About this Event
Discover how yoga can help children build confidence, focus, emotional resilience, and healthy movement through playful, age-appropriate practices. This interactive workshop is designed for parents, grandparents, educators, school staff, childcare professionals, yoga teachers, and anyone interested in supporting children's well-being through mindfulness and movement.
Experience games, breathing exercises, yoga poses, storytelling, and relaxation techniques that can be adapted for home, classrooms, camps, studios, and community programs. No prior yoga experience is required.
Whether you're simply curious about children's yoga or considering teaching it, this event offers a welcoming introduction to the growing field of Children's Yoga Education.
Registered Yoga Teachers of Yoga Alliance may earn contining education credits in this YACEP event led by Michelle Rae Sobi.
This workshop also serves as an introduction to Edge Yoga School's Yoga Alliance Registered Children's Yoga Teacher (RCYT) pathway. Participants will have the opportunity to continue their learning through continuing education workshops, modular coursework, and the full 95-Hour Children's Yoga Teacher Training program. Completion of a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training is required before registering with Yoga Alliance as an RCYT, but is not required to begin learning in this specialty.
Join us for an afternoon of learning, laughter, and inspiration as we explore ways to help children thrive through yoga.
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Agenda
Arrive + Centering Breath + Tea
Info: Settle in with a warm cup of tea while enjoying a gentle breathing practice and introductions to prepare for an afternoon of mindful learning.
Children's Yoga Class Demo - Ages 7-11
Info: Experience a playful children's yoga class featuring movement, games, breathing exercises, and mindfulness activities designed to build confidence, focus, creativity, and joyful embodiment.
Children's Yoga Class Demo - Ages 12-17
Info: Explore a slower-paced, mindful movement practice designed for older children and teens. Through standing yoga, somatic movement, breathwork, and guided awareness, participants will experience embodiment, self-regulation, and relaxation.
Guided Meditation + Sound Bath
Info: Unwind with a peaceful mandala coloring activity followed by a guided meditation and restorative sound bath, creating space for reflection, creativity, and deep relaxation.
Closing + Intention Setting + Certificates
Info: Conclude with a brief discussion, intention-setting practice, questions about Children's Yoga Teacher Training pathways, and a certificate of attendance for continuing education participants.
Event venue & nearby stays
Naperville Public Library - 95th Street Library, 3015 Cedar Glade Drive, Naperville, United States
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