Sharing Knowledge
Teaching Yoga to Children
with Jo ManuelLondon
Learn how to adapt traditional postures, breathing techniques, relaxation and visualisations for children; yoga songs, chants and yoga oriented games; and how to give children a basic understanding of yoga philosophy. We will also cover children’s mental, emotional and anatomical development, the safety aspects of teaching children, behaviour management and the whole range of challenges and joys of teaching yoga to children. We will look at how to set up children’s yoga classes and teach in schools and will provide you with a tool box of class structures and techniques to help give children flexibility, strength, emotional stability, self esteem and an overall sense of wellbeing through their yoga practice.
You will be required to do some homework after each weekend and your teaching will be assessed for certification. All graduates are obliged to be police checked (CRB check) and to be fully insured before teaching children; this process will be covered during the course.
Jo’s understanding of how to teach yoga to children with all kinds of developmental challenges comes from her experience of offering yoga as a therapy to hundreds of children. Jo established The Special Yoga Centre in 2005 and, as well as hosting a range of adult and family yoga classes and courses, The Special Yoga Centre is the UK home of The Yoga for the Special Child programme, a programme that supports children with a wide range of conditions, including cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome, autism and epilepsy, ADD and ADHD and other physical and developmental difficulties. Read Jo Manuel's full biography.
Certification
You will receive a Yogacampus Teaching Yoga to Children certification on completion of all course requirements. If it is felt necessary, students may occasionally be asked to complete additional work to ensure their knowledge and teaching is of the standard required to qualify.
Are you eligible?
This course is aimed at yoga teachers and trainee teachers and those who have extensive experience with children (providing they also have strong and disciplined yoga practice and an understanding of the wider aspects of yoga).
Students on Yogacampus Teacher Training Diploma who attend all six days may count this as one of their approved intensives. However, as the course requires some teaching experience, it may not be taken either as a first intensive or within six months of starting on the Yogacampus Teacher Training Diploma.
How to book
Please download and complete the Application Form above and return it to the Yogacampus office.
For more information please email info@yogacampus.com or call +44 (0) 20 7042 9900
Dates, Costs and Venue
Dates
Friday to Sunday 24th, 25th and 26th September 2010
and
Friday to Sunday 15th, 16th and 17th October 2010
Date and time details
Attend all 6 days from 10.00am – 5.00pm
Cost
£525
Cost details
Please include payment details with your application form. You may pay by card or cheque; payment will only be processed once you are accepted onto the course. We accept payment by electronic transfer from international students, please note that a £7 bank transfer fee must in this case be added to the total course price. Payment must be received in full to secure your place.
The course fee includes a detailed manual. Whilst there are books and CD’s we highly recommend it is not a requirement that you purchase any. You will also be required to pay for a CRB check.
Venue
Other info
Maximum participants: 28
Total hours: 34
What our students say
I have learned how to be a much better teacher through Jo.
A Yogacampus student on Teaching Yoga to Children, July 2010