Children's Yoga Teacher Training - ONLINE: Self-Paced Training (2022-23)

THE CURRICULUM

Through interactive workshops, experiential activities, group discussions, problem-solution sessions, brainstorming sessions and individual assignments we will explore:

• Techniques and activities to introduce breath-work that will support children's mental health and well-being during every day experiences such as anxiety, sleep difficulties, overwhelm and hyper-activity.
• A range of classic and more creative, age-appropriate yoga poses and sequences, and how to teach this to each age group in an interactive and engaging way
• Safe practice when teaching yoga poses - what is developmental and age-appropriate and what to avoid
• Creative meditations, including visualisations and moving meditations so that you will confident to share a range of different meditation techniques to children aged 3-18 years old, tailored towards their needs
• Partner and group yoga fun for all ages & abilities, including mixed age-groups and family yoga
• Combining key Educational Philosophy and teaching methodology so that you can fully understand how children learn and how you can tailor your classes to their learning needs and styles

• Introducing yoga philosophy and practices to children of all ages in a practical and relevant way, including Hindu Mythology, the Chakra System (the energetic body), The 8 Limbs of Yoga, Yama and Niyama
• Behaviour management in the yoga class so that you can feel confident to manage a group of children, in a positive and playful manner that enhances their social and behaviour skills
• Planning & sequencing based on children's learning styles and behaviour patterns
• Challenging poses for Teens & Tweens
• Yoga for Teens Anxiety
  
• A variety of traditional and alternative Mandala Art Meditations to support children to reflect and process difficult emotions and events in their lives
• Creative Mindfulness activities to enhance children's self-awareness and emotional intelligence
• Therapeutic and nurturing yoga techniques for children with Special Needs
• Understanding Autism, ADHD, Sensory Disorders, communication difficulties and social-emotional difficulties and how to effectively use yoga for each of these special needs
• Interactive story-telling and yoga journeys for all age groups
• Yoga and mindfulness games and activities for various age groups, abilities and interests
• The business side of kids yoga: Practical, effective and actionable strategies to get your kids yoga classes set-up for success, right away!

The Modules

Module 1 - Yoga fundamentals for children aged 3-18 years old

We start the training by preparing you to work with children and teens by supporting you to understand developmental stages, the fundamentals of psychology and brain development, children's behaviour and learning styles.

We look at key teaching methodology to ensure that your kids yoga classes are always interesting, engaging and creative, so that you can fully support all elements of children's physical, emotional and mental well-being through yoga, meditation, mindfulness and mindset practices.

Module 2 - Teaching Yoga to Different Age Groups

In this module, you’ll learn creative, safe, practical and meaningful practices for each of the age groups - early years, middle-school, tweens and teens.

By combining developmental stages, psychology and brain development to understand specific yoga, meditation, breathing and mindset practices to support each individual age group in your kids and teens yoga classes.

At the end of this module, you'll have knowledge, skills and ideas on how to effectively plan and lead movement practices through art, music, imagination, journaling, group discussions and therapeutic play practices in order to fully support children and teens with:
* Relationship and communication skills
* Confidence and resilience
* Compassionate communication and social skills
* Self-regulation and emotional awareness

Module 3 - Breathing Techniques for Children & Teens

The breathing techniques are some of the most powerful practices in yoga, to support children and teens in self-regulation, giving them the ability and power to manipulate their own nervous system and mind, to release emotions, anxiety and bring themselves back to a place of stillness, calm and control.

By the end of this module you'll have:

• A wealth of knowledge and skills on how to use fast-acting breathing techniques to support children during challenging times and difficult experiences, including anxiety and sleep disorders
  
• Practical strategies to use in your class to help over-active, over stimulated children to feel calm, quiet and focused
  
• A wide variety of age-appropriate, effective breathing techniques (that actually work), to use with each age group
  
• Ideas on how to make breathing techniques fun, creative and engaging for each age group
• Strategies to teach breathing techniques to each age group and how to encourage and support them to use that at home, in school and during stressful times
• Numerous breathing techniques to help children with anxiety, hyper-activity, over-stimulation, fatigue, sleep problems, frustration & anger, tiredness and lack of concentration
  

Module 4 - Meditation Techniques for Children & Teens

By the end of this module you'll have a wide range of techniques and teaching methodology to creatively teach a variety of meditations including:

• Visualisations for each age group
  
• Specific Meditation Techniques to Promote Patience, Focus, Releasing Emotions & Processing Experiences
  
• Moving Meditations and Walking Meditation Techniques for each age group
  
• Yoga Nidra Meditation (The Yogic 'Sleep") for Teens
  
• Meditation Techniques to Support Children with Anxiety and Stress
  
• Mindfulness Meditations to Enhance Children's Self-Awareness and Self-Regulation Skills
  

