Become a certified Y.E.S Teacher

Teen Yoga Teacher Training

We offer an 8-Week training (one session per week) for young New Zealanders who want to learn how to share yoga in their school community.

What you get with an 8-week Y.E.S. Training:

  • You become certified as a Y.E.S. teacher

  • You get to participate in group sessions and one-to-one learning with mentors who have direct experience teaching yoga in Aotearoa’s schools

  • You work with a personal Y.E.S. mentor who you click with (see Our Teachers)

  • Self study: 20-30 minutes per day (self practice, readings etc.)

  • Full manual and video practice library

  • Sessions are either online or in-person depending where you are based

For more information, please email yogainschoolsnz@gmail.com

Curriculum:

  • Developing one’s own personal, daily yoga practice;

  • Teaching the 8-week programme to your peers;

  • The breath principles that make Yoga, into Yoga;

  • The physiology and impact of the breath for mental and physical health;

  • Understanding how to adapt yoga to individual needs;

  • Adapting yoga to cultural and religious needs;

  • Communication: how to guide a class or individual with confidence and clarity

Contact us to learn more

Scholarships

We are committed to sourcing and providing scholarship funding for rangatahi and educators who are passionate about sharing yoga, who are from under-represented groups or from financially challenged backgrounds.

For more information about scholarships and to apply, please write to yogainschoolsnz@gmail.com

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