ABOUT US
Pregnancy Yoga
Teacher Training
WITH
Our mission is to empower women & birthing people through our accessible blend of yoga and antenatal education.
Every class is authentically created by our expertly trained teacher (you!) for each individual that shows up.
What Makes LushTums Pregnancy Yoga Teacher Training Different?
In Depth Expert Tuition -
This is a FEDANT registered antenatal education course, by the time you qualify you are an expert yourself. You will be able to deliver creative, heart centred classes that leave you feeling almost as amazing as your students!
Support Whilst You Are Training -
You have the opportunity to join 3 QnA tutorials with Clare on zoom and 3 months access to a Whats App group where you can ask questions and get to know your fellow trainee teachers. We want you to succeed so if you show up and do the work, we are there right alongside you.
Support After Training -
We don’t just send you a certificate and say “see ya!” there are plenty of opportunities for you to join us in person or online to continue your learning and connect. If you are new to running your own business, you can benefit from Clare Maddalena’s tried and tested business mentoring. You can earn back your training investment within a few months.
Our Teachers Community Is At The Heart Of All We Do
We have all heard the phrase “it takes a village to raise a child”, in our classes we aim to create that village. As you begin to teach and create your own “village” the LushTums Teachers Community is your safe space - nurturing and supporting you to grow with confidence.
We Believe
Everything has a place -
C-sections to freebirths, epidurals to aromatherapy, we share non-judgmental evidence based information.
All that we need is within us -
Our yoga practices helps us to reconnect with that innate wisdom.
Birth and motherhood are transformative -
From the care given, to the choices presented and language used we have an opportunity to change a person’s parenting journey and life.
You can have a career you love AND create a true work/life balance -
We live it every day and we want you to experience it too!
Clare Maddalena
Founder & Creator of LushTums, Senior Yoga Teacher, Antenatal Educator & Doula
I’m Clare and I am a Senior Yoga Teacher registered with Yoga Alliance Professionals and FEDANT. I have loved teaching yoga for years.
I am a Doula (since 2012) and have supported numerous people before, during and after childbirth.
I am an Antenatal Educator (since 2006) and all our Teacher Training content has been thoroughly assessed and accredited by FEDANT; the best mark of excellence in midwifery, antenatal education and doula work.
I have 20+ years professional experience in this field. As soon as I took my first yoga class in my early 20s I knew this was for me. It was a calling.
When I had my son in 2006 and became passionate about offering yoga and all its myriad of benefits to help mums-to-be and new mums.
Because I love what I do, you’ll still find me teaching my own local classes here in the heart of Brighton’s North Laines.
In my time, I have worked with tens of thousands of women and their families, spoken at numerous conferences, lectured at midwifery events and sparked many discussions on making birth positive and empowering on social media and within my community.
It’s been my life-long passion and I would be delighted to share this with you on one of our trainings.
Clair McGill
Director of Business Development, Yoga Teacher, Antenatal Educator & Doula
I’m the “other” Clair and LushTums found me in 2015. I had worked in property law for 10 years but found motherhood changed my priorities significantly. Having become a bit obsessed with all things birth and baby related following the birth of my two children I knew this was a passion I wanted to pursue as a career.
LushTums seemed too good to be true, I had always loved Yoga but didn’t think I was “good enough”to teach. I was brave and I took the plunge and by 2016 I was teaching Pregnancy Yoga and Mum & Baby classes in my local folk house in Downend, Bristol where I still teach today. My training truly was life changing impacting all areas of my life, not just my work.
When the opportunity arose a few years later for me to join Clare as her business partner - it was meant to be! Together we have created an online program, a podcast with brilliant guests and navigated a global pandemic coming out even stronger. Our dream is to continue to grow our passionate community of teachers and to help even more mums-to-be benefit from LushTums practices.
I have also trained in 3 Step Birthing Awareness with Mark Harris in 2018 and as a Doula with Nurturing Birth in 2022. In January 2022 I took part in Dr Brianne Grogan’s very special Transcend course learning her approach to holistic pelvic health. As a lifelong learner I have recently enjoyed my training in the Body Ready Method© with Lindsay McCoy. I continue to grow my own yoga practice with 121 lessons with an incredible local teacher Sarah Waterfield.
Meet some of our Teachers and hear from them about their training experiences.
