10 Day 95-Hour Children’s Yoga Teacher Training Course in Koh Lanta, Krabi, Thailand

Join Divine Light Yoga for 10 days of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness immersion in this unique children's yoga teacher training in beautiful Thailand.

06:30 Optional yoga class or personal yoga practice

08:00 Breakfast

09:00 Opening circle

09:15 Experiential workshop

10:45 Brain break to refresh with an organic coffee or freshly squeezed juice

11:00 Practice teaching time

12:30 Long, lazy lunch

2:00 PM Afternoon check-in with a short visualization

14:15 Afternoon workshops

17:30 Closing circle

Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Children Yoga Teacher (RCYT®).

Who can attend the training

Divine Light Yoga welcomes individuals from all corners of the world, with a whole range of backgrounds, experiences, cultures, languages, and professions. They truly believe that everyone has valuable experience to share with children, teens, and families through yoga and mindfulness.

You will respect, honor, and celebrate your differences (just as you do with children) and you find unity through your shared intentions of making great changes in the world through the power of therapeutic, playful, creative children's yoga and mindfulness. You do not need any previous experience or training to attend this children's yoga teacher training.

About the training

Gain new skills, knowledge, and confidence to share a creative, therapeutic, playful approach to yoga and mindfulness for children and young people, with a focus on supporting kids' and teens' emotional and mental well-being. During the training, you will have one day free of teaching in which you can enjoy the beach, relax by the pool, explore the beautiful island or nearby islands, go for a relaxing massage, or sleep.

1. Optional morning yoga class or personal yoga practice

This is an excellent way to get connected to your intentions for the day as well as learn some new yoga, breathing, and meditation techniques (led by the resort yoga teacher - yoga classes are dependent on the resort schedule).

2. Opening circle

Starting with a creative check-in led by Laura to see what everyone is feeling physically, mentally, and energetically.

3. Experiential workshop

Laura demonstrates particular techniques and sequences whilst you take the role of the child or teen. Experiencing the sessions through a child's eyes will help you to gain a greater understanding, compassion, and empathy for their behavior, thought process, and feelings.

4. Practice teaching

Laura will give you a fun, theme-related assignment in which you will either be working creatively and collaboratively in a small group, with your partner, or independently. Laura will give immediate constructive feedback in a mindful manner, emphasizing your strengths and offering creative suggestions for the future.

5. Afternoon workshops

Usually a little more relaxed as you recognize that connecting to your inner child through high-energy movement all morning can be tiring. Your afternoon workshops usually involve Laura sharing her relevant experiences and more gentle experiential learning.

6. Closing circle

This is an opportunity for any final questions or reflections from the day.

You will explore

• Techniques and activities to introduce breathwork that will support children's mental health and well-being during everyday experiences such as anxiety, sleep difficulties, overwhelm, and hyper-activity
• A range of classic and more creative, age-appropriate yoga poses and sequences, and how to teach this to each age group in an interactive and engaging way. Safe practice when teaching yoga poses - what is developmental and age-appropriate and what to avoid
• Creative meditations, including visualizations and moving meditations so that you will confident to share a range of different meditation techniques with children aged three to 18 years old, tailored towards their needs
• Partner and group yoga fun for all ages, including mixed age groups and family yoga
• Challenging poses for 11 to 16 years old including arm balances, back bends, and inversions (going upside down). Don't worry if you do not practice these yourself as they will teach you everything you need to know in order to effectively teach teens
• Combining key educational philosophy and teaching methodology so that you can fully understand how children learn and how you can tailor your classes to their learning needs and styles
• Introducing yoga philosophy and practices to children of all ages, including Hindu mythology and the chakra system (the energetic body). A variety of traditional and alternative mandala art meditations support children to reflect and process difficult emotions and events in their lives
• Creative mindfulness activities to enhance children's self-awareness and emotional intelligence
• Therapeutic and nurturing yoga techniques for children with special needs
• Understanding autism, ADHD, sensory disorders, communication difficulties, and social-emotional difficulties and how to effectively use yoga for each of these SEN
• Incorporating art, music, dance, and nature into children's yoga
• Interactive story-telling and yoga journeys for all age groups
• Yoga for children with English as an additional language
• Behavior management in the yoga class so that you can feel confident to manage a group of children, in a positive and playful manner that enhances their social and behavioral skills
• Planning and sequencing based on children's learning styles and behavioral patterns
• The business of kids yoga - starting and growing your children and teen yoga classes and events in-person and online

Delicious breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks are each day, as well as a delicious, fresh welcome dinner and unlimited french-press coffee, fresh juices, tea, and water. The open-air, pool-side restaurant has fresh delights to suit vegan and vegetarian dietary requirements. The menu is designed around local produce and ingredients with an emphasis on health and sustainability. In the evenings, you are free to explore the local restaurants with the other students of the course.

Divine Light Yoga will have a group welcome dinner on the first night where you can get to know the other students, as well as a final goodbye dinner to your celebrate new certification on the last night of training. During your daily lunch, whether it is beachside, poolside, or above the rainforest, this is an excellent opportunity to connect on a deeper level with the rest of the community or take time to reflect, nap in a hammock, or dive into the fresh ocean.

The following meals are included:

• Breakfast of breakfast
• Lunch of lunch
• Snacks and snacks
• Drinks and drinks

The following drinks are included:

• The water
• Coffee
• The tea
• Detox juices

The following dietary requirements are served/are possible:

• Vegetarian and vegetarian and vegetarian
• Lacto-ovo vegetarian
• The vegan
• Gluten-free and
• Biologically, biological
• Pesscopes and Pescots and
• Fruitarian and vegetarian
• Lactose-free of

Other dietary requirements on request