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Helping You Help the Next Generation

As an independent yoga and mindfulness specialist for children and teens we give school teachers, yoga teachers and other professionals working with children the skills and tools to help them bring the many benefits of yoga to children in a safe, fun and engaging way.

We are now in our 22nd year and still committed to the highest quality training for our students. We use traditional yoga postures, breath awareness, relaxation and mindfulness techniques to sow the seeds for a lifelong practice, building happier, healthier and more resilient children.

Introduction to Mindfulness for Children (NEW COURSE)

On Demand

Price: £59.00

If you are interested in learning about mindfulness and ways to introduce it to children, then this course is for you.  You will learn ways to start and or maintain a practice for yourself as well as multiple tools and techniques to introduce this life changing skill to children. 

Ideal for:

Parents, schoolteachers and other professionals working with children.

No previous experience of mindfulness or meditation is necessary. 

Time Requirement; approximately 5 hours.

COURSE INFORMATION

On this course you will learn:

  • What mindfulness is. 
  • How to explain it to children 
  • The benefits for all ages 
  • The importance of developing your own practice first. 
  • How to maintain your practice 
  • Simple neuroscience 
  • Mindful Movement 
  • Breath awareness 
  • Creative mindfulness activities 
  • Mindful Relaxation.   

How you will learn:

This course is delivered on a third-party platform, Teachable which is simple and easy to use.  When you click on the purchase button you will be directed to the platform.  

Resources:  Workbook and downloadable audio files. 

Course Tutor – Christiane Kerr 

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Mindfulness Foundation Course  (NEW)

On Demand

Price: £ 60.00

If you are new to the world of mindfulness and looking to create a solid foundation to build a practice on, this course is for you.  This beginner friendly course aims to demystify mindfulness making it accessible and practical for everyday life.

It covers the fundamental principles of mindfulness theory and introduces you to key practices to establish your practice.  You will have access to pre-recorded lessons and course material and will receive ongoing support from the course tutor.

This short course is designed for those who have a lot of demands on their time and whilst it is based on the MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) course, the practices are shorter and more realistic for busy people.

Time Requirement: Approximately 8 hours

COURSE INFORMATION. 

On this course you will learn:

  • What mindfulness is.
  • How stress impacts our brains, body and behaviour.
  • How mindfulness can help you manage stress.
  • How developing your own practice can positively impact not only your own life but your relationships with those around you..

Resources: You will receive a booklet with supporting material and ten audio tracks to help you develop your own practice.

This course is delivered on a third party platform, Teachable which is simple and easy to use.  When you click on the purchase button you will be directed to the platform.

Course Tutor – Christiane Kerr 

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Learn to Teach Mindfulness to Children

The next six week certified course starts on January 17th, 2024.  Booking now open.

This certified course is self-paced with sections released weekly. . .   Each pre-recorded section will take around 2 to 3 hours to complete. The course is also designed to help you to deepen and develop your own mindfulness practice.

This course is suitable for those with an existing meditation or mindfulness practice.

Training will be through:

  • Video Lecture
  • Video of children’s classes
  • Video of exercises and techniques
  • Audio Visual Presentations
  • PDF’s
  • Audio
  • Quizzes to test your knowledge

There will be a course booklet as well as printable worksheets for children and audio that you can use in your classes.

The curriculum is based on the Teaching Mindfulness to Children course we have been running in person for over 6 years.

The course tutor is Christiane Kerr, founder of Calm For Kids.  Christiane has been teaching and practising mindfulness for over 22 years and trained to teach mindfulness at the Centre for Research and Practice at Bangor University. She follows the good practice guidelines set out by the Mindfulness Network.

“I just wanted to say a big thank you for the course.  It was well- structured, interesting and thoroughly enjoyable.  I am already putting much of what I learned into practice and using all the wonderful resources. ”  Pamela Moss, November 2020 Graduate

We will be delivering this course via Teachable, our online learning platform. You can find more details and booking info by clicking the button below. .

