Dedicated to making the tools of yoga and mindfulness available to all children and teens
BECOME A LITTLE FLOWER YOGA TEACHER
We have 31 incredible team members teaching kids, training adults, supporting operations, and more. Come get to know us.
Explore the benefits of embodied mindfulness practices and learn how they help build resilience, support learning and cultivate healthy communities.
Hear directly from students about what mindfulness and yoga mean to them in daily life.
Professional Development workshops for school staff + video resources for students, to help build yoga and mindfulness in-house culture and capacity.
We’re hiring! We’re looking for kids yoga and mindfulness teachers to teach live classes in NYC. Contact us at syp@littlefloweryoga.com to learn more.
Virtual programming available nationwide (livestreaming or recorded content). In-person programming in select locations.
Chair and mat-based yoga and mindfulness classes for youth ages 3-18 right in the classroom.
Support for the physical, social, emotional, and professional well-being of all school employees, teachers, paraprofessionals, clinicians, and administrators.
Hear directly from schools we’ve worked with to better understand how yoga and mindfulness can support your students, teachers, and larger community.
Explore our comprehensive teacher certification program, and learn to support and grow the inner resources of children 3-18.
Training is offered virtually and in-person.
Level One (Teaching Yoga and Mindfulness to Children), created in collaboration with Yoga International, can be taken as a stand alone workshop, or combined with our other courses for certification.
Certification includes our Core Curriculum consisting of Level 1, Level 2, Level 3; Three Online Courses (6 content hours each) addressing trauma, chair yoga, and neurodiversity; Two Integration + Implementation programs that include curriculum development and a mentorship matching you with a teacher for personalized feedback.
We offer a variety of ways to register and pay for programming. Sign up for courses one at a time, register for our bundled certification program and save over $500, or sign up for one of our flexible payment plans.
Our Level One Course is self-paced, and you can start whenever you are ready.
Level Two and Three are offered several times a year as live-streaming online courses, as well as in person.
We offer an annual week-long training in person at the Omega Institute, which includes L1-L3 courses.
Join us for a wide variety of ways to learn from home, gaining skills and insight to support your students, clients, and your own children. Many courses are eligible for CE hours.
We offer a library of self-paced course, ranging from 75 minutes to 6 hours, as well as a series of livestream workshops with incredible guest teachers.
Join us for a variety of live-streaming and in-person events including workshops, conference presentations, livestream Q&A sessions and more.
Tools to Help Families Raise Resilient Kids, including practice videos, books and card decks, workshops, and articles.
We all need ongoing coaching and support to integrate our learning, continuing growing as educators, and to chat with likeminded folks about the many challenging (and funny) scenarios that arise during teaching. The LFY Coaching and Community Group, open to our training graduates at any level, is designed to offer you tangible resources to support your career, on-going coaching, and a built in group of colleagues.
Easy to use resources for families, educators, clinicans and children + teens themselves.
Explore searchable content from our teaching and learning community, including activities and practices.
Dedicated to making the tools of yoga and mindfulness available to all children and teens
BECOME A LITTLE FLOWER YOGA TEACHER
Our mission is to help kids thrive in the world regardless of circumstances, and navigate the many challenges they face with a sense of personal power and self awareness.
Yoga offers a pathway towards mindfulness grounded in practice and accessible to all. It cultivates inner resources that maximize resilience, and support the healthy navigation of challenges.
We share yoga and mindfulness based practices that give children full access to the resources of their body, breath and mindset, and do so within the context of compassionate, respectful relationships. Programming and resources are available for students, educators, parents and allied professionals.
Learn to share yoga + mindfulness with children 3-18 years old in our trainings offered around the world, and online with partner Yoga International.
Learn MoreAccessible webinars and online courses on a wide variety of topics, include options ranging from 90 minute webinars to entire 20+ hour training courses.
Learn MoreWorkshops for school staff, chair or mat-based yoga + mindfulness classes for PK through HS (right in the classroom), and resources for the whole school community.
Learn MoreOur full Children’s Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher Training teacher is now available online!
We’ve partnered with Yoga International to offer an engaging, self-paced version of our Level 1 training. You can take this 20 hour course as a stand-alone opportunity to learn to share yoga and mindfulness with children, or use it as a starting point towards earning your certification (RCYT), which you can continue with us online or in-person around the world.
Our Level 2 and 3 courses are now available as interactive, live-streamed sessions. View upcoming dates here.
