Teenage Yoga Teacher Training Course 2018/19
Teenage teacher training is designed to prepare adults to teach fun and exciting yoga classes to teenagers.
It will incorporate dynamic sequences of traditional poses, partner poses and functional animal movements with slow relaxing poses and mindfulness practices. This course will also explore teen wellbeing as it relates to educational settings.
Teenagers face many challenges relating to stress and anxiety. They are often overlooked when it comes to teaching yoga, yet they are the ones who may benefit the most from a regular yoga practice There is, however, a greater emphasis being placed on their wellbeing both educationally and socially but it is still in its infancy. Yoga can be the perfect practice for teenagers.
This training course is designed to prepare adults to teach yoga to teenagers. Participants in this course will be introduced to fun, exciting and dynamic sequences incorporating yoga poses, partner yoga poses and functional animal movements. Mindfulness and relaxation techniques such as breath awareness, pranayama and body scan meditations will be explored in detail. Instruction will be given on how to conduct and control classes with confidence, integrating the latest neurological findings on the teenage brain with 10 years of teaching experience.
Principles of Teaching Yoga to Teenagers
- Benefits of Yoga for Teens
- Identifying with Teens
- Preparing for Teaching Teens
- Stages of Teenage Development
- Setting Expectations for Students
- Language and Dress Considerations
Practicalities of Teaching Yoga to Teenagers
- Differences Between Adults and Teenagers
- Neuroscience and The Teenage Brain- Implications
- Class and Space Management
- Challenging Behaviour
Sequencing Yoga Classes for Teenagers
- Beginning a Teenage Yoga Class
- Teen Approach to Asanas
- Animal Flow and Functional Movement
- Relaxation
- Guiding Body Scan Meditations
- Ending a Teenage Yoga Class
- Teaching Practice
Partner & Group Yoga
- Floor Supported Partner Poses
- Elevated Partner Poses
- Caution and Safety
- Group Poses
Breathing Techniques
- Breath Awareness
- Belly Breathing
- 3 Step Breathing Space
- Shape Breathing
- Eye Movements with breath
- Pranayama
Meditation Practices
- Seated Meditation
- Body Scan Meditation
- Breath Meditation
- Movement Meditation
Yoga Philosophy
- Incorporating Yoga Philosophy in Teenage Classes
- Yamas and Niyamas
This course is suitable for all yoga teachers who like to up-skill as well as those working with teenagers such as teachers, therapists, and parents with experience of a regular yoga practice.
Dates
Sat Sun Date: 01/09/2018 – 02/09/2018
Sat Sun Date: 06/10/2018 – 07/10/2018
Sat Sun Date: 17/11/2018 – 18/11/2018
Sat Sun Date: 05/01/2019 – 06/01/2019