Yoga Child Teacher Training, Level I, On-Line: Teaching Yoga and Mindfulness to Children, Pre-K Through Grade 5 (50 hrs: 30hrs live + 20hrs supplemental reading and practice)

OVERVIEW

Join our Registered Children's Yoga School for this YA APPROVED on-line training as we come together from around the world for this special opportunity. This training will be lead by Yoga Child Founder and author, Gail Silver, JD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP and lead Yoga Child trainer, Maureen Heil, E-RYT, RCYT and author of Yoga and Mindfulness For Young Children, Poses for Learning, Play and Peace.

Embark on a joyful journey and acquire an in depth understanding of yoga and mindfulness as related to children as well as an appreciation of the developmental and behavioral needs of preschool and elementary children so that you are perfectly positioned to engage and educate your yoga students. No prior yoga or mindfulness experience is necessary to enroll, though it is welcome.        

YOUR ZOOM TRAINING DATES AND TIMES

Sundays and Wednesdays 7/26-9/13/20

• Sundays: 10am-12pm: 7/26 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 9/13 
• Wednesdays: 7-9pm: 7/29,8/5, 8/12, 8/19,  8/26, 9/2, 9/9

*FIRST AND LAST CLASSES ON 7/26 AND 9/13 WILL RUN FROM 10AM-1PM. All other sessions are two hours.*

How To Attend The Training: A Zoom Link will be shared with all registrants one week prior to training. If you do not have Zoom you will need to download the app for which there is no cost.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Participants will have an opportunity to experience and/or deepen their own mindfulness practice,  before learning how to teach a thirty six-week yoga and mindfulness curriculum utilizing Yoga Child lesson plans and methods. At the conclusion of training, you will walk away with the ability to teach: 

• Inspirational Yoga Themes
• Magical meditations
• Yoga Games
• Original Yoga Child music and songs
• Asana Stories
• Yoga Journaling and thematically significant crafts
• Off the mat lessons in mindfulness

The Yoga Child training curriculum was developed by Gail Silver, the award winning author of the Anh’s Anger Children books and Mindful Bea and The Worry Tree . A special bonus of the Yoga Child curriculum includes lessons and tips for integrating the teachings of these books into your yoga and mindfulness classes .

REQUIRED FOR PURCHASE IN ON-LINE TRAININGS

• The Yoga Child Teacher Training Companion Manual. This available in hard copy only for $39.99. A link for purchase will be be emailed to participants two weeks before the training start date. Please order it upon receipt to ensure you receive it before training begins.
• A Peaceful Place Inside, Yoga Child’s Original Instructional playlist of music and meditations (Spotify, I Tunes) $9.99
• Anh's Anger, by Gail Silver

RECOMMENDED FOR PURCHASE IN ON-LINE TRAININGS.

WE WILL MAKE REFERENCE TO THESE THROUGHOUT THE TRAINING AND THEY WILL BE USEFUL TO INTEGRATE INTO YOUR LESSON PLANS, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR ON-LINE TRAININGS .

• Steps and Stones, by Gail Silver
• Peace, Bugs and Understanding, by Gail Silver
• Charlotte and The Quiet Place, By Deborah Sosin
• A Pebble for your Pocket, by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Spinning Inward, by Maureen Murdock

YOGA ALLIANCE REGISTRATION

Yoga Child is a registered Yoga School (RCYS) and our level I training is approved by The Yoga Alliance. All hours in this training can be applied toward receiveing your RCYT or for CEU hours.

Get more information on our Level I training here: 

Scholarship Opportunities: Due to the reduced rate of this training and the nature of the registration platform, Yoga Child is not offering traditional scholarship opportunites for this on-line training. If you would like to enroll in this training and are unable to due to financial hardship as a result of systemic injustice that has plagued minority communities, please email us directly at info@yogachild.net so we can discuss possible options and opportunities that can enable you to participate.