Learn to lead yoga with toddlers and preschoolers

Breathing Space Family Yoga is a children's and family yoga studio on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. We teach yoga to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers every week, in our studio and in DC schools, preschools, and daycares. We also train the adults who work with young children to lead yoga themselves.

This two-day intensive is the in-person part of our Toddler & Preschooler Yoga Teacher Training. Over the weekend you try the activities yourself, practice teaching them, and plan lessons for your own classroom or program. The training prepares you to lead yoga with children from crawling to 5 years, in a daycare or preschool room or in classes with parents and caregivers.

The habits children form before age five stay with them. In this training, you learn to teach young children how to calm their bodies, name their feelings, and treat each other with kindness. We do this work to make a difference in children's lives. Children who learn to care for themselves and each other are better prepared to build a more peaceful and just world.

Workshop Hours

• Fri - 4:30 - 9:30 pm
• Saturday - 9 am - 6 pm

What you learn

• Two class formats. Tot Yoga, for children from crawling to 24 months, is rhythmic and repetitive, and you teach it by demonstration and song. Preschooler Yoga, for children from 21 months to 5 years, moves faster and adds themes, creative movement, and games to the poses.
• How child development shapes a yoga class. You learn how movement, breath, play, and mindfulness support children at each stage.
• Ritual and routine. You build an opening song, warm-ups, and a closing relaxation into every class.
• Props with a developmental purpose. Scarves support visual tracking, bubbles teach breath awareness, a chime focuses attention and signals transitions, a parachute brings the group together, and tunnels and bean bags build gross motor skills and coordination.
• Transitions. You practice moving a group of young children from one activity to the next.
• Teaching in a classroom. You adapt each class for daycare and preschool rooms, where children take part without a parent.
• Teaching parent-child classes. You learn to coach caregivers during class, so you can offer family yoga at your school or center.

Who this training is for

Early childhood educators, childcare professionals, yoga teachers, occupational therapists, family therapists, social workers, and anyone who works with toddlers and preschoolers. You do not need experience teaching yoga. We recommend a personal yoga practice.

What your $495 tuition includes

• The two-day weekend intensive
• The online Toddler & Preschooler Yoga module, with video demonstrations, readings, and class resources to download
• Foundations of Teaching Yoga for Children, our 8-hour course on child development and teaching yoga to children
• Sample ten-week lesson plans
• A one-to-one onboarding call
• A certificate of completion

Before the weekend

You will get more out of the weekend if you complete the online coursework and its quizzes before November 6. Plan on at least 8 hours, at your own pace. Your registration includes the online coursework, so the earlier you register, the more time you have.

Sending several teachers?

Contact us about a group rate. We also offer training for daycare and preschool teams, using the same curriculum.

Already enrolled in the online module?

You can join this weekend at no additional charge. See the online course platform for instructions.

Continuing toward certification

This module counts toward our 95-hour Children's & Teen Yoga Teacher Certification and toward Yoga Alliance continuing education. You can stop after this module or keep going. Everything you complete counts.

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Questions

Text us at (202) 599-0434 or email inquiries@breathingspacedc.com.

You can also schedule a discovery call or read more about the  Toddler & Preschooler Yoga Teacher Training.