Teen Yoga
Teacher Training Intensive
Teenagers today are more stressed than ever and sharing the practice of yoga can transform them and positively influence the rest of their lives. These are the years that they begin to explore who they are and dive into the deeper dimensions of the yoga practice.
This course will teach you how to guide students in a journey of self-exploration, giving students effective yogic tools to handle stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and other challenges facing teens. You'll learn how to help students develop compassion and self-confidence, so that ultimately they will be empowered to be agents of peace in the world.
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-The benefits of yoga for Teens
-Teen appropriate yoga poses, class themes, relaxation exercises, visualization and meditation techniques, including laughter meditation
-Games and activities that address teen issues such as self-esteem, body image, nutrition, stress, anger, forgiveness, relationships, addiction, and sexual health
-Creative ways to build confidence, trust, teamwork, focus, concentration, and a sense of peace from within
-Working with at-risk populations
-Helping teens overcome self-destructive behaviors and attitudes, replacing negative habits with healthy habits
-Helping teens identify negative thought patterns and replace negative self-talk with positive affirmations
-How to make yoga philosophy accessible to teens; including principles of yoga (Yamas, Niyamas, non-violence and karma yoga)
-The male/female dynamic in the yoga classroom and how to avoid pitfalls
-Breathing techniques to calm, energize, and balance the nervous system
-Yoga practice for insomnia
-Developing a yoga class that is fun, safe, effective and engaging
-Identifying teaching objectives
-Learning how to connect with teens and how to hold the space in the classroom
-Establishing the balance of discipline and order in the classroom with spontaneity and play
-Incorporating props, music, art, and poetry into teen classes
-Teaching with confidence and creativity, patience and acceptance, with an open-heart and an open mind
-Establishing appropriate teacher boundaries
-How to inspire teens to create goals and develop the courage and perseverance to follow their dreams
Learn to engage and inspire
this amazing age group!
Course Fee
$795
30 hour comprehensive course includes:
Teen Yoga Teaching Certification
KKY Comprehensive Course Manual
An opportunity to observe our Teen Yoga classes
30 CEU's (Continuing Education Units)
Access to teaching support and mentorship opportunities
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Winter 2025
This course can be physically intense and requires participation at all times (to your level of physical ability). It is required to have a basic working knowledge and understanding of yoga, and preferred that you practice yoga regularly.
What Trainees Have Said…
"I really loved this course! It covered so much more than I had expected and made me realize that you can use a yoga class to teach a lot more than just asanas."I loved how well this course was structured and how thorough the manual is. This course exceeded my expectations and I feel very grateful for the time that Shari spent sharing her knowledge and joy for teaching teens.""I love the various types of meditations and feel much more comfortable teaching it to teens now. All of the material was very age-appropriate."I cannot express enough how thorough this training was. I came into this thinking that reaching out to teenagers to teach them yoga would be the scariest thing ever, and now I feel like I have the tools and resources to be successful at it! Thank you!"
"Your Teen Yoga Teacher
Training was the highlight
of my year!"
"This is a wonderful training - so fun yet chock full of information. Anyone who works with teens in any capacity, would like to serve this population, or even just does yoga and has a teen at home, might enjoy. The Karma Kids program itself is transforming many adolescents who really do need these practices and benefit SO much from them as I can attest to from my work with the Lineage Project, in juvenile detention centers, and from seeing the teens at IYI, a few of them whom took my lunch class recently. They were so into it!"
"It was wonderfully well organized, thoughtful, clear, interesting, useful and efficient. It was full of heart, soul, knowledge and practical instruction. Your joy of sharing these skills was contagious. I'm so impressed."
"I can't express in words how this teacher training weekend has changed my life in such a positive way."