Ready to Change Pregnancies, Labors and Lives?

Learn to teach prenatal yoga with confidence, clarity and compassion in the Ma Yoga Prenatal Certification Program

Why the Ma Yoga Prenatal Certification Program is Unique

Inspiring Principles

Most prenatal trainings give you a list of do’s and don’ts and some pose videos. We know – because we get a lot of people joining our training who have already done others, and still aren’t comfortable teaching.

Ma Yoga gives you alignment principles to teach in every pose – tested for success in over 25 years of teaching, and more than 18,000 moms and moms-to-be – that combine biomechanics with breath, meditation, yoga, and birth and postpartum preparation. 

Effective Results

The Five Sacred Steps for Pregnancy are the foundation of all of Ma Yoga. With the universal wisdom of the five natural elements as your guide, you’ll have all the tools you need to help your students:

  • Find their natural balance of space and strength
  • Relieve common aches and pains
  • Prevent birth-related issues and support recovery postpartum
  • Integrate Mayurvedic self-care routines and daily rhythms
  • Experience an empowering Ma journey

Transformational Mentorship

Once you’ve taken your prenatal and postpartum trainings, you’ll have personalized mentorship to create your first class and get feedback on your teaching. You’ll have a nurturing online community where you can always receive support. And at the end, you’ll have a Certification Call with Jessica to talk about career options opening up for you, including applying to teach with the Ma Yoga nonprofit, earning your required Yoga Alliance hours and continuing to receive guidance and support.

What Graduates Say

“The way you built up the alignment opened my heart – and I love teaching those cues to help others find that opening.” – Allison S.

“I don’t feel like I just got a prenatal training. I feel like I got something I could take into everything.” – Joanne H.

“I’m 100% connected with my purpose. It’s worked for me, and I can share it with people because it’s really good.” – Sabrina M.

How Ma Yoga Certification Fits Into Busy Lives

  • Get started instantly: When you register, you’ll be in our Certification Circle where you’ll find your training videos, handouts, and support.
  • 100% online: Join live Zoom session to learn with a cohort and receive personal guidance. Watch replays when you can’t make it live and stay in the nurturing conversation in the training circles – or learn on-demand if you prefer.
  • If life pulls you away: You’ll have multiple opportunities to join live training modules, and a full year to complete everything. Low-cost extension available.
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What You'll Learn in Each Training Module

All trainings available instantly on-demand, and twice throughout the year.

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18 hours

Adjust regular poses for every trimester, create inspiring prenatal themes and teach safe, effective and transformative prenatal yoga classes.

Cue simple, alignment-based actions to help relieve back, wrist and other common pain, prevent postpartum issues and support pelvic and abdominal wall healing post-birth.

Incorporate ancient but powerful self-care routines and daily rhythms that improve immunity, metabolism, sleep and connectedness for you and your students.

With two birth and postpartum doulas as your guide, explore the pro’s and con’s of all the choices, plus meditations, mantras, and movements to empower laboring mamas.

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This journey with other yoga teachers and mamas has been so incredibly fun. In the blink of an eye, I'm already teaching prenatal yoga and watching my community of birthing people grow.
Jessea W.
Jessea Ma Yoga Certified Prenatal Instructor
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This course came at the perfect time and helped expand my practice while preparing me for my birth. I was able to have the natural birth I'd hoped for, and I’m so grateful for everything I learned.
Donna V.
Donna Ma Yoga Prenatal Certification instructor

Your 5-Step Journey to Certification

Learn to teach prenatal yoga, postpartum yoga, yoga for birth, yoga therapeutics for women, and MAyurvedic self-care through a flexible, supportive, growth-filled experience.

Let's connect

Haven’t had your Clarity Call yet? Schedule here. If we’ve already talked, it’s time to choose your pathway below.

Register & get started

The sooner you register, the more bonus time you have to learn on your own before your first live training. Hop in to Office Hours to get oriented in the Ma Community.

Join live, watch replays

When live trainings are offered, join on Zoom when you can, watch replays when you can’t. You have a full year to complete the four training modules, either live or on-demand. 

Complete your Ma Mentorship

After The Yoga of Pregnancy and The Yoga of Healing, you’re eligible to begin your one-on-one Mentorship. Receive personalized guidance as you prepare for and teach your first class with support.

Have your Certification Call with Jessica

Once you’ve completed your Ma Mentorship, all four training modules, and six prenatal yoga class observations, you’ll have a Certification Call with Jessica to discuss your next steps. Together you’ll explore career opportunities, including applying to teach online with Ma Yoga’s nonprofit, where you’ll receive ongoing mentoring while earning your required Yoga Alliance prenatal teaching hours.

