Suzanne Swan

FOUNDER

Suzanne Swan has over 18 years experience as a Childbirth Educator and Yoga Teacher running Active Birth antenatal education classes in Brisbane.  She has a Postgraduate Degree in Psychology and graduated as an Active Birth Teacher in 2001.  She is the founder of yogababy, a specialised pregnancy and postnatal yoga school based in Brisbane. Using the awareness gained through the practice of yoga breathing and active birthing she birthed her two children physiologically. Since their births, she has studied with many renowned international and local teachers in the areas of birth, yoga and healing developing her own inspiring body-mind centred childbirth classes. She is dedicated to providing the best possible childbirth education programme available to couples today.

She was trained by Janet Balaskas (founder of the Active Birth Centre, London) in 2001 to teach the Active Birth Method for Childbirth.  This incorporates including the partner in the birth experience and learning yoga breathing and active birthing positions.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Arts, Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology, UQ
• Diploma of Transpersonal Psychology and Therapy, WA
• Diploma of Yoga for Pregnancy and Active Birth, QLD
• International Associate of Active Birth Centre, London, 2001
• Advanced Childbirth Educator Childbirth & Parenting Educators of Australia
• Senior Yoga teacher, Yoga Australia