95 Hour Registered Children’s Yoga School

Sample tracks to becoming a Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher.

SAMPLE ONE
Yoga & Mindfulness for Children (26 hours)
Advanced Teaching Concepts (18 hours)
Trauma Informed Yoga & Mindfulness Part One (7.5 hours)
Yoga & Mindfulness for Diverse Abilities (18 hours)
Yoga & Mindfulness for Athletes (8 hours)
Yoga & Mindfulness for Tweens & Teens (18 hours)
Total Hours = 95.5 Hours

SAMPLE TWO
Yoga & Mindfulness for Children (26 hours)
Advanced Teaching Concepts (18 hours)
Yoga for Babies & Toddlers (18 hours)
Yoga & Mindfulness in Schools (18 hours)
Yoga & Mindfulness for Tweens and Teens (18 hours)
Total Hours = 98 Hours

SAMPLE THREE
Yoga & Mindfulness for Children (26 hours)
Advanced Teaching Concepts (18 hours)
Yoga & Mindfulness for Diverse Abilities (18 hours)
Trauma Informed Yoga & Mindfulness Part One (7.5 hours)
Trauma Informed Yoga & Mindfulness Part Two (7.5 hours)
Yoga & Mindfulness In Schools (18 hours)
Total Hours = 95 Hours

Module 1: Yoga & Mindfulness for Children Teacher Training (18 contact hours + 8 non contact hours = 26 hours, certification required) This comprehensive kids’ yoga teacher training program is designed to provide yoga practitioners with the tools and knowledge needed to share the gifts of yoga with children 2-12+ years of age.

Module 2: Yoga & Mindfulness for Children: Advanced Teaching Concepts Teacher Training (18 hours, certification required) This advanced intensive training is open to anyone who has previously completed ChildLight’s Yoga & Mindfulness for Children Teacher Training. Instructors who seek to build and strengthen their skills for teaching yoga and yoga-related concepts will delve deeper into their techniques for teaching, while learning dozens of new activities.

Choose those which equal or exceed 95 hours when added to the above module.

Yoga for Babies & Toddlers Teacher Training (18 hours, certification required) This training will cover infant and early childhood development and education on how practicing yoga can support the social, emotional and physical development, as well as overall contentment and comfort, of babies and toddlers, newborn through 2 years by providing tools and inspiration to successfully integrate yoga-based movement, songs, games, and relaxation into their day.

Yoga & Mindfulness for Tweens & Teens Teacher Training (18 hours, certification required) This training is designed to inspire and empower those who work with adolescents to share yoga and mindfulness techniques developed especially for teens aged 10-18. This training focuses on developmentally-appropriate yoga postures, breathing techniques, reflective discussions and other practices with the intention of cultivating mindfulness and resilience.

Yoga & Mindfulness for Diverse Abilities Teacher Training (18 hours, certification required) Regardless of our challenges, with practice, each human being is uniquely able to develop greater body awareness, physical and mental strength and well-being. Learn how the practice of yoga can benefit youth with a wide range of diagnoses and physical and developmental disorders.

Yoga & Mindfulness in Schools Teacher Training (18 hours, certification required) The creators of ChildLight and Yoga 4 Classrooms have collaborated to share everything we know about bringing yoga and mindfulness education into elementary, middle and high schools. Become empowered to share your gifts in a variety of school contexts, learn best practices for contacting schools, adapting your teaching and language for the school environment, ensuring inclusivity, and much more.

Trauma Informed Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training (7.5 hours each) Part One: An Introduction shares how yoga can be part of the healing process including how to make your classes more trauma-informed. Practical tools are presented in both lecture and experiential format. Part Two: Certification Module expands upon the information shared during the Introduction Module, and provides trainees with an additional understanding of trauma as it relates to specific populations. Those who complete all requirements are eligible for certification.

Yoga & Mindfulness for Athletes Workshop (8 hours) Created by two experienced yoga instructors from a variety of youth athletic teams who share best practices for integrating yoga and mindfulness into a training regimen. This one-day workshop will include group discussion, facilitated brainstorming, and a sampling of yoga and mindfulness practices for athletes.

WHY become a RCYT?

