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This course prepares adults for how to teach teenagers yoga. Broken up into 9 sessions, Yoga 4 Teens Teacher Training Video Course is a 15 hour commitment using session outlines & proprietary material, streaming video discussions, and follow-up quizzes to get you certified and ready for teaching yoga to teenagers.
It is geared for adults who enjoy their yoga practice and want to reach teenager in a profound way, through yoga that is meaningful and fun for teenagers.
Accompanying Resources:Purchase of the course also includes the following products, streaming videos, logos, and ebooks, an additional value of $400: Yoga 4 Teens: An Instructor's Guide for Teaching Yoga to Teenagers, the leading resource worldwide for teaching teenagers yoga. Co-authored by Christy Brock Miele and Jennifer Lightsey, this book is a three part, 230-page spiral-bound book and a complete "how to teach" guide. Classroom management is discussed in details, categories of yoga poses are analyzed for their relevance and application to a teen audience, and sample classes are provided. The first four limbs of yoga (yama, niyama, asana, pranayama) are explored in detail for how they may be related to teenagers. Customers are 100% satisfied with this book. Some reviews include:
(Please note that customers who purchase this course outside the United States are asked to pay shipping charges. The book is not required however to take the course. ) Teaching Teenagers Yoga eBooks (Volumes 1,2, 3). The Teaching Teens Yoga ebooks offer general advice, reflections and teaching tips as they apply to the teen yoga classroom. Innovative teen yoga teachers are featured in interviews and articles which provide descriptions of their philosophies and classrooms. Collectively, the eBook series contains over 200 pages with more than 50 articles. Be inspired by the short articles and vignettes as well as highlights of over 20 teen yoga teachers. Yoga4Teens DVD. Instructional, informative, and inspirational, this DVD is perfect for teenagers, parents of teenagers, and anyone interested in conducting a teen yoga class. Benefits of the poses, reminders while practicing, and Sanskrit names of the poses are included. Yoga Journal calls Yoga 4 Teens a "dandy practice companion" and an "informative how-to-teach-teens manual for yoga teachers who work with (or hope to work with) this age group." This streaming video contains a one-hour instructional class, a 40-minute practice flow, and a special interview section with teenagers. Classroom Videos.These three streaming videos provide a rare glimpse into authentic yoga classrooms with talented and experienced teen yoga teachers. They are edited with voiceovers to alert teen teachers of poignant observations in teaching style and substance. Each video is about 20 minutes in length. Webinar Presentation. A recorded presentation with powerpoint slides via streaming video, this one hour teen yoga training covers principles and practicalities of handling teen yoga classrooms that can be applied to any teen teaching situation. "Awesome! You covered so much in this presentation and gave some great examples."
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Heather L. -
Tulsa, OK
It is a wonderful course! I learned a tremendous amount about how to reach and teach teens. The sequences were excellent, challenging and fun! I loved how yoga philosophy was included in an age appropriate way! The instructor's guide is comprehensive and well written. I highly recommend it.
Kristine C. -
New Mexico
I am thoroughly enjoying the Yoga 4 Teens training! I am excited to begin incorporating what I've learned into my class.
Smita S. -
Frankfurt, Germany
I am very grateful for you and Jennifer Lightsey for making this course.Each and every word in this training is important and valuable. All the material in this course is wonderful. I just loved all the live yoga classes in this training and your way of talking, including wonderful, funful yoga activities that made teen classes unique. I really enjoyed the questions and answers with those four wise teachers.
For me this teacher training is a beautiful treasure chest!! After completing this course I am totally ready for an amazing journey as a Teen Yoga Teacher:) Looking forward to learning more from you.
My heartfelt thanks to you, Christy!!
Emily B. -
Huntington Beach
I am a 22 - year high school biology teacher who just left teaching AP Biology to “pioneer” the first - ever Yoga course at my high school. Over the years as a classroom teacher, I have witnessed my students’ mental health decline (for multiple reasons: fierce competition for University acceptance, social media issues, simply being a teenager...). I became convinced that our school system was really good at doling out the stressors, but falling short at providing students with the tools they need to manage them. I, personally, discovered Yoga as a life changing practice that helped me manage my stress. I needed to bring it to my students. I became a Yoga Alliance certified instructor, convinced my administration to allow me to teach, and when they agreed, I was ecstatic and simultaneously terrified.