Jennifer Cohen Harper is a gentle and experienced guide into the artful practice and practical science of yoga for children. Little Flower Yoga offers a step-by-step map to help you make this body-centered mindfulness practice a regular part of your life with the kids you care for.
Dr. Daniel Siegel, author of The Whole Brain Child and Brainstorm
Kids not only carry the stress of their own lives, but also absorb the anxiety that comes from the adults closest to them. This program is a wonderful resource for parents and teachers to teach our kids the essential life skills they need to thrive in a world that grows more complicated by the day. I highly recommend Little Flower Yoga for anyone who wants to teach their child how to be happy, healthy and well balanced.
Tim Ryan, U.S. Congressman
Little Flower Yoga's School Yoga Project offers an accessible and exceedingly well-thought out approach that supports children and teachers in finding ease, strength, self-awareness and joy.
Elizabeth Slade, Public School Teacher
I love how accessible and practical this workbook is. The clean layout and valuable content make it a great resource for clinicians, educators, and parents. There is a great deal of science suggesting that the way we move our bodies impacts our emotions. This workbook will help kids move their bodies to build emotional regulation.
Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, LCSW, Co-Author Whole-Brain Child, No-Drama Discipline
It's a great resource for children as well as parents, teachers, and clinicians. It's a great resource for children as well as parents, teachers, and clinicians.
Rick Hanson, PhD, NYT's bestselling author of Buddha's Brain, Just One Thing and Hardwiring Happiness
The Yoga and Mindfulness Practices for Children Card Deck is a FABULOUS resource for children, their parents, teachers, coaches. Beautifully illustrated, the practices offered are simple to do yet powerful in their impact. With clear instructions for each practice, and sensible suggestions for organizing into lengthier programs, this teaching tool is a bona fide treasure.
Linda Graham, MFT, author of Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being
The presenters are impassioned individuals who have deep respect for children and their development and share their passion, tools and resources with grace, intelligence and humor. They created a safe space for us to learn, experiment, ask questions and make mistakes. They also facilitated time for us to reflect, collaborate and nurture ourselves. TOP NOTCH!!!
Laurie Mortrude, Teacher
Little Flower Yoga for Kids is a wonderful introduction to present-moment awareness and mindfulness through a grounded and playful yoga practice. It is an inspiring resource for children and their parents.
Sharon Salzberg, Author Real Happiness
I'm loving teaching yoga and mindfulness to my students. I still have so much to learn and practice but you've given me such a strong foundation. I'm incredibly grateful to you all!
Carone Weigel, Teacher
This has to be the best kids Yoga & Mindfulness training in the country. In taking other trainings, even at the college level, it doesn't compare to the efficacy in presenting that LFY shows, and the skill base you develop. Well thought out and thorough training. Superb online resources for further development. If you teach kids any form of social and emotional learning, you have to take this training.
Lou Redmond, Mindfulness Educator & Author, RYT
At LFY we teach embodied mindfulness practices with the express goal of building social and emotional learning competencies.
By orienting our students, with kindness and curiosity, towards their own inner experience, and the experiences of others, we lay the foundation for healthy and respectful relationships both internally and externally.
Teacher: Jennifer Cohen Harper
Learn to effectively support your students by becoming aware of trauma’s impact, cultivating safer teaching practices, and learning how to offer yoga and mindfulness activities in ways that maximize the capacity for healing.
Tuition: $179Teacher: Jennifer Cohen Harper
Join LFY founder Jennifer Cohen Harper for this self-paced online course that gives caregivers, educators, and others tools and insights to help kids feel more powerful and competent in the face of anxiety.
Tuition: $179Teacher: Allison Morgan
Join Occupational Therapist Allison Morgan and learn to lead engaging activities that respect each child’s individual cognitive, physical, emotional, social, and sensory capacity.
Tuition: $199Join our leadership team at the Omega Institute for a powerful week long training immersion. Combines Level One-Three of the LFY certification program for a deeply connected and empowering experience, rich with opportunities for self-inquiry and personal practice.
The work of LFY is supported by a powerful team of leaders and educators, with diverse backgrounds and experiences in education, mindfulness, yoga, the arts, psychology, communication and much more.
With 33 folks teaching kids, training adults, creating content, supporting operations, and more, we have the ability to reach children and adults with diverse backgrounds and needs, and in varied locations.
While our team’s power is rooted in our differences, and our ability to bring our heads and hearts together to create a sum greater than it’s parts, we all share a dedication to serving children, educators and families with compassion, respect and ultimately with love.
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