Children's Yoga Teacher Training

TEACHER TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

Our Teacher Training is a comprehensive program addressing children's holistic wellness needs. Based in youth development principles and drawing from the Multiple Learning Styles work of Howard Gardner and the Child Centered Learning approach of Maria Montessori, Little Flower Yoga trains teachers to engage and encourage all students.

"I learned so much. This training will touch every class I ever teach again! I am completely inspired by your clear and beautiful vision of this work"

- Level One Training Participant

Three Training Levels (126 hours) plus Workshop for Teachers
Designed to meet and exceed new Yoga Alliance Standards for Children's Specialization
Small Class size (10-12) insures individual attention
Learn to teach children while also deepening your personal practice
Receive ongoing support as you build your career
Meet great people and join a vibrant community
Teaching Opportunities with Little Flower and partner organization Bent on Learning

Teaching yoga to children is unlike anything you are likely to have done before. Prepare to have all your expectations about what a yoga class looks like shattered. The children you teach, the children who teach you, will inspire you to new levels of creativity and compel you to let go of preconceptions and relinquish a great degree of control. They will challenge your patience, your dedication and maybe even shake your confidence, but they will also inspire deep joy and satisfaction.

There is nothing quite like helping a child master a difficult balance and knowing that her confidence and self-esteem have been strengthened along with her legs, or watching a group of students dissolve into giggles as they make up their own yoga poses, or seeing the shift that occurs on a child's face when he finally release into truly nurturing relaxation (maybe for the first time ever). If you are interested in teaching children yoga, incorporating yoga into your lesson plans at school, or making yoga a part of your life with your own children, come join us for information, inspiration and fun.

Courses include Little Flower Teacher Training Levels One through Three, designed for those with prior yoga experience, and the Little Flower Teacher’s Workshop, designed for classroom teachers looking to incorporate yoga into the school day (no yoga experience is necessary).

TUITION:

Training Levels One - Three:

$695 each level

$100 (each) register with a friend discount
$50 discount for public school teachers

Register for Full Three Level Certification August 22 - September 28:

$1750

$1600 early bird price - register for all three trainings before July 1, 2008

50% deposit required to hold your place in training. Balance due August 1, 2008.

School Teacher's Workshop:

Pricing based on workshop length, location and content.

Contact jennifer@littlefloweryoga.com for a quote.

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Level One Training: focus is on school-age children in grades K – 5

24 Contact Hours: Training
10 Non-Contact Hours: Reading, Journaling

Stages of Development: (ages 5 – 10)

Physical
Mental / Intellectual
Emotional
Social

Child Appropriate: Asana (Poses), Pranayama (Breathwork), and Meditation

Basic Anatomy and Physiology

Introduction to Multiple Learning Styles

Creating Lessons that address Multiple Learning Styles

Incorporating literacy, math, science and other academic skills with yoga class

Using Song and Storytelling in Children’s Yoga

Yoga Games, Group and Partner Yoga, Working with Props

The Ethics of Teaching Yoga to Children

Practical Considerations (space, equipment, insurance, release forms, etc)

Level Two Training: more in-depth K – 5 information, introduction to pre-school and middle school age groups

24 Contact Hours: Training
2 Contact Hours: Observing Classes
4 Contact Hours: Student Teaching/Assisting
12 Non-Contact Hours: Independent Teaching (4 hours), Reading, Journaling

Stages of Development (ages 2 – 5, 11 – 13, review of 5 – 10)

Anatomy and Physiology

Developing Focus and Teaching Meditation

Communication Skills for Working With Children

Teaching the Yamas and Niyamas to Children

Classroom Management, Dealing with Challenges

Getting Creative (Yoga Art, Stories, Visualizations, Journaling)

More Yoga Games

More Asana (Poses)

Incorporating Nutrition and other Wellness information

Practice and Feedback Session

Level Three Training: includes information on working with teens, and students with special needs

20 Contact Hours: Training
4 Contact Hours: Observing Classes
6 Contact Hours: Student Teaching/Assisting
8 Non-Contact Hours: Independent Teaching
12 Non-Contact Hours: Reading, Journaling, Final Paper

Development through the teen years

Building teamwork and leadership skills through yoga

Teaching from your practice

Yoga for children with special needs, including ADD/ADHD, Asthma, Obesity, Sensory Integration Disorders, etc.

Working with Parents

Practice and Feedback Session

Workshop For School Teachers:

This half or full day workshop introduces teachers to the wide variety of yoga poses, breathing techniques, visualizations, and games that can easily be used in the classroom during the school day. Topic covered are tailored to the requests of the school, and may include:

What is yoga and why is it good for children?

Yoga Poses for the classroom (no special equipment needed)

Yoga breathing techniques

Visualization/Meditation

Yoga and Storytelling

Yoga Games

Yoga as a Tool

Before a test
To get more energy
To release energy
To calm down
To wake up the brain
To sooth anxiety
Before a performance
As a discipline alternative

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