Teen Yoga Teacher Training (In Person)

Course Introduction

The TeenYoga course trains you to teach mindful yoga to young people. It is accredited by Yoga Alliance UK and has has been constructed with the help of specialist adolescent Neuroscientists, Anatomists, Psychologists, Educators and Yoga Teachers. The training is accredited by Sport England to become a Level Three Sports Coach.

"The course is incredibly thorough & there is just so much great content. I feel very well prepared to start my journey into teaching teens." Elise Tassell 2021

"Surpassed expectations. Really inspired me to further research and deepen my knowledge. Exceptional mentors guiding with great compassion and vast experience. Holly Templeton-Robinson" 2021

Course Content

The course is based on in-depth coverage of the research evidence relating to adolescent development and yoga and over 15 years of hands-on experience in this field. The topics covered are:

• Socio-psychology of the Adolescent
• Anatomy of the adolescent
• Neurobiology of the Adolescent
• Teenagers and yoga principles
• The logistics of teaching teen yoga

Within these topic areas there will be other varied topics also covered, which you can see in the detailed prospectus.

The course will focus on theory and discussions in the morning followed by physical and teaching practice in the afternoons. For an extensive course description please view our TeenYoga course section.

Who is this for?

The course is directed towards parents, healthcare professionals, yoga teachers, school teachers, parents and anyone working with young people. A key prerequisite is that you have a solid regular yoga practice of your own.

Charlotta is the author of ‘Teen Yoga For Yoga Therapists: A Guide to Development, Mental Health and Working with Common Teen Issues’ and has delivered the Teen Yoga training internationally and online to over 1200 students.

Students should meet our course prerequisites and complete the obligatory reading (below) prior to attending the course.

Obligatory Course Reading

Teen Yoga for Yoga Therapists by Charlotta Martinus and the Book of Dharma by Simon Haas. You can buy them here: https://teenyoga.com/product/teen-yoga-for-yoga-therapists/ & https://teenyoga.com/product/the-book-of-dharma-making-enlightened-choices/

Recommended reading: Dark Night of the Soul by Simon Haas. You can buy it here: https://teenyoga.com/product/the-dark-night-of-the-soul-simon-haas/

When you buy these books from Teen Yoga, the profits go back into the Teen Yoga Foundation which aims to empower young people through yoga.

Prospectus and FAQs

The full prospectus is available to view here Teen-Yoga-Prospectus-Oct 2022 (NK)

We also have a FAQ document here. Be sure to check it out before sending us any enquiries. If the FAQs don’t answer your questions, please email us at info@teenyoga.com or you can contact Ruby at Teen Yoga: ruby@teenyoga.com.
 

Certification

You will receive a Yogacampus Specialist Certificate of Completion, and. Teen Yoga certificate of completion following full participation in all aspects of the course including homework, self-study and webinar attendance. The course is accredited by the Yoga Alliance UK.

Yogacampus Diversity and Accessibility Bursary

We are offering two bursaries (50% off the full course price) to dedicated yoga students with a demonstrated financial need and active involvement in a community that could benefit from yoga. This bursary is provided by Yogacampus – The Life Centre Education, a not-for-profit educational body committed to sharing knowledge and making yoga accessible to all.

Bursary places will be awarded to a teacher or trainee who has the ability and commitment to take the course teachings into a disadvantaged community and play their part in the drive to increase accessibility to these profoundly healing practices. Priority will be given to those who themselves are from marginalised or vulnerable groups or are from a minority ethnic background.

To apply, please complete our online form before the closing date of 2 February 2025. 

Meet the Teacher

Charlotta Martinus is an award-winning visionary and the world leader in the field of yoga for young people. She was awarded the Master of Yoga title, the only woman in Europe, in 2019 by the International Yoga Alliance, after her best-selling book TeenYoga for Yoga Therapists was published in 2018. With over 35 years’ experience in working with young people as a therapist and teacher, Charlotta fuses her lived experience of healthcare, social work and education with her India-based yoga therapy knowledge. With a clinical license to work with vulnerable young people, she weaves various pedagogical frameworks, such as Steiner, Montessori and the Scandinavian model together with the specific psychotherapeutic approach necessary to effect change among young people.

She has created many bespoke frameworks that have been carefully researched, which forms the evidence base of her courses. In 2015, she was invited to craft an innovation programme for Sport England who funded a roll-out of the programme to young people who would not otherwise be exposed to yoga. In 2017, the University of Westminster, invited her to create a programme for a Muslim dominant school in North London, for their PSHE curriculum, which was then evaluated as a Doctorate in Health Psychology. In 2018, she was invited and funded by the European Union Erasmus programme to create a programme for 750 disadvantaged young people across 5 countries. The outcomes of this programme were evaluated in a carefully designed research programme which were published in various Psychology Literature. In 2020 London Youth, funded by the Tampon Tax Fund, reached out about a programme design for young BAME 10-13 year old girls, to empower them to become Mental Health Ambassadors. All of these programmes showed in quantative and qualitative research that yoga was an effective tool in decreasing anxiety and increasing wellbeing in all areas of life.

Moreover, she has spoken on several occasions at the House of Commons and House of Lords on the topic and latterly was asked to produce a Rationale for Yoga in Schools, to present to government, which is available on the website. This involved a complex financial calculation, to evaluate the social and financial benefit of yoga in schools.

Charlotta continues to advocate for yoga for young people in all areas and believes whole heartedly that this is a solid and effective intervention to bring our young people in to a state of flourishing and thriving. Charlotta continues to be mentored and supported by a distinguished group of yoga therapists and medical and educational specialists in the UK, USA and India.