Do you love working with children? Do you love yoga? Join us in spreading the benefits of yoga to kids across the nation and become a Young Warriors trained kid yoga teacher!
Why Young Warriors?
Young Warriors provides, shares, and guides yoga for children. The yoga we teach is play-based movement intended to stretch children both on and off of the mat. We are also one of the most established children’s yoga programs in Colorado and have trained hundreds of people to successfully teach kid yoga.
Young Warriors provides, shares, and guides yoga for children. The yoga we teach is play-based movement intended to stretch children both on and off of the mat. We are also one of the most established children’s yoga programs in Colorado and have trained hundreds of people to successfully teach kid yoga.
Training is led by Certified Kid Yoga Instructors Samy Mattei & Danielle Barbeau-Cook and will include guest lectures from a few of our favorite experts.
Young Warriors Trainings include:
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- Philosophy and benefits of yoga for children
- General framework for designing engaging children’s yoga classes: sun salutations, themed poses, breath work, games and more!
- Classroom management techniques
- Overview of child development and instructions for designing developmentally appropriate classes for different ages: Tot/Pre-K, School-Aged,Tween and Family Yoga
- Inversions and partner work for children
- Mindfulness, meditation and stillness for children
- Overview of Adaptive Yoga and accommodating children with “special needs”
- Incorporating enrichment activities: music, rhythm, art and storytelling
- Business of children’s yoga discussion
- Practice teaching with feedback
- Receive a detailed manual filled with tips, tricks, and helpful resources
- Observe numerous children’s yoga classes to enhance learning and build practical skills from real-life experience
I entered the training with no expectations and was very impressed with the amount of knowledge shared in such a short period of time. – YW Graduate
Training Format
Friday, 5:30pm-8:30pm
Saturday, 8:30am – 5:30pm
Sunday, 8:30am – 5:30pm
Participants are also required to complete approximately five hours of class observations and homework outside of the training hours listed above.
Registration
Participants do not need any prior yoga certification or teaching experience. All you need is a love for children and a desire to help share the benefits of kids yoga with your community.
Our hOMe base is in Denver, Colorado at The River Power Vinyasa Yoga, where our 25 hour Young Warriors training is held at least twice per year. We also regularly hold trainings in Southern California and happily travel to teach.
Interested in hosting a Young Warriors Kid Yoga Teacher Training in your city? Please contact danielle@weseektheriver.com for details.
Danielle Barbeau Cook, YW Lead Trainer
Samy Mattei, YW Lead Trainer