$300.00 Early Bird discount
- $350.00 after one month ahead
- $400.00 after 2 weeks out
Studies have shown that yoga can enhance the ability for children to develop their physical body, their mental and sensory integration, and social relationship skills. Yoga does this by playfully, teaching awareness, concentration, patience, focus, and imagination with mindful techniques. The process of growing through life cycles impacts children’s health issues and their response to dis-ease.
Childhood diseases, including weight, ADHD, diabetes, asthma, coughs, colds, and the results of growing experiences of falls, sports, etc, may be addressed in yoga therapy through the basics. A child’s age, life cycle, maturity, as well as the dis-ease, may impact how you work with the child. In this Yoga Therapy for Children workshop, we will explore the uniqueness of children’s growth cycles, childhood diseases and guidelines for yoga therapy. We will work with attention span, appropriate language, adaptations, and developing a practice for a juvenile using yoga therapy as a support for their wellbeing. For those wanting to work seriously with children, expanded trainings would be advantageous and possibly necessary. Students are required to submit a presentation exhibiting the application of tools learned.
3-punch handouts provided. Bring your own notebook or folder.
We will be reviewing tools. A background on basic tools will be necessary. Suggested Reading:
Hirschi, Gertrud, Mudras: Yoga in Your Hands. 2000, Weisner Books, York Beach, Maine.
Saraswati, Niranjanananda, Yoga Education for Children Vol.2, 2009, Bihar School of Yoga, Munger, Bihar, India.