What is Online Yoga Yeladim?
Yoga Yeladim is the ultimate fusion of Jewish learning, body awareness, and spiritual understanding, all rolled up in a yoga mat. It provides teachers basic tools to incorporate yoga and meditation with a Jewish curriculum. Whether you practice yoga daily or simply like wearing yoga pants, THIS TRAINING IS FOR YOU!
No previous knowledge of yoga is necessary to successfully use this program.
What will I learn?
- Stress management for kids
- Teaches body awareness, self-regulation, and focus
- Creative ways to keep students engaged and excited to learn
- Behavior management systems based on positive reinforcement and Jewish values
- Developmentally appropriate gross motor activities
How this course works
Sign up for OYY & get started!
The program will walk you through ways to use yoga methods in your classes/programs.
EXAMPLES OF INCLUDED RESOURCES:
Yoga-based games, activities, and lesson plans with Jewish themes
Breathing techniques (Yogis call this Pranayama)
Meditation techniques that accommodate the various sects of Judaism’s theological philosophies.
Original music developed specifically with Jewish kids and their teachers and camp counselors in mind
OYY DOES NOT MAKE YOU A CERTIFIED YOGA TEACHER. If you want to become a certified kids yoga instructor using our KIDDING AROUND YOGA method, you would have to either:
- Take a Kidding Around Yoga (KAY) 2 day LIVE training.
- Take our ONLINE training. (OKAY)
- Or take our Virtual Path Certification.
Example Curriculum
- Before we get started
- Welcome to OYY!
- What is OYY?
- What is Yoga?
- Yoga Poses
- Seated Poses
- Standing Poses
- Backbend Poses
- Inversion Poses
- Meditation
- Mindfulness
- Breathing Practice
- BLISS
- Yoga Stories
- Games/Activities
- Music
- Arts & Crafts
- SHALOM Zzzzzone
- Putting it all Together
- Marketing Your Mitzvah!
- Next Steps
- Resources and More Part 1: All Things Yoga For Kids
- Resources and More Part 2: All Things Jewish
- Yoga Yeladim Official Bling
- How Did We Do?