Module 5 - Yoga Philosophy for Children & Teens

This is always a highlight of the training! Whether you have limited or no experience of Yoga Philosophy or if you're an experienced yoga practitioner with a wealth of knowledge of yoga philosophy, you'll gain a deeper understanding and insight into:

• The Chakra System (the energetic body), the 8 limbs of Yoga, the 4 Paths of Yoga and Hindu Mythology, and how this is relevant and beneficial to children and teens
• How to use aspects of Yoga Philosophy and Hindu Mythology to support children and teens experiencing difficult emotions, events and experiences, and how to use it to enhance their mental and emotional well-being
  
• How to introduce complex and abstract concepts of yoga philosophy to children and teens in a creative and relevant way that they can understand and connect with
• Creating yoga poses, sequences, visualisations, mantras and meditation based on Hindu Mythology, so that you can effectively and easily teach yoga through story-telling
  
• How to teach yoga philosophy to children and teens with different religious and spiritual backgrounds and beliefs
  

Module 6- Yoga for Tweens & Teens

In this part of the training, we dive into teaching Teen Yoga:

• How to safely and appropriately teach challenging poses to the 11-18 year old age group
  
• Which poses are appropriate for each age group and ability
  
• How to spot mis-alignments and adjust teens to ensure that they are safe in the poses
  
• Creating yoga sequences that are engaging, appropriate and empowering for teens
  
• Planning and theming teen yoga classes to focus on a Peak Pose or a Key aspect of Yoga Philosophy
• How to make yoga and meditation fun and interesting to tweens and teens
• How to encourage and support tweens and teens to practice yoga, breathing techniques, meditation and mindfulness at home

Module 7 - Yoga for Children With Additional Needs

In this section of the training, we delve into yoga for children with special needs, including ADHD, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, physical disabilities and behaviour challenges.

You'll learn how to effectively teach 1-1 yoga sessions and how to plan inclusive yoga classes that are tailored towards each child's needs. You'll gain practical skills and techniques on specific strategies, resources, yoga poses, breathing and meditation techniques that are super effective for children with specific additional needs.

Module 8 - Practice, Implementation & Action

After completing this short module, you can start effectively planning, teaching and managing yoga for children and teens online, in schools, 1:1 sessions, yoga studios and your local community to instantly make an impact and an income through yoga.

Our final workshop The Business of Kids Yoga , will prepare you to set up your own kids yoga classes and business by giving you practical tips and strategies to get clear and get started on your planning, promotion and marketing your classes with ease.

SUCCESS STORIES FROM OUR STUDENTS

We're so proud that 90% of our teacher graduates start teaching children's yoga classes within the first month of completing our training, with others, working on large projects such as opening their own studios and creating online program.

We celebrate each of our teacher training graduates and continue to support and encourage each one, after the training has finished.

Here's what a few of our students have developed within 12-months of completing our RCYT 95-Hour course...

Amy, an international school teacher, joined the Divine Light Yoga community with the intention of sharing children's yoga and mindfulness in her school curriculum.

Just 6-months after joining the online training, Amy had created Inspired Mindful Children, an online Mindfulness Program for primary schools, currently being implemented in the UK

Mel is a full-time parent, who joined the training so that she could share yoga and mindfulness with her children at home.

After leaving the training with enthusiasm and confidence, Mel started teaching kids yoga classes in her community and has just started her own online children's yoga classes which she intends to expand and develop over the next year.

Rashita joined the training with the intention to share her new skills with the parents and children in her mum-and-baby classes. Within days of completing the training Rashita was leading yoga classes in kindergartens and schools across Singapore.

Diana a curious and playful yoga teacher, initially unsure of how she may use the skills gained from the training, completed the course and immediately started to teach children's yoga and mindfulness programs within the yoga studio that she works.

Grace attended the training with the aim of using the knowledge and skills from the course, with her 2 daughters, to become a more mindful parent.

Not only has Grace used her new skills to solidify her bond and connection with her children, but within days of completing the training, Grace started teaching children's yoga classes in studios across Kuala Lumpur. Grace now successfully leads specialised children's yoga workshops and educational parent workshops on mindfulness, across the city.

Jess, a social worker from Australia joined the training, with a keen interest in supporting children in foster care with therapeutic yoga and meditation tools.

Within 6-months of completing the course, Jess had created her own successful business leading 1:1 sessions and parent workshops, to teach foster families about yoga for anxiety.

Jess has been featured in national magazines and leads inspirational and educational talks at large conferences around Australia.And has just organised and hosted her first online summit for parents and professionals.