All Kids are Not the Same: Learn how to share yoga with different populations from the professionals who create the training materials.

Please contact Yael about remote trainings at your organization.

More information on our Special Needs Programs. More on our TRAUMA for kids program..

Price includes materials to share. Please ask about a scholarship - we want to support your efforts to share the benefits of yoga. 100% of proceeds benefit our refugee programs. Help build resilience and heal trauma with simple yoga.

"I love the care, excellence, and intention that has been breathed into this program. I feel like my brain is full and I can go back to my notes and be okay!" ~ Niki Tschirgi, Spokane, WA at June 2-day intensive

Includes many support materials (Scripts, AND 15% discount on all GreenTREE materials.
Visit our product page for full selection of cds/dvds; books; Shanti the Monkey; training kits/manual

Please make sure I have a current email address and a current mailing address. I will mail you the materials and email you the handouts. If printing handouts is an issue, please let me know one week prior to the trainings. We can make this work!

Part 1 gives you the basics — detailed ideas on how to share yoga with kids in an effective and FUN way. As one participant told me, “This is my yoga bible.” Part 1 serves as a base for the other parts.

“I enjoyed the ability to ask questions at any time. I felt it was great for discussions and allowed others to share their point of view. I thought the handouts were well done and informative. I enjoyed the experiential side of it, because I am a mover and really wanted to explore the yoga poses as if I was a child.”

— Natalie Bargholz

“I thought the materials were wonderful and the instruction right on.” — Trisha Walker

Please contact me with any questions: Yael Calhoun 801-656-7885 greentreeyoga@comcast.net

Why GreenTREE?

This kids' yoga teacher training is based on the diverse educational materials and programs that GreenTREE Yoga has developed for kids' and teens' yoga: including classroom yoga, special needs yoga, yoga for autism, family yoga, and trauma-sensitive yoga.
GreenTREE Yoga kids' programs are supported by the Utah PTA, Gold Medal Schools, The Utah State Office of Education, and the Utah Afterschool Network.
The instructors are actively teaching and developing educational materials.

Yael Calhoun, E-RTY, RCYT, MA, MS, has been an author and educator for over 30 years, having taught preschool through college. She is the author of several books on kids/teen yoga and several cds/dvds for kids, and training kits for schools, special needs children, and children with trauma. She has developed kids' (K-12) yoga trainings for the Utah State Office of Education, Utah PTA Annual Conferences, Gold Medal Schools Annual Conferences, Jumpstart Afterschool Conferences, Utah Autism Council, and the Salt Lake, Alpine, and Granite School districts, UAPHERD Annual Conferences, and others. Yael is also certified in trauma-sensitive yoga (Trauma Justice Institute). She is also a registered children's yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance, in addition to an E-RTY. One of Yael's Master's degrees is in Early Childhood Education.
Nicole Hamory Cavallaro is a 500 hour D'ana Baptiste certified yoga teacher, a GreenTREE Yoga co-founder and presenter at many state/district conferences. Nicole also co-wrote two books on yoga for teens (listed at the end) and currently teaches Health and Yoga at Paradigm Charter School. She has taught at-risk youth for many years. There is not a more talented or delightful teacher of teen yoga in Salt Lake (says Yael and many others)!

Who will benefit:

Anyone with an established yoga practice who wants to share the benefits of yoga with kids/teens and their families in a variety of settings.

What you will gain:

Ideas on how to create a yoga program that works with a variety of populations, including typical kids, special needs, at-risk youth, teens, and families.
Opportunity to learn the GreenTREE Yoga program, a program supported by the Utah PTA, The Utah State Office of Education, and the Utah Afterschool Network.
Support to develop your teaching skills in a structured environment
Information on the benefits of yoga for these populations
GreenTREE Yoga materials included in the certification fee & discounts on all GreenTREE products

What People are Saying:

“This experience (teaching at a Burn Camp in CA) was so challenging for me and I could not have done it without your kind and loving mentorship. It was wonderful!”

— Jill Clark

“The presentation was professional and compelling. It was what it was because of your immense experience and knowledge base.”

— Dr. Louis Allen

“I had such a great time in your class. It was tons of fun. I did read over the manual last night. It was a reminder of the things that we went over in class as well some of the position taught.”

— Connie Schwartz

— Natalie Bargholz

“I thought the materials were wonderful and the instruction right on.”

— Trisha Walker

Full Certification: Cost $950.00 (financing options available) For the 55 hour GTY certification: also includes:

Kids’ Yoga Module, Trauma Module and Special Needs Module
10 hours assigned reading
10 hours of observing kids' yoga classes (observation sheets to be submitted)
10 hours volunteer practice teaching it mentoring (we can help with placement)

Various CE/relicensure credits available. (15 NASW CEs, and 15 Yoga Alliance recertification CEs)

PLEASE contact Yael with any questions regarding scheduling or adjusted pricing or payment schedules. If you want to share yoga with kids, we want to work with you on this training.

Cost Includes GreenTREE Yoga books/cds/dvds; flip charts, coloring book. Readings include: Stephen Porges’ Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal AND one of these two: Peter Levine's Trauma-Proofing Your Kids OR Louise Goldberg's "Yoga for Children with Special Needs and Autism".