CHILDREN’S
Yoga Teacher Training
Feb 3 – 5, 2024
Welcome to our Children’s Yoga Teacher Training Course. In this training, we will explore how to teach yoga movement to children using anatomy, science, art, singing, life lessons and games, creating a practice that is both fun and educational. In addition, we incorporate the spiritual side into teaching yoga to children of all ages. Yoga teaches children to love, honor and respect themselves and others and to develop an invaluable source of strength as they learn to draw on their own inner center for calm and stability. Most importantly, children have fun while gaining incredible benefits to their overall health and well-being.
Yoga helps children to build self-esteem and confidence, develop concentration, attention and focus, increase self-awareness and self-discipline and enhance self-expression through creativity and imagination. Children’s classes bring together elements of hatha yoga poses, breathing awareness and meditation in creative and interactive ways that are appropriate and fun for children of all ages. This training is designed for yoga teachers, teacher trainees, child professionals and anyone interested in developing a greater knowledge of the dynamics of teaching yoga to children.
Yoga is for everyone, at any age. Hatha yoga is wonderful preventive medicine and with the increase of circulation and oxygen intake comes an increase of health. With improved health comes improved energy and greater enthusiasm and positivity in all aspects of ones life.
Course Curriculum
| Children’s Yoga Teacher Training Manual | Developing Children’s Yoga Classes | Yoga Asana, Games, and Partner Work |
| Meditation for Children | Creative Teaching | Benefits of Yoga for Children |
| Settings for Teaching Children’s Yoga | Goals in Teaching Yoga to Children | Songs and Chanting for Children |
| Class Themes, Levels, and Groups | Yoga Philosophy and Ethics | Pranayama for Children |
| Class Sequencing | Effects of Yoga on Children | Student Teaching |
Course Requirements
- You have completed a basic teacher training program and understand the core yoga poses: standing, sitting, forward bends, backbends, inversions, and restoratives.
- Full attendance at the weekend intensive. Fri, 6pm-8:30pm, Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun, 10am-5pm.
- If you are not a certified yoga teacher but believe your foundation and knowledge of yoga is strong, we will consider your application on an individual basis.
- You will be required to complete reading assignments before the training program begins.
To be eligible for certification you must attend all training sessions, complete assigned readings and successfully pass the practical and written exams.