Everything you need to know to successfully teach yoga to Kids & Teen AND to keep them coming back to your classes - for years to come!
Kids & Teen Yoga Teacher Training
“When using our techniques, teaching yoga to Kids or Teens is just like going out to play!”
— Veronica Greene, founder of Little Greene Yoga
Perhaps you’re looking for an additional revenue stream, you want to learn new skills or want to enhance the learning potential of the children you’re already teaching.
Whatever your reason for teaching yoga to young people, our courses will give you the skills and expertise you need so you can deliver a fun teaching experience that connects the postures with the benefits.
You WILL feel confident teaching yoga to a class of Kids or Teens.
Our courses give you the practical teaching experience you need to build your confidence and deliver a fun teaching experience everytime!
You’ll learn what postures are most suitable for young people, what are not suitable and how to connect them safely to achieve your teaching aims, with benefits.
Little Greene Yoga offers a range of Yoga Teacher Training programmes to teach kids and teens aged 3 to 18 years and we’ve developed these programmes from our 24 years of teaching experience.
We learned from our mistakes so you don’t have to!
AND we also include the commercial advice on how to turn your new qualification into a successful, thriving and profitable business success!
A TRAINING course for EVERYONE!
Little Greene Yoga develops quality teacher training courses to create quality Kids & Teen Yoga instructors.
Offering just ONE yoga teacher training to teach kids and teens aged 3-18 years would be unrealistic.
Kids and teens have different different needs. Our programme content is centered on the physical and developmental life stages of each age group, enabling you to keep your students interested, motivated and returning to your classes.
You will likely find a yoga teacher training that teaches for the full age range in one programme. We believe this is a big mistake and will not equip you to successfully teach kids and teens in each age group.
Our content is based on physical and developmental life stages enabling you to keep your students interested, motivated and returning to your classes over the age ranges.
We achieve success by offering a very full syllabus, for each life stage, so you don’t have to resort to colouring in!
Lead Trainer - Veronica Greene
With over 34 years of experience teaching yoga and 14 years dedicated to training future yoga teachers, I bring a unique perspective to my programs. As a degree-qualified Electrical and Electronic Engineer, I approach yoga teacher training with the same precision and structure as developing a functional specification—blending science with the art of movement.
My training courses & classes delve far beyond learning yoga poses. They are designed to create meaningful connections between functional movement, brain development and balance.
By integrating principles of functional anatomy with an in-depth understanding of how the nervous, endocrine, and digestive systems are interconnected through the brain, I help students unlock the transformative potential of movement. Correct functional movement, when paired with a focus on these vital systems, supports a balanced body and brain.
In addition to my deep knowledge of functional anatomy, I am currently studying for a certification in FUNCTIONAL NEUROBIOLOGY. This ongoing study further informs my approach, ensuring my programs remain at the cutting edge of the science behind movement, brain development, mindfulness and holistic well-being.
My mission is to empower yoga teachers to not only teach but to truly understand the intricate connections between the body and brain—enabling them to guide their students toward profound transformation.
Veronica Greene is a Registered Senior Teacher & Teacher Trainer with Yoga Alliance Professionals (SYT).
She is a qualified Iyengar Yoga Instructor at Junior Intermediate I Level. (2008 Introductory; 2011 Junior Int).
Before this, she completed a Yoga Therapist Diploma with the Kevala Institute (1999). She is also a qualified yoga instructor for children & teens.
She has been teaching movement-based exercise since 1992 when she trained in various movement specialities and taught classes at night while pursuing her 17-year career in IT.
Little Greene Yoga is a Registered Children's Yoga School, the first one in Scotland and provides a certified training programme to train individuals to become Yoga Instructors. The LGY programme offers certified teacher training courses to teach yoga to 3-5yrs & 5-8yrs, 8-12yrs and a TEEN- Mind & Body.
2023 saw some additional CPD courses in Balanced Classrooms - Yoga for School Teachers.
She travels the UK, Channel Islands & beyond working with Education Establishments to teach both children & staff.
She works with teenagers who struggle with many anxiety disorders, including OCD, Autism, Eating Disorders and GAD. She also tailors yoga sessions for exam study “SWITCH ON/ SWITCH OFF” to help teens understand how their individual brain’s works. These course are tailored to each teen to develop their best learning strategy - this includes teaching about their nervous system and how their mind can sabotage!
Her courses are well RECEIVED BY ALL STUDENTS as she brings her ‘GEEK’ factor into the classroom with the use of practical experiments and electronic circuitry!
She provides mentoring for new instructors and writes for numerous yoga publications both in print and online.
You can find qualified Little Greene Yoga qualified instructors within the UK, Jersey, Ireland, Spain, France, Switzerland, Emirates & USA.
