Yoga Break for Children™
Online Training

Why Yoga for Children?

Hi, it's nice to meet you!

Having spent over 25 years in the business of teaching kids, I came to some interesting conclusions:

• Sometimes we teach content, including yoga, to children without explaining its connection to their daily life. This makes it irrelevant.
• Sometimes we teach content, including yoga, with a focus on WHAT we teach, instead of WHY and HOW we teach it. Which makes it impractical.
• Very often, when we teach, we forget to ask the question, “How is it helpful?” and in many cases, we don’t answer it.
• Sometimes we do yoga with children to entertain and have fun. This is great and much needed especially with very young children. I taught like this for a while, until a student asked, “Why are we doing it?” It stopped me on the spot and made me think. “Why?”

Module 1. Yoga Can Help

Module 2. Calm & Grounded

Module 3. Energy Boosters

Module 4. Emotionally Balanced

Module 5. Heartfulness

Module 6. Laser Focus

Module 7. Teachers' Lounge

Are you ready to bring your work with
children to the next level?

I have completed the Yoga Break for Children program and use it both as a parent and as a mental health professional. It is amazing to see the change in children as they learn to regulate their emotions and control their behaviour through the poses and breathing exercises. Thank you for the tools this program gives our children!

Inna Sepia Mental Health Professional, Parent

Yoga Break for Children is a well-structured, educational and practical online training, which provided me with all the tools necessary to teach  an 8-week program for children. The way Irina introduces abstract concepts – such as why do we practice yoga, why is breathing important, why do we need to meditate, etc through metaphors and books – it just works. My students were able to understand what I explained to them and asked pertinent questions. They were excited to see what I will teach next! What I enjoyed the most was when we talked about self-regulation. The graph presented in the YBC material was so easy for them to understand that I strongly believe they will always remember it. And with it, they will remember what they learned about how yoga can help them to be “just right”! Irina wants us to teach with purpose and this is reflected in the way she created this training. You do not need to be a yoga teacher to take this course. The information is detailed, simple to understand and extremely informative. I definitely recommend the Yoga Break for Children training!

Carl Dragnea Yoga Teacher, Parent

Taking Yoga Break for Children training with Irina has inspired me to become a holistic educator in a way that promotes healthy mental and physical states in all my students. By using the skills that I learned in the course, I now feel confident teaching the students specific techniques such as breathing, relaxation, yoga postures, partner/chair yoga and games,  that will enable concentration, way to relieve stress and promote healthy dynamic relationships in the class.

Melanie Schumacher Elementary School Teacher

What Is Going To Be Different After You Take The
Yoga Break for Children™ Training?

I took a Yoga Break for Children training with Irina and after felt prepared to teach kid’s yoga classes and grow my children’s yoga business. In the first promotional community class I taught, I used the yoga sequence, breathing and the games that I learned in Irina’s training. The class was a huge success, and I had 9 kids signed up for my 8-week yoga program. Thank you, Irina, I learn from the best!

Brooke Beney Owner of Peaceful Panda Kids Yoga

Kids certainly do love yoga. That, for me, is a good reason to have it in my Physical Education program, so this year I will be incorporating more of the Yoga Break for Children practices in my classes. Irina is impressively knowledgeable, and I admire her continued aspirations and studies in this area. I find her passion to be inspiring. Irina, thank you for bringing the richness of your ideas, skills and resources to both staff and students.

Stacy McDonald Physical Education Teacher

The Yoga Break for Children training is a fantastic way to learn how to teach children about self regulation, develop motor skills, instill a sense of pride in their abilities, calm their monkey minds and direct their energy in a constructive way. As both a parent and yoga teacher, I found this course extremely helpful. My kids now roll out their mats and ask to play yoga games. When they get restless in the house, I can burn their energy and then bring them back down to a grounded, calm state. Using props, arts and crafts or other metaphors, I’m able to tap into their emotional state and learn about how they feel and what they’re thinking. I have already started teaching children’s yoga at my local library and hope to start teaching at yoga studios and/ or privately in the next few months. I recommend this course to parents and teachers alike.

Erika Levy Yoga Teacher and Parent

Do You Have a Big Vision for
Yourself and Your Work with Children?

Look at children today....suicides, cyber bullying, drugs, children having children, shootings....there is a great need for this age group to uncover and maintain an inner relationship with themselves. Irina teaches that. It is her strength, and she can make a difference to children with her teaching that will carry them through adolescence in good standing.

- Ann Marie Edwards, Children’s Books Author

• If I'm not a certified yoga teacher, can I take the Yoga Break for Children™ Online Training?

  Absolutely! The Yoga Break for Children™ training is for anybody  who loves to do yoga with kids. It’s a very practical training, if you want to utilize the benefits and effectiveness of yoga in your work with children.

  You will receive lesson plans, which you will be able to use from the very first week of the training. You will also get all the materials, needed for those lessons.

  Even if you don’t have any experience of teaching yoga or don’t have any resources, you will be able to teach a year-long children’s yoga program.

   

   

• If I'm already a certified yoga teacher, will the Yoga Break for Children™ Online Training be beneficial for me?

  Yes. In fact, the YBC (Yoga Break for Children™) training will provide you with a new way of structuring your yoga classes.

  The YBC classes or yoga breaks, that you will be able to design after taking the training, will have a specific focus and will deliver a tangible outcome.

  One of the great benefits of the YBC training is that after taking it, you will have a comprehensive year-long program that you can offer in your private yoga classes or in schools.

   

   

• Will I become a Registered Children's Yoga Teacher after taking the Yoga Break for Children™ Online Training?

  Teachers can register as a RCYT (Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher) if they have successfully completed both a 200-hour yoga teacher training program and a 95-hour children’s yoga training—in either order—that are registered with Yoga Alliance.

  You can count the Yoga Break for Children™ online training and the weekend live training toward your 30 CE hours (20 Non-Contact Hours plus 10 Contact Hours).

  I invite you to check out the Yoga Break for Children™ 95-Hour Teacher Training which is offered throughout the year.

   

• Can I count the Yoga Break for Children™ Online Training toward both Continuing Education and upgrading my yoga teacher credential?

  Yes. Every three years starting from the initial date of registration with YA, all RYTs must submit a minimum of 30 hours of yoga training, 20 of which may be CE Non-Contact Hours. 

  I am a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider® (YACEP®) and by taking my online training you will receive 20 CE Non-Contact Hours plus 10 Contact Hours when completing weekend live training.

  You may also count these hours towards upgrading to a higher designation and/or teacher training program.