Yoga for Teens Certification Program

This comprehensive Yoga for Teens certification course focuses on how Yoga can serve as a transformative life practice for teens by fostering their physical, mental, social, and emotional development.

The program is suitable for Yoga teachers, school teachers, social workers, therapists, parents, and anyone who wants to make a difference in the lives of youth. While the training includes guidance on teaching teens in various settings, it emphasizes teaching and managing Yoga classes in the school environment.

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Learn teen-specific ways to:

• Approach asanas, class themes, and sequences
• Teach breathing, meditation, and stress management techniques
• Instruct Yoga philosophy and its ethical principles
• Work with at-risk and underserved populations
• Discuss self-confidence, healthy body image, anger management, and forgiveness
• Outline basic nutrition—the Yoga of eating
• Make Yoga fun, engaging, and relevant for today’s youth
• Inspire selfless service

Additionally, you will explore ways to help teens develop mindfulness in daily life and cultivate positive belief systems using affirmations. You will learn techniques for cultivating community, trust, and connections among students.

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Prerequisites

None.

Continuing Education Opportunities

• Yoga Alliance (YA):  Approximately 34 contact hours
• Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) can provide you a CE certificate of your program’s total contact hours. For more information, email membership@iyta.org.

Testimonials

Lila was very compassionate, precise, thoughtful, and visionary in her approach to Yoga for teens. — Dr. Ram Bhagat

Lila was absolutely amazing! This was the best professional development training I have been to in 16 years of teaching. Life-changing and transforming! — Farah Allen

I feel called to work with teens. I can’t believe how specifically USEFUL every minute of the course was. — Vanessa North

I thought the instruction was amazing! She alternated between lecture and activity. It kept it interesting and fun. And she shared a lot of personal experience. It was terrific! — Elizabeth Dunn Shifter