Kids Yoga Teacher Training

About Littlefeet Yoga® Kids Yoga Teacher Training – Level 1:

You love and practice yoga? You love being with children? You love playing? You want to connect creatively with children? Littlefeet Yoga Kids Yoga Teacher Training provides fun-filled, engaging, inspiring tools that will spark your creative imagination to provide meaningful yoga experiences for yourself and all the children in your lives. Littlefeet Yoga, a bilingual company based in the Ottawa region, invites you to an innovative and unique Kids Yoga Teacher Training.

Using yoga as a vehicle for meaningful movement experiences, Littlefeet Yoga develops and delivers unique educational movement programs in French and English designed to enhance and enrich children’s movement experiences through the principles of mindfulness play, creativity and cooperation which results in sustainable positive change: stronger, happier, healthier children, educators, families and communities. A proven model based on quality, integrity and learning transferability beyond the mat that creates a ripple effect beyond the mat.

This course is open to:

All those of you who are willing to explore your creativity and playfulness, ready to stretch your mind and body, prepared to laugh and connect with like-minded individuals, whether your intention is to incoporate yoga in your current work with children or simply to share the benefits with the children around you and within you, as a parent, educator, yoga teacher, therapist, doctor, student.

Benefits for all children

  • FUN
  • Increased creativity, curiosity, imagination, exploration, expression
  • Increased awareness of body in relation to self, others and environment
  • Increased confidence and self-esteem, posture, coordination, concentration
  • Better choice for healthy and active living
  • More effective management of emotions and stress
  • Empowerment
  • Feeling better in body, mind and with others.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

Come experience this fresh, practical, hands-on, interactive approach for tots to teens with a concentration on preschoolers and elementary children, gain confidence in creating and teaching with children, add novel ideas to your tool bag, be part of a network of like-minded individuals and for the simple pleasure of moving and playing!

We will take you on a journey through cooperative yoga games, dance and music/songs, animated poses and flows, creative breathing techniques and imaginative relaxation exercises, yogic philosophy, benefits for children, positive and proven LFY teaching practices and lesson planning, opportunities to share, practice, integrate!

What to Expect

  • Requirements for Certification: Prior to training, participants will receive a list of recommended reading material and questions for reflection. After the training weekend, participants will need to complete a take-home reflection and create 2 classes that will be taught in their community.
  • Littlefeet Yoga mats will be available for purchase at the training!
  • Upon completion, you will receive a training certificate of 16 contact hours, a comprehensive training manual, songs, mention of graduation on the Littlefeet Yoga  website .