I began my summer in search of a resource so that I could begin planning. Because Yoga is so special, it’s important to deliver it well. I needed something really good... In a thorough google search, I discovered the Yoga Minded, How to Teach Teenagers Yoga Course. It was the only training I could find that was specifically tailored to teens. Although I typically prefer live training, I took the plunge and purchased the course and I loved it! I am so grateful I did and that it exists!! The video classes and discussions were informative and engaging, and the reading / lessons provided are excellent guidelines for teen - specific instruction. After completing the course, I am feeling so much more confident about starting my class next month…
I also have The Yoga 4 Teens Instructors guide: an absolutely fantastic resource. It provides clear steps for how to begin with students brand new to yoga up through sample class sequences for more practiced teen yogis (including modifications and challenge poses). It is obvious that decades of experience, working specifically with teens, went into its creation. That said, I trust it as much to use it as my floaties to “wade” into my new role as teen yoga teacher.
Christy provided sincere and conscientious feedback to my quiz answers in a way that made the online course an authentic learning experience. Her positive energy can be felt through the instruction she provides in video and through email discussion. Through this course, in addition to feeling much more confident and having new tools in my toolkit, I have gained an online mentor I am grateful for as I begin this new journey.
Namaste, Yoga Minded Christy and Jennifer!
Jessica P. -
Wilbraham, MA
I truly loved taking this teen teacher training course! It was very well planned and thought out. I will take everything I have learned and try to use it to the best of my ability.
Paula A. -
Brooklyn, NY
From 1-5 stars, how would you rate the course?
I give "Yoga for teens course" a 5-star rating. I highly recommend anyone who is interested in teaching teens to connect with Christy.
Why were you interested in the course?
As a high school teacher teaching yoga, I wanted to have fresh ideas how to teach teens. My yoga training was for adults, I have adapted a lot of my training experience to teens in my school, but Christy's course Yoga for Teens offers a more direct and in - depth experience.
How you would describe the course experience?
A well-rounded experience with very refreshing ideas. In the course, Christy addresses both athletes and non-athletes and how to teach both groups at the same time. Christy has also a very deep sense of understanding of the teenage brain and her teachings are geared towards addressing their social/emotional development as well as their mind/body connection. The teenage years are very hard for various reasons. Christy's teaching is very specialized in this challenging arena and she does it very well.
I was very excited to find her on line and eventually take her course. She has great ideas on how to approach and teach different skills. Our teens are our future and servicing them by offering great tools specific to them to help them cope with life and grow is one of the greatest service. Chisty teaches from the heart.
What did you gain from taking the course?
By taking this course I have gained new ideas and new approaches to teaching teen's yoga. It was important for me to connect with another yoga teacher who works specifically with teens and with such extensive experience. I am very grateful. Thank you Christy!
I found YogaMinded on line by accident (or maybe not!). It took me a while to commit to register for the course. I have a very busy life and was worried I wouldn't be able to put in the time. It took me a year to complete but grateful at the same time so I didn't have to stress as much.
Jennifer F. -
Chesapeake, VA
As a 10- year long homeschooling mom of three girls, ages ranging from 20 to 10 years old, and an active 3- year long yoga instructor, I was searching for a way to teach yoga to the teen demographic with confidence in my ability to reach them at their level of understanding in this stage of their lives. I found a Yoga Journal article titled: Tips for Teaching Yoga to Teenagers and at the bottom was the Yoga Minded hyperlink. I followed the link, and after exploring the course objectives, knew I would be making this certification part of my foundation before officially offering yoga to teens.
After I started the program, I realized this course offered even more than I expected! Christine was very thorough and constructive in her feedback. I never had to wait for responses or grades. She was totally attentive to my needs throughout the entire time I took the course.With the skills and confidence I gained from the Yoga 4 Teens course, I am now offering a Yoga for Teens class at our local homeschool co-op starting this Spring. I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking to add Teen Yoga to their yoga teaching modality.
Kathy S. -
British Columbia
I have enjoyed the course very much; the layout works so well. I read all your notes and make my own notes from those and then in another sitting usually watch the video. I like to review my notes again soon after the video and then take the test right away. I love the book and all the videos available to me for future use as well.
I have learned so many good tips from your course that are working so well in my skating yoga classes. I hope I will be able to find a way to get kids to come out to public classes at our local rec centre, have just had no luck so far.
The YogaMinded course was excellent and highly interactive for an online course which aided in my learning so much. I think you really covered it all and it has been most beneficial in learning what is important to connect yoga to teenagers..which can be a hard group to access.