Liberation Youth Yoga Teacher Training
If you work with kids & are authentically interested in living a joyful life (and who isn't?), you need this training. You will learn:
WHY yoga should be taught to ALL children.
HOW to teach yoga to children.
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Our 95-hour Yoga Alliance Approved Training Program is divided into three separate modules which can be applied towards Yoga Alliance Continuing Education credits OR complete all three modules to be eligible for your RCYT credential.
Into: Foundations Module 30/36 hours
Through: Apprenticeship 59 hours
Beyond: 30 hours as required by the Yoga Alliance
This is a fairly rigorous course in that you will be asked to think and respond to some deep issues regarding our world today.
Topics Covered
General Background in the Specialty Area: 12 Hours - Includes the study of childhood developmental stages and how the issues of each stage impact what is appropriate for teaching them. Also includes the understanding of the yoga teacher’s relationships with parents/guardians and developmental specialists and basic communication skills for conducting those relationships.
Techniques, Training and Practice: 20 Hours - Child focused asanas, asana-based movement, yoga-based games and activities, breathing techniques and chanting.
Teaching Methodology: 15 Hours - Includes classroom methodology, classroom management, and lesson planning. Includes incorporating Cultural Appreciation into each lesson, respecting and honoring yoga’s origins, India.
Anatomy and Physiology: 10 Hours - Includes human physical anatomy and physiology and energy anatomy and physiology.
Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teachers: 12 Hours - Awareness of ethical behavior and state and local legal requirements as related children. Specific training in parameters and techniques of ethical touch with regard to teaching children. Basics of ethical language and behavior, both when parents or guardians are present and when they are not.
Practicum: 18 Hours - Hours are spent observing and teaching a children's yoga class.
Elective Hours: 8 Hours - Book Club
Total Hours: 95 Hours