Teens Yoga Teacher Training with Alexandra Rossi

Lighting the torch of mindfulness in the hearts of youth through yoga and meditation is one of the most powerful and empowering ways to shape our world.

The Teens Yoga Teacher Training is for parents, yoga teachers, school teachers, educators or those working with youth 12 to 18 years old. Participants acquire the tools to help teens deepen self-awareness and well-being through yoga and mindfulness. Participants explore a personal meditation practice while in training to develop the ability to authentically share mindfulness with youth. This is a unique program that will prepare you to teach yoga to youth and will cover topics such as working with trauma, at-risk youth and teen pregnancy.

The Teens Yoga Teacher Training was built on the philosophy that teenagers learn best when offered a safe space to speak their truth and find their quiet center in both body and mind. The program focuses on deepening a personal mindfulness practice, bringing yoga to teens in their own words and understanding the neuroscience of adolescent development. This training prepares students to become youth yoga teachers by giving them the tools to understand teens, to communicate with them, to craft unique mindfulness exercises and safe yoga sequences and to launch a sustainable career.

Topics include:

• Stages of mental and emotional development throughout adolescence

• Peaceful communication skills

• Dealing with peer pressure

• Yoga poses and modifications

• Mindfulness practice and activities

• Anatomy and physiology

• Class observation and teaching practicums

• Acro-Yoga, chair yoga and partner yoga exercises

• In-depth understanding of trauma and ways to practice yoga with at-risk youth

• Tools for reducing anxiety, developing empathy and self confidence

• Tools in resourcing, creating, and sustaining a full time yoga teaching career

Schedule:

Weekend 1

Thursday, June 6th | 6-9pm (Virtual via Zoom)

Friday, June 7th | 6-9pm (Virtual via Zoom)

Saturday, June 8th | 9am-5pm (in person at Folk NOPA Studio)

Sunday, June 9th | 9am-5pm (in person at Folk NOPA Studio)

Weekend 2

Thursday, June 13th | 6-9pm (Virtual via Zoom)

Friday, June 14th | 6-9pm (Virtual via Zoom)

Saturday, June 15th | 9am-5pm (in person at Folk NOPA Studio)

Sunday, June 16th | 9am-5pm (in person at Folk NOPA Studio)

Books:

Be Mindful & Stress Less by Gina M. Biegel (here’s the Amazon link, but if you can support your local bookstores, please do!)

Cost:

Tuition is $850, or $750 if enrolled on or before May 23rd, 2024.

Gain unlimited access to all Folk Trainings, Workshops, and Classes with our Yoga School All Access Membership!

This course provides 45 Elective Contact Hours for our Folk 300 Hour Program (45 Yoga Alliance® CEUs). Please note that to receive Yoga Alliance’s Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher (RCYT) Certification, both the Kids and the Teens Trainings must be taken. 

If you’re interested in our 300 Hour Teacher Training, CLICK HERE.