From an early age children are encountering confronting circumstances. Yoga is a fun & creative way to provide creative expression & instill developmental & life skills.

This course will provide a platform for you to learn how to teach yoga to children 5-11 years old, in a creative, open & imaginative manner. We will look at ways to design a Yoga ‘adventure’ class as well as areas of development & understanding. Integrative yoga adventures promote imagination, expression and physicality. Combined with relaxation and games, you will be able to encourage a mind/body connection from an early age. Whilst simultaneously providing a fun and non competitive form of physical exercise.

Teaching Yoga to children provides an integrative and creative approach to learning. Giving you a tool to impart learning as well as fun!

Devananda is a 500hr YA Yoga teacher as well as body work practitioner. She proudly teaches classes, & facilitates on courses & Teacher trainings with Ashram Yoga. She designed & implemented the first Yoga Teacher Training for Early Education Development at the University of Auckland.

Her journey into teaching Yoga began with children and she has run classes, taught to school curriculums, and worked privately with various learning challenged children to bring Yoga into their lives and homes. PLAY (Physically, Learning, Active, Yoga) is the program that she has developed to teach children (and teachers!) how to enjoy Yoga.

This course will be run over an entire weekend and is designed for Yoga Teachers (Yoga Alliance accredit able hours). If you have a firm foundation in Yoga postures and would like to teach children please contact Devananda directly for consideration.

Instructor:……….Devananda (Danielle Gleitman)

Date:……………..Sat/Sun 5/6 May 2012

Time:…………….TBA

Cost:……………..TBA

Registration:…….Online. Bookings essential.