Join children’s yoga specialist, Christyn Schroeder {KidPowerment founder and director}, for an immersive online course with participants from around the world. Learn the basics of creating dynamic, multidimensional yoga classes that reach and challenge children of all learning styles and age levels. This course is a wonderful foundation to build your Children’s Yoga journey upon, or to re-inspire your current work with children.
What you can expect to learn
Steps to creating effective classes
Introduction to child development/anatomy
Effective classroom management skills
Meditation and Mindfulness Practices
How to enhance learning with storytelling, music, art projects, and more
Yoga poses and breath work for kids - the how and the why
Creating guided meditations to calm and inspire
Partner poses to grow confidence and community
Yoga Games to embody lessons taught
In addition, participants will get the chance to take part in a LIVE online Children’s Yoga Class to witness the tools in action. The course will be filled with a balance of active learning, group creation, and contemplative practices. We will play, laugh, and explore our way through each session, gaining the tools to help children navigate through our current world more ease-fully, and give them confidence to help create a better tomorrow!
Course Requirements
5 hours of Self Guided Learning - A series of professionally produced webinars that you can come back to again and again throughout the course and your teaching journey. Participants can learn from these on their own time, creating the flexibility needed when learning from home. Material will be addressed in group sessions to make sure that any questions are answered.
2 Saturday Immersions - We will meet for 5 hours for a combination of discussion, practice, breakout session work, and creation.
3 Weeknight Workshops - These 2.5 hours sessions will be a chance to dive deeper into subjects and specific age groups. Two options for times are offered for these, ensuring small group collaborative learning.
Logistics
Investment: $325 for Earlybird, $425 after May 10, 2021
Continuing Education Hours: This course qualifies through the Yoga Alliance for 22 continuing education hours
Certification: Participants will receive a certificate of completion upon attending all course meetings and completing all course work.
Dates
Thursday June 10 - 7pm - 9:30pm
Saturday June 12 - 8am - 1pm
Tuesday June 15 - 7pm - 9:30pm
Thursday June 17 - 7pm - 9:30pm
Saturday June 19 - 8am - 1pm