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Radiant Child Yoga Program

A certificate training course for teachers, parents, therapists & those who would like to give CHILDREN the GIFT of YOGA.

GOVINDA VALLEY RETREAT CENTRE

11 - 13 July 2008

Children’s Yoga Teacher Training Program Itinerary

• Guidelines for teaching yoga to children from toddlers to teens

• Overview of children’s yoga: benefits for children, parents and teachers

• Yoga postures, stories, songs, games & activities to share with children

• Yoga for SPD, Autism and ADHD

• Healing and therapeutic yoga for children

• Teaching partner and group yoga

• Sharing relaxation, meditation and quiet time with children

• Incorporating yoga activities and exercises in everyday learning

• Working with class management and discipline

• Adapting children’s yoga for schools

• Ideas for keeping children focused, engaged and interested

• Structuring and marketing children’s yoga classes

• Keeping ourselves focused and aware while working with children

• Sharing and networking with others in the class

• Participate in sample classes for children aged 3 - 6,
  4 - 8 and 8 - 12

About the Course

The Radiant Child Yoga Program includes a comprehensive teacher training handbook, Fly Like a Butterfly: Yoga for Children book and Children’s Yoga Songs and Meditation CD by Shakta Kaur Khalsa. The course qualifies as credit hours for RYT certification through Yoga Alliance. A certificate is given upon completion and opportunity to be listed on www.childrensyoga.com.

About the facilitator

Siri Mukta is passionate about working with children and families. The birth of her first child highlighted the need for spiritual and nurturing activities for children. She chose to combine her own love of yoga with teaching yoga to children and adults. Siri Mukta is the founder of Yogibee, a company dedicated to helping adults and children be yogic in everyday life. She has been teaching and advocating yoga for children since 2002.

Siri Mukta is a qualified Communications Practitioner, Radiant Child Yoga Program Teacher Trainer, a Kundalini Yoga instructor (KYTANZ member) and a RCYP children’s yoga teacher (Level 1-3). She has also completed Yoga for the Special Child Level 1 training with Sonia Sumar.

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GOVINDA VALLEY RETREAT CENTRE

11 - 13 July 2008

Registration:    Friday, 11 July 2008  - 6:00pm

Tuition Hours:  Saturday, 12 July 2008 - 9am - 4pm

                             Sunday, 13 July 2008:  -  9am - 4pm

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“I really enjoyed the training, it was very informative and a nice balance between practical and theory so we didn’t lose concentration. Great to be able to go away from the weekend feeling confident to teach yoga to children and having such an in depth guide, book and CD to take home to refer to and further our own learning and teaching practice. Thankyou I feel very grateful and had lots of fun!” –  Kylie, Melbourne

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