Learn to share yoga and mindfulness with teenagers with our unique, flexible training courses
I have two courses focusing on teaching yoga to young people; teaching youth yoga and the developing teenage body & brain. While the courses can be taken individually, it’s advised you study them together so that you have the fullest understanding of teenagers if you are teaching them.
You will learn how to plan and teach yoga to young people, incorporating relevant pranayama, mindfulness, meditation and philosophy into your classes. Through gaining an understanding the different needs of young people, you will be able to teach in an appropriate and accessible way. The course has a strong emphasis on being trauma aware and inclusive, and you will learn how to manage behaviour and adapt to suit your students.
Through also studying the developing teenage body and brain you will be able to put your teaching into context, whilst keeping young people safe. The body changes rapidly during puberty, while the brain also continues to change until the early 20’s. Physically, socially and emotionally, young people have a lot going on and this can all influence what and how you teach yoga to them.
More and more schools and youth support groups are recognising the need for yoga, and it’s an incredibly rewarding way to share the practice.
Suitable for yoga teachers and trainee teachers, health, mental health & youth professionals, teachers & parents!
Self paced course bundle: £355
Live online training : £475
6th, 13th, 20th June
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What do the courses include & areas of study
Teaching youth yoga : This course gives you the practical skills to teach yoga and mindfulness to young people. It includes the study of:
Asana, including their benefits, teaching cues and adjustment if appropriate.
Pranayama, focusing on safe breathing techniques to aid relaxation and reduce stress.
Mindfulness based practices, both moving and still, meditation.
Yoga Philosophy and the subtle body; weaving this into sessions to empower young people.
Teaching methods and how to adapt this to engage young people. Awareness of barriers to participation and how to overcome this.
How to set up classes, insurance, DBS and funding, safeguarding and child protection.
n.b. Covers teaching adolescents, considered to be ages 10 - 24 years
25 CEP with Yoga Alliance
The developing teenage body & brain : Learn about the way the body and brain develop during puberty and adolescence and how this impacts young people. This understanding will help you to safely teach yoga & mindfulness in a way that’s supportive of their needs.
Changes in anatomy and physiology during puberty and the impact this has on young people
Common physical conditions associated with the teenage body including hypermobility
The implications of the different systems of the body on teaching yoga
Changes and phases of adolescence, including young people’s social & emotional needs
The developing teenage brain, the influence this has on behaviour & how yoga can help
10 CEP with Yoga Alliance
“I’m full of praise for this training! It felt like we were a very inclusive group, which is a difficult atmosphere to create online, and the course content was brilliant”
“I am delighted with this course - the content is perfect for my goals and your teaching method is perfectly pitched. I am so reassured about delivering yoga sessions in my school, I’d have been largely lost without your course”
How are the courses delivered?
Both courses are delivered via our online learning platform, with a combination of pre-recorded lectures, sample classes, theory, practical and written tasks.
A comprehensive downloadable manual supports the online course content.
You will be assessed via written tasks and video recording of you teaching, which you will receive 1:1 feedback on.
1:1 support is available any time you need via email, phone or Zoom.
Access to our online community for continued support
In addition, the live online courses also includes live lectures, Q&A, teaching practice and feedback with your peers.
Self paced courses can be started any time, learning at your own pace.
Live online courses run at set dates throughout the year. Course material is covered in person.
Cost and payment options
Self paced courses
Teaching youth yoga : £275 - START TODAY>>
The developing teenage body & brain : £175 - START TODAY>>
Teaching youth yoga and teenage body & brain bundle : £355 or three monthly payments of £120
Live online courses
Cost : £475 for both courses, includes all online material. Recordings of training days available.
Next dates: Developing teenage body & brain : 6th June
Teaching youth yoga : 13th, 20th June
(recommend you take both courses)
“I really enjoyed the course and got a lot out of it. You painted a broad-stroke picture of the physiological, social and emotional changes that adolescents are experiencing in a way that really helped me understand how and why I might modify the practice for young people. It was particularly useful to have example class plans as a starting point for designing my own. I have used some of the pranayama techniques like three part breathing with some of my “grown-up” classes too and it’s worked well! ”
“I really enjoyed being able to pick up the course whenever was appropriate for me and being able to do it at home. I valued being able to go back over sections that I needed to and loved having the videos with the manual to work through too.’”
“This course was great – brilliantly laid out, clear and doable in bite sized chunks. The mentoring session and feedback are great additions”
Below are a few questions I often get asked. If you want to know anything that isn’t mentioned here please get in touch….
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The course is open to yoga teachers and trainees, youth professionals including teachers, youth and health professionals, parents and anyone with a keen interest in teaching yoga to young people.
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This course is open to all yoga teachers with a 200hr minimum training as well as health, mental health and youth professionals, teachers and parents who have at least 2 years experience of yoga practice.
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The self paced course is approximately 40 hours of study which you can do in your own time at your own pace. As a guide we suggest 6 months to complete the course.
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This will not be required for the course however you will need to have this in order to teach.
If you want to learn some yoga practices to share with young people but don’t want to commit to the full teacher training right now, the Toolkit session may be just for you.
Why train with Live Love Yoga?
I have been working with young people since 2007 as a youth support worker, teacher and yoga practitioner. I have primarily taught English, Art and Yoga to young people who have been excluded from/refusing school, working with some of the most challenging students. As a yoga practitioner I have taught adults and children, both in mainstream settings and in hospitals, centres for mental health and learning difficulties, youth clubs, young mums and support groups.
I also offer continued support to students who wish to embark on teaching their own classes, helping you to share our passion for inspiring the next generation!