Teen Yoga Teacher Training (Online)

Course Structure

There are 5 modules delivered over a 10 week period. During this period the student will need to dedicate between 7-10 hours per week to the course. In addition to a wide variety of course content and activities in which you work on different aspects of the subject area with your peers, there are regular webinars and conference calls. Each module has a webinar with Charlotta Martinus and a group online session, as well as an individual session with your tutor.

You will receive links to each module’s video lectures and supporting materials every other Wednesday, and can listen to those lectures whenever and as often as you wish. Students will have two weeks to complete the requirements for each module before being able to move on to the next module as a way to ensure that the whole group begins and ends the training at the same time. You will have access to the course for 1 year from the day it concludes.

Your Commitment

Effective participation in the course requires a minimum dedication of 7 hours a week, and for some up to 10. There are five modules on the course (plus a short introductory module). Each module lasts two weeks. You should expect to dedicate an average of about one hour a day, and you choose when you wish to do this. However, we recommend that you try to keep a regular rhythm rather than trying to do it all on one day. You will also have a group task to do in each module where you may wish to have meetings with your group, or choose to communicate via messaging.

The course is quite intense in order to give you the grounding you need to teach adolescents yoga effectively. The dedication involves, in each module:

• A theory section which involves a range of detailed content and reflection, with a variety of videos and presentations for you to follow, as well as an example class
• Assignments, which involve one activity to be done in collaboration with others and one individual activity.
• Reflection activities where you consolidate and explore what you are learning, on your own and with peers in the class forum space
• Webinar with Charlotta Martinus, (1.5 hours) the opportunity to ask questions and go further into the subject
• Group online session (1.5 hours) where you share the work you have done in your assignments with the group and comment
• Individual tutorials, (30 mins – time arranged with tutor to suit both) where you comment on your progress and discuss any issues that may have arisen in the module

All the above activities can be done in your own time. There are also activities that take place in specific time slots, that are appropriate for your time zone. These are:

N.B. ALL Monday Group Sessions and Tuesday Webinars are at the following times:

AM: 11pm PT/2am ET/2am ON/8am BST or GMT UK/9am SA/3pm WA/7pm NSW/8pm NZ

PM: 9am PT/midday ET/midday ON/6pm BST or GMT UK/7pm SA/1am WA/5am NSW/6am NZ

Orientation begins from Friday 2nd Feb (obligatory but at your own pace).

Orientation webinar TUE 6 FEB – obligatory.

M1 Group Presentation – obligatory. MON 19 FEB.

M1 Group Webinar – obligatory. TUE 20 FEB.

M2 Group Presentation – obligatory. MON 4 MAR.

M2 Group Webinar – obligatory. TUE 5 MAR.

M3 Group Presentation – obligatory. MON 18 MAR

M3 Group Webinar – obligatory. TUE 19 MAR

PLEASE NOTE: The clocks change in the UK on Sunday 31st March by an hour. The start time of the sessions will be the same but the UK time will change from BST to GMT – please calculate the new time based on your own time zone. (Due to Easter Holidays there will be a longer gap between modules 3 and 4.)

M4 Group Presentation – obligatory. MON 15 APR

M4 Group Webinar – obligatory. TUE 16 APR

M5 Group Presentation – obligatory. MON 29 APR

M5 Group Webinar – obligatory. END ON TUE 30 APR.

You will receive links to each module’s video lectures and supporting materials every other Wednesday.

The course is also based on the idea that all those who follow it have their own regular yoga practice. We recommend that during the course you adapt your own practice to support your reflection on how best to teach young people yoga. For this purpose we recommend sessions and guided meditations commonly used with young people that you can incorporate into your practice, to acquire first-hand experience of them.

What Will I Learn?

After completing the course, you will be ready to teach young people yoga. On completion of the course, if all evaluation criteria are met, you will be accredited and added to the closed online Facebook group, in which Charlotta and other experts mentor and support you in your onward journey. You will also receive the exclusive newsletter which shares new research and ideas on a regular basis.

Who is the Course for?

The course is directed towards parents, healthcare professionals, yoga teachers, school teachers, and anyone working with young people. We invite students from all countries to join us. A key prerequisite is that you have a solid regular yoga practice of your own. Please take a look at the prospectus for more detailed information. For queries around course content, course teaching or to enquire about a bursary, please email info@teenyoga.com or you can contact Ruby at Teen Yoga: ruby@teenyoga.com or call 0171 470 658.

FAQs

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Certification

You will receive a Teen Yoga certificate of completion following full participation in all aspects of the course including homework, self-study and webinar attendance.

Meet the Teacher

Charlotta Martinus is an award-winning visionary and the world leader in the field of yoga for young people. She was awarded the Master of Yoga title, the only woman in Europe, in 2019 by the International Yoga Alliance, after her best-selling book TeenYoga for Yoga Therapists was published in 2018. With over 35 years’ experience in working with young people as a therapist and teacher, Charlotta fuses her lived experience of healthcare, social work and education with her India-based yoga therapy knowledge. With a clinical license to work with vulnerable young people, she weaves various pedagogical frameworks, such as Steiner, Montessori and the Scandinavian model together with the specific psychotherapeutic approach necessary to effect change among young people.

She has created many bespoke frameworks that have been carefully researched, which forms the evidence base of her courses. In 2015, she was invited to craft an innovation programme for Sport England who funded a roll-out of the programme to young people who would not otherwise be exposed to yoga. In 2017, the University of Westminster, invited her to create a programme for a Muslim dominant school in North London, for their PSHE curriculum, which was then evaluated as a Doctorate in Health Psychology. In 2018, she was invited and funded by the European Union Erasmus programme to create a programme for 750 disadvantaged young people across 5 countries. The outcomes of this programme were evaluated in a carefully designed research programme which were published in various Psychology Literature. In 2020 London Youth, funded by the Tampon Tax Fund, reached out about a programme design for young BAME 10-13 year old girls, to empower them to become Mental Health Ambassadors. All of these programmes showed in quantative and qualitative research that yoga was an effective tool in decreasing anxiety and increasing wellbeing in all areas of life.

Moreover, she has spoken on several occasions at the House of Commons and House of Lords on the topic and latterly was asked to produce a Rationale for Yoga in Schools, to present to government, which is available on the website. This involved a complex financial calculation, to evaluate the social and financial benefit of yoga in schools.

Charlotta continues to advocate for yoga for young people in all areas and believes whole heartedly that this is a solid and effective intervention to bring our young people in to a state of flourishing and thriving. Charlotta continues to be mentored and supported by a distinguished group of yoga therapists and medical and educational specialists in the UK, USA and India.