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Yoga Alliance Accredited – Teaching Yoga to Children

Course Tutor – Christiane Kerr

This course is suitable for anyone interested in bringing the benefits of yoga to children who has an established yoga practice. This includes yoga teachers, trainees, TA’s and parents.

Start Date 2024: Saturday,September 22.

Format: Live online via Zoom and via Teachable.

5 x Saturday Zoom Sessions from 9.30am -1.30pm
September 22nd, October 5th, 19th, November 10th, 17th.
PLUS Wednesday – October 10th, 16th, November 6th, 20th 

 

Live Course Times:  Saturday – 9.30 – 1.30 pm. Wednesday 7.30 – 8.30 pm

Cost: Single Payment of £ 550 or 3 x monthly payments of £ 190.

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Teaching Yoga to Teens Workshop

Course Tutors – Christiane Kerr

This short, self paced course is suitable for yoga teachers and trainees. Also good for serious yoga students who are teaching KS2 and looking for inspiration.

Available on Demand –
Cost: £90 (includes audio downloads and booklet)

This short course gives you the skills and confidence to start teaching yoga to teenagers in a safe, fun and engaging way.  You will learn:

  • Differences in teaching yoga to adults and teens.
  • Physical, emotional and psychological development of teens.
  • An introduction to the teen brain – neuroscience and neurobiology.
  • Yoga poses and sequences that are ideal for teens
  • Relaxation and breathing exercises to support physical and emotional wellbeing.
  • How to introduce partner work for teens
  • Creative games to build resilience and community.

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Teaching Mindfulness to Children

This six week certified online course is self-paced allowing you to finish the material in your own time. It is suitable for professionals working with children, either as school teachers, yoga teachers or in other areas. Applicants need to have their own meditation practice. The course includes skills and tools to help you bring the benefits of mindfulness to children, building their resilience and ability to cope with stress and difficult situations. It also gives you techniques to support your own practice. Included in the course manual is a six-week mindfulness programme that is ready to use in schools and other settings. This includes lesson plans and children's workbooks to enhance their learning. The course is designed for ages four to eleven and can be adapted for both EYFS and years seven and eight. As well as the mindfulness programme the manual includes multiple exercises, tips and techniques for you to use with children. Your also receive ten audio downloads to use in your sessions.

On the course you will learn how to:

  • Integrate mindfulness techniques into your yoga session or classroom
  • Plan sessions for your group
  • Use tools to help families and children improve listening skills
  • Help children establish their own regular meditation practice
  • Write your own visualisations for children

The course will include:

  • Breath awareness techniques and relaxation exercises that are suitable for different age groups
  • How children can take the skills they learn in mindfulness and meditation sessions and use them to enhance their everyday life
  • How to create an appropriate meditation environment for your sessions and ways to help children set up their own "mindful space"
  • Working with the senses and how they can help awareness of ourselves and the world around us
  • The difference between adult and children’s meditation and mindfulness and how to ensure you work within safe limits
  • How to explain and demonstrate the benefits of mindfulness to children

The course will include video lectures, videos of classes, presentations, audio and written lectures. These cover children's physical, cognitive and brain development. Skills and techniques learned over the duration of the course will include: hand mudras; breath work; ways to help children improve focus, concentration and develop mindfulness; listening exercises; mantras; affirmations; rhymes; techniques to develop visualisation skills; movement and quiet games. There will be support for teachers in deepening and developing their own practice.

The course draws on meditation and mindfulness techniques from several traditions and schools but is presented in a practical and secular way.

You will receive a comprehebsuve course manual as well as the workbooks for kids and audio downloads.

This course is offered three times a year on a specific start date. It is entirely self-paced though you do have regular contact and additional learning tips from the tutor for six weeks from the start date.

This Teaching Mindfulness to Children course is eligible for CPD hours for Yoga Alliance Professionals members.

Teaching Mindfulness to Children Online

Booking Information

Entry Requirements:

A personal mindfulness/meditation practice or attendance at an 8 week MBSR course or similar.

Venue: Online, self-paced.

Course Start Dates 2024

January 17th, 2024.