About Your Teacher Trainer

Jessica Jennings, MS, ERYT, RPYT

  • Founded Ma Yoga® in 2009
  • Master’s in Kinesiology and with a focus on therapeutic alignment
  • Certified Feminine Power Transformational Group Facilitator
  • 25+ years teaching prenatal yoga
  • 20+ years training teachers
  • Mom to 18-year-old Lela and poodle mix, Desi

I completed teaching prenatal yoga in 2001, and after becoming a Certified Anusara Yoga instructor in 2006, I completed my Master’s in Exercise Science. For my thesis, I developed and led a group prenatal visit program at Kaiser Hospital that combined yoga and education. I ran it for six years. I saw firsthand how life-changing it is when we combine yoga, knowledge, and community for pregnant mamas.

In 2009 I founded Ma Yoga with a vision: a Ma Circle in everyneighborhood.. We grew to 10 locations across Southern California, serving over 16,000 mamas. When the world closed down, we moved online – and found ourselves guiding and inspiring mamas and teachers from around the globe.

I never could have imagined just how many neighborhoods our teachers from around the world now have Ma Circles. It’s such an honor to be part of this growing, global community of people who want to make the world a better place, one mama at a time. 💛

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Choose Your Ma Path

Whether you prefer learning on your own, you want the flexibility of joining live sessions or watching replays while being supported by a mentor and cohort, or you’re looking for personalized coaching to help you teach with confidence and expand your impact, there’s a Ma Path for you.

Ma Teacher

Enjoy on-demand learning with one live training module

  • Instant, on-demand access to your trainings

  • Take one training live

  • Apply for Ma Yoga Teaching Internship 

Ma Journey

More support and connection, at your own pace

  • Get started on-demand with online support from your Ma Mentor

  • You’re on the roster for all four live training modules – if you get busy, you have another opportunity

  • The Ma Yoga Teacher Training Manual will be shipped to you (US only – international shipping extra)

  • Once you’re certified, apply with priority for the Ma Yoga Teaching Internship to get your Yoga Alliance hours and continue being mentored – you’ll be trained to teach on Zoom at no cost.  

Ma Mastery

Personal mentorship with Jessica, for building a business – and a life – you love

  • Get started right away with personal support from Jessica, and continued being mentored by her throughout

  • Enjoy a full year of yoga, therapeutic drop-ins and self-paced meditation and other programs
  • After Certification, you have a guaranteed spot in the Ma Yoga Internship program with free training and mentorship.
  • Enjoy the five month, small-group, weekly Ma Mastery Integration coaching program with Jessica to integrate what you’ve learned into your teaching, self-care, and soul-inspired business
  • Hop in for a refresher with post-certification Training Circle access for a full year afterward

Ma Teacher​

Your Ma path, your pace

You know how to learn on your own schedule. You’re ready to learn step by step how to teach safe, transformative, and even therapeutic poses for mom sand moms-to-be – in online circles where you can get your questions answered.

On the Ma Teacher Path you’ll get everything you need, including a 3-session one-on-one mentorship, to begin teaching prenatal and postpartum yoga with confidence.

🍀 Comprehensive, In-Depth Training

On demand for one full year - four modules include prenatal & postpartum yoga, therapeutics for women, Mayurvedic self-care, and yoga for birth.

👩🏼‍💻 One Live Training Module: The Yoga of Pregnancy

Learn from right where you are with small group interaction and coaching from Jessica, and finish with all the tools you need to start teaching.

🪄 One-on-One Ma Mentorship

Three sessions, including two teaching feedback sessions, with a Certified Ma Yoga Teacher.

📄 100+ Handouts, Guides & Class Templates

Download and use as a resource for years to come - Essential Prenatal Poses, sequencing, theming, Do's and Don'ts, and The Five Sacred Steps for Pregnancy and Healing.

💞 Online Training Circle

Your always-on, supportive community throughout your certification.

🌅 Extend Your Year Affordably

If you need more time, continue learning and growing with the Ma Living Circle with full access to your trainings and Ma Yoga Anytime - now only $20/month.

🧘🏼‍♀️Opportunity to Apply to Teach on the Ma Yoga Nonprofit Platform

Earn required Yoga Alliance hours, get paid, and continue being mentored in a nurturing community.

