TEACHING YOGA & MEDITATION TO CHILDREN

Ages 2 ½ - 12

LEVEL ONE

November 5, 2:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Novmeber 6, 10:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Discover ways to incorporate yoga into a child’s day-to-day activities. These techniques can be applied in the classroom, gymnasium, activity room, yoga studio, dance studio, community centre and daycare.

In this 14-hour workshop designed for adults, you will learn:

• How to structure a children’s yoga class to engage the participants mentally and physically
• Ways to build a yoga vocabulary and apply it creatively
• Breathing techniques
• Meditations, mantras, visualizations and songs

• Strategies to adapt the exercises for children with special needs
• How to work with children safely

This professional development workshop is for Yoga and Dance Instructors, Classroom Teachers, Phys. Ed. Teachers, Drama, Dance & Music Teachers, E.C.E. Specialists and Movement Therapists.

All participants will receive a DVD of rhymes, songs and mantras, written support material and a professional development certificate on completion of the course.

Registration Fee: $340.00. A non-refundable $75.00 deposit is required to reserve a space. Make cheque payable to Sherry LeBlanc. Full fee by PAY PAL.

Location: Pegasus Dance Studios, 361 Glebeholme Blvd (Coxwell & Danforth).

Contact: sherry@yoga4kids.org, 416-532-5988.

Mailing Address: Yoga 4 Kids, 639 Dupont St., Suite 507, Toronto, ON. M6G 1Z4

A Yoga Alliance qualified certificate course.