teaching yoga to children training
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overview
We believe that yoga is for everyone, including children. It supports and enhances physical, emotional and cognitive development and all-round wellbeing – vital skills in a world that has placed increasing demands on children.
triyoga is proud to offer this teacher training with Susannah Hoffman, one of the foremost children’s yoga teachers in the UK and author of the best-selling book Yoga for Kids.
The course will cover teaching children from ages 2–3, 4–6, 7–9 and 10–14. You’ll learn how to teach interactive classes based on yoga asana combined with other movement to develop co-ordination, creative expression and motor skills.
The course is structured into clear, separate sections and will provide you with the necessary skills to teach yoga to children. The course is open to yoga teachers as well as dedicated students with a regular practice or professionals who work with children and want to learn how to integrate aspects of yoga into their work.
course content
This course is structured into clear separate sections and will provide you with the necessary skills to teach yoga to children. School teachers will also learn how to integrate aspects of the training into regular classroom time as appropriate. You will learn to teach children up to 14.
course structure
Week 1
Day 1 – Saturday 9th of May 2026: 9.30am – 17:00pm
Day 2 – Sunday 10th of May 2026: 10.00am – 17:00pm
Week 2
Day 3 – Friday 22nd of May 2026: 10.00am – 17.00pm
Day 4 – Saturday 23rd of May 2026: 10.00am – 15.00pm
Day 5 – Sunday 24th of May 2026: 10.00am – 15.00pm
learning outcomes
During the course, you will:
• learn appropriate postures for each age group
• learn about physical and cognitive development of each age group and how to support this in classes
• better understand typical behaviour of children
• learn how to manage large groups
• develop class plans for each age group
• learn what legal requirements are needed (insurance, DBS check, etc).
eligibility + pre-requisites
The course is open to yoga teachers as well as dedicated students with regular practice (2 years consistent yoga practice) or professionals who work with children and want to learn how to integrate aspects of yoga into their work.
You do not need to be a qualified yoga teacher.
accreditation
This training is accredited as a vocational training course by Yoga Alliance Professionals and meets BWY requirements for CPD.
additional information
Contact us on [email protected]
next course
09-10 May 2026 + 22-24 May 2026
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faculty
Susannah Hoffman
