancy with confidence rather than caution.
This training is particularly well suited to:
Yoga teachers who want a pregnancy qualification that goes beyond poses and modifications, and is grounded in anatomy, pelvic health and biomechanics.
Pilates and movement professionals who want to confidently adapt strength‑based work for pregnancy and birth preparation.
Physiotherapists and pelvic health clinicians who want a movement‑based, holistic framework they can use in clinics, groups and workshops.
Midwives and doulas who understand birth physiology and want practical, body‑based tools to support women during pregnancy, not just labour.
You do not need to teach yoga already — but you do need an interest in pregnancy, movement, preparation for birth and working responsibly with pregnant bodies.
This training is not about rigid rules or fear‑based restrictions. It’s about understanding the why, so you can teach with clarity, confidence and adaptability.
Investment, accreditation & professional recognition
Investment: £997
This includes:
3 days of live, online training (27–29 March, 9am–4pm)
An optional integration / retreat day on 19 April (in person in Swardeston, Norfolk or online)
Teaching materials and resources to support integration into your own work
A Specialist Pregnancy Yoga Teaching Qualification, fully accredited by Yoga Alliance Professionals (UK)
CPD hours for relevant health professionals
Accreditation
On completion of the training, you will gain a Specialist Pregnancy Yoga Qualification accredited by Yoga Alliance Professionals (UK).
This accreditation allows you to:
Teach pregnancy yoga classes professionally
Run workshops and courses
Offer 1:1 pregnancy support sessions (including within clinical settings)
Add a recognised pregnancy qualification to your existing professional scope
For physiotherapists, midwives and other health professionals, the training also provides CPD hours and a movement-based framework that complements clinical practice.
A note on investment
This training is intentionally:
Small-group, to allow discussion, questions and integration
Clinically informed, drawing on pelvic health physiotherapy, biomechanics and birth physiology
Practical and applicable, rather than theory-heavy or purely sequence-based
The £997 investment reflects the depth of training, professional accreditation, and the fact that this method can be used across:
group classes
workshops
retreats
clinic-based 1:1 work
Many past students have gone on to recoup their investment quickly by integrating the Birth Balance Method into their existing work.
If this training feels aligned but you have questions before committing, you’re very welcome to get in touch — I’m happy to chat it through.
Course cost is £997 ( or x4 monthly payments of £255)
What people are saying about the birth balance training
& taster class video .
Frequently asked questions?
Aim of the course is to give teachers a sound understanding of anatomy, physiology of pregnancy and birth, and for the teachers to be able to teach intelligent sequences for pregnancy to ease aches and pains, but also to prepare birthing people to have an easier birth and postnatal recovery. The course integrates traditional pregnancy yoga, including pranayama and mudra’s as well as scientific evidence based birth preparation, pilates , elements of hypnobirthing, mindfullness and biomechanics of birth.
What will the students be able to do at the end of the course?
The teachers will be able to teach birth balance method classes for ladies in their 2nd and 3rd trimesters ( and will also learn some restorative yoga for the first trimester ) and integrate movement, hypnobirthing style relaxations and principles of biomechanics into their pregnancy classes and workshops. They will also be able to teach some mum and baby postnatal classes with a focus on mums recovery and some baby yoga and massage.
How will the course be assessed ?
There will be ongoing teaching practice informally assessed and videos will need to be submitted of the teachers teaching of sequences for 2nd trimester , 3rd trimester and postpartum to be submitted. There will also be some short case studies and sequences to be completed.
Sept-Oct 2025
- This is a live, online 3-day training taking place: 🗓 27th–29th March ⏰ 9am–4pm (UK time) With an integration / retreat day on: 🗓 19th April 📍
- In person in Swardeston, Norfolk or Online
Additional webinars from guest lecturers :
Biomechanics & Context of modern birthing- Molly O’Brien Midwife
Hypnobirthing – Jen Cross
Maternal Mental Health
Course Breakdown
- Introduction to pregnancy movements
- Anatomy & physiology of pregnancy , change the body goes through from conception
- Pelvic anatomy and the pelvic floor
- Contraindications
- Overview of common issues that arise in pregnancy such as pelvic girdle pain/ diastasis and pelvic floor dysfunction
- Pregnancy Loss – looking through a trauma sensitive lens
- Asana for pregnancy 2nd and third trimesters
- Adding elements of stability and pilates.
- Adapting for specific conditions such a Pelvic girdle pain/ carpal tunnel/ back pain & hypermobility.
- Preparing the pelvis and pelvic floor for birthing – pelvic balancing exercises for pregnancy
- Adding elements of hypopressives – for core and pelvic floor strength and relaxation for birthing
- Breathing for pregnancy & relaxations for pregnancy classes
- Sequencing birthing focused classes
- Stages of labour and ways to move for the various stages
- Breathing/ mudra / affirmations for birthing that reduce pressure to the pelvic floor
- Hypnobirthing relaxations
- Preparing the pelvic floor for birth
- Birthing positions that create space at each level of the pelvis
- Supporting women to have a positive birth experience
- Guest lecture from Molly O’Brien midwife ( biomechanics of birthing ) on the context of modern birthing .
- Guest lecture on hypnobirthing and integrating into pregnancy classes.
Intro to postpartum recovery
- The fourth trimester – energy levels/ sleep/ rest
- Postpartum healing timelines
- What happens to the “core “ in pregnancy and birth and how we can start re-connecting early postpartum .
- What Birth Injuries can occur and how to manage in class & when to refer onto physio/ trauma specialists .
- Diastasis – how to assess for and recognize, how to adapt core exercises
- Breathing for postnatal mums & early postnatal rehab exercise
- Creating some simple mum & baby yoga classes
- Business and setting up pregnancy / postnatal classes and workshops
- Teaching practice
- Assessment – video of teaching pregnancy 2nd trimester class
Further Testimonials
'This training is like 3 courses in 1, the depth of the content was amazing and i've regained my midwifery 'va va voom'. The techniques have really helped my birthing people already and i'm excited about setting up classes which will help empower pregnant ladies to have the best possible birth. '
Karen - Midwife
'I've completed two advanced yoga trainings with Rosie and I can't recommend her highly enough! Her level of knowledge is outstanding and her open and friendly demeanour makes the courses really enjoyable. I now have the confidence to add more poses to my pregnancy and postnatal classes safe in the knowledge that I'm working from a well informed and safe perspective. I always recommend Rosie's clinical services to the ladies who come to my classes as well and the feedback is always super positive.'
Liz - Lupine Living
Rosie has over 16 years experience of working as a physiotherapist having qualified with an MSc in 2008 , prior to that Rosie worked in psychology – but enjoyed working alongside the physio’s so decided that was more her bag! . She has worked in the NHS, private practice and for charity sectors as well as a stint in the Caribbean and volunteering in Haiti with patients with spinal cord injuries after the earthquake of 2011.
For the past 9 years she has worked independently as a pelvic health and musculoskeletal physiotherapist and yoga teacher. She has ran retreats, workshops and teacher trainings all over the world , combing physio , pilates and yoga. She absolutely loves helping people use their bodies to feel embodied, empowered and the be able to help themselves with healing both physically and spiritually. She runs a successful physiotherapy practice in Norwich focusing on general women’s health, prenatal birth preparation and postnatal recovery. She has two little boys, Sonny & Teddy ( who’s births greatly inform her work and teacher trainings ) . When she’s not working she is in full on mum mode or at the local boxing gym !