Course Content:
- What makes yoga for kids special? The benefits of yoga for kids
- Principles of teaching yoga for children
- Building fun, engaging, and age-appropriate Kids Yoga classes
- Child development and anatomy as it relates to yoga for kids
- Yoga for children with special needs
- Over 350 Kids Yoga poses, with accompanying songs, sound effects, movements, and interesting facts about the human body and different animals
- Breathing and Meditation Games
- Relaxation and Guided Imagery; Basic Thai Massage
- Partner and Group Yoga poses and games
- Flying Yoga, Basic Partner Acrobatics, and Human Pyramids
- Teaching Family Yoga (parents and kids practicing together)
- Enriching each class with magical themes, music, props, Kids Yoga Cards, Mandala painting, costumes, art, and lots of imagination!
- Creating focus and attentiveness in the classroom and handling challenging behavior. Finding a balance between the need for rules and boundaries and the need for freedom and creativity. How to speak with and listen to kids.
- How to use your own special talents and ideas to create amazing classes, and how to connect with your inner child
- Enlightened business, how to build Kids Yoga groups and keep them, and how to succeed as a teacher in different settings (studios, public and private schools and kindergartens, community centers, etc.)
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