Kids Yoga Teacher Training @ Breathing Room Yoga Center

The Full of Joy Yoga 20-hour teacher training for teaching kids yoga & mindfulness for ages 2-11 years is geared towards teachers, parents, caregivers, OT’s, PT’s, yogis, and everyone who loves working with children. This in-person training (with a zoom option) is interactive and comprehensive Lani shares using her heart-centered and research-based curriculum. Her goal is to teach you how to make yoga & mindfulness accessible, relatable & enjoyable for children of all abilities, races, genres, orientations, and backgrounds. This training incorporates music, stories, games & props in a fun and exciting way that will engage any child from toddler through 6th grade. We focus on kids’ complete physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being with a trauma-informed lens. You will receive a teaching manual, both of Lani’s kid’s yoga books & the Mindful Yoga Breaks Card Deck. Participants must have at least 1 year of yoga class experience.

WHAT WE WILL COVER

• • How to improvise when needed (with kids, it often is!)
  • How to develop your own classes that are fun, safe, effective, and engaging for kids ages 2-11 years (pre-K to 6th grade), either live or virtually.
  • Child development as it relates to 2 to 11-year-olds.
  • Background on mindfulness and using child-friendly terms to describe how it affects the brain.
  • How to create your own mindfulness breaks using the Mindful Yoga Breaks® 6 tools.
  • How to develop trauma-sensitive class management techniques that support a loving, non-competitive environment.
  • How to teach with confidence.
  • Observe and assist a real kids yoga class, either live or virtually.
  • Opportunities to be part of the FOJY Peaceful Warrior Program and the FOJY Brave Warrior Mentoring Program.

  What’s Included