Rainbow Kids Yoga

This course was one of the most enjoyable learning experiences I've ever had.  It brought all types of people together not only to learn how to teach but bond with them.   I feel like I left not only with the confidence and information I have to teach, but some life long friends.  Thank you. 

Heather L.

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Dear Gopala, Katya and friends from the course,

I just want to say a huge thank you for creating such an amazing, life transforming course with such a warm, open hearted circle of people.  You are all amazing to me and I hope we stay in touch and co-create some magical experiences together for kids, families and communities.

Much love and light,

Anna xxx

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THANK YOU GOPALA!!  The Rainbow Kids Yoga Teacher Training was amazing 
and you are the best teacher ever!!  

My students are loving all the games, songs, and poses I learned from you!! I am so grateful!!

Linda

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Thank you both for giving of your precious time to encourage the joy and fullness of life!

I would have taken years to collect the myriad of wonderful ideas and information that I now have in precious possession!

Gopala – your kind, generous, patient, loving and laughing nature shone threw and inspired everyone, thus turning the meal into a feast!  You have managed to create a truly wonderful course – thank you very much!

If I can be of help to you in any way please let me know!

Carly

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I had a wonderful time in your yoga ttc this weekend! Thank you for sharing so much of your knowledge. I know I'll be a better mom & teacher because of it.

I wish you all the best & hope to cross paths with you again one day.

Much Love, Kelly

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Thank you so much for a fantastic experience!  The course was more than I anticipated and your energy, knowledge and enthusiasm was perfect throughout the 3 days of training.
 
Please stay in touch regarding future training, ideas and general happiness!
 
Blessings & Abundance!
 
Tim

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Gopala,

i didnt get a chance to sit down and personally thank you for such a wonderful workshop. 
You are such a special person and i am so thankful to have met you and learned from you. 
I was a little nervous about this new path i am taking in my life, but you took those nerves away. 
It was truly a pleasure to meet you and spend so many hours with you. 
Though i only spent little time with you, you are greatly missed! 
I cant wait to keep learning from you. Lots of love.

Abby

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Thank you again for such a wonderful experience!! I really feel blessed to have found you guys and to be apart of such a great mission to bring FUN to families and kids in such a healthy and productive way!!!

Tiya

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Wow It was an amazing experience!  I learned a lot, met wonderful people, and my daughter Donatella (10 years old) and I had a great time together bonding even more. 

For sure I will stay in touch and we hope Gopala keeps coming to Miami with more....  Once again, Thank You.

Carolina

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Just wanted to say thanks for an amazing weekend with Gopala in Phoenix. I learned more than I could ever imagine and can't wait to use the ideas in my classes this week!     

Stephanie P.

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Many thanks for the amazing and truly magical training in LA a few weeks ago.  Gopala, you are truly an inspiration.  I know you are shifting and changing lives for the better and inspiring others--me included--to do the same.  I wish you well in all of your upcoming trainings and in your life.  Thank you for the fun Halloween ideas! 

Just as an update--what has transpired since the training with you is I have been offered a job at a charter school as a kids yoga instructor.  As far as I know, this will be one of the first times yoga is being included as part of the curriculum at a school in Utah.  So thanks again for the inspiration!

Namaste,  Kim N.

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I highly recommend this training to anyone who has a love of having fun!  This weekend was full of laughter, love and learning... I am certainly walking away with a new found love of yoga and many new friends!  Thank you Gopala and Katya for a beautiful experience!  xoxo

Summer R., Elementary School Teacher

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Rainbow Kids Yoga has given me the confidence to share yoga with kids of all ages.  It was a weekend of play, exploration, learning and discovery for all and I think that anyone who interacts with kids will find this to be an enlightening and marvelous experience! 

I feel really confident that I can learn and grow with this material and I will share it! I'm so excited. 

So fabulous, the guide is amazing and I have so much trust and gratitude! Even if I thought I missed something I knew it would be in the manual so I didn't worry. 

Amy C., Circus Arts Teacher and Performer  

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Take this course to reawaken your inner child, brighten your imagination, go on adventures, build your self confidence and along the way make new friends, get new ideas and laugh yourself silly. 

Christina, Yoga Teacher & Artist

I came away from this totally amazing training with so much knowledge and sense of fun.  You really have to meet Gopala to truly understand how amazing this man child is.  If only every child was fortunate to meet and do yoga with him! The world would be a better place!

Gopala, you are an amazing being with a lot of knowledge and fantastic energy...no wonder chidlren LOVE YOU!

Melissah K., teacher

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I learned so many ways to get the kids excited by yoga and have fun!  Rainbow Kids Yoga reminds us what’s important in life—having fun!  I can’t wait to bring the joy of yoga to kids using all of the fun, creative tools we learned in this amazing course! WOO-HOO!

Dayle, Yoga teacher

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This training was amazing.  Gopala, you were so friendly and welcoming and you created a safe environment.  I learned a ton and will remember this course always! Thank you!

Lisa B.

