Teaching Kids
Children who learn yoga at an early age have a healthy head start in life.
As a yoga instructor, knowing how to playfully adapt yoga to younger age groups can help improve children’s motor skills, concentration and self-confidence.
This training will also explore how regular yoga practice can help manage hyperactivity and stress in children.
The primary goal is to make yoga enjoyable and fun for kids.
As a participant in the Sivananda children’s yoga further training, you will be empowered to introduce playful exercises that engage children, such as stretching like a cat or roaring like a lion.
You will learn how to teach kids yoga in a fun way, covering aspects like strength, flexibility, correct breathing, concentration, and relaxation. This provides a valuable “toolbox” that children can carry with them throughout life.
You will explore simple and inventive yoga poses tailored to different age groups, and share ideas on how yoga can be incorporated into family life.
Additionally, you will learn how to introduce mantra chanting for early meditation practice and share spiritual stories to inspire young minds, creating a well-rounded, engaging yoga experience for children.
Completion of the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Course.
Graduates of other teacher trainings: please contact tyrol@sivananda.net (for courses in Austria) or orleans@sivananda.net (for courses in France) regarding eligibility.
In the training we show you theoretically, but above all practically and playfully, how you can adapt the yoga lessons to the group and the respective age of the children (small children to teenagers).
The following certificate courses are offered at the Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Austria and at the Ashram de Yoga Sivananda in Orleans, France.
On completion of the training course, you will receive a certificate of participation.
The individual workshops are 4 days (3 nights) in duration.
A full day begins with the first meditation session at 6 am, and ends after the second meditation at 9:30 pm. See the daily schedule below for details.
| Location | Nights | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Tyrol, Austria | 3 | from €337 |
The course instructors are senior teachers of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres.
Swami Vidyananda is co-director of the Sivananda Yoga Center Munich. She shares her long-term teaching-experience in the further training with patience and sensitivity.
Gayatri has many years of yoga practice and experience in teaching adults as well as children and teenagers.
Parvati is from England and has been part of the ashram team for several years. She teaches yoga and anatomy in the Sivananda Teachers’ Training Courses at the ashram, as well as yoga for children. She is a dynamic, precise and caring teacher.
| 6 am | Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture) |
| 8 am | Asana and pranayama class |
| 10 am | Vegetarian brunch |
| 10:45 am | One-hour karma yoga (selfless service) |
| Between 12 pm and 3 pm | Lecture or workshop |
| 4 pm | Yoga class or workshop |
| 6 pm | Vegetarian dinner |
| 6:45 pm | One-hour karma yoga (if not done in the morning) |
| 8 pm | Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture) |
This daily schedule is subject to change.
A meditation cushion for the morning and evening meditation sessions is recommended. A meditation shawl is also advantageous.
To practice the yoga poses you will need a non-slip yoga mat or wool mat. You will need a blanket to cover yourself at the end of the yoga class during the so-called final relaxation.
Pillows, shawls, blankets, mats and much more can be purchased in our online shop or in our boutique after arrival.
For your stay you should bring comfortable clothing, slippers, walking shoes, rain gear, torch (flashlight), bathing suit and towels. Eyeglass wearers should bring a hard case for safe storage during the yoga classes.
Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Tyrol, Austria
Accommodation and meals are in the non-smoking eco-hotel Hotel Pointner serving wholefood organic vegetarian cuisine.
All guest rooms have wooden floors and furniture, health mattresses, shower, toilet, hairdryer, telephone and radio. Most rooms have a balcony.
Ashram de Yoga Sivananda, Orléans, France
Accommodation at the ashram ranges from a tent space to a single room with private bath. Room and board are included in the course price.
