Color Me Yoga® Professional Level Yoga Alliance
Registered 200 Hour Certification - $3,600.00*
Become a professional Yoga Teacher at the
200 hour Level.
Do what you love – teach yoga to children.
One of the first 200-hour yoga schools in
the country, specializing in Children’s Yoga.
*$3,600.00 covers 200 hours of study.
Additional material fee $250, due at first session.
This training will qualify you to register as a
Professional Color Me Yoga Teacher with Yoga
Alliance.
200 Hour Training offered either:
A) Weekends – One weekend per month for one year
B) 3-Week – three consecutive weeks
Contact Marsha Therese to discuss other options
and schedule.
Click here to select date, register, and pay.
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Workshops Calendar
Welcome to Color Me Yoga® for Children
200 Hour Yoga Professional Level
Certification
What you will gain from this training
Why a 200 Hour certification devoted
to children?
Color Me Yoga Benefits for Children
Color Me Yoga® 200 Hour Curriculum
Reading List
Welcome to Color Me Yoga® for Children 200 Hour Yoga Professional Level Certification
Dedicated to bringing the gift of yoga to all children everywhere. In this Yoga Alliance
registered school, one of only a handful of 200 hour schools exclusively devoted to
children, you will be immersed in the Color Me Yoga® Philosophy of Transforming the
World One Child at a Time.
This program supports YOU, the future Color Me Yoga® instructor to BE Yoga in the
classroom, in yoga classes, in the world with creative, innovative teaching methods.
Color Me Yoga® is especially passionate about teaching children to become true global
citizens. Toward that end, 10% of all fees from the training go directly to
Doctors without Borders
What you will gain from this training:
• A personal journey of embodied awareness, a sense of aliveness and awakening that
will support you on your own yoga journey
• Tools GALORE!!! To teach yoga to children in all sorts of settings: yoga studios,
classrooms, youth centers, hospitals, counseling centers and more
• Celebrating the Kid in You!
• A thorough understanding of 36 basic asana (yoga poses), pranayama (breathing),
mantra (chant), mudra (hand gestures), meditation, creative visualization, relaxation
techniques, ethical guidelines, yoga philosophy, business methods and so much more.
• The ability to have an excellent full or part time income doing what you love.
This training fulfills ALL requirements of Yoga Alliance
• 100 hours techniques, training and practice, which includes asana, pranayama, kriyas,
chanting, mantra, meditation and other yoga techniques
• 25 hours teaching methodology including principles of demonstration and assisting,
instruction, qualities of a Color Me Yoga® instructor, ways of learning, the yoga Biz
• 20 hours anatomy and physiology including human anatomy and energy(chakra and
nadis) anatomy, specifically geared to children
• 30 Hours yoga philosophy and ethics for yoga teachers
• 10 hours practicum; 15 non-contact hours
Why a 200 Hour certification devoted to children?
There are many Yoga Alliance registered schools in the world today. Why not just do a
200 hour training for adults, which can be modified for children?
Color Me Yoga® holds a firm belief in the sanctity, soul and spirit of each child born.
By fostering a yogic approach to life at an early age, children grow up with tools to both
empower and sustain their lives in a busy, fast paced world. Children’s needs are
different now and yet the same. All children want to feel loved, safe and encouraged.
Not all children are in situations that offer those experiences. Yoga in schools, in after
school programs, orphanages, hospitals, makeshift camps and so many other venues
become lifelines for little ones to know themselves, find their inner light and learn to
treasure their soul purpose.
There are the obvious benefits of yoga for children (see Color Me Yoga® Benefits)
The Color Me Yoga® approach sees these benefits as only a small percentage of a
child’s spiritual and social development. Yoga IS a spiritual practice, one that truly
brings body, mind and soul together. When the soul is right with the world, so to is the
world of the body, even with illness, limitations, fears, struggles. Color Me Yoga® is
committed to supporting the soul journey of each child.
By training people to teach children’s yoga at the 200 hour level, graduates gain skills
professionally as registered yoga teachers and personal sojourners. It is the direct
experience of the yogic path offered through Color Me Yoga®’s 200 hour school that
allows teachers to be masters in their craft.
Color Me Yoga® specifically addresses children’s physiological, emotional and spiritual
development from the age of 2 to 11. Color Me Yoga® believes in a core curriculum
that is uplifting, highly creative, fun and multi-cultural. Color Me Yoga® removes the
“guess work” of modifying yoga to children by focusing exclusively on them. Specific to
this training are yoga and the arts, yoga for sports, body-mind centering approach to
anatomy, sign language for yoga, chakras, yoga for Spanish speaking children and so
much more.
Teachers leave Color Me Yoga® Teacher Training CONFIDENT, ASSURED and
TREASURED. If teaching adults has never spoken to you, then Color Me Yoga®
200 hour YA registered school is for you.
Color Me Yoga Benefits for Children
Yoga is a practice on and off the mat. When we teach our children the benefits of yoga
on the mat, they can then take those benefits out into the world.