Thank you for all of your professionalism, loving kindness and creativity.  The course far exceeded my expectations. 

If you are interested in yoga at all, Gopala is the one to go to.  His teaching is inspirational, creative and motivational.  After taking his course, my business blossomed within weeks and has been going strong.  His teaching is second to none.  I wholeheartedly recommend his course.

Valerie G., Martial Arts teacher

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Thank you so very much, I LOVED the training. It was so inspiring.  I am very grateful. 

Gloria A.

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I would recommend this class to anyone interested in yoga for kids.  Gopala has an amazing depth and breadth of knowldge.

Anson S., Performer 

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This course was filled with creative and fun ideas to reach children of all ages.  I would recommend this for people wishing to teach children or learn fun ways to play with those they know.  Gopala is amazing.

Nicol M.

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I really enjoyed the training and learned so much.  Thank you Gopala!

Iris

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A wonderful course and teacher that engages all the senses.  A fantastic experience.  Gopala’s knowledge and techniques give yoga an incredible new spin!

Caileigh M., Student

I wanted to thank you for a beautiful weekend of learning, loving and laughing.  You are a true inspiration.  Since I have been home, a full 48 hours, I have already secured four more schools and a summer camp.  Your enthusiasm is contagious. 

Valerie G., Karate and Yoga Teacher for Children

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I would recommend this course to anyone is trying to create positive change on this planet.  Teaching kids in this wonderful playful way will have a great impact on the society they out to.

Gopala, your energy and serenity has a peaceful effect on the group.  Thank you so much! 

Koushalya J., Documentary Filmmaker

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I would recommend that anyone interested in teaching movement to kids take this course.  Rainbow Kids Yoga teaches a vast array of techniques, games and activities that can be used with and adapted to any population of students.  Gopala is an inspiring and excellent teacher!

Eve S., Elementary School Teacher

The pace of the class was fun and challenging – the variety of techniques learned was incredible.  I would highly recommend this course, without reservation.  It was creative, playful, fun and highly informative.  I believe we will benefit the lives we touch with the knowledge and strategies learned in this class.  Gopala is a natural teacher!

Ellen P., Elementary School Social Worker

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I was looking for some new inspiration to use in my classroom and provide myself with the opportunity to make children/family yoga a career.  The new games are all very inventive and will be fantastic in my classroom.  This course was FUN! I learned so many wonderful ways to make yoga into games, learning tools, exercise, stretching, relaxation, but most of all, FUN for children.  I cannot wait to put my new ideas to work in my classroom.

Jennifer K., Preschool Teacher

Gopala you are a kid at heart and have a wealth of knowledge.  Thank you both so much.  Blessings,

Jen, Yoga Teacher

Amazing authenticity in passing on desire, and in having fun, playing while learning - more than just a training! :)

Marion P.

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My name is Yael, and I am a dance and movement teacher for over ten years.  I found the Kids Yoga Teacher Training Course to be professional, fascinating, enjoyable, enriching, and inspiring.  Gopala Amir is a charismatic and talented teacher, and during the course, he gives students not only a deep knowledge of teaching yoga for kids, but also a toolbox that can be used in an almost unlimited way by the course graduates.  Highly recommended!

Yael E., Dance and movement teacher

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Huge thanks for those three days, and this is truly from all my heart.  I have learned so much, and I don’t know even how to explain it.  Something new has come into my life.  You are amazing and so is Katya!  Thanks again, and many good wishes and lots of joy!

Ilana, Music teacher

The course for training yoga instructors at Yoga LeShalom studio is a unique and special course.  Besides being professional, it is given in a personal and pleasant family-like atmosphere.  It was a great experience. 

From my short acquaintance with Amir, I was happy to find that he is not just a teacher for yoga, but also a teacher for life.  He is a man who guides you to infinite curiosity, love, attentiveness, joy of life, giving, and self expression. Throughout the whole course I found myself being spellbound by those qualities and by the wide knowledge in many different fields (not only about kids and yoga postures).  I am trying to adopt and remember this positive attitude in my own life and of course in my work with children.  I highly recommend this course to all people who like to use imagination and the body, as work with kids and in life in general. 

Thank you from all my heart,

Nani H., Dance and movement teacher

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I have learned a lot during the Kids Yoga Teacher Training Course and the most important thing is that I connected with the child within me.  Thank you for giving me back the joy, the laughter, the motivation, and the self confidence.  Today I have the tools in order to share those wonderful things with other people.  I am sending you hugs,

Nurit Barneya Mitnik

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Through your experience and personality, Gopala, you have succeeded in connecting the two worlds which are most important to me: the world of kids, which I am busy with everyday, and the world of spirit and yoga.  I have received lots of tools, content, and knowledge to succeed as an instructor of yoga for kids.  Thank you from my whole heart to all of the new friends who participated in the course, and a huge thank you to Gopala, the most talented!