🎓 Certification Consult with Jessica

Free when you write a personal share (not a testimonial), which we'll publish to celebrate your accomplishment! 🙌🏼

Ma Journey

A supported journey to your highest Ma Self

We’re all pregnant with something. Ma Journey gives you the tools to support students through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum while birthing the wise, powerful, and inspiring prenatal yoga teacher you’re becoming into the world. You’ll receive everything in Ma Teacher, plus:

🤝 All Four Optional Live Training Modules

Join when you can, watch the replay when you can't. Either way, you'll benefit in many ways from being part of a cohort - and you'll have two opportunities to join each training throughout your year.

🪄 Extended Ma Mentorship: You're Mentored from Day One

Your Ma Mentor is with you in the Training Circle from day one - online and chat support throughout your certification year, plus 3 mentorship sessions including 2 teaching feedback sessions.

📒 Ma Yoga Teacher Training Manual

All of your essential handouts (50+), bound and shipped to you to use for years to come (US only - international shipping extra)

🧘🏼 Weekly Therapeutic Yoga Drop-ins with Jessica

A short, customized one-on-one practice and video to practice with afterward to address whatever's arising in your body and mind.

🕉️ Two Months in the Ma Yoga Circle

Small, personalized live classes and 600+ Ma Yoga Anytime practices - use for your Yoga of Pregnancy required class write-ups, and to discover alignment in your own body.

🧘🏼‍♀️Apply to Teach with Ma Yoga

Apply with priority consideration to the Ma Yoga Teaching Intership. If accepted, you'll receive free training to teach on zoom, and log required Yoga Alliance teaching hours with weekly, optional group mentorship with Jessica.

Ma Mastery

A transformative journey with Jessica's coaching during and after

You’re ready to move forward with intention and purpose. You’re a yogi, a birth worker, or anyone who has a vision of a meaningful and sustainable practice around this work. On your Ma Mastery Path, Jessica will personally help you feel confident to start teaching and provide ongoing support, as well as coaching for full integration and soul-aligned and powerful marketing practices. Ma Mastery gives you everything in Ma Teacher and Ma Journey, plus:

🪄 Jessica as Your Personal Ma Mentor

You'll have Jessica's support from day one. Share in the Ma Mentorship Circle anytime for clarity and feedback. Meet three times for the Ma Mentorship, as well as an additional time when you need it most.

🕉️ Full Year in the Ma Yoga Circle

We teach from our practice. Drop in to small, personalized live yoga classes and enjoy our 600+ Ma Yoga Anytime practices - plus self-paced meditation, Happy Back, and other programs.

🧘🏼‍♀️Guaranteed Teaching Spot on the Ma Yoga Nonprofit Platform

Your spot on the Ma Yoga nonprofit platform is reserved from the start - choose your weekly teaching hour, earn required Yoga Alliance hours, get paid, and keep growing with ongoing support at our weekly Friday drop-ins. Training in Online Teaching included.

🌎 Post-Certification Ma Mastery Program

A weekly small group container guided by Jessica, so you can integrate what you've learned and uplevel your self-care, your teaching, and your soul-inspired business practices.

🍀 Additional Year of Access Post-Certification

Continue exploring bonus topics and even hop in to live trainings to refresh for a full year after your certification year is over, as part of the Ma Yoga Collective

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FAQs

Yes, the four 3-week trainings are all online, and you can take them either live on Zoom, watch them on your own time – or both.

If you prefer to be live on Zoom but you get busy during the training, just reach out and we’ll put you on the roster for the next one.

You don’t need any previous training or experience to take this course, and get all the tools you need to start teaching mamas.

While you can’t get the RPYT letters after your name unless you have your RYT, you can say you are Ma Yoga Certified, and to anyone who is familiar with prenatal yoga trainings this means the highest quality.

If you do decide to do a regular training in the future, you’ll have a leg up as you will learn foundational alignment principles that will help you in any trainings or teaching you do.

If you do choose to do a 200-hour yoga teacher training (RYT) down the road, you can submit your Ma Yoga Certificate to Yoga Alliance and get your RPYT at that time.

If you feel drawn to teaching prenatal yoga, we highly recommend that you start with this training as the principles you learn are easier to learn first, as a basis for all yoga practices.

Choose Ma Teacher if you enjoy learning independently and want the flexibility of completing most of your certification on your own schedule.

Choose Ma Journey if you’d like the support of a mentor, a cohort, and live trainings while still having the flexibility to watch replays when needed.

Choose Ma Mastery if you want the everything in the other two, plus coaching and mentorship to help you teach with confidence and expand your impact in the world.

Feel free to reach out to jess@mayoga.com with any questions.

