YOGA BANANAS ABRIDGED COURSE, London, UK

Yoga Bananas' 3-11 Abridged Course

Yoga Bananas Students on Children's Yoga Training

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Yoga Bananas® offers a One Day Children’s Yoga and Mindfulness Course for everyone...

The Yoga Bananas® Abridged Course is an energetic skill-building course for learning original techniques in yoga and breathing through visualisation, theatricality, story-telling and meditation. It is for professionals who want to improve their connection and work creatively with children. The content is taken from the 3-11 Course, cherry-picking those elements from the Yoga Bananas® Technique that require no prior formal training in yoga. The training day is both practical and pedagogic and economic. It is possible to attend this One Day course and then top-up to the full Teacher Training when you are ready. This course is generally .taught one-to-one.

The Yoga Bananas® Technique has been taught in schools for over two decades. You will recognise lots of activities we do as linking to the broader curriculum, strengthening children's learning in areas such as PSHE, citizenship, emotional development, music, beat and rhythm, phonological awareness for little ones and speaking and listening skills. It also caters to visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles. The Technique encompasses a structure that can be used for an entire PE lesson, strengthening children's gross motor skills - or can be divided into smaller bite-sized pieces for the classroom, therapy room , play roomer at home. There is an emphasis on original storytelling throughout the course, which can support children's narrative skills and strengthen their learning pathways in storytelling, which can be beneficial for visual and kinesthetic learners.

Although some of the more advanced yoga asana work from the 3 Day Course is removed, the main elements are preserved such as:

Basic postural alignment for a healthy spine and lungs
Dynamic energy work for cardiovascular health
Teaching respect for developing positive relationships
Balancing poses for harnessing the mind as well as the body
Imaginative memory games for improving concentration
Vocal exercises that create camaraderie and connection between peers and allow children to indulge in narrative chatter, giving them a voice and imaginative freedom
Relaxation and visualisation techniques for controlling anxiety