Trauma Informed: Yoga for Children
- Michelle Rae Sobi
- Jan 8, 2025
- 9 min read
Updated: Nov 14, 2025
Let's help the next generation in this training.
RCYT: Trauma-Informed Yoga for Children — A Gentle, Empowering Path to Teaching the Next Generation
At Edge Yoga School & Arts, our Trauma-Informed Yoga for Children program is more than a certification — it’s a calling. It’s a chance to show up for young people with presence, empathy, and a toolkit grounded in safety and developmental wisdom. Whether your path leads you into classrooms, studios, therapeutic environments, or community spaces, this course prepares you to support children with practices that cultivate resilience, emotional regulation, and joy.
Below is an inside look at what you’ll learn, how the training is structured, and what makes this program such a meaningful journey for aspiring children’s yoga teachers.
A Program Rooted in Compassion + Competency
Our RCYT Trauma-Informed Yoga for Children training includes 13 comprehensive lessons, each designed to build the knowledge, practical experience, and ethical foundation required to teach yoga to children safely and skillfully.
You’ll receive:
A full course manual (download included)
A sample children’s yoga class
Required reading that supports our trauma-informed lens
Specialty background training to deepen your understanding of working with youth
This journey blends educational theory, child development, yoga philosophy, and heart-centered teaching strategies.
Course Overview: A Balanced Education Across All Core Domains
To honor Yoga Alliance’s RCYT structure and Edge Yoga School’s teaching philosophy, your training includes:
General Background in the Specialty Area — 12 Hours
You’ll explore how yoga intersects with child development, trauma-informed care, and age-appropriate learning strategies. We’ll also introduce your trainers and share the standards that guide our work.
Techniques, Training + Practice — 20 Hours
Learn how to design engaging, safe classes using:
Yoga stories
SEL-informed sequences
Games
Yoga snippets
And plenty of hands-on practiceThis section also includes bonus materials like meditation scripts, storytime yoga, and ready-to-use yoga story samples.
Teaching Methodology — 15 Hours
Understand how to create children’s classes that are developmentally appropriate, fun, and ethical. We’ll cover:
Class creation
Do’s and don’ts
Assessment of knowledge
Classroom guidelinesThis is your space to begin shaping your personal teaching voice.
Anatomy + Physiology — 10 Hours
Study the growing body through a child-centered lens, so you can offer safe movement practices for every age group.
Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle + Ethics — 12 Hours
Learn how to apply yogic values when teaching children. This includes exploring:
Trauma-informed ethics
Compassionate boundaries
The Whole-Brain Child Workbook + ReviewA strong ethical foundation ensures students feel seen, included, and respected.
Practicum — 18 Hours
This is where everything comes together. Teach, reflect, refine, and receive feedback.
Practicum Elective — 8 Hours
Practice teaching with your peers — a supportive place to grow confidence, creativity, and classroom presence.
Children’s Crafting, Creativity + Class Design
Our training includes a creative module with 13 lessons dedicated to helping you build imaginative classes children will love:
Games and play-based learning
Yoga crafts
Snippets and storytelling
Meditation scripts (bonus)
Storytime Yoga (bonus)
Yoga stories (bonus)
Here, you learn not just what to teach — but how to make it memorable.
Teaching by Age Group: Meeting Children Where They Are
Every age group needs something different. Our refinement module helps you understand developmental needs from early childhood through adolescence:
Pre-K to Kindergarten
Grades 1–5
Grades 6–8
Grades 9–12
You’ll gain practicum experience for each level so you feel confident teaching any age group.
This section also integrates topics from:
The Whole-Brain Child
The Whole-Brain Child Workbook
These texts are part of our trauma-informed foundation and offer real-world strategies for understanding emotional development.
Why This Work Matters
Children today face pressures and uncertainties that weren’t present even a decade ago. Teaching yoga from a trauma-informed lens gives you the ability to notice subtle cues, offer empowering choices, and hold space for authentic expression.
This program is built to help you:
Support children with compassion
Share stories that build emotional literacy
Teach with cultural humility
Respond to children’s needs safely and skillfully
Build classes rooted in joy, resilience, and regulation
When you step into this work, you become part of a movement dedicated to nurturing healthy, mindful, confident young people.
Begin Your Journey
If you feel called to guide children with yoga, creativity, and heart, this program offers the thoughtful structure and supportive community you need.
When you’re ready, you’ll be able to download the full manual, explore the lessons, and begin your path toward teaching Trauma-Informed Children’s Yoga through Edge Yoga School & Arts.
Let’s help the next generation breathe, move, imagine, and heal — one class at a time.
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We offer all of the programs available at Yoga Alliance, so you can find the right one for you:
- 200 Hour YTT
- 300 Hour YTT
- 85 Hour Prenatal YTT
- 95 Hour Children's Trauma Informed YTT
- 40 Hour Continuing Education Courses
Come see why folks say what they do about Edge and begin your journey today.
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