Prenatal Yoga

After training with a Certified Nurse Midwife at The Elizabeth Seton Childbearing Center in NYC,  Bernadette began working with pregnant women as a Licensed Massage Therapist.  So when she completed her first Anusara Yoga Teacher Training, teaching Prenatal Yoga was a natural evolution.  For years she taught several weekly Prenatal Yoga classes around Manhattan.  She also taught at the Park Slope Yoga Center, which is known for having one of the city’s original and highly attended Prenatal Yoga Programs.

She became well known for her hands on skills and started leading workshops for expecting couples.  When she received requests from her students she began working as doula--attending births to provide hands-on support.  She attended births in every variety of setting: hospitals, birthing centers and homebirths.

Spending so much time on call as a doula, she had a hard time finding qualified teachers to sub her classes, and so began leading Prenatal Yoga Teacher Trainings around Manhattan.  Bernadette loves working with pregnant women and continues to do so in private practice around Fairfield County, CT.