Benefits include:
Increased Strength and Flexibility / Increased Blood Flow to all the vital organs, bones
and muscles through deep yogic breathing and movement / Healthy Spinal Alignment
Eye health / Body Awareness which helps children make better food choices and
change habits that are not useful / Greater Cardiovascular Fitness / Improved Sleep
Improved health with special conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, mental imbalances
Preventative Health and Well Being / Harmonizing the Whole Child / Better Focus in
school, sports and life in general / Greater Vitality / Sensitivity to edges in yoga,
knowing limits to prevent injury / Peacefulness / Positive and Grateful Demeanor
Confidence / Self-Respect / Tools to Calm Worry, Fear and Anxiety / Better Balance
and coordination / Left and right brain balance and stimulation / Self-Esteem
Acceptance / Compassion / Mind quieting techniques / Cooperation
Coping mechanisms / Non competitive learning environment / The practice of BEING
rather than doing / Understanding of Yogic principles such as Ahimsa (non violence
toward self or others) or Asteya (non-stealing of people’s time, things, or energy)
Reconnection with Nature / Global Awareness / Celebration of Spirit and Oneness
Healing, both emotional and physical / Grace / Appreciation for Simple Beauty
Curriculum for Color Me Yoga® 200 Hour School 2010-2011
Location: Green Tea Yoga in Salem, MA
(Please note weeklong program follows curriculum according to subject/month)
September 25 & 26
Color Me Yoga Basics, Eight Limbed Path, Dirgha Pranayama(breathing techniques),
Creative Visualization, Meditation
October 16 & 17
Embodied Anatomy. Exploring Asana(poses) through Body-Mind Centering Techniques.
Saturday Bones In Asana 12-5pm Workshop
5:15-7pm Ujjayi Pranayama(breath of victory) & Sivasana
Sunday Muscles in Asana 9-3pm Workshop
4:15-5pm Asana for Muscle Strength
November 20 & 21
Saturday. BMC on organs. 12-4Workshop 4:15-7 Felt Body Maps, anatomy games in asana
Sunday 8-9. Partner Yoga Games
BMC nervous system 9-12 Workshop
Special needs-autism, sensory integration, aspergers, neuro-development 1-5 Workshop
December 11 & 12
Yamas and Niyamas, Witness Consciousness, Sheaths/Kleshas, Different Yoga Philosophies,
Kundalini Yoga practices for little ones, pre-post natal yoga, Ethics/yama Games for kids , Asana
January 15 & 16
Saturday special needs- Mental health challenges, physical challenges, emotional trauma
12-4:30pm Workshop
4;45-7pm-Asana and observation
Sunday 8-5-teaching to different age groups. Teaching to boys. Teaching to girls.
Contraindications for Special populations
February 12 & 13
Little Dancing Yogis Teacher Training. Includes movement, dances from around the world, arts &
crafts, storytelling and movement, movement/yoga games $375 for workshop
Sunday 8-9am- observing Asana
March 12 & 13
Saturday Nutrition, Ayurveda for kids and self-care(niyamas) 12-4:30 Workshop
4:45pm-7pm- Toddler Sadhana,
Sunday 8-5- Songs & Chants, Sadhana for 4-5 year olds, Discipline Challenges, Self Care , Boundaries & Assists in
Different Settings, Beginning to Assist
April 16 & 17
12-1- Asana assists
Saturday Body Image, Self-Esteem and Yoga. 2-5 Workshop.
5;15-7pm-Nadi Shodhana, Breath of Fire
Sunday 8-5
Ethical guidelines, Philosophical Approaches to Children’s-Development(Steiner, BMC, Gurdjieff,
Montessori), Asana and Difficult Students, Yoga Nidra
May 14 & 15
Saturday Brain Gym, Multiple Intelligences, Sports Yoga, Sun & Moon, Creation Stories in Yoga,
Sunday 8-1- Yoga & the Arts,
Ecological Art & Yoga 2-5 Workshop
June 11 & 12
Chakras, Mantras, Emotional Anatomy, Chakras & Boundaries,
How to teach Chakras to Children, Practice teaches
July 9-10- Extended Four Day Program
9-5 each day.
Teens & Tweens, Endocrine System, Vinyasa, Conscious Body /Conscious Child,
Yoga for Spanish and French Speakers, Sign Language and Yoga, Teaching teachers,
practice teaching, Yoga for Anxiety, depression, insomnia, life changes(such as divorce, move, health challenge,
grief) teaching Yoga to Children with Chronic Illness, Asana review, Exam
August 6 & 7
Asana review, Self-correction of exam, Marketing and Grant Writing
Practicum, Graduation
Reading List
Required
Color Me Yoga Training Manual *
Light On Yoga By BKS Iyengar *
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff *
The Secret Power of Yoga by Nischala Joy Devi *
* Included with materials fee
Recommended
Fly Like A Butterfly by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
Anatomy of Hatha Yoga By H. David Coulter
Any of your favorite children’s books.
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