Ma Teacher is designed for people who enjoy learning independently and are comfortable creating their own schedule. A few things included in Ma Journey and Ma Mastery aren’t part of this path:

  • Live Training: You’ll join one live training module. The other three trainings are completed on-demand, so they require the discipline to set aside time to watch and integrate the material on your own.
  • Ma Yoga Circle: Live yoga classes, Therapeutic Yoga Drop-Ins with Jessica, and the Ma Yoga Anytime library are available as an optional membership for $30/month.
  • Ma Yoga Training Manual: Your downloadable materials are included, but if you’d prefer a bound book with a table of contents, you can order it for $75 at the beginning of any training.
  • Online Teaching & Tech Training: If you’re accepted to teach with Ma Yoga after certification, you’ll complete this additional training ($200) with help getting set up in your space. It’s not required for certification, only for teachers joining our nonprofit.

If you’d like more live support, built-in community, and additional resources throughout your certification, Ma Journey and Ma Mastery include those for you.

Yes. With modules in Mom + Baby Yoga as well as preschool yoga and postpartum healing, you will know exactly what and how to teach yoga to new moms.

Yes, as soon as you register for the Ma Yoga Online Prenatal Yoga Certification (RPYT) Program, you’ll receive instant access to our prenatal teacher training, therapy for women, yoga for birth and Ayurveda self-care for moms training modules.

You can choose to do any of them at your own pace, join us on Zoom for live sessions or do a mix of both.  

Your certification year does not start until your first live training, so registering as soon as possible gives you more free time to learn in the Certification Circle.

Just go to Events.

Click in to any training and you’ll see dates and times.

You have one year from the first day of your first LIVE training to complete your Certification.

However, you can extend as long as you like with a small monthly fee. Once you’re Certified, you’ll have evergreen access to all your trainings and materials, so you can come in and watch sessions for a refresher anytime.

You can even hop in live again – we love to see you!

You can opt to continue learning and evolving in the Ma Community in several ways.

Join the Ma Living Circle (right now $20/month) to keep accessing all of your trainings, plus Ma Yoga Anytime.

If you end up teaching with us, you’ll have drop-in Ma CARE Coaching sessions weekly.

Finally, we have an invite-only post-certification small group coaching program called Ma Mastery to help you integrate the principles and practices into your teaching, self-care and soul-aligned business practices, called Ma Mastery. This is built in to the Ma Mastery level, otherwise it’s $500 for five months.

Even before you are certified, after your Ma Mentorship, you can reach out to about starting to teach with us, and getting your required Yoga Alliance prenatal teaching hours.

There is a required in-depth training in teaching online (free for Ma Journey and Ma Mastery, $200 for Ma Teacher upon acceptance), and then you just pick a time that works and show up weekly on Zoom. 

After your 30 hour internship, you can start getting paid for your teaching.

Teaching with Ma Yoga means you grow in a nurturing community.

Here’s what’s NOT included when you register for the Ma Yoga Prenatal Yoga Certification Program:

A $75 Certification Fee at the end, which is waived if you choose to write a personal reflection about something you learned, which we will publish to celebrate you.

Yes, the Ma Yoga Prenatal Yoga Certification (RPYT) Program was created in collaboration with Yoga Alliance in 2012. This means if you have your RYT, this program fulfills the requirements for your RPYT Certification.

After you’ve completed the Ma Yoga Prenatal Certification Program, you’ll have all the tools you need to teach prenatal yoga.

If you don’t have your Yoga Alliance RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher), you won’t be able to get the RPYT (Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher) until you do.

Many yoga studios will require that you have your RPYT, but if you want your own Ma Circle or you just want to share these practices and principles with clients, there’s no law against it and no reason not to.

If, after a few year years, you decide you’d like to continue learning, you can always get your regular yoga teacher certification and at that time, submit your hours and certificate to Yoga Alliance and get your RPYT as well.

Click here to schedule a Clarity Call with founder Jessica Jennings. She’ll answer all of your questions and help you determine if the Ma Yoga Prenatal Yoga Certification Program is right for you. If you’ve already had your call, feel free to reach out via email with any questions at all.

We’re really proud of how many people rave after taking our trainings. To read them, click here.

