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ABOUT THE TRAINING...
Bring mindfulness and yoga to kids in a practical and non-denominational way and to teach a full children’s yoga class. Get your kids yoga certification!
This course (for adults) is designed for anyone who wants to learn to teach kids yoga. Taking place over 2 weekends, the Yoga Academy International Children’s Yoga Teacher Training covers extensive materials in yoga, including postures, meditation, breathing practices, music, philosophy and delivers them in a way that is comprehensible and fun for children.
Bring out the child in you as you become a certified children’s yoga teacher!
Lighthearted! Up-beat! Full of laughs!
Who is this course for?
This course is NOT just for yoga teachers. Elementary school teachers, camp counsellors, grandparents, anyone who works with kids or wants to learn to bring mindfulness to them can benefit from this children’s yoga teacher training! We’ve had many grandparents, dance teachers and school teachers complete this program.
In taking this course yoga teachers will earn 60hrs of continuing education (CE) credits with Yoga Alliance AND it is one of the modules of Yoga Academy International’s 300hr teacher training.
Add a Children’s yoga certification to your teaching tool kit!
Who is it for?
Yoga teachers
Elementary school teachers
Grandparents
Camp counsellors
What you'll learn
Curriculum
This course will touch on:
- Yoga History and Philosophy and how to gear it toward children
- The 8 limbs of yoga and how to discuss them with children
- Introducing children to Pranayama (yogic breath work)
- Teaching Children to meditate
- Incorporating meditation techniques into the classroom
- Yoga asana (poses) for children
- Story telling through yoga
- Music and Mantra
- Designing and sequencing children’s yoga classes
- Fun yoga-themed activities for off the mat
8 modules
1
INTRODUCTION
Course overview
Why is yoga beneficial for children?
Different ways to incorporate kids yoga into different settings
2
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Child development theories
Developmental milestones
What children can do cognitively and physically at different ages
3
YOGA PHILOSOPHY
8 limbs of yoga overview
How to introduce complicated yoga philosophy to kids in fun and digestible ways
4
MEDITATION
Teaching kids to meditate
Different meditation techniques for kids of different ages
5
BREATHING
Pranayama- what is it? Why do we need to teach kids to breathe? Breathing techniques for kids, breathing games for kids
6
KIRTAN
Yoga music for kids
Song and dances to teach kids that incorporate yoga concepts
7
DESIGNING KIDS YOGA CLASSES
Sequencing kids yoga classes
Yoga games for kids
designing different classes for different ages
8
PRACTICE TEACHING
Create your very own kids yoga class and practice it with our group! Choose the ages you want to teach to and get supportive feedback right away.
Course Schedule & location:
How it all works...
This course is happening in an old elementary school, turned community center, complete with its own yoga studio! How cool is that? So fitting for a children’s yoga training!
This course is happening over two weekends:
January 10-12, 2025 and January 24 – 26, 2025
Little Yoga Studio, Boulder CO
Participants are required to attend all sessions in order to complete the course.
The course schedule is as follows:
- Fridays 6 – 9pm
- Saturdays 10am-2pm & 4-7pm
- Sundays 11am – 3pm
The 2-hour lunch break should give you enough time to go home, run errands, meet your friend for a coffee or do whatever weekend stuff you have going on!
Price & Certification
Accreditation & Tuition
Yoga Academy International is a recognized and registered yoga school with Yoga Alliance. When you graduate our course you will be a certified children’s yoga teacher.
For those who have already graduated from a registered 200hr yoga teacher training program, this course counts as 1 module of Yoga Academy International’s 300hr YTT AND 60hrs of continuing education (CE) credits. On completion of 5 modules of our 300hr yoga teacher training, you can register as RYT-500 with Yoga Alliance.
Kids Yoga Teacher Training
★ Full-length kids yoga classes
★ Full Children’s yoga teacher training course
★ Course manual
★ Personal feedback and support
★ The most fun & belly laughs you’ve ever had doing yoga
★ Certification diploma on completion
$750
$550*
*earlybird rate: save $200 when you sign up before November 30th, 2024!
Meet your instructor
Lauren Rudick
Lead teacher and founder of Yoga Academy International, Lauren is a globally celebrated yoga instructor. She has been teaching yoga for over a decade and comes from a variety of lineages and traditions. Lauren’s has lead yoga retreats and workshops in over 2-dozen countries and continues to study with world-class instructors whenever possible. Lauren has been featured in loads of publications including Women’s health Magazine, YogiTimes, Optymyz, Get Out There Magazine, as well as on countless podcasts and newspaper articles. Lauren has solid roots in Iyengar based Hatha yoga with continued studies in Vinyasa flow, Anusara, Ashtanga, Restorative, Bhakti and Yin Yoga. She is inspired by teachers who tell stories. She has studied under Seane Corn, Chris Chavez, MC Yogi, Susan Cohen, Mercy Ananda, Nancy Goodfellow and many others. Lauren is passionate about sharing yoga from an authentic and soulful point of view. She believes that yoga practice can help uncover the veils that hide us from achieving our full potential.
Lauren is E-RYT 500 & YACEP registered with Yoga Alliance.