This training is an opportunity to delve more deeply into topics touched upon in the foundations course.

Instructor permission is required for those who have not previously attended the level I training.

By attending this experiential workshop, you will…

• Create lesson plans for specific populations of children with special needs
• Explore current research regarding the benefits of yoga for children
• Understand how music, singing and chanting supports language and literacy
• Consider and explore the chakras/energy centers as they relate to child development
• Learn how to use mudras/hand poses to support fine-motor-skills
• Experience various restorative yoga poses to appreciate the profound benefits of being in them, and how they can help your students
• Devise child friendly ways to communicate The 8 Limbs of Yoga to children with special needs
• Create guided visualizations appropriate for children with speech and language challenges
• Explore the benefits of rhythmic movements and how to incorporate them into a children’s yoga class
• Understand the problems associated with specific retained primitive reflexes and how to identify them
• Experience a yoga sequence based on developmental movement patterns and understand how moving through this sequence can benefit children with special needs
• Receive valuable resources to support you in the Collaborative Problem Solving approach to behavior management

You will also have an opportunity to…

• Clarify your vision and create an action plan to realize it
• Explore the business of yoga and promoting ourselves as children’s yoga teachers

*If you are uncertain whether this course is for you, please contact craig.hanauer@gmail.com for more information.