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Teaching Yoga to Teens

This short, self-paced course gives you the skills and confidence to start teaching yoga to teens in a safe, fun and engaging way. It looks at the difference between teaching yoga to adults and teenagers and you will also learn the physical, emotional and psychological development that occurs during adolescence.

You will learn how to pace a class for teens and ways to adapt postures. The course introduces relaxation and breathing exercises to help relieve stress and tension giving you tools to help teens achieve a state of physical and emotional well-being and balance. You will learn sequences that are ideal for teens and where to insert them in your class.

This short course is suitable for yoga teachers and teacher trainees. Secondary school teachers and other professionals will be accepted at the discretion of the course director. Also good for serious yoga students who are teaching to KS2 and looking for inspiration. A certificate of attendance will be offered at the end of the course but it is not covered on our insurance scheme so qualified yoga teahers need to check with their insurers if they will be covered on their existing insurance scheme.

You can complete the course in the convenience of your own home and at your own pace as long as it is completed within six months of registering. There is around 7 hours of material to work through including workbooks. You will receive a course booklet with lesson plans and CD/audio.

Teaching Yoga to Teenagers is eligible for 10 CPD hours for Yoga Alliance Professionals members.

Teaching Yoga to Teens Short Course

Booking Information

Entry requirements:

Suitable for yoga teachers and trainees. We will also consider applications from secondary school teachers and children's yoga teachers working with KS2.

Venue: Online

Available on Demand:

Cost: £ 90




Teaching Yoga to Children - 2 1/2 to 12 (Yoga Alliance Accredited) ONLINE

This online course offers a comprehensive training, giving students the skills and confidence to teach yoga to children. The course is run as two modules. In the first module, you will learn how to teach to 2 1/2 to 7, Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1. In the second module you learn how to teach to ages 8 -12, Key Stage 2. Key yoga teaching skills will be re-inforced accross both modules and a teaching certificate will be issued on successful completion of the course. The course combines the connection of livestream sessions with the convenience of self-paced learning via our online learning platform.

Module 1

This module looks at the physical, emotional and psychological development of children between the ages of 2½ to 7. It explores how to adapt asanas for children and ways to introduce simple breathing and relaxation techniques. Students will learn how to use stories, music, themes and play to teach yoga to this age group as well as efficient and creative ways to plan your classes. Language, teaching cues and class management techniques will be taught.

Module 2

Students will learn about the social, emotional and cognitive development of this age group. You will explore the anatomy and physiology of this age group and common conditions that present in children of this age. This module will focus more on the structure of the asanas and how to introduce yoga philosophy to 8-12-year-olds. It will consider appropriate themes and explore ways to demonstrate how yoga can be beneficial in everyday life. Students will learn class planning techniques and behaviour management for this age group.

There is a comprehensive manual for each module which includes detailed lesson plans along with visualisation and relaxation techniques. Students will also receive a marketing pack to use when approaching schools and other children’s organisations. This will include practical information on what you need to get started.

The course is run over five Saturday mornings from 9.30 to 1.30 via Zoom and via self-paced lessons on our online learning platform, which is simple and easy to use. There are alos five weekly practice sessions, held on Zoom on Wednesday evenings and live support and mentoring via a course Whatsapp group. There are approximately 12 hours of homework assignments and reading to complete.

Our training school has met the stringent requirements set by Yoga Alliance Professionals, demonstrating that our courses are of the highest standard and that our Teaching Yoga to Children course graduates may register with Yoga Alliance Professionals to use their relevant membership level designation, as a sign of quality training.

Our Teaching Yoga to Children course, Teaching Mindfulness to Children course and Teaching Yoga to Teenagers Workshop are also eligible for CPD (Continuous Professional Development) hours for Yoga Alliance Professionals members.

Teaching Yoga to Children- 2 1/2 to 12 - ONLINE

Booking Information

Entry Requirements:

This course is suitable for anyone interested in bringing the benefits of yoga to children who has an established yoga practice of at least two years. This includes yoga teachers, trainees, TA's and parents. The course combines the connection of live Zoom sessions with the convenience of on demand, self-paced learning.

