The Yoga Alliance Approved Course has been designed to embrace anyone who works or lives with children who has a solid two-year yoga practice. The course has been extensively developed over the last 21 years by its founder, Skip Oliver, and is unique in its approach to teaching children's yoga.​

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​Day One - 9.00am - 7.30pm:

Location: Forest Green Village Hall, Horsham Road, Forest Green, Dorking, Surrey Hills, RH5 5RZ

Working through Structure One of the Yoga Bananas® Technique. This is a full-on practical, creative teaching day. Everything that Skip demonstrates is backed up verbatim in a 45,000 word manual so you always have a written reference. This day includes Skip teaching a 1 hour class often with a child or two in attendance. Homework will be set on this day so it is important that nothing is planned for the evening. Some the topics covered will include behaviour management and keeping the children and school safe, lots of emphasis on breath awareness and the power of present moment awareness, postural alignment, dynamic warm-ups, creating a respectful tone, a myriad of storytelling, rhythm and rhyme to movement, eye health, the power of focus and controlled transitioning, mantras, blessings and songs and of course relaxation techniques and much more. Please bring a yoga mat, healthy, light snacks, a bottle of water and pen and paper. A vegetarian lunch is suppled. Warm clothes should be worn in the cooler months as this is an old hall. All 10.5 contact hours are taught by Skip.

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Day Two: 9.00am - 8.30pm: 

Location: Forest Green Village Hall, Horsham Road, Forest Green, Dorking, Surrey Hills, RH5 5RZ

Working through Structure Two of the Yoga Bananas®Technique  and students teach a Yoga Bananas® Technique class to the group. Another full-on practical, creative teaching day with plenty of feedback on how to improve your teaching from Skip. A child or two may be in attendance on this day too as this always helps students to feel at ease. Homework will be set on this day so it is important that nothing is planned for the evening. The main topics covered will be alternative class structures and Storyos™ - Yoga Bananas' epic stories narrated through the spoken word and body. Please bring a yoga mat, healthy, light snacks, a bottle of water and pen and paper. A vegetarian lunch is suppled. Warm clothes should be worn in the cooler months as this is an old hall. 8.5 contact hours are taught by Skip and 2 contact hours of Anatomy and Physiology are taught by Ben East with Skip Oliver.

 

Day Three: 9.00am - 3.00pm: 

Location One: Forest Green Village Hall, Horsham Road, Forest Green, Dorking, Surrey Hills, RH5 5RZ

Location Two: Oakdene Close, Great Bookham, Leatherhead KT23 4PT

Written Test. This is followed by a visit to a local school where Skip will teach Structure One and Structure Two to school-children with the assistance of the students. Please bring a yoga mat, healthy, a bottle of water and pen and paper. Lunch is not supplied. The written test will be overseen by Skip Oliver and will take a maximum of 2 hours. The 5 contact hour remainder of the day will be taught by Skip Oliver. 

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Please note you will be expected to spend a minimum of  12 hours preparing, studying, practising and reading the Yoga Bananas® Technique.

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Day Four: 9am - 7pm (Optional Teen YB Course)

Location: TBC - depending on numbers but local to Forest Green, near Dorking Surrey. The complete 10 hour course is taught by Skip Oliver.

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Yoga Bananas Offers Each Student

 

• 50,00o word YB 3-11 training manual written by Skip Oliver, a direct transcription of the full TTC.

• 55,000 word Teen YB training manual written by Skip Oliver, a direct transcription of the full TTC.

• You will become a Registered Yoga Bananas® teacher once you have graduated from Yoga Bananas® 3 -11 Course .

• You will be able to display the Certified Yoga Bananas® Teacher badge and Yoga Bananas® Technique logos..

• The opportunity to have our in-house team OneLongHumDesign design you an associate logo, combining your business logo with 'using the Yoga Bananas® Technique' tag.

• The oppurtunity to work with Yoga Bananas® on ethical projects as well as rewarding commissioned projects.

• CPD for registered members of Yoga Alliance US, Yoga Alliance Professionals & Independent Yoga Network.

• A free Yoga Bananas® Refresher Course (worth £200) for each referral you make to Yoga Bananas.

• Aftercare by email and telephone.

• First look at videos -  join Facebook/Twitter/Instagram and subscribe to YouTube.

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Yoga Bananas Makes Your Booking Easy

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• A list of choice 4 star residential or non residential attendance depending on your needs (to be arranged by student- £50 - £74 per night in lovely local B and B's).

• Homemade lunch supplied on Saturday and Sunday.

• Monday's lunch can be purchased from the beautiful National Trust Venue, Polseden Lacey,

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Places To Stay (please book separately)

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​Please see: Location

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Getting to the Venue

If you are coming by train then please arrive at Ockley station. see Southern Trains website for times. https://ticket.southernrailway.com/search

 or Trainline If you are driving then the address is: Forest Green Village Hall, Horsham Road, Forest Green, Dorking, Surrey RH5 5RZ. Please contact Dorking Elite Taxis for a transfer to the hall.

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Booking Procedure

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Price: Yoga Bananas 3 - 11 Years - £725 non-residential (non-refundable £325 deposit)

Price: Teen YB - £600 non-residential (non- refundable £300 deposit)

Price: Schoolteachers - £390 non-residential (payment in full)

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Download Registration Form and email this to Skip at askskip@yogabananas.com. By sending the form you agree to the Terms of Use and will be required to DocuSign.

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An initial non-refundable deposit can be made by bank transfer with the balance paid by bank transfer two weeks prior to the start of the course.

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If you would like to pay by credit card then full payment can be taken via Paypal although online bank transfer payment is preferred..