What People Are Saying
“I am so pleased to have done this course with Veronica. She is an inspiration. Veronica was very supportive and believed in her students to enable them to achieve and pass this course. YES! It was intense and it does require your full attention for at least 12 hours a day, third day the pressure is off and you can relax in the afternoon. Loved Veronica's teaching methodology and will continue to take this forward in my own classes. She is an amazing woman with a great positive attitude and a fab sense of humour. This is shared amongst her students. Veronica will get you through. Brilliant course!”
— Mary Ann Lovelady
Qualified LGY (3-8yr) & (8-12yr) Instructor, Fife
“I strongly recommend any person considering a Children's Yoga Qual, and reading this review, to sign up immediately to Little Greene Yoga and learn from Veronica - you will not be disappointed! I researched various children's courses all over Europe and came back to this course time and time again before registering. Having a Practical assessment in a local Primary School and receiving constructive feedback from a Senior Yoga Teacher with years of experience is, in my opinion, GOLD! It sets this course apart from all others and has given me confidence to teach any classes. I doubt I will ever have as many kids in a class as that Practical :) Veronica is very experienced and a legend. She's a joy and inspirational. She shares her knowledge and expertise wholeheartedly in a fun, engaging and relaxed way. I have signed up for the next course already.”
— Kirsty Wellens-Jones
Qualified LGY (3-8yr) & (8-12yr) Instructor, Switzerland
“Fantastic course! Due to COVID restrictions the course was one line, but I couldn’t have asked for better tuition. The live dates were packed with activities, tasks and going through an enormous amount of information. I felt privileged spending the two full days with Veronica on line, she is an excellent teacher, both knowledgeable and experienced , and a great storyTeller!”
— Patricia O’Neill, Qualified Foundation Years Yoga Teacher, Jersey Ch. Is
FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions
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At Little Greene Yoga we believe that you cannot combine a 3-18years in one Yoga Teacher Training course.
Each of our courses cover 3 distinct age groups and developmental stages of a child’s life cycle.
The Foundation Years (3-8yrs) covers you to teach children aged 3-8yrs. The syllabus is split into 3-5yrs & 5-8yrs as there is quite a developmental difference in these age groups and the techniques used to keep the children engaged! (50 hour course)
The Alignment Based 8-12yr course is a completely different syllabus from the younger years. This allows you as a teacher to develop strong healthy bodies and minds and keep your young, students motivated and returning over the 4 year period. (50 hour course)
The Teen age group covers so many differing aspects of yoga, again, to keep this age group motivated and challenged, over a 6 year period. There is so much more to yoga that a flowing sequence or a sun salutation! (60 hour course)
If you complete all 3 age groups, although you can just choose the age-group you are interested in, you will have completed 160 hours of training!
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No! You don’t need a 200hr qualification but you do need to have practiced yoga and have an understanding of what yoga is about. We’ll teach you how to adapt it for kids and what postures work!
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Our courses are certified by Yoga Alliance Professionals (YAP). YAP’s stringent guidlines state that any ‘Specialised Training Course’ needs to be a minimum of 28 hours training. Little Greene Yoga goes above this with:-
Foundation Years (3-8yrs) - 50 hours
Alignment Based (8-12yrs) - 50 hous
TEEN - Mind & Body - 60 hours
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BOTH!
It has always been our intention to develop Kids & Teen Yoga Instructors of the highest quality. We believed, only, in IN-PERSON training! Then the pandemic hit and we had an obligation to fulfill our training commitments, to our enrolled students. Before this students turned up, LIVE, having done some homework but being introduced to our programme on the first day of LIVE.
We now give access to our ONLINE recorded prior to LIVE weekend and find students are more prepared to take part in the LIVE weekend, which is all about finding your teaching voice.
The LIVE weekend can be done ONLINE LIVE or IN-PERSON but definitely LIVE so we can interact with you and help you find your teaching voice.
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Absolutely this is a YAP certified course ! You will be able to get insurance for the age group you are qualified to teach.
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Little Greene Yoga are always happy to answer any questions. These may be business concerns or concerns with disruptive behaviour.
You will also be able to join our LGY Teaching Facility which provides you with tools and additional class plans. You will also be able to attend continuing education workshops/masterclasses either in-person or online.
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Yes! You can join Little Greene Yoga Teaching Faculty and/or Yoga Alliance Professionals as an affiliate member.
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You are most likely looking at these training courses because you work with children or teenagers or are parents to kids or teenagers…………….this is the best place to start………..what age group to you relate to or have experience of working with?
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Absolutely! You can start at the age group you relate to most and add to this qualification at any time.
Each course is stand alone and each syllabus is very different.