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About this Training
Children’s Yoga Teacher Training is facilitated in a practical, interactive, educational, creative, fun, inspiring and dynamic format. It is an invitation to immerse yourself in the world of children’s yoga for 3 whole days. You will have the opportunity to re-connect with your inner child through dance, play, creativity, laughter, song, remembering just how great joy feels!
This training is created from a system of comprehensive modules, and explores the major areas of yogic tools and practices. The modules are relevant and age appropriate, and are delivered in a format of direct experience, balanced with practical theory and discussions. The training is designed to meet the unique needs of each individual attendee. It recognises the importance of being able to digest knowledge and skills in a supportive learning environment that enables experience and grounded knowledge. My intention is to make YOU feel practically equipped, inspired and ready to teach - joyful and confidently bursting to share creative classes that captivate, engage and inspire this wonderful age group.
This training is created from a system of comprehensive modules, and explores the major areas of yogic tools and practices. The modules are relevant and age appropriate, and are delivered in a format of direct experience, balanced with practical theory and discussions. The training is designed to meet the unique needs of each individual attendee. It recognises the importance of being able to digest knowledge and skills in a supportive learning environment that enables experience and grounded knowledge. My intention is to make YOU feel practically equipped, inspired and ready to teach - joyful and confidently bursting to share creative classes that captivate, engage and inspire this wonderful age group.
Proven Health Benefits of Yoga for Children
In recent years, the specialised field of children’s yoga has recognised the impact of stress on children, the resulting negative health effects, and, more importantly, how to use yoga for stress relief. Yoga can empower children to manage increasingly common conditions such as asthma, obesity, ADD and ADHD. It provides tools that can assist in self regulation, behaviour management and build emotional resilience. Relaxation calms the nervous system, and breath awareness begins to still the mind, offering a moment of refuge, safety and stress relief.
Importance of Yoga Instructor Training
I honour YOU for recognising the value of investing time into your yoga education. I admire your desire to be of greater service to the children on our fast-moving planet. Teaching children is a specialisation and is similarly as demanding and complex as working with adults. Teachers are required to be dynamic, enthusiastic and inspiring, whilst holding the class energy and dealing skilfully with a variety of teaching scenarios. I feel deeply privileged, grateful and humbled in the role of a yoga educator. I acknowledge the children as my teachers in purity, innocence and wisdom, from whom I can learn so much.
I hope you feel called to combine your passion and commitment to the holistic well being of our children and make a difference in their lives by embarking on this training. I can’t wait to meet you soon!
I hope you feel called to combine your passion and commitment to the holistic well being of our children and make a difference in their lives by embarking on this training. I can’t wait to meet you soon!
Course Content and Training Modules
- A sign of the times - our children’s changing world
- The role and specialisation of a kids’ yoga teacher
- Introduction to yoga and the benefits for children
- Making yoga philosophy relevant for children
- Basic body awareness and safety for teachers and students
- Developmental stages: cognitive, physical, social and emotional
- Unique learners and the multiple intelligence theory
- General class structure and ‘the recipe for success’
- Basic class management
- Centring and simple meditations
- Creative, calming and engaging yoga breathing exercises to support children
- The power of positive affirmations and related fun activities
- Teaching child-friendly Asanas, warm–ups, partner and group poses
- Using and creating yoga stories
- Yoga games for kids
- Mindfulness techniques
- Relaxation – ‘the icing on the cake’
- Circle, sharing, music and chanting for children
- How to plan your course, using themes, sequences and stories
- Creative activities for self expression
- Where and how to begin to teach, set up and build your market
Training Materials
- The course modules, in the format of a comprehensive manual
- A PDF printable, downloadable version of ‘Creative Yogis Colouring Book’ – to be used as a teaching aid for teachers
- Become a member of our private Facebook group for ongoing support and mentorship
Prerequisite
This course is suitable for yoga practitioners, yoga TT students, school teachers, parents, therapists and professionals who work with elementary school-aged children. It is recommended that you have at least one year of personal yoga practise to have a basic understanding of the foundational poses and the experience of yoga in your own body.
Each attendee will receive a ‘Certificate of Completion’. Total duration: 26 hours (24 contact and 2 non-contact/reading assignment).
Registered yoga teachers are eligible for 26 hours of Continuing Education hours through Yoga Alliance Certification, as this training is presented by a YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider).
Training dates and locations for Creative Yogis' teacher trainings can be found here.
Registered yoga teachers are eligible for 26 hours of Continuing Education hours through Yoga Alliance Certification, as this training is presented by a YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider).
Training dates and locations for Creative Yogis' teacher trainings can be found here.
"Karen's teacher training is the best kids yoga course I have ever attended so far (I've attended 4 in total), it was very well organised and comprehensive. The material in the course is practical and my kids really enjoyed Karen's fun and creative approach. Weighty concepts such as meditation and mindfulness, or usually boring stretches are made easily accessible for kids and for us teachers to teach. Most of all, I was very inspired by Karen's passion and enthusiasm for kids and teaching. Karen's course made me feel excited and confident to teach my classes, which was a great kick start for me as a new teacher." Thank you, Karen
CHLOE YATES | Dance and Yoga Teacher
“Karen's teacher training was an absolute pleasure to be on, her vibrant, bubbly personality shone through the entire training, which made the weekend so much fun and the content of the course unbelievable easy to dive into. Karen has such a wonderful wealth of knowledge that only comes from years of experience and an absolute passion for what she does. The course content was well thought-out and covered every aspect possible from class management, meditation techniques, teaching practicals, chanting, children's philosophy and a wonderful resource manual. I feel completely equipped with the knowledge and tools needed to be a successful children's yoga teacher. Thanks so much Karen! “
KIRSITE LECLERE | Yoga Teacher
