This training will equip you to enrich your work with children using yoga games that promote movement and concentration, as well as relaxation techniques tailored to children. In addition, you will learn how to design and lead complete children’s yoga sessions based on specific themes. You will also receive numerous practical tips for working with groups of children, as well as with particularly active or shy children.
You’ll receive a valuable toolkit of methods and practical know-how that you can use to foster calmness, balance, flexibility, mindfulness, and a sense of community in children. We’ll practice many child-friendly yoga poses and playful yoga flows so often that by the end of the training, you’ll feel confident enough to lead them on your own.
Upon completing the training, you will have gained a treasure trove of practical resources, filled with numerous children’s yoga games and exercises, yoga sequences, sayings, rhymes, and songs—all the way up to complete sample sessions.
Course Overview
Fundamentals of Children’s Yoga
Didactics and Methodology
Yoga for Different Age Groups
Rules and Rituals in Children’s Yoga
Child-Friendly Yoga Poses: An Introduction to the World of Asanas
Children’s Yoga Sequences (Flows) with Sayings, Rhymes, and Songs
Child-Friendly Breathing Exercises and Stress Relief
Imaginary Journeys and Relaxation Exercises for Children
Creativity in Children’s Yoga
The Use of Children’s Yoga Learning & Play Materials
Planning and Structuring a Children’s Yoga Session
Your Team of Instructors:
Sibylle Schöppel & Manuel Schischek
Suitable for:
Educators, yoga teachers, parents, and anyone who wants to work mindfully with children—with or without prior yoga experience.
Price:
1,200 (includes comprehensive course materials and a Children’s Yoga Instructor certificate; excludes lodging and meals)
Certification:
Children’s Yoga Instructor certificate