Nope! If you have passion to help the moms in your community have a better birth, postpartum and/or all around health and wellbeing… You have enough! We teach you everything that you will need to know in order to teach these classes.

Nope! and Not a problem! Not all are “Fitness Professionals”. Not all are “Birth Pros". Not all of our instructors have ever taught a class before... But, they are all committed to helping the moms. The PASSION to help and to learn is what we are after at 4TFM.

You can choose to do the training in the self-paced online format OR take a virtual training OR in person! Either way, you always have access to the online portal as long as your membership is activi. You are also welcome back to any of the trainings as a certified instructor member!

This depends on what route you take to get certified.

IN PERSON: 1 day for Prep4Birth (P4B) and/or Prep4Partner (P4P). 2 days for Postpartum Recovery (PPR). Core4All is always taken in the online format (PPR is a pre-requesite for C4A)

VIRTUAL: Currently offered for P4B over 3 x 3-hour zooms, one week apart. Video submissions are due each week before the next session to help move you through the training and used for feedback to help you learn the material well.

ONLINE: always available and is self-paced with access to instructor FB group and open office hours for questions. Short Video submissions will be expected during the training for feedback.

Yes. We currently offer cecs from the top Fitness and Birth organizations. These can usually be used for your requirements for fitness, doula and childbirth education organizations.

A lot!! Truly! But let’s break it down:

-Your first year membership/licensing fee is included in your training/certification fee. There is an annual membership fee thereafter.

-An incredible 4TFM instructor family and super supportive instructor Facebook group.

-All CECs depending on which certifications you take

-Website visibility with your own url and class listings with links to your registration

-Manuals, graphics, Marketing materials, and all up-dates to the same

-Access to all open office hours, coaching calls, and additional trainings for your current certs.

-Access to the Boost Your Knowledge sessions and cecs when offered

-Instructor shirts and swag

Told you! It’s a lot!

Depending on which classes you teach, you will need access to:

-For Prep4Birth and Prep4Partner: 2 pelvis models, Birth ball, peanut ball, CUB®, and yoga mat

For the Postpartum Classes: Pelvis with organs, yoga mat, small 8” balls and therabands

Yes! You decide according to your area and what your goal is. Once you are certified, you decide where and when to teach and how much that you want to charge. You are also able to donate your classes or charge nothing. This is totally up to you!

That is totally your choice! We have some instructors who choose to only teach in person or virtually, and some who do a mix of both! Totally up to you!

As long as your membership is active, you are set! And , great news, you actually can earn CECs at no additional cost to you just by attending our Boost your Knowledge sessions - which are free for active 4TFM instructor members.

How quickly you recoup your investment depends on what you decide to charge for your classes. On average, the usual ROI is 1 full class of students.

No it is not but many of our instructors are doulas and find the information to be critical to their skillsets as a doula for both their prenatal and postpartum clients

Yes. You can do a 3 month payment plan.

When purchasing the bundles, there is a discount applied! Bundles are offered only once. If you have already purchased a course and then choose to add another course in the future, the new course is full fee.

You can apply for scholarships here

Our instructors receive continuous support and encouragement for as long as the membership is active. (Actually afterwards, too!)

We have monthly check ins and 1-2 x a month we have office hours where we meet to discuss whatever needs discussed and sometimes the instructors just hop on to say “Hello”!

You will also have fairly wide access to Emily and the Master Trainer Team.

Yes! We call those Be-Backs… as in “Hey, I’ll Be Back again!” and we love for you to come!

So, for example, if you are certified in Postpartum Recovery (PPR) and want to attend another training for PPR, you are more than welcome to attend as long as your membership is active! There may be a minimal fee for attending.