Venue: Online via Zoom

Course Dates 2024:

5 Saturday mornings from 9.30 - 1.30 LIVE DATES: SATURDAY -September 22nd, October 5th, 19th, November 10th,17th. WEDNESDAY -October 10th,16th, November 6th, 20th.

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Mindfulness for Parents

The 6-week Mindfulness for Parents course is based on the MBSR (Mindfulness based Stress Reduction) model and includes mindfulness skills for parents.

During the course we will;

  • Learn mindfulness. Brain scans have confirmed that practicing regularly for just 8 weeks can have an impact on how our brains work. Our courses have developed from the 8-week MBSR courses, which have been running for over 30 years and were first developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
  • Explore neuroscience and how this is relevant to parenting. Our ability to calm influences not only our own wellbeing but also the wellbeing and happiness of our children.
  • Provide child friendly ideas and practical resources for introducing mindfulness to the family.
  • Enhance communication skills in practical and creative ways.



Attendance and homework: In order to fully experience the benefits of the course participants are encouraged to attend all sessions and also complete approximately 45 minutes of home practice for 5 days each week, for the duration of the course.

Mindfulness for Parents

Booking Information

Entry Requirements:

This course is open to all parents. No mindfulness experience necessary.

Course Venue:

Chiswick, West London (5 minute walk from Turnham Green Tube station)

Dates:

TBC

Time:

Cost: £325 including all course materials.

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If you would like any further information please email: info@calmforkids.com
Call: 020 8995 3352

SCHOOLS TRAINING MENU

We offer training days for staff as well as “whole school” taster sessions for children.

Whole School Yoga Session for each year group

We can come to your school for the whole day and offer a taster yoga session for each year group. These are designed to introduce pupils to yoga and give them some takeaway skills that they can use in the classroom and to help increase their well-being skills.

Introduction to Yoga & Mindfulness (2 hours)

This training includes simple stretches, yoga exercises and mindfulness techniques for use in the classroom.
Materials: Printed handout and 2 CDs suitable for Foundation, KS1 and KS2.

Full Day Training (6 hours)

This training includes a relaxing yoga class for teachers as well as fun and creative ways to introduce yoga and mindfulness techniques to children. The accompanying booklet includes 6 x 30-minute sessions as well as many other exercises that can be used in the classroom.

Materials; printed handout and 2 CDs suitable for Foundation, KS1 and KS2.

Half day Training (4 hours)

Option 1: Yoga exercises suitable for use in the classroom and two x 30-minute sessions that can be used for PE.

Materials: Printed handout and 2 CDs suitable for Foundation, KS1 and KS2

Option 2: A six session mindfulness course for KS1 & KS2. This a ready to use mindfulness course, consisting of 6 lessons to be rolled out on a weekly basis. This will include mindfulness techniques for teachers and recommendations on how to bring a culture of mindfulness into the school environment.

Materials: Printed handout and 2 CDs suitable for Foundation, KS1 and KS2

Let’s Go Yoga – Yoga for the Classroom

This four-hour training for schools comes complete with a resource pack containing an instructional audio CD and programmes cards with clearly presented photographs.

The pack contains ten, 6-8-minute yoga-based exercise programmes that can be used by teachers and teaching assistants and it is suitable for primary school children from reception through to year six. The programmes are specifically designed for the classroom and there are three categories;

  • FOCUS
  • REFRESH
  • CALM

These programmes can be delivered at any time during the school day and you can combine several programmes together for a PE session.

Price: £ 400, to include Let’s Go Yoga Packs.

Calm for Kids is committed to providing the highest quality training, giving teachers the necessary skills and tools to confidently teach yoga to children. In the training teachers will learn how to teach yoga in a safe, fun and engaging incorporating stories, rhymes, themes, music and play.

Yoga can enhance both physical and cognitive development and many of the exercises are specifically designed to create enhancement in the following areas:

  • gross and fine motor skills
  • proprioception
  • coordination
  • balance
  • strength
  • stability
  • focus and concentration

Additional packs and CDs can be purchased and there will be an additional cost for training outside London.

For more information, please contact us at

info@calmforkids.com

0208 995 3352