The Level One Heartfulness Kids Yoga Course is a hybrid 25-hour online course. In this course you will explore and experience how to approach and teach yoga for children from the age of five to eighteen from a Heartfulness perspective. Participants will be planning and teaching flows for all three age groups covered.
Hybrid course: online live and pre-recorded classes
How much time do I need to set aside?
Live classes: 2.5 hours per week on chosen Wednesdays and Saturdays (see schedule below).
Pre-recorded videos: class content and asana practice require up to 90 min/week - at your convenience, to complete prior to the following Saturday Live session.
Assignments: Approximately two hours to prepare a kids yoga class in small groups. Participants will prepare one yoga flow for each age group, a total of three times during the course.
Eligibility: Completion of Heartfulness Teacher Training Course 200 hours (TTC 200).
Fees: INR 8000
For more info:
Email : [email protected]
Phone: +91 6307882060
Why choose Heartfulness
Kid's Yoga Course?
Heartfulness Kids Yoga is not just about Asanas but includes all aspects of Yoga and encompasses all the dimensions of the child. We follow the principles of ashtanga yoga of Patanjali, looking at the child in its community and experiencing the need for discipline, self discipline, and to live safely in a community. It starts on the mat! We learn to care about the other one while practicing in a group, understanding my space, my person and respecting the other one. Heartfulness adds another dimension to each class: the heart-space, where love, inner balance and contentment resides. This is a unique element of the practice of yoga for kids in Heartfulness, helping the young generation to lead their life through the heart, guided by the principles of the heart, transforming humanity.
Outcome
What benefits can be expected by the end of this course ?
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Gain a solid understanding of the fundamentals of teaching yoga to kids of all ages.
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Build confidence in incorporating Heartfulness elements into kids' yoga classes
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Understand the developmental stages of children across various age groups.
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Learn to design kids' yoga classes that align with these developmental stages
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Recognize the differences in design, approach & attitude between adult & kids' yoga.
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Gain access to the opportunity of enrolling in the Level 2 course, where we will dive deeper into neurophysiology, brain development, and explore how to integrate a yogic lifestyle and additional aspects of yoga into kids' yoga classes.
Certification
Certificate of completion from the Heartfulness Yoga Academy
To complete the course, students are required to attend 80% of the online sessions with camera on, complete assignments and preparation on time, teach during the class, and implement the feedback shared. A practical experience of teaching an in person Heartfulness Kids Yoga class is required for course completion. Participants need to record and share a teaching of Heartfulness Kids Yoga class with a minimum of 5 students.
Faculty
Meet your trainers
Kids Yoga Teacher
Leah Rich
Leah loves being with children and has worked with children most of her adult life. Her professional background is in curriculum development and teaching and she has over 15 years of teaching experience in international schools in China, India and schools in the US.
She has worked with children of all ages, from two to eighteen. Drawing from her own childhood where she was a competitive swimmer and triathlete, she most enjoys connecting with children through movement. Her journey of yoga began with meditation in 2003 and Heartfulness meditation in 2004. Currently she is a lead facilitator for Heartfulness Kids Yoga courses, and teaches Kids Yoga and Kids Swimming classes at Kanha Shantivanam, Hyderabad, India.
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Director Heartfulness Yoga Academy
Dr. Veronique Nicolai
Véronique Nicolaï is a French Pediatrician (MD), meditation trainer and Yoga instructor (E-RYT500 – RYPT) settled in India with her family since 1999. She started her journey in Yoga with Heartfulness meditation in France as a medical student. Convinced that meditation is one of the simple lifestyle adjustments that can bring about significant change in the field of health, she currently drives Yoga events and courses for the Heartfulness Yoga Academy in Kanha Shanti Vanam, Hyderabad, India. She believes that adding yoga as part of the daily routine help children to grow into harmonious, confident and happy beings.
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Yoga Teacher
Soumya Baranwal
Soumya is a Yoga trainer with a passion for leading a balanced life, spiritually and materially. From early childhood she was highly influenced by Vedantic and moral stories. Great saints like Shri Ram Chandra, Kabir and Vivekananda framed her life through their teachings. She started Yoga meditation, aided with transmission, at the age of 17.
She has been a yoga trainer (RYT500) with an inclination to use Yoga for prevention, patients and prenatal yoga. She also teaches Yoga for school children and loves spending time with kids.
She has more than 6 years of experience as a Yoga trainer and she loves learning and sharing her learnings.
She enjoys dancing, nature walk, art & craft and meditation.
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FAQ
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What happens if I can't finish the course? Can I get a refund?
As a policy, once fees have been paid, we do not offer a refund. If you’re unable to complete the course, you can enroll in the following one. If you start the course and are unable to complete it, you can join the next course and complete it then.
Testimonials
Feel confident & professional
I conducted yoga for kids but somewhere deep within was not very confident as I was not aware of the intricacies. Attending the heartfulness kids yoga training has brought so much of clarity and confidence in me. The sessions were highly interactive and each one of the participants got opportunities to prepare and teach first to the group of participants then to kids. We are now able to conduct yoga for kids more professionally and confidently.
For the passionate!
Anyone passionate about yoga and passionate about kids, the Kids level 1 HFN yoga course is just 'what the Dr ordered!' I really liked the inclusivity of the in-course assessment format - the trainer after his/her demo is asked to assess herself/himself, she/he is then assessed by the other trainees and the third assessment by all the course faculty; this creates an atmosphere of oneness and togetherness.