With love,

Marisa, Kindergarten Teacher

The Yoga for Kids Teacher Training Course at Yoga LeShalom was three days of fun!  Very informative and practical.  I enjoyed every moment!  And I’m sure that I will able to apply what I have learned.  I have received lots of tools to build an infinite number of varied class plans.  I have returned a bit to my childhood and felt how creativity and imagination have reawakened within me.  I warmly recommend the course to whoever loves kids and wants to work in the field.

Tal B., Yoga Teacher

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The Yoga for Kids Teacher Training Course taught by Amir Yaffe was refreshing and enriching.  I experienced the different realms of a second childhood!  The course awakens the spirit of inspiration and creativity and gives great passion to teach yoga to kids and youth.  Highly and warmly recommended to all those who love kids and yoga of all kinds.  I could really feel Amir’s warm guidance, and how he and Katya give from the heart.  And at the end of the three day course I came out with renewed energy and lots of love to pass on. 

Meytal Gabizon, Yoga Teacher

I want to share what I have experienced in the course with more and more people who work with kids, and tell them that the Yoga for Kids Teacher Training Course is an exceptional experience for people who work for kids, and for everyone.  Three days that connected me to fun and laughter and excitement.  It was just like a rollercoaster of funny and moving experiences.  And most importantly, during those three days, we were all were completely, completely like kids. 

I practiced yoga in the most fun way there is, and at the same time, I felt like a child, so much so that my creativity broke all bounds! In short, I highly recommend the course with a lot of love to anyone who wants to meet their inner child again.  And to you Gopala especially, thank you for the fun and unique way that you transmitted those three special days.

Maggie, Kindergarten teacher

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The most important part of this educational experience was reaching a place with so much energy and love.  The course was professional and enjoyable.   Gopala beautifully connected the spirit of yoga and the spirit of children, and connected us as teachers.  I went on an unforgettable journey, and now I feel qualified to go on this same journey with children.  In addition, the course attracts to it wonderful people who are so much fun to study with!

I have received such wide knowledge.  Thank you very much for everything!!

Sigal, Art teacher

I am happy to take advantage of this opportunity to thank you for the course.  I have no words to describe it, really only to praise you for it.  The infinite knowledge, the energy, the motivation to teach that you transmit so easily, and the wonderful atmosphere.

Tamar, Lawyer, Mom, and now Kids Yoga teacher!

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The Kids Yoga teacher training was a lot of fun and a great release.  After many years of practicing yoga, and a strong desire to start teaching, the yoga course gave me many tools and the confidence that I needed to start teaching.  Amir built the course from a deep thoughtfulness of all the necessary tools and knowledge that a teacher will need in order to begin teaching yoga to kids.  He shares his knowledge with great generosity.  His method of teaching is pleasant and full of warmth and empathy, as well as fun! 

Liat, Elementary school teacher

I was easily opened to this fascinating world of yoga, a place of fun and joy.  I am so happy to have had this experience and I am thankful to you for the infinite generosity and the infectious happiness.  There is no doubt that now I will also do a yoga teacher training course for adults.

Michal L., Naturopathic doctor

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I just want to thank you for an amazing weekend that gave me lots of tools and lots of joy.  You are just an inspiration for joy, creativity, and energy!  I am happy that I got to know you both and to enjoy the course, and I hope I will be able to continue and study more with you in the future.

Kisses, and again, thanks,

Tal K., Yoga teacher

I was exposed to yoga four years ago when my husband and I were searching for a joint activity that would interest both of us and will give us something more in our life.   Today, as my husband and I are preparing to travel abroad for a long period, I was looking for something that will enable me to have a livelihood anywhere in the world.  And will of course enrich my own world and make me happy.  Thanks to one of my yoga teachers, I found Yoga LeShalom and the Kids Yoga Teacher Training Course.  As a clinical criminologist, I work with a population which most of the time does not live a life which is based on the foundations of yoga.  I am happy that I’ll be able, through the practice, to bring those foundations into the lives of the young people I work with. 

The course itself gave me a wide base and a wholesome faith in myself that I will be able to realize my ambition to teach yoga for kids.  The course was short, but as promised, it was intensive and really gave me all that I expected.  Gopala was attentive to our needs throughout all of the magical hours that we spent together.  He improved and changed the practice and the content of the course while the course was going on so that we could better benefit from it. 

Like I said, you can just practice the poses, but the teacher transmits something that is beyond them.  Gopala and Katya, his wife, bring something different than the familiar. They pay special attention to the little details and are very attentive, and it seems that they are doing this out of great love for people, animals, and the whole universe.  Teachers in general, and teachers for kids specifically, need to be an example for their students.  In Yoga LeShalom, this principle is seen in everything, starting from recycling and ending with the pleasant, relaxed, and magical atmosphere that is felt in the studio.  I highly recommend the course.

Mary Joseph, Clinical Criminologist, and now teaching Yoga for Kids in Colorado!

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I highly recommend the course, I enjoyed it very much, and I have learned a lot!

Lilian, Kindergarten teacher

Massage Train, Houston, TX, May 2009 

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