The Ma Yoga® Prenatal Certification Program
Here's what's included in each pathway:
“✓” = included. Items marked “—” are available to all through application or purchase.
Ma Teacher Your path, your pace Ma Journey Learn with a cohort or on your own, with a Ma Mentor from Day One to build your confidence Ma Mastery The fullest, most transformative experience: personal mentorship with Jessica to grow a fulfilling, soul-inspired business
Learn to Teach Prenatal Yoga with Confidence, Clarity and Compassion
Four Training Modules, On-Demand for One Year Prenatal & postpartum yoga, therapeutics, MAyurvedic self-care, yoga for birth
Handouts & Guides 100+ pages of cues, principles, themes, and guides
Ma Yoga Training Manual All handouts, bound with Table of ContentsInternational shipping extraInternational shipping extra
Four Live, Zoom Training Modules with a Cohort Join when you can, watch the replay when you can'tThe Yoga of Pregnancy onlyAll four trainings, 2xAll four trainings, 4x
One-on-One Mentorship 3 sessions with a Certified Ma Mentor
Mentorship ThroughoutMentorship from Day OneJessica as your Ma Mentor from Day One, plus additional one-on-one session
Additional Ways to Learn and Receive Support
Online Training Circle Always-on community for questions and connection throughout your training
Weekly Therapeutic Yoga Drop-Ins with Jessica Short, customized one-on-one practice and video for whatever's arising
Ma Yoga Circle Small live prenatal yoga classes + 600+ Ma Yoga Anytime videos + self-paced programs and pregnancy guides2 monthsFull year
Certification Call with Jessica Discuss career opportunities — free when you share your teacher story
Once You're Certified: Offer Your Gifts
Ma Teaching Internship Get trained to teach online, earn required Yoga Alliance hours, optional weekly mentoring sessions with JessicaCan applyApply with priority; free trainingGuaranteed Spot; free training
Post-Certification Access to Training Materials Ma Yoga Collective — hop in anytime for a refresher, search topics, download materials and post questions1 Year
Ma Mastery Integration Coaching Program 5 months of small-group coaching after certification with Jessica to hone your teaching practice, integrate self-care practices and expand your reach

Register to Start Your Ma Yoga Prenatal Certification Journey Today

Ma Teacher

Self-Paced Learning
You’ll receive everything you need to become Ma Yoga Certified, with the flexibility to learn whenever and wherever works best for you:

  • Three On-Demand Training Modules
    ($1,050)
  • One Live + On-Demand Training Module
    ($500)
  • Ma Mentorship – 3 Sessions
    ($350)
  • Weekly Office Hours – 1 Year
    ($1,200)
  • 200+ Handouts & Resources
    ($250)
  • Ma Yoga Training Manual (optional)
    ($75)
  • Certification & Next Steps Session
    ($75, or free with written share)
  • Opportunity to Apply for Ma Yoga Teaching Internship (Priceless)

$3,425

$1,995

$1,495

with Quick Action Discount

Prefer a Payment Plan?

$267/mo for 6 months

(Quick Action only)

Ma Journey

Flexible Learning with Support
Everything in Ma Teacher, plus live training, mentor support, and additional bonuses through certification and beyond:

  • All Four On-Demand Training Modules
    ($1,500)
  • All Four Live Training Modules
    $2,188)
  • Access to Ma Mentorship Circle with Ma Mentor from Day One + 3 Sessions
    ($750)
  • Weekly Office Hours – 1 Year
    ($1,200)
  • Training Manual
    $75)
  • 200+ Handouts & Resources
    ($250)
  • Weekly Therapeutic Yoga Drop-Ins
    $360)
  • 2 Months in Ma Yoga Circle
    ($60)
  • Online Teaching & Tech Training
    ($150)
  • Certification & Next Steps Session
    ($75, or free with written share)
  • Priority Application for Ma Yoga Teaching Internship 
    (Priceless)

$6,608

$2,495

$1,995

with Quick Action Discount

Prefer a Payment Plan?

$357/mo for 6 months

(Quick Action only)

Ma Mastery

From Mentorship to Leadership
Everything in Ma Journey, plus personalized coaching with Jessica during and after certification to help you teach with confidence, joy and impact:

  • Four On-Demand Training Modules
    ($1,500)
  • Four Live Training Modules
    ($2,188)
  • Ma Mentorship with Jessica from Day One
    ($1,645)
  • Weekly Office Hours
    ($1,200)
  • Training Manual
    ($75)
  • 200+ Handouts & Resources
    ($250)
  • Weekly Therapeutic Yoga Drop-Ins
    ($600)
  • Full Year in Ma Yoga Circle
    ($360)
  • Certification & Next Steps Session
    ($75, or free with written share)
  • Additional Year of Ma Training Circle Access
    ($450)
  • The Ma Mastery Coaching Program, Post-Certification
    ($2,500)
  • Online Teaching & Tech Training
    ($150)
  • Guaranteed Ma Yoga Teaching Intership
    (Priceless)

$11,993

$3,495

$2,495

with Quick Action Discount

Prefer a Payment Plan?

$457/mo for 6 months

(Quick Action only)

We'd be honored to welcome you into the Ma community.

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