• The letters stand for “Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher” and can come after your name on your business cards, website, emails and any professional materials that you share with the public. This designation lets your audience know that you take your yoga education seriously and you’ve gone above and beyond to learn as much as possible about teaching yoga to children.
• Member perks with the Yoga Alliance, including discounts on hotels, rental cars, yoga clothes and more, plus access to webinars on how to grow your yoga business.
• A listing on the Yoga Alliance National Directory of RCYT instructors so that you are searchable by city and state for anyone looking for a knowledgeable and credible children’s yoga instructor.
• A listing on the ChildLight’s website as someone who graduated from our 95-Hour Children’s Yoga Training, which may include a graduate interview spotlight on our blog that is continuously shared with our community of over 10,000 on Facebook, over 1,000 followers on Instagram and 13,000 subscribers to our newsletter.
• Ongoing support from ChildLight, including mentorship and teaching opportunities shared exclusively with our 95-hr grads.

Is it necessary to complete 95 hours of training and be an RCYT to teach yoga to children?
No!  This is a question we are asked ALL the time. Certainly, having the Yoga Alliance RCYT designation denotes that you are extremely qualified to teach yoga to children. However, requirements for teaching yoga to children reside with the employer or class host location. Most of the time, it is not necessary to be a registered yoga teacher with an additional 95 hours of training to teach yoga to children safely and effectively.

I haven’t taken a 200 hour yoga teacher training. Do I need to complete that before I begin the ChildLight’s 95hr program?
Many participants start out teaching yoga to children and are then inspired to deepen their study of yoga by attending a 200 hr training. You do, however, need to be a RYT in order to apply for the RCYT designation through the Yoga Alliance. Which you complete first is up to you.

What else do I need to know about registering as a RCYT?
Should you wish to apply for the designation of Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher through the Yoga Alliance their website states: “Teachers can register as a RCYT 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. Applicants must submit 30 teaching hours in children’s yoga which must be performed after completing a program with a RCYS (Registered Children’s Yoga School).” Due to Yoga Alliance standards, we have placed a three-year time limit on completion of the 95-hour program, beginning on the date of your enrollment.

Should you decide to complete the 95-Hour Children’s Yoga Training you have three years to do so.  It is not required to have a 200 hour training in order to teach yoga to children or to complete a 95 hour program.  However, the Yoga Alliance requires everyone to have a 200 hour training in order to become a member of their organization.  This is optional.

There are three options:
– A 200 hour training to teach adults (RYT) + 95 hour program to teach children (RCYT)
– A 200 hour training to teach adults only (RYT)
– A 95 hour program to teach children only (CYT, unable to register through Yoga Alliance, however an expert children’s yoga teacher through us, a Registered Children’s Yoga School that is recognized by the Yoga Alliance)

My chosen program equals more than 95 hours, why?
ChildLight Education Company has been offering quality teacher trainings for children’s yoga programming for over ten years.  We will continue to maintain our high standards, which may result in giving you even more training than is required by the Yoga Alliance Organization.

How can I get assistance with paying my tuition?
Scholarship Opportunities & Group Discounts are available on a limited basis.

Teachers are able to request the resources their students need to thrive, and that means something different for every classroom. Donor’s Choose receives classroom project requests from every corner of America, spanning every subject and grade level, so projects can be supported that match donor criteria including yoga & mindfulness training registrations, books, mats and curriculum for the classroom. Read some tips from the Horace Mann Company here.

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Trainings are valid for Yoga Alliance CE hours and possible CEUs or PDPs from your credentialing organization.

Yoga Alliance
Since 2014, ChildLight Education Company has been a Yoga Alliance approved Registered Children’s Yoga School, a Registered 200 Hour Yoga School and a Registered Prenatal Yoga School providing teacher training and continuing education.

Courses4TeachersInc.
ChildLight Education Company is a Continuing Education Provider through Courses4Teachers. The credit they offer is graduate-level professional development semester credit, through the University of the Pacific, designed for salary advancement and/or to renew credentials for teachers in districts across the U.S.

Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (VSAC)
ChildLight Education Company is an approved program provider as a non-matriculated course or program that will improve the ability to get a job or encourage further study for VSAC grant recipients who are not enrolled in high school.

Department of Rehabilitation in California
ChildLight Education Company is an approved entity for training with the State of CA, Department of Rehabilitation.

***Participants have also had CE hours accepted through Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA), National Council for Certified Personal Trainers (NCCPT), and the Foster Care system in addition to PT, SLP, American School Counselor Association (ASCA), and individual school districts across the country.

Yoga 4 Classrooms Professional Development Workshop (6 hours in-person, certificate of completion required) Appropriate for educators, school counselors, OTs and other school professionals interested in learning to integrate accessible yoga and mindfulness practices into the class day.

Yoga 4 Classrooms IMPLEMENT Leader Training (17 hours in-person, certificate of completion required) An advanced training for school-based teams and individual school staff members who wish to launch and maintain Y4C as a school-wide initiative supporting physical, social and emotional health and wellness, learning-readiness and a positive school climate.