The Full of Joy Yoga Kids Yoga Teacher Training is geared towards teachers, parents, caregivers, OTs, PTs, yogis and anyone who loves working with children ages 2-11 years old. This comprehensive 20hr training is interactive and will help inspire you to bring out your inner yogini! It incorporates music, stories, games & props in a fun and exciting way that will engage any child from toddler through 6th grade. All trainings include a teaching manual, Lani’s kids yoga book & the Mindful Yoga Breaks Card Deck. Participants must have at least 1 year of yoga class experience.
WHAT WE WILL COVER
How to improvise when needed (with kids, it often is!)
How to develop your own classes that are fun, safe, effective, and engaging for kids ages 2-11 years (pre-K to sixth grade), either live or virtually.
Child development as it relates to 2 to 11-year-olds.
Background on mindfulness and using child-friendly terms to describe how it affects the brain.
How to create your own mindfulness moments using the Mindful Yoga Breaks® 6 tools.
How to develop different behavioral management techniques that support a loving, non-competitive environment.
How to teach with confidence.
Observe and assist a real kids yoga class, either live or virtually.
What’s next? Marketing your own kids’ classes.
Join the private FOJY FB group to share ideas with other FOJY graduates.
Opportunities to be part of the FOJY Peaceful Warrior Program and the FOJY Brave Warrior Mentoring Program.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Recognizing that children need balance and focus in their lives, Lani Rosen-Gallagher (M.Ed., RYT 200, RCYT) first incorporated yoga into her daily schedule while teaching first grade in Coney Island in Brooklyn. After getting certified with Next Generation Yoga in NYC, she founded Full of Joy Yoga in San Francisco in 2004. In 2007, she relocated to Connecticut, bringing her expertise to the East Coast. Lani teaches yoga to children in preschools, public schools, yoga studios, libraries and her favorite classes to teach are family yoga! Lani has also been certified with Next Generation Yoga in Kenya, the Radiant Child Yoga Program, Street Yoga, Circus Yoga, Baby Om & Mindful Schools.
Training others to teach yoga to children is one of Lani's passions with a main goal of getting yoga & mindfulness into every school! She’s been leading her Full of Joy Yoga Kids Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2006. Currently she is teaching her “Mindful Yoga Breaks” curriculum to teachers and students in the New Haven Public schools. She is also the creator of the Mindful Yoga Breaks Anchor Breath poster and card deck to go with her Mindful Yoga Breaks curriculum. Lani is always striving to improve the lives and futures of children, helping them laugh, love, and grow. You can find Lani at fullofjoyoga.com.
SCHEDULE
Saturday March 1st & Sunday March 2nd
9:00am-6:30pm (1 hour break each day)
WHAT'S INCLUDED
A comprehensive teaching manual
A certificate
INVESTMENT
BIPOC/military/teacher/student: $425
Early Bird (by 2/1/25): $475
Regular: $525
REGISTRATION & CANCELLATION POLICY
Please register and submit payment through Breathing Room. Please also fill out Lani's registration form. Contact info@breathingroomct.com with any questions.
Registration deadline is February 28th, 2025. Cancellations made before this date will receive a full refund onto your Momence account or 90% refund onto the original payment method (10% deducted for service fees). Late cancels after the registration deadline will receive 30% refund onto your Momence account. No refunds will be given once the training has started.