From April 16 – May 16 I’ve had three extraordinary weekends. It was a great escape from the ordinary. The three pictures below are from three Young Yoga Masters trainings held on three different weekends at three different studios. It was a powerful month with many sincere and wonderful people, the kind of people who really care about kids!
And I don’t want my adventure to end! I love seeing everyone come in a little quiet, wondering about this new experience. Soon we bring out the child in ourselves. Learning together, yoga-ing together, meditating together, working together, playing together and even a little dancing together. Soon everyone is smiling, new connections form, and friends have been made.
This training is specially designed to bring out the non-competitive aspects of yoga not only for kids but also for us as teachers.
Joe teaching Kids at Moksha Milton
Like this picture from the Kids Yoga Teacher Training Course at Moksha Yoga Milton. Joe, who’s teaching in this picture, did my training in 2009 and now he teaches two kids classes a week. These are kids whose parents are taking an adult class in the hot room at the same time. These classes are a real service for the parents, kids, and the studio. There are so many kids to teach!
Joe arranged for me to do this training at his studio. All the trainees joined his kids class and he taught a part from the curriculum. It was invaluable to see the kids having so much fun doing the yoga from the course.
Playing Kids Yoga Games in Teacher Training
The next weekend training was at the Lotus Yoga Centre in Toronto. In the above picture you can see everyone getting into the spirit of kids yoga, playing one of the kids yoga games. All the games in the course are co-operative – as in no one gets “out.” They are really fun but also develop focus, awareness, and health.
Class Picture from TULA Studio, Toronto
And finally a big shout out to all the folks from last weekend’s training at TULA Studio. It was a great mix of those from yoga backgrounds as well as those who already work with kids in other settings. In the Young Yoga Masters training we draw on the experience and knowledge of those attending. The last part of the training is how to create your own classes, and everyone sees how they can put their own stamp on their kids class.
The trainings were a big success and all three studios are interested in hosting the Young Yoga Masters Kids Yoga Teacher Training again.
For a Weekend Out of the Ordinary
Now, my goal is to continue with extraordinary adventures and bring the Young Yoga Masters training to new frontiers and I need your help. If you like reading the Young Yoga Masters blog, if you love yoga, and if you really care about kids, I want to come to your area for a weekend Kids Yoga Teacher Training.
Contact me to find out more information and also how you can take the training for free.
E-mail: [email protected] for more details.
Why settle for another regular weekend, when you can explore the fabulous world of Kids Yoga. You’ll be glad you did!
Aruna Kathy Humphrys
YoungYogaMasters.com
P.S. Thanks to everyone who entered to win the kids yoga book: Once Upon a Pose by Donna Freeman. The random winner of the book is
Hello Aruna,
Congratulations to my favorite kids yoga teacher!!!! I see your Teacher Training has really taken off. When is your Superhero Yoga for Boys book coming out? I was talking about it to someone the other day.
Take care,
Hugs,
Ganga
Hi Ganga, Thanks for asking – the Superhero Yoga for Boys is coming! Just finishing off the final touches so be ready for the big launch soon.
Thank you for all of your posts, comments and information in general. I have really been enjoying your blog for a while now and just wanted to say thank you! Many Blessings, Laura
Laura – thanks for taking a moment to write a comment. It’s great to know others are enjoying the blog and into kids yoga.
Wow – you’ve been busy! It’s so wonderful to hear what other kids yoga instructors are up to. I love that these valuable and healthy lessons are reaching kids all over the place. Kudos to you and your trainees!
Hey Aruna;
Nice to see Joe in the pics above. His new studio sounds amazing. Right now my weekends are kind of out of the ordinary — I am moving!! Selling my home. So, a lot of decluttering is going on here! Phew!
Peace. Namaste.
All the best with your move Sarah! Moving gives many not so ordinary weekends. Congratulations on your new home.
dear aruna,
thankyou so much for such an inspiring weekend of young yoga masters teacher training at the tula studio. your enthusiasm and confidence spread joy. meeting all the other participants was fun. thanks again!
kim