In March 2004, Anne Van de Water presented the first
Yoganesha™
Teacher
Training for people who want to teach yoga to children. This certified
teacher’s training course is offered through the
Santa Barbara Yoga Center over the course of a 15-hour weekend.
Yoganesha’s™
next teacher training will be on
Oct. 15-17, 2012.
I'll
also be holding the 5th Annual
Yoganesha Summer
Yoga Camp this year at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center. Here are the
details:
June 23-27, 2008
Ages 5-8: 12:30-1:30 pm
Ages 9-12: 1:30-2:30 pm
Price: $60
For more information, please contact Anne Van de Water at
anne@yoganesha.com.
The
Yoganesha™ teacher training
course covers:
Day One
- why yoga for children?
- goals in teaching yoga to children
- benefits of yoga for children
- effects of yoga on children physically, mentally, emotionally, socially
Day Two
Creating classes:
* quiet time / meditation
* preliminary group check in / sharing
* education / life lesson / class theme
* yoga poses / asana
* games / yoga play / partner work / creativity
* rest time and inner imagination
* closing group check in / sharing
* homework: applying class theme to real life
Creating age and grade level specific classes:
* age 2-4 / pre-school
* age 5-8 / grades K-3
* age 8-11 / grades 4 & 5
* age 12-14 / grades 6-8
* age 15-18 / grades 9-12
Day Three
- small groups create age specific class themes and practice teaching
to the whole group
- settings for teaching yoga to children
- creating program proposals
- ideas about funding for